This is about Snooks Eaglin, a blues musician. Guy bought some old blues vinyls when he needed some inspiration writing Cast Of Thousands. In an interview he spoke about how the record by Snooks got worse towards the end as the musicians get more and more drunk. These were the days before they had real production and you'd just record it once. This laid back recording method inspired Elbow relax abit more instead of obsessing over tweaking the little details on their songs and so this is a tribute to him.
This is about Snooks Eaglin, a blues musician. Guy bought some old blues vinyls when he needed some inspiration writing Cast Of Thousands. In an interview he spoke about how the record by Snooks got worse towards the end as the musicians get more and more drunk. These were the days before they had real production and you'd just record it once. This laid back recording method inspired Elbow relax abit more instead of obsessing over tweaking the little details on their songs and so this is a tribute to him.