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Jake Bugg Special 

Jake Bugg was one of the many up and coming artists of last year, and now he's here to tel
l us how he came about becoming a musician. 

"I was born in Nottingham and grew up in Clifton on a council estate. I was introduced to the guitar by my uncle at the age of 12 and have played it ever since. I would say some of my main musical influences growing up were Johnny Cash, The Beatles, Oasis and Jimi Hendrix."

His different perspective and individual approach to music as an indie rock artist got him a place on the introducing stage at the Glastonbury Festival back in 2011 at the age of 17, which led to a record deal with Mercury. His songs began to be played on BBC Radio 1.

Jake Bugg's album - 'Jake Bugg' - features his own songs that he wrote and some of these have a significant meaning to him personally.

"'Seen It All' is based on a past experience and it is basically about doing certain things that aren't the right things to do, which inevitably didn't end well. The intention of the song certainly wasn't to promote doing these things but probably more don't do them!"

"'Two Fingers' is also about a personal issue when growing up and I just wanted to express how I felt about growing up where I did and the experiences I had with my family and my life in general. I wanted the song to be as detailed as possible, yet I also had to please the label and keep it up to a certain standard, which is actually quite difficult to do!"