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NOTE FROM EDITOR (Elaine Hawkins -
editor@ianbruce.co.uk)
Ian was cutting it fine this month --- there is late and then there's LATE.
He is forgiven because I know how busy he has been and at least it's a good one with lots
of news!
I managed to get to the gig in Birmingham last week. He was on top form and the
gig was absolutely brilliant. A good mix of old and new songs. He sang the songs in the
order that I wanted to hear them......spooky! Each gig I have seen has been different . He
is always so entertaining with that stunning voice and his jokes and anecdotes. I tried to
retell a joke about the rainbow, but with an English accent it just didn't work.
There have been some changes to the gig-list since the last Newsletter - the
Uddingston gig is now 6/4/03 and the Potteries gig has been postponed from 11/4/03 to
14/5/04 - both problems with the venue. Several gigs in September in Germany have been
added. A couple with Vic Besch.
Talking of Ian and Vic......my CD arrived last Thursday. I said in December
that I had had a "sneak listen" to it and in January thought that I had heard
all of it ....well I was wrong ! Can't tell you any more, 'cos I'll get told off...just
wait and see! They are two very talented and funny guys!Any of Ian's CDs can be ordered by
sending a cheque made payable to Ian Bruce for £13.75 inc postage (13.75 pounds sterling
) to Bob Gilchrist, Oscar Music Agency, 14 Inchmurrin Drive, High Burnside,Glasgow.
G73 5RT
PS It's nice to be 17 again ! (He is 19 mths older than me!)
PPS perhaps he will include the video footage of the Riverside concert (Dec
2000) on the DVD ! Hint ! Hint!
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Hello March people!
Yes, March already. I can't believe how the time flies. They say it gets faster the older
you get. I'm glad I'm only 19. They say one starts to lie more as one progresses in years.
Not me.
March has been a satisfying month for me. The band
tour in Germany went down well. Yes, I know I would probably say that anyway, but it
did....honest. Sandy Brechin filled in for Ian Lowthian, whose wife, Janey, is very
heavily pregnant at the moment. (Maybe she's given birth already, I don't know.) It was
great to work with him. A real good guy although he got me drunk a couple of times. All
his fault. Great to work with Iain Fraser again. As always, the gentleman, like myself.
The March solo gigs were good fun, for me, at any rate.
Studio things.
At last the Vic Besch / Ian Bruce CD has been sorted out and, although it's very simple,
I'm pretty well pleased with it. I hope you'll like it. Those who bought the ones, with
the original faulty covers, should receive their replacements soon. There's a book of
addresses under a local paper mountain, on my immediate right. I'll get there sometime
soon.
Janet Weatherston's CD has been accepted for release through The Living Tradition's
Tradition Bearers series, and the new release from Lesley Hale and Charlie Milne has just
arrived. I think it's great. The first release on Ruglen Records that is not mine. I feel
very much a part of it though. I hope they don't mind me saying so.
The launch will be 11th April in The Pleasance Theatre Bar, Edinburgh. I look forward to
that.
Agnes Wightman, a good friend, left the studio last night with a very contented smile on
her face. Definitely nothing to do with her husband Tam. (A little joke) It's nice to be
of service. She's made a very nice wee CD.
I'm hoping for quite a bit more work and will push for it when Tony and I move to our
bigger house, which now seems very much on the cards.
So, all ok here, having just networked my computers, added two flat screens to the studio
one and put a DVD burner in the other. So technical. That should mean that the next Naked
Truth that I keep threatening could be a DVD. Scary or what? You can let me know.
It's Mother's Day tomorrow, and the first for me without mine. I'm missing her very much
but getting by, very much due to my HUSBAND, Tony. I hope she'll have a great day wherever
she is.
Anyway, I'll now hand over to my trusty friend and web site helper, Elaine, to tell you,
and me, about where I'll be soon.
Keep well.
Ian M. Bruce
Ruglen Digital Recording Studio
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