Music Features

The Police have reached London on the British leg of their world tour and in celebration of this, lead guitarist Andy Summers took Radio Cambridgeshire's Mandy Morton back to his hotel room for a little... chat.

Andy Summers

Andy tells Mandy about how the band came together and went on to become one of the biggest on the planet. The highs, the lows, the stories behind the songs, the rows, the divorces and the inevitable break-up...

You can listen to the full interview by using the Listen Again link and selecting The Eclectic Light Show. The interview will be available until 6pm on Wednesday 19th September.

But, in the meantime, you can hear a snippet of Andy talking about the early days, his obsession with his very first guitar, how he taught himself to play by listening to records at half-speed before moving on to play at some of the hottest spots on the London Club scene in the late 60s.

Plus, the "Blues Boom" where every guitarist wanted to ape Eric Clapton - "Except me - I was swimming upstream..."