DUFFY DARED TO CHALLENGE HAMMOND
Welsh singer DUFFY won over veteran songwriter ALBERT HAMMOND after daring to "rip apart" his ideas in collaborative sessions.
Hammond invited the Mercy hitmaker to join him in the studio and she snubbed invitations to the hottest parties in Los Angeles to record with the veteran musician.
And Duffy admits she shocked Hammond by offering her own take on his tracks.
She says, "Albert had asked to meet… He said, ‘I’ve got this song title Don’t Forsake Me. I said, ‘That sounds like the soundtrack of my life.’ "Around that time in L.A., there were always massive parties. So I had a choice: I could either go dancing with Hollywood or go and hang with Albert. So I went to Albert’s house, and his wife made me tea.
"He’s the most esteemed songwriter and I had the audacity to rip it apart. I look back and think, ‘How rude!’ But I knew this was a song that reflected elements of my life. Albert was like, ‘Brave kid. Well done.’"
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