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$600,000,000 Worth Ex F1 Team Boss Offered ‘Curious’ Employment Opportunity as He Turned Lewis Capaldi’s Biggest Hero

Published 07/20/2023, 12:49 PM EDT

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Who would you expect Lewis Capaldi to be the biggest fan of when you ask him about F1? Lewis Hamilton, most probably as both of them are from the United Kingdom, have been involved in the music industry and even share the same first name. However, it wasn’t Lewis Hamilton but $600 Million worth former F1 Team Boss who turned out to be Lewis Capaldi’s biggest hero and was even offered a curious employment opportunity by him. What was this opportunity?

Most of us know Eddie Jordan as the man who founded the Jordan F1 team and the man who gave Michael Schumacher his F1 debut with the Jordan F1 team. However, there’s an alternate personality to the Irishman. Eddie Jordan is a musician and is heavily influenced by rock and roll. Jordan had his own band named V10 that has been cut down and is now known as Eddie and The Robbers. 

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In the latest episode of the Formula For Success podcast, $600 Million worth Eddie Jordan revealed a shocking opportunity that was offered to him by Lewis Capaldi as he became the singer’s biggest hero. The story starts off with Jordan explaining how he went for a couple of beers with his sons and met Lewis Capaldi at the bar, whom he failed to recognize. Later Capaldi and his sons tagged along with him for dinner at Little Italy. What happened next was unimaginable.

According to the podcast, Eddie Jordan said “They [his sons] came and bagged the dinner from dad in Little Italy. Lewis joined us. There were a lot of other tables. Younger girls, coming from the offices. And at 6-7 o’clock, the place was electric. Everyone was on the table. Everyone was singing songs and I remember Lewis singing and I was on the spoons. And then he wrote me a note afterward saying ‘You are the spoon player on my next album’. And that went down really well and suddenly I’m his biggest Hero.”

Who would’ve imagined Eddie Jordan being asked by Lewis Capaldi to be the Spoon player on his album? Regardless of the fact, Eddie Jordan is actually a very good spoon player with many videos of his spoon skills being on the internet. Let’s see what Eddie Jordan’s music career looks like.

Eddie and the Robbers song helps children struggling with Cancer

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Eddie Jordan is a hardcore rock and roll fan. The 75-year-old plays drums for his band live and on the albums recorded by the band. In 2007, his band’s name was changed from V10 to Eddie and the Robbers. Since then the band has performed many gigs. Eddie Jordan himself was spotted playing drums at the Isle of TT. The band even released a song to help with the funding of CLIC. 

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As per JonathanPerkins.co.uk “On April 17th, 2009 The Robbers released the single ‘You Make Me Smile’ on Universal Music in aid of the leading children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent. The band have waived their royalties and all net profits from the sale of the digital downloads will be paid to CLIC Sargent.”

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Pranay Bhagi is an F1 writer at EssentiallySports, who has always been passionate about sports and writing. With a degree from a prestigious institute, he has channeled his enthusiasm into sports journalism, particularly F1, a sport that has captivated him for over a decade. Pranay's deep-rooted love for the sport began during the Sebastian Vettel era, and he has been following it religiously ever since.
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