For years Fraser Bruce’s voice has been familiar to Clyde fans.

The folk singer from Rutherglen sang and penned the lyrics to the club’s version of Song of the Clyde, as well as another favourite One, Two, Three.

The original 1970s version even featured the club’s squad at the time popping into assist on vocals, while a re- recorded version was released in 2001.

And now the former Rutherglen Academy pupil is gigging again after years away.

His gig at Rutherglen Town Hall this Friday (September 12) will be his first solo gig since back in 1979, as he supports the folk act Bruce & Walker, the duo that includes his brother Ian Bruce.

Fraser told the Reformer :”I’ve been out of playing shows since 1986, when the band I was in with Ian stopped.

“Coming back to perform in Rutherglen should be special, because I grew up there and had a lot of connections there over the years.

“The Town Hall was completely different back then though, so I’m looking forward to seeing it now.”

His greatest connection lies with his Clyde songs, which came about in the1970s, and were partly due to journalist Joe Kelly, a former editor of the Reformer.

Fraser added: “I was friends with both Joe and a man called Eric Lennon around then, and Eric had suggested that Clyde have their own song.

“Joe put me forward to write the lyrics , and it was pretty easy to do.

“We got a lot of the squad in when we recorded it, there must have about 40 of us in the studio and it was great fun to do.

“It felt like we were one of the first clubs to really do something like that, outside of the very big clubs.

“It’s been sung for years there, which was obviously something that I was proud of.

It was during his time at Rutherglen Academy that Fraser’s musical career started to develop, as he played at the school’s weekly ballads club.