Graeme Ian Duffin (born 28 February 1956) is a British musician. He has played guitar for the Scottish

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Wet Wet Wet Wet Wet Wet are a Scottish soft rock band formed in 1982. They scored a number of hits on the UK charts and around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. They are best known for their 1994 cover of the Troggs' 1960s hit " Love Is All Around", which ...

since 1983.Graham Duffin
ic 'Wrinkled Weasel', Rock Legacy He is a Christian. with links to Queens Park Baptist Church Glasgow In an interview with British Stammering Association trustee Eddie Phillips (''Speaking Out'', Autumn 2004, page 3) Duffin describes his experience of stammering severely during a radio interview in which he was attempting to discuss his work with Wet Wet Wet: :"I blocked on every syllable of every word, and they couldn't use the interview. I came out of the studio exhausted, disheartened, embarrassed. Two years ago I had an interview there that went really well. That partly reflects my level of confidence in my ability to deal with and enjoy that situation now." In addition to his role as a guitarist with the Wets and Director of the Foundry Music Lab, Duffin is actively involved in the work of the

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Scotland, and is also an instructor/facilitator for the McGuire Programme. In February 2006, Duffin opened Foundry Music Lab a recording, rehearsal and teaching facility with two of his friends, Ted Blakeway and Sandy Jones, in

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. In October 2006, Duffin joined Wets frontman

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for a two-month tour in support of the latter's '' Moonlight Over Memphis'' solo album.

References

External links

Celebrations – the official Graeme Duffin fansiteFacebookFoundry Music Lab

''The McGuire Programme''
Living people Scottish male guitarists Wet Wet Wet members 1956 births People with speech disorders Scottish pop guitarists Musicians from Glasgow {{UK-guitarist-stub