BuddieinEK Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 RIP Prof! Stewart Cruikshank is a bit of a legend in the music business. I knew him as the producer and Crew member on board the Iain Anderson Show for many a year, until he retired last year. Only tonight on reading comments from so many top musician did I realise the depth of his career and how many top artists he gave a break to during his long and successful broadcasting career. From www.galasgowmusiccitytours.com ... His career began at BBC Radio Scotland in Glasgow in 1980 for a trial week as “gramophone librarian”— that week turned into 35 years during which Stewart became a senior radio producer. In the mid-80s he produced Beatstalking, a history of Scottish rock music presented by Muriel Gray. Stewart went on to found and co-produce the long running and much-missed indie music show Beat Patrol, which helped give many bands their first break. He produced series for BBC Radio 2 on musicians including Ray Davies, the Sex Pistols, The Who and spent time in the USA interviewing Jackson Browne and Lou Reed for shows which were networked globally. Stewart was a contributing editor for John Purser’s series Scotland’s Music in 1990. Along with Rab Noakes and Donald MacInnes he created Radio Scotland’s Be-Bop to Hip-Hop jazz programme, Original Masters with John Cavanagh and piloted the series Celtic Connections from which Glasgow’s festival took its name. Stewart left the BBC Scotland nine years ago but he continued to produce The Iain Anderson Show until he finally decided to “retire” last October. RIP Prof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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