Skids frontman Richard Jobson is set to celebrate his little-known Dundee ties in the city The Fife-born songsmith, who leads the Into The Valley legends to Church on their latest tour, says he has long relished the short trip across the Firth of Tay. “I’m very fond of Dundee,” Jobson, 64, tells me. “My mother was from there so I’ve got a connection with the city, which I don’t think people know.
“There’s just something mysterious about that I’ve always loved and I think it’s that coming over the bridge at night from . “It’s a beautiful city that’s kind of remote and strange and that has its own identity. It sounds like a cliché, but it’s a place that’s got a big place in my heart.
“My mother spent most of her childhood there and worked in the hospital as a young nurse, although I can’t remember her having a thick Dundonian accent.” A new-look Skids have been in England performing their 1979 second album Days In Europa on a package tour with the during most of November. After Bruce and Jamie Watson last year, Richard recruited talented Dunfermline-raised guitarist Connor Whyte and regular collaborators Martin Metcalfe and Fin Wilson from to bolster the ranks.
With the latter pair recently stepping aside to concentrate on their numerous other projects, it’s meant The Skids have returned to a four-strong line-up for the first time since the band’s legendary founder Stuart Adamson quit to form in 1981 – with Whyte now the sole guitaris.