In 1971 Jim Lockhart turned away from a career in environmental economics and ran off wth a rock’n’roll band, which became Celtic Rock pioneers Horslips. Ten years and 13 albums later, having incessantly toured Europe and the US, Britain and Ireland, they hung up their guitars. Jim then joined RTE where he went on to produce and present music, arts and documentary programmes, while keeping his hand in as a musician and film composer. 2009 saw the band reform to great acclaim and begin a phase II which lasted until 2020. Jim has three adult children and is currently involved in music, TV and poetry projects.