A few nights ago in Belfast, Jaren Johnston had a ‘moment’ with Hollywood actor Paul Rudd. Johnston’s band The Cadillac Three had just played a gig, and their support act, Stephen Wilson Jr, introduced them afterwards. Standard banter and back-slapping ensued, until Wilson raised a point, something these three ostensibly different men had in common: their fathers, all dead before their time.
“Stephen looks over at me and says: ‘Hey, Paul’s in ‘the club,’’” Johnston remembers. “We all became this unit, like: ‘How did it happen?’ He’s like: ‘Cancer.’ I go: ‘Covid.’ It was therapeutic for a second, and you’re talking to one of the biggest actors in the world!” He hoots with laughter. “You’re talking to Ant-Man! It brought us all right down to the same level really quickly.”
