Swapping the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Kylie Minogue for North Yorkshire
Drummer Jim McDermott is working as a domestic relief assistant at North Yorkshire County Council, after the pandemic changed his plans.
A year ago drummer Jim McDermott had finished a recording with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and was looking ahead to what should have been a busy calendar in 2020.
In the past the Glaswegian - who now lives in Yorkshire - had also worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue, Deacon Blue and Simple Minds.
A year on from lockdown he's been sharing how the pandemic changed his plans, and how he became an employee of North Yorkshire County Council as a relief domestic assistant: "I finished a recording with some of the guys from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, and round about this time in March (2020) I thought my calendar would start filling up.
"My career up to then included working with Kylie Minogue, Simple Minds and Deacon Blue. I've lived quite a privileged life with my music career, but of course with the pandemic everything changed.
"I thought that I had to go and do something. I'm originally from Glasgow and moved to Haworth in West Yorkshire in 2019, so when Covid hit it was quite a shock to the system.
"I wanted to help the community out and see what I could do. I'm very privileged to have been welcomed into Ashfield Care Home in Skipton; I walked through that door last year without any experience of working in a care home.
"It was so humbling to see how everyone mucked in, got on with things and interacted with the residents to try and keep people smiling".
"The whole process of this last year has been a learning curve for me. I've played all over the world, at Wembley and on Broadway, but working with the staff here has been some of the best moments of my life"
Jim shared his story with the North Yorkshire Local Resilience Forum, as part of a day of reflection across the UK to remember those who have lost their lives to Covid-19.
Today (23rd March) marks a year since lockdown started.
Jim went on to say that he's loving life in Yorkshire: "I had to learn quickly what a Yorkshire Teacake was when working in the kitchen! What I've seen in the last year has been unbelievable on a human scale.
"It's amazing for North Yorkshire County Council to have a care home like this - that's something that I had never seen on tour, on stage or with any of the superstars that I've worked with.
"These people (staff and residents) are the superstars that will get us out of this pandemic. I'm very humbled, as everyday I walk in and see someone doing something for somebody else. It's never a hassle and it's always done.
"Even if my tenure comes to an end, I will remember this for the rest of my life".