Subject: RE: Bruce Murdoch on the Radio/Internet
From:
Azizi
Date: 18 May 09 - 09:11 PM
Bruce, that was a great interview! You were bodacious*!
*For those who didn't have the opportunity to hear that interview, one of the two women interviewers shared that someone had described Bruce Murdoch as "the Canadian Bob Dylan". Bruce graciously declined that comparison and strongly complimented Dylan,saying that the one word for that singer/song writer is "bodacious."
"Bodacious
Prodominately used during the 80's and early 90's, bodacious is a combination of the words bold and audacious. To be bodacious is to be:
impressive, awesome, brave in action, remarkable, prodigious".
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bodacious
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That definition fits you too, Bruce.
**
The radio interview covered so many facets of Bruce's life. What I found most interesting was hearing about how Bruce traveled throughout the United States singing a song he had written for the Presidential campaign of anti-war Senator Eugene McCarthy. And even the serious subject about being a first responder/fire fighter included some lighthearted moments when Bruce shared how one of the firefighters rescued a turtle from a home fire after the residents of that house had gotten out.
The conversation between Bruce and the two women interviewers flowed without any gaps and there was a very comfortable feel to the interview-it seemed like a conversation more than a radio interview. Bruce's sense of humor (humour) was interspersed with informative comments about how CDs are made nowadays and how he returned to composing songs, singing, and playing the guitar after two decades or more away from those forms of creative expressions. Two other discussion points that I hope aren't forgotten was Bruce mentioning that he wrote (writes?) short stories, and the question by one of the interviewers about Bruce composing a song about firefighters.
Not surprisingly, in the interview, Bruce thanked those who had encouraged him to return to song writing and singing/guitar playing. Bruce mentioned Ron (Bankley) , Amos and his wife, and Mike (Rapaire) by name.
Thanks Rapaire and thanks to the Marshall Public Library of Pocatello, Idaho and its radio program. I hope that a transcript of that interview is transcribed and posted online for those who didn't have the opportunity to hear it. It was well worth the wait.
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