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Renfrewshire MSP uses performing memories to fuel fight for musicians during coronavirus pandemic
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.When you go from having a fragile income to financial stability, from uncertainty to security, it is easy to forget where you have come from.Over the now familiar platform of a video call, I tested Renfrewshire South MSP Tom Arthur on whether he could turn back the clock to his humble beginnings as a keyboard player after almost an entire term in a cosy Holyrood seat.He started our chat admitting he was a “lapsed musician” but nonetheless assured me he had not forgotten his roots and had, throughout a challenging 2020, attempted to use them to try and keep a rhythm pulsing through a community longing to retake the stage.There is no industry which has