During the years when Bruce was running Shadowmania he came to the Pipeline Instrumental Convention, both to enjoy the music and to 'talent spot' for Shadowmania. Many of the top-class Shadows bands that were booked by Alan Taylor for Pipeline found themselves on stage at the next Shadowmania.
For each of the videos that I did for Pipeline. I always included a feature called 'A Look Around The Convention' and Bruce appears many times.
As a little quiz question, here is Bruce chatting to the lead guitar player of a group that made instrumental records in the early '60s but also backed a well-known singer. Later this same guitarist went on the play for one of the founding members of the British R&B boom.
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- Bruce with 02.JPG (91.84 KiB) Viewed 5788 times
Who is he?
For an extra point, what was the name of the group?
For an extra, extra point, what was the name of the singer that they backed?
For an extra, extra, extra point, who was the British R&B pioneer?
The pictures are frame grabs from the 2007 DVD. The Convention that year was held at Bushey in Hertfordshire.
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