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Derek, one of the original band members, is known for those iconic, spine-rattling, bass riffs which we recognise in most Simple Minds' songs, and he wrote and co-wrote many of the band's earliest classics. Derek is also well known on the international stage as songwriter and bassist for Big Country and Propaganda and has recorded with Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Dave Gilmour, and Kirsty MacColl. He won an Ivor Novello Award for ‘Outstanding Song Collection’ in 2016 for his song writing for Simple Minds, and was voted best bass player in the World 1982 and best bass player from Scotland in 2010.A Very Simple Mind: On Tour is Derek’s story of the early days of Simple Minds, where a band of working-class lads from Glasgow took on the world. Derek will share stories from the band’s travels on the road until 1985, when he turned up at the Simple Minds office in Edinburgh and…the rest is history, taking him in new directions and an impressive range of innovative collaborations and bands.
Derek writes as well as he plays – maybe at less volume but equally full-on.
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Juniper Green Bowling Club, 600 Lanark Road, Juniper Green, EH14 5EN, United Kingdom, Juniper Green Bowling Club, 600 Lanark Road, Juniper Green, EH14 5EN, United Kingdom,Currie, Fife, United Kingdom, Edinburgh
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