Bruce Watson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bruce Watson
Occupation	Canadian-Scottish Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Feb 12, 1956(1956-02-12)
Age	68
Birthplace	Timmins
Country	Canada
Birth City	Ontario
Horoscope	Aquarius

Bruce Watson Biography

Bruce Watson is one of the most popular and richest Canadian-Scottish guitarist who was born on February 12, 1956 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada. Watson’s great-grandfather was Horace Watson (1862-1930), pharmacist who in 1888, in Hobart had been married to Louisa Nee Keen (died in 1936) (sixth niece of Joseph Keen, inventor of Keen’s Curry) who was the most recent spouse of Robert Williamson. In 1899, and later in 1903 Horace recorded traditional songs in the language from an indigenous Tasmanian, Fanny Cochrane Smith. Horace as well as Louisa were the owners of Keen’s Curry. Keen’s Curry company.

In the year 1990, Watson released his debut album Politics, Sex and Religion. One of the songs, “Amazon”, was later performed by fellow folk musicians Blackwood, Eric Bogle, and Zamponistas along with several other artists across Europe as well as his home country of the United States. In May of that year the author released his first book songs of a Satirical Bloke, in collaboration with Canberra Times’ Mike Jackson and describing the author as “an academic with a wicked sense of humour”. In April 1994, he appeared in the National Folk Festival in Canberra along with Canberra Times’ reporter, Graham McDonald, describing his work as “dreadfully funny parodies”. The same year, he released the second studio album Real World: Songs of Life, Love & Laughter.

At the National Folk Festival in 2014 Watson the National Film and Sound Archive recorded a short version of the song on a wax cylinder, and this track is included on the 2017 album, Mosaic.

The song, Olegas, on the album Out My Window, tells the story of Lithuanian/Tasmanian conservationist and photographer Olegas Truchanas, who led the fight against the flooding of Lake Pedder by the Hydro Electric Commission and was influential in the development of Australia’s conservation movement. In 2013 the song was translated into Lithuanian for performance at a celebration of Truchanas’ birth, in his home town of Šiauliai, Lithuania. In June 2018, Bruce Watson visited Šiauliai, and participated in a concert at Truchanas’ former school, the Šiauliai Gymnasium (Lithuanian: Šiaulių Juliaus Janonio gimnazija), where he and the students performed various versions of the song.[CITATION]

Bruce Morrisby Watson (born February 1956 in Terang) is an Australian performer, satirist, and entertainer for children. Watson’s satires tend to be politically-oriented. His style is typically modern folk, but he also composes and sings children’s music, folk-country traditional music , and political songs. He has released seven solo albums: Politics, Religion and Sex (1990), Real World songs of Life, Love & Laughter (1994), Out My Window (1999), Are We there yet? (2004), A Moving Feast (2004), Balance (2010) and Mosaic (2017).

Bruce Watson Net Worth

Bruce Watson is one of the richest Canadian-Scottish Guitarist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bruce Watson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The first track from Watson’s third album Out My Window, “The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph”, described the background of the family photo that shows Horace Watson recording Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Fanny Cochrane’s vocals in 1903. A similar photograph was on display in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905)was the last native speaker of the Tasmanian language.

Bruce Morrisby Watson was born on February 12, 1956 in Terang which is a town located in the rural south-western region of Victoria.

In the early 2000s Watson was performing at the National Folk Festival when he met Ronnie Summers, the great great grandson of Cochrane-Smith. Summers is a Tasmanian Aboriginal Elder also a folk singer. He joined with Watson in a rendition of “The Man & the Woman & the Edison Phonograph” in 2005. Watson and Summers recorded the track as a duet for Watson’s 2010 album, Balance.

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Who is Bruce Watson Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Bruce Ranked on the list of most popular Canadian-Scottish guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Bruce Watson celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.

When did Bruce Watson join foreigner?

Since joining Foreigner in 2011 , he has developed a spirited six-string rapport with guitar player Tom Gimbel (check out the twin fireworks they set off on “Juke Box Hero”), not to mention stepping into a solo spotlight, as on the intro into “Urgent.”

How old is foreigner Bruce Watson?

63 years (June 4, 1959)

Who played crewman Green on Star Trek?

Crewman Green was a male Human Starfleet enlisted crewman who lived during the mid-23rd century. He served in the command division aboard the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk during the mid-2260s. Crewman Green was portrayed by Bruce Watson.

Was Bruce Watson in the skids?

Watson was never part of their original Skids incarnation but as a Dunfermline guitar-for-hire he was a candidate to join as a wingman to their trailblazing lead guitarist Stuart Adamson.

Where does Bruce Watson live?

Bruce Watson in 2016. Los Angeles, California, U.S.