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IAN BRUCE NEWSLETTER FOR MARCH 04
Dear all,
It's taken me a while to getting around to writing this month. I
hope you haven't all been
too worried about me!!! Oh, I see.
Very few gigs and lots of school projects. It's keeping the wolf from the door and....I'm
enjoying it.
The lack of concerts has me in the studio recording the apparently long awaited Naked
Truth Vol 2. I won't divulge the track list at the moment. It is liable to chop and change
a bit. I'm very pleased with it so far and look forward to getting it finished. I'm hoping
it may generate some revenue in these quiet times. So, please if you are at all interested
in ordering copies or a number of copies for your club I'd appreciate that.
I've kind of changed the rules a bit. Although everyone was so kind about volume
one, it didn't really do much for me. It being me alone it bored me to listen. To some of
these songs on Naked Vol 2 I've added a second and sometimes a third voice. Two tracks
have a second guitar. It's still sparse and all me. For my money a wee bit more
interesting than the last one.
The Ian Bruce Band has changed line up for the next German tour. Angus Lyon on
accordion and Stewart Hardy on fiddle. We're doing a new CD too. New songs. Some of them
the product of Charlie Milne and I. We like them and, of course hope you will.
Naked Truth Vol 2 should be out in about a month and the new band CD sometime in
the summer.
Voice operation was postponed. It should be happening next
month now. We'll see.
I really can't think of too much more news. If Elaine can think of something I'm
sure she'll blab on about it. You know what these "youngsters" are.
Please keep well.
See you soon.
Ian
Direct email:
ianbruce3@aol.com
website:
www.ianbruce.org
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Notes from editor@ianbruce.co.uk -elaine hawkins that accompanied the March Newsletter
Dear all,
Well it was nice to see that my youth has been acknowledged for once. When I
pointed this out, he spoilt it by saying "but I forget again so easily these days!!!
"
I can only blab about what I know or what he may have forgotten!! So here
goes.......
I mentioned a radio show in the last Newsletter - according to Nick Dempsey of
the BBC "he appears on the last Songlines programme in the series, which goes out on
Tuesday morning 30th March at 11.30am repeating on the following Sunday at 5. The
programme looks at the story behind Auld Lang Syne, and the producer is Esme Kennedy"
Burns Presentation at the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen on 13th April and song or voice
workshop the next morning. 6 Singers taking part.
Ian is becoming more like a cyberman everyday - false tooth, new contact lenses
and his bluetooth phone attachment. Just needs to spray his leathers silver ..... come on,
you must remember the cybermen ! Dr Who?
Having seen the studio and its hi-tech equipment, I was surprised to find out
about the latest proud addition.........an old record player with a Colaro multi-changer.
My Dad had one very similar made by Pye and it had a Garrard deck - great sound for its
time. Has Ian bought it to play his 78s? Not at all ..... listen to "Up there with
'em" on "Kind and Gentle Nature" and you'll find out why !!
Anyway, hope you have a great Easter .
All the best,
Elaine Hawkins
editor@ianbruce.co.uk
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