James Ellis Ford, from producing for Fontaines D.C. and Depeche Mode to recording with Olivia Rodrigo from hospital with leukemia: “I never allowed myself to think I was going to die”
After working with bands like Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz or Pulp, the English musician received a diagnosis that gave him a 30% chance of survival and recorded an album in his hospital room.
James Ellis Ford, a 47-year-old Englishman from Leek, was at the peak of his career, recording with top bands in the UK and US. However, his circumstances changed and he began coordinating recordings from a hospital bed and even recorded his own album.
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