“When you stand onstage with Liam and he’s singing those songs, it’s incredible… He brought the vibe in bucketloads”: Barrie Cadogan on Liam Gallagher, Morrissey, and Primal Scream – and how John Squire started it all

Barrie Cadogan has spent more than 20 years playing sideman to Eighties and Nineties Brit-pop legends like Morrissey, Primal Scream, John Squire, and Liam Gallagher.

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