The Clash Stars Team Up With Ex-cons For Charity Drive

Former THE CLASH rockers MICK JONES and TOPPER HEADON have returned to the studio together for the first time in 27 years to help British prisoners.

The pair re-recorded the band’s classic Jail Guitar Doors for a charity named after the track.

The organisation, founded by Billy Bragg in 1997, helps prisoners put their criminal past behind them by learning a musical instrument while behind bars.

Jones and Headon entered a studio, along with four former prisoners and Bragg, after learning how much the charity had made a difference to the ex-convicts’ lives.

Jones says, “The guys were telling us how much this scheme had helped them move on from their previous lives before prison. It was really touching to think we’ve helped,
even if it’s in a small way.”

Headon recalls how having access to a guitar during his own stint in prison for drugs charges put his life in focus: “When I was in prison myself, many years ago, I was
lucky enough to have access to a guitar, which belonged to the prison vicar! I know how much it helped me get through it.”