Wet Wet Wet star set to pop in for festival
Bass player’s gig at Sruighlea Sessions
Former Wet Wet Wet musician Graeme Clark is looking forward to this weekend’s Sruighlea Sessions, part of the festival which includes the Highland Games.
The bass player with the Scottish eighties pop giants is part of the lineup this Saturday evening which also includes craft beer and street food between 6pm and 10pm.
Graeme, from Clydebank, has been touring on his own for the last seven to eight years. He now lives in the London area, but this week described the Stirling gig as a kind of homecoming.
And the 53-year-old, who wrote the melodies and words for big hits like Goodnight Girl, Angel Eyes and Julia Says, said he will be including some of the Wets best songs in his set.
He said: “Wet Wet Wet is very much my history. I can’t escape it and I don’t want to escape it. You have to embrace it.
“I enjoy playing Wet Wet Wet songs. I do play four to five numbers as well as my own songs.”
Graeme also said he has fond memories of playing Stirling in the past.
He said: “Wet Wet Wet have played Stirling Castle. There is no better place to play a gig than a Scottish Castle and Stirling is as good as it gets.
“It’s fantastic. I have also played the Tolbooth too.
“I love playing Scotland. It will always be home. You spend your life trying to get away from Scotland, but now I seem to spend it trying to get back home.
“I take any chance I get to return and see friends and family.”
Graeme will be joined on stage with renowned instrumentalist Fiona Cuthill on violin.
The Struighlea Sessions roster also includes Raintown, Rail Fan, Altered Sky and Robbie Hutton.
Backed by Stirling Council, the Struighlea festival kicks off at Forthside with a pipe band performance prior to the official opening of Stirling Highland Games at noon by Stirling-born actor Simone Lahbib.
The sporting competitions begin at 12.50pm and include hammer throwing, the long jump and tossing the caber as well as Highland dancing.
The games come to a close at 5pm following a pipeband march.
Stirling Foodie Fest, between 10.30am and 4pm at the festival site, will feature a range of food and drink including cheese, pakora, venison, fudge, tablet, ice cream, beer and gin.