Take That’s Mark Owen has credited listening to Irish country bands as having a huge musical influence in his life.
The singer revealed his dad, Keith, used to play in Irish bands when Owen was a child.
He said: "When I was growing up my dad used to play the clubs around Manchester - a lot of Irish country bands.
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"Some of my earliest memories are of being with my dad in some social club somewhere asleep under some table as he's playing with his band.”
Owen said his dad is the first person who hears about anything he does.
"He's the first person who hears anything I do.
“That's something I've always done.
"My dad used to sit around the house with his guitar and he still does.
"He's a good sounding board.
"It's nice to have that connection.
"He gets really excited when the guitars go on the songs then he'll want to know what guitar sound it is.
"He's proper into it.
"It's lovely to get him involved.
"A lot of times that's who you're doing it for, those people around you in your family."
As well as seeking his dad's opinion he also enlisted his kids' help creating his latest album.
"Both Willo and Fox are singing on the record which I'm really excited about," he said.
"I was trying to do this song called Comeback and I said to Willo, 'will you sing on this song?'
"She came and I tried to explain what I wanted her to do.
"She tried it a couple of times and then asked if she could do her own thing.
"I said OK, and do you know what I thought that'll do.
"Ten times better than what I was trying to get her to do.
"I'm really pleased with them.
"They've always come to see the shows we've done.
"They've all been to see the big productions so they've always been aware daddy wears some strange outfits now and again."
