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Idlewild s Rod Jones on Whole Lotta Roadies
With the live industry remaining shuttered due to COVID-19, Idlewild guitarist Rod Jones has launched an ambitious project to support roadies – by lending them the spotlight Feature by Joe Goggins | 10 Dec 2020
“I realised that the people who make the gigs happen don’t have a fanbase to fall back upon.”
2020 has not gone the way that Rod Jones had expected. There should have been an air of triumph about it; Idlewild, the band he’s served as lead guitarist for since 1995, were due to celebrate their 25th anniversary, with a huge homecoming show at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall pencilled in for last month. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic turned his life and career upside down, with his group s plans postponed by a year and his studio, Post Electric, closed for several months during lockdown.