Jamie’s first professional show with Bruce was on the fourth of July at the Glen Pavilion in Dunfermline. It was the Skids 30th anniversary celebrations culminating in rip roaring finale at the T in the Park festival three days later.

They were both asked by the band to supply a twin lead guitar attack that replicated the bands three glorious albums. The plan was simple. Bruce would work out the main bulk of Stuart’s guitar parts while Jamie would concentrate on the trickier overdubs and harmonies. They both worked hard each night analysing Stuart’s work to come up with a wall of sound that was as close as damn it to the records.

After the shows had finished, Bruce was back off on the road again to celebrate Big Country’s 25th Anniversary which lead to Jamie stealing his old mans trusty portastudio in his absence. New sketches and ideas were recorded acoustically and these songs are now the basis of the new set. Jamie is keen to get the loud guitars out again but Old Father is in ‘pipe and slipper’ mode and has hidden his amplifiers.