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Did any of the Idlewild band members do any solo work?
Rod Jones released his debut solo album, A Sentimental Education, in 2009.
Besides Jones, were there any other Idlewild band members who did any solo work?
The band Idlewild's guitarist Rod Jones on his debut solo album My Secret is My Silence, produced by John McCusker.
Were the solo songs the band Idlewild did ever released on a compilation album?
Did Rod Jones give a reason for doing solo work?
In 2010, Rod Jones founded The Fruit Tree Foundation, alongside Emma Pollock, in order to raise awareness of mental health problems.
were any specific musical instruments used in the band Idlewild's guitarist Rod Jones's solo work?
Rod Jones proceeded to learn the drums and eventually formed the band, The Birthday Suit, to record the material that he had created in the period following the drumming diversion

Question: In what years did they do some of the solo work?
Self-contained rewrite: In what years did the band Idlewild do some of the solo work?