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The multi-talented musician Rory Mcleod
It was a wet evening when I slipped underneath an awning to share a conversation with Rory Mcleod, an Orkney Island musician who has traveled the world with a bag of instruments ranging from trombone to harmonica, and acoustic guitar.
McLeod’s history with Fuji Rock goes back many years as he opened the festival in its currently location some 11 years ago in 1999. He stood on stage with a Tibetan flutist and though he cant remembers what he was performing, he said the crowd responded warmly and it was the first of many performances he joined that weekend (Field of Heaven, and a private party for festival staff.)
While its been a long time to bring him back, he said simply traveling from the Orkney Islands to England requires quite a bit of diesel fuel, he is very glad to be back at Fuji Rock, a festival that he describes as being held in the beautiful outdoors
Rory’s glad to be back at the festival this year and will perform twice tomorrow, at the newly opened Pyramid Stage in the campground and on the Naeba Shokudu just across from the World Court. It’s a great opportunity to see this man in action. On Sunday Rory will play on the boardwalk at 3PM.
