Cool for Cats: The music that made me

As they get ready to play in Ireland, Chris Difford of Squeeze tells Richard Fitzpatrick about some of his favourite albums

In 1973, Chris Difford placed an advert in a sweetshop window in Deptford, south London, looking for a guitarist to go on tour with a band, citing influences “The Kinks, Lou Reed and Glenn Miller”. There was no band and no tour.