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It was one of those "unexpected gigs" - I was living in Glasgow at the time, and the guy I shared a flat with had bought tickets - but his girlfriend didnt want to go. Must have been 85 or 86, and I think the gig was at Strathclyde Uni Union. Or maybe the QM.

We went to the gig, then for a few beers. On the way home, I went into Tower Records and bought the album.

Tower Records was a record shop at the railway bridge on Argyle St at Central Station. Their business model appeared to be "Stay open til midnight every night, and sell records and CDs to drunk people..."
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Bruce wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:12 pm
Tower Records was a record shop at the railway bridge on Argyle St at Central Station. Their business model appeared to be "Stay open til midnight every night, and sell records and CDs to drunk people..."
We only live once Bruce .. Brilliant
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St Andrew's night
http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticmu ... p?id=36928

Blue Rose Code - LDN City Lights
Stephanie Urbina Jones - Seven Spanish Angels
Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna
Christy Moore - The Voyage
Jill Jackson - Are We There Yet https://jilljacksonofficial.com/
Dougie MacLean - Ae Fond Kiss
Singing Kettle Cilla Fisher - Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny...
Liam Stewart Band - Eva Three Step
Arthur Johnstone - Bandiera Rosa
Iris DeMent - Our Town
The Quiggs - Carradale
Fraser Bruce - Ickle Dickle Dido
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A wee bit unprepared today, so loads of favourites!

Hour 1: http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticmu ... p?id=36974
Hour 2: http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticmu ... p?id=36975

Skipinnish - Alive
Blue Rose Code - LDN City Lights
Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna (live)
Face the West - Happy
Tom Fairnie - Lightning in the Dark
Piper Jones - Gordon Duncan tunes
The Saw Doctors - Joyce Country Ceilidh Band
Sharon Shannon & RTE concert orchestra - Lady Luck
Christine Sparks - Wild Mountainside
Bill Barclay - 12 days of Christmas
Ben Sands - Gypsy Rover
Dougie MacLean - Ashokan Farewell


Blair Douglas - The Bon Ton Ceilidh
Christine Sparks & Tom Fairnie - I'll know when I get there
Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach
Peat & Diesel - Stornaway
Robbie Robertson - Somewhere Down the Crazy River
Ben Sands - Wedding Daze
Dougie MacLean & RSNO - This Love Will Carry
Fraser Bruce - Ickle Dickle Dido
Dave White - Saltcoats Sinatra
Christy Moore - Fairy Tale of New York
Davy Lees - The Ballad of St Anne's Reel
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Bruce wrote: Mon Nov 30, 2020 10:04 pm St Andrew's night
http://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticmu ... p?id=36928

Blue Rose Code - LDN City Lights
Stephanie Urbina Jones - Seven Spanish Angels
Christy Moore - Lisdoonvarna
Christy Moore - The Voyage
Jill Jackson - Are We There Yet https://jilljacksonofficial.com/
Dougie MacLean - Ae Fond Kiss
Singing Kettle Cilla Fisher - Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny...
Liam Stewart Band - Eva Three Step
Arthur Johnstone - Bandiera Rosa
Iris DeMent - Our Town
The Quiggs - Carradale
Fraser Bruce - Ickle Dickle Dido
Bruce, I remember in the early 90s I bought an album called Celtic Heart on it was the voyage by Christy Moore first I had heard him then brilliant song.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Joyce country ceilidh band another favourite. Used to never miss the saw doctors at the barras.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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Watching Andy Chung live tonight he just sung John o dreams another great Christy Moore song although I don't think he wrote it, need to check.
Those wimin were in the nip.
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A wee extra Monday night hour...


Belle and Sebastian - The Boy with the Arab Strap
The Waterboys - A Man is in Love/Kaliope House
Aztec Camera - Back on Board
Aztec Camera - Down the Dip
Kim Edgar - 1,2,3,4,5
Fraser Bruce - When Times are Tough
Fraser Bruce - Waiting for the Ferry
10,000 Maniacs - Hey Jack Kerouac
Scotland the What (Buff Hardie/George Donald/Steve Robertson) - Our Glens
Buddy MacDonald - Last Thing on my Mind
Tide Lines - Innocent & Beautiful
Andy Chung - Rose of Allendale
Danny Kyle - Yawning Song
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Haven’t posted for a while, but still doing a couple of hours on Friday afternoons and a Monday evening hour.

Tomorrow, Burns Night, expect an appropriate playlist.... with maybe even a full Tam O’Shanter!
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Last night's playlist: All Burns, and trying to play more than just "the usual suspects".

And a full "Tam O'Shanter"!

https://podcast.canstream.co.uk/celticm ... p?id=37678


Burns night with Bruce, 9pm Monday 25 Jan

Ian Bruce - Ye Jacobites By Name
Andy Chung - Killiecrankie
Barbara Dickson - Johnnie Cope
Sheena Wellington - Address to the Haggis
Gordon Hotchkiss - Tam O'Shanter
Eddi Reader - Charlie is my Darling
Dick Gaughan - Now Westlin Winds
Lionel McClelland - Willie Brewed a Peck o'Maut
Anna Hepburn - Burns on Whisky
Jim Malcolm - Deil's Awa wi the Exciseman
Robyn Stapleton - Comin' Through the Rye
5 Hand Reel - My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
Kate Morvern Reid - The Banks O'Cree
Ross Kennedy - Corn Rigs
Mairi Campbell & David Francis - Auld Lang Syne
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Last night, I listened to your Burns broadcast, Bruce, and thoroughly enjoyed it - thanks.

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Glad you enjoyed it, George. The playlist was knocked together in a bit of a hurry - I'd been speaking to Gordon Hotchkiss earlier in the day, and he'd been grumbling that when Burns time comes round, the mainstream broadcasters tend to play the same 2 or 3 songs by the same 2 or 3 performers. So I felt I should look out something different.

Are you still performing? Obviously not during lockdown, but in "normal times"?
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