Fond of great songs of any genre, Bruce is a singer-songwriter and a proud emeritus of alt-country band Lost Colt. He currently plays as a solo performer and also as a member of the Wellington Trio (guitar-violin-saxophone), who specialize in instrumental songbook standards and original tunes in that style and the Wellington duo (guitar/vocals-saxophone) who perform Bruce's original songs.
Some of Bruce's songwriting heroes are: Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, Turlough O'Carolan, John Prine, Dave Frishberg, Tom Lehrer, Duke Ellington, Mose Allison and Roger Miller.
Sweet Dreams from Bruce's Sleeping Dogs album can be heard in the soundtrack of A Windigo Tale, a feature film by Canadian writer and director Armand Ruffo:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1718117/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/aboriginal-myth-inspires-residential-schools-film-1.788496
Bruce's newest album, Songs from the Middle and two other albums, Sleeping Dogs and Boy of the Town are available on this site for download.
Ottawa's Hollerado covered "Elvis Bought a Monkey" on their album "111 Songs." Their music can be found at:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/hollerado/id275049226
Mav Karlo covered "Dead Enough" on his Reno Tapes EP: Mav Karlo - Reno Tapes EP – Royal Mountain Records
Here is a song about how many of us spend our Christmas eves. 😊 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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