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Radio Scotland Remixed: Day Three

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Paul McFadyen Paul McFadyen | 00:02 UK time, Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Bruce MacGregor

We continue our week long Radio Scotland Remixed series and day three has arrived. The next show to receive the rework treatment is The Jazz House. Regular presenter Stephen Duffy hands over the controls to Bruce MacGregor for one night only and we spoke to Bruce to find out more.

Listen live at 8PM tonight.

What can listeners expect from tonight's show?

Anything and everything, there's such amazing scope here. We'll be going right back to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys and the influences that jazz hillbilly music had on our own Aly Bain and to bands like Lau who are blurring all the edges of musical boundaries
Who would be your ideal guest artist/band and why?


Silly Wizard - one of the greatest ever scottish bands with some of the finest raconteurs in the business. Also I'd definitely have to have - the self styled "Strathspey King". I think I'd get him to guest with the band and maybe do a duet with Phil Cunningham.

Probably get Moishe's Bagel in too along with Saltfishforty - guys who play with a smile on their faces! Also, I think I'd like to have Robert Burns in - he was a keen fiddler so he'd be good craic round the table.

I'd also probably have Alison Krauss and Robert Plant in for some soothing tunes and songs - I'd also like to find out if it really was THAT wild in Led Zeppelin - someone once said Blazin' Fiddles were the Led Zeppelin of the folk world (actually I think it was Tom Morton!) and we were never sure if that had something to do with the music or our propensity for a party........how big is this party allowed to be?

Can I get Ritchie Blackmore - I am amazed that a rock legend could suddenly develop an interest in 16th century english lute music...interesting! Oh and Bon Scott from AC/DC fame - a sadly departed Scotsman who played bagpipes on a few early albums.

I'd probably have to ask Hank Williams to pop in too - amazing songwriter , keen fiddler himself and a man who liked a dram too. If Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson were passing I'd like to drag them in too just round the piano which would be played by Andy Thorburn and I think I'd just get to host the whole programme.

In the style of Desert Island Discs, imagine you're stuck on a desert island and have a radio, but it can only tune into one show...what show would you listen to and why?

I think i'd like to listen to that programme Ive just described above if not then probably Off the Ball.

Bruce recently played host to two Celtic Connections specials on Travelling Folk, here's a brilliant performance from Malinky performing live in the foyer at Pacific Quay from the first of those shows.

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