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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Vocalist
Stuart Adamson on guitar. Paul Thompson on drums. Derek Forbes on bass. On vocals…? From almost a hundred suggestions we finally came up with this shortlist: Liz Fraser, Alex Harvey, Jim Kerr, King Creosote, Annie Lennox, Billy Mackenzie, Frankie Miller, Paolo Nutini, Bon Scott and Rod Stewart. Voting closes Jan 5, 2010.
December 23, 2009
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Cheers.
Hi. Tomorrow we’ll publish our shortlist of Scotland’s Ten Greatest Vocalists for you to vote on (and for you to give us pelters for leaving out Susan Boyle etc). So today, in the calm before the storm, I thought I’d reflect on Dear Scotland’s first six months and, with your help, look forward to 2010.
December 22, 2009
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Interview with St. Johnstone Manager Derek McInnes
St. Johnstone, the SPL’s newcomers, have made a decent start to life back at the top level, and are currently sitting in 8th place. As the league gears up again for the Christmas stretch, manager Derek McInnes talks about life in the SPL and points to one win in particular that was especially significant.
December 11, 2009
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And Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist is…
…Derek Forbes, according to the readers of Dear Scotland. Many thanks to the thousands of new visitors to the site in the past week who voted. Derek joins Stuart Adamson and Paul Thomson in Dear Scotland’s Greatest Ever Supergroup. Some great DF moments below:
December 9, 2009
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Interview with Alan Gorrie of the Average White Band
Legendary soul and funk group the Average White Band will be back in NYC this weekend. Founding member and Greatest Ever Bassist nominee Alan Gorrie spoke to Dear Scotland this week about hanging out with Marvin Gaye, what goes through his mind each night when he plays ‘Pick Up the Pieces’, and much much more:
December 4, 2009
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Interview with Attic Lights
Glasgow’s Attic Lights are enjoying some late night sunshine in Spain this week on a short tour that includes gigs in Mallorca tonight, Valencia tomorrow and Andorra on Saturday. Ticket details are below. Before they left, guitarist Tim Davidson spoke to Dear Scotland about the band’s plans for 2010 and more.
December 3, 2009
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Vote for Scotland’s Greatest Ever Bassist
Inevitably Alec’s ‘Who is…?’ article and the suggestions received through Facebook, Twitter and the comments section have caused further heated debate amongst the Dear Scotland contributors. It’s just as well most of us live in different countries. In the end, our final five are: Dominic Aitchison, Jack Bruce, Derek Forbes, Alan Gorrie, and Dougie Payne.
December 2, 2009
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Interview with Come On Gang!
Edinburgh’s Come On Gang! will be in Washington DC this week for a St Andrews Day show hosted by the Scottish Affairs Office. The band were one of the stand-out Scottish acts at SXSW 2009 and an excited Sarah, Mikey and Rob spoke to Dear Scotland this weekend before they headed back across the pond.
November 30, 2009
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Interview with The Phantom Band
Glaswegian sextet The Phantom Band will join Vic Galloway in Rennes next weekend for the Trans Musicales Festival. Dear Scotland spoke with the band’s keyboard player Andy Wake this week who revealed the band’s healthy obsession with outdoor swimming as well as their plans for SXSW 2010.
November 27, 2009
