Some of you may have already picked up from the interviews conducted at Rambling Man that a cunning plan is afoot and that the release strategy has changed. The original intended release date was to be in September 2017 but “the best plans of mice and men aft gang aglae”. To be honest my father’s death in May 2016 affected … Read More
‘Weltschmerz’ updates and ‘Waverley Steps’ lyric section
Working away in the relatively chilled Studio while the World melts outside. 35 Degrees in the Orangery and I look back on this photo taken by #KaiRJoachim at the #PrestongrangeIndustrialMuseum back in the Winter and remember the other extreme. Foss Paterson came in to the Studio the last couple of days to help out with writing and joined Steve Vantsis … Read More
‘Rip it Up’ exhibition National Museum Edinburgh
Last night I attended the opening night of the new ‘Rip it Up’ exhibition at the Scottish National Museum. It’s features a history of Scottish Pop and I am now proud to be an official “museum piece” 🙂 I loaned the museum a number of pieces of memorabilia including my old custom made titanium mike stand, the long tartan jacket … Read More
Move to larger venue in Gothenburg, Sweden
The European tour is selling well and great news that there’s an upsize of the Gothenburg venue after the original venue sold out. Now moved from ‘Sticky Fingers’ to ‘Pustervik’
Fish interview on BBC Radio Scotland ‘The Story of Scottish Pop’
Just to let you know I am on BBC Radio Scotland on Sunday 24th at 2pm. It’s an interview I did with Vic Galloway for ‘The Story of Scottish Pop’ . The title says it all 🙂 My contribution covers the journey from Dalkeith to Aylesbury and the return to East Lothian taking in some interesting anecdotes and thoughts on … Read More
Bunjee Jumping in Poland- The Vinyl Festival , Chorzow
Settling back into writing again after a couple of days bunjee jumping across to the Vinyl Festival in Chorzow. After a long lay off since the last shows in December and the band only able to muster a day’s rehearsal without me a few weeks ago I have to admit I was a trifle nervous as this gig was standing … Read More
A Bridge Too Far – North American tour 2019
I’d hoped to have been able to provide better news for the North American fans after confirming the ‘Cruise to the Edge’ slot and opening negotiations for a tour over there in February after the ship docked in Florida. Larry Webman my agent has been working hard at bringing dates together in recent weeks and sent me through the offers … Read More