‘What I’ve learned from Scott is that kind of pride in songwriting; being able to put yourself into it, the drive and ambition for yourself in music.’ Last week, Frightened Rabbit released Tiny Changes: A Celebration of Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’, a collection of covers by an impressive group of musicians like Josh Ritter, Chvrches, The Twilight Sad, Biffy Clyro, Aaron Dessner and Fiskur – Ross Clark’s current band. It obviously wasn’t easy for Clark to play this song live for the first time, when we filmed it as a tribute to his friend who passed away earlier that year. But I’m glad he did, because it’s beautiful in more ways than one.
The only time I saw Scott Hutchison play was at Stereo, a music venue on Renfield Lane in Glasgow, where my friend Ross Clark opened for the Frightened Rabbit-singer’s solo performance. In 2010, I think. I got to know his music through Clark and some other Glaswegian friends, and over the years have learned how much it means – and he meant – to so many people.
You have seen Clark on this website many times before, mainly with his former band Three Blind Wolves, but none of those shoots were anywhere near as emotional and real as this one. Hours before his show in Amsterdam with We Were Promised Jetpacks, we walked around the city center in the rain, trying to find a place to film. Here comes this workshop, where a man is renovating and cleaning antique tiles by hand. The good man allowed us to take over his place for fifteen minutes and film this.
Clark and I talked about his friendship with Scott Hutchison, please read it below the video.