Jools Holland’s Rhythm And Blues Orchestra: Exeter University, October 8, 1998
Phil Sutcliffe, Q, November 1998
At 3pm Jools Holland skis down the clouds above Exeter airport in the co-pilots seat of a chartered four-seater. Thumb aloft he leers over his shoulder at the whey-faced Q team as the tiny craft wiggles towards terra rather dauntingly firma.
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