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That coupled with sound advice from Rab Noakes that if you want to write
songs you should "just do it" got me started.
When the bad news came I found myself automatically writing a tribute.
I'm not usually the kind of nut that claims divine intervention but for
some strange reason I felt I was writing it with John Lennon holding the
pen. (I was also a huge Beatles fan.) I get the feeling I'll regret
admitting that.
The grapevine informed us that Stan's plane caught fire due to somebody
smoking in its toilet. My song was written and recorded before any idea of
researching the facts came to me.
So here was "Stan the Singer" in my first batch of self-penned songs.
Being a shy type, many would disagree, it took guts to have my guitar
virtuoso friend, Sandy Stanage, listen to these songs. It was this song
that he picked up on first. He suggested the fast jangly pick and the idea
to vocalise the 'turn around' which had been only guitar until that point.
- Ian Bruce
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