Inspired by Albumism, I’m doing my own version of Flying Solo with individual tracks. Band breakups and hiatuses are never fun, but these solo jams were defining moments in my life’s soundtrack.

The solo work of Paul Weller is one of the more underrated music anthologies today. While The Jam helped define the British punk era and mod revival, Weller has been a sort of music chameleon in his solo years. He’s gone headlong into all kinds of musical directions over the years – with elements of jazz, funk, rock and blues.

“Changingman” is one of my favorites. It’s a song of swagger. It’s bluesy. It’s performance-friendly. And it’s proof that you can go out and follow an entirely different musical agenda as a solo artist and still be hugely successful and respected.

“Numbed by the effect, aware of the muse. Too in touch with myself, I light the fuse. I'm the changingman.”