19 Facts About Rod Clements

Roderick Parry Clements was born on 17 November 1947 and is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Rod Clements formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March 1972, which won Clements an Ivor Novello Award.

Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, working with Ralph McTell and Bert Jansch.

Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Rod Clements continued to be part of the line-up until 2003.

Rod Clements rejoined Lindisfarne in 2015 and is currently touring and performing with the band.

Rod Clements was an only child, and grew up in a household in which neither parent was especially active musically, though his mother did play the piano.

Rod Clements's father was a lover of classical music and he encouraged his son to attend concerts.

Rod Clements attended The King's School, Tynemouth after which, at the age of 12, he was sent to Durham School.

Rod Clements subsequently attended Durham University, graduating with a BA in ancient history and anthropology.

Rod Clements won a Certificate of Honour at the Ivor Novello Awards for the song.

Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Rod Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, which included two other former Lindisfarne members, on whose debut album It's Jack The Lad he played a significant role as multi-instrumentalist and songwriter.

Rod Clements went on to tour and record several albums with McTell.

Rod Clements worked with Bert Jansch, touring Britain and Europe and working as Producer on Bert's comeback album A Rare Conundrum.

Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Rod Clements continued to be part of the line-up, contributing many songs to albums such as Back and Fourth, The News, Sleepless Nights and Dance Your Life Away.

Rod Clements played violin from time to time, most notably in the instrumental break of "Fog on the Tyne", both on stage and on disc.

Rod Clements has toured and recorded with Rab Noakes and Michael Chapman and performed on albums by Peter Hammill, Wizz Jones and Kathryn Tickell amongst others.

Rod Clements released the album One Track Mind in 1994, and followed this with Stamping Ground in 2000, having written or co-written each of the tracks.

Rod Clements continues to tour regularly, performing a mixture of Lindisfarne and solo songs.

Rod Clements re-joined Lindisfarne in 2015, replacing co-founder Ray Jackson who then retired from performing with the band.