FIRST she took our hearts, in the palm of her hand — and she certainly squeezed it tight. When I first heard Susan Cadogan’s lovers’ 1975 rock hit Hurt So Good on a cassette tape in my parents’ car as a child, I never dreamed that one day I’d see the reggae star up close in Glasgow.

But I bought tickets within an hour of discovering she was playing an intimate night at Govanhill’s Rum Shack. 

An old friend and I were among the youngest in the crowd, but the love for the golden age of reggae covers was universal.

Several major hiccups with the microphones were sadly not abated by the supporting Friendly Fire Band’s dedication of a loving ode to the sound engineering profession.

But the legendary Suzy was undeterred, singing in the same key that made waves all those years ago in the ’70s. It ain’t no good, as she sang, till it hurts a little bit.