Billy Bremner (musician)
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Billy Bremner in 1980
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | William Murray Bremner |
| Born |
4 August 1946 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Genres | Rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, country music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Associated acts | Fatso, Rockpile, Dave Edmunds, Nick Lowe, The Pretenders, Carlene Carter, Shaking Stevens |
William Murray "Billy" Bremner (born 4 August 1946, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his work in the band Rockpile and on many of Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds' albums. He has also played with The Pretenders, Shakin' Stevens, Carlene Carter and The Coal Porters, as well as issuing three solo albums.
Bremner first became known playing with The Luvvers, who served as Lulu's backing band. However, by the time Bremner joined the group in 1966, they were on the wane; Bremner did not play on any of Lulu's recorded material, and joined just after the group recorded their only single without Lulu ("The House On The Hill"/"Most Unlovely") for Parlophone in 1966. The Luvvers disbanded in 1967.
In 1971 Bremner added some guitar work to March Hare, the first solo album from ex-Honeybus member Colin Hare. He then became a member of the Neil Innes band Fatso, which went on to record the soundtrack for the original Rutland Weekend Television series.
As "Bill Murray" he released two singles produced by Kris Ife; "Downtown hoedown"/"Rhyme and reason": (1977) Polydor 2058 881, and "Heart and the Stone"/"I Don't Wanna Be No Hero" (1978) State records 72.
Next, he joined Rockpile, who only released one album under their own name, but also served as the band for most of Nick Lowe's and Dave Edmunds' albums in the 1970s. In addition to his guitar playing, Bremner occasionally sang lead, as he did on "Heart" and "You Ain't Nothing But Fine" on the 1980 Rockpile album Seconds of Pleasure. He also wrote Edmunds' hit "Trouble Boys" (which Edmunds would let him sing live), but used an alias, Billy Murray, on the writing credits, so as not to be confused with the more famous Scottish footballer, of the same name.
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