PLAYLIST
Don't forget to check the playlist for a list of the tracks played on this week's programme
BIOGRAPHY
Hard as it may seem to believe, but the youthful Ian Moyes celebrates his 57th birthday this year. Perth born Ian moved to Pitlochry with his family in 1982 from Auld Reekie (Edinburgh). A Chartered Electrical Engineer by profession specialising in heavy power engineering (with a passion for tank tops and crazy ties), he has worked all his life for the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (which subsequently became Scottish Hydro-Electric plc and then Scottish & Southern Energy plc). He then took early retirement at the tender age of 50!
He has been presenting programmes on Heartland FM, without a break, since a few weeks after the station went on the air and blames Brendan Murphy entirely for this! Before Heartland FM went on the air, Brendan turned up as guest speaker to a meeting of Pitlochry's Round Table. So inspired was Ian that a week after the station began broadcasting he turned up one Saturday morning to see what he could do. Within an hour of crossing the threshold he was recording an interview for Atholl Brose. After a couple of weeks recording the odd interview Ian ended up anchoring Atholl Brose, along with Gordon Murch, for the next 2½ years. (For what it is worth, neither Ian nor Gordon reckoned that they could keep Atholl Brose going beyond that first September!). As well as presenting Atholl Brose, Ian was a contributor to the ground breaking "Powder Keg" programme established by Garry Stagg. This led to the occasional fill-in job on Leigh's "Sunny Afternoon" and Scoobie's "Sunday Mix" which ultimately led to presenting the Sunday afternoon programme full time for 2½ years. In the midst of all this, ½ hour "shorts" like "Beyond The Blues" and "The Wednesday Rock Show" were taking Ian into specialist programming which was kindling a new interest in traditional rhythm and blues. This interest resulted in a new programme dedicated to the blues called "Bourbon, Scotch & Beer", the strange title being borrowed from a John Lee Hooker track "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer".
After 1½ years "Bourbon, Scotch & Beer" was put to rest and Ian teamed up with David Grieve to jointly present "Moods & Rockers". The on-air partnership between "Doctor" Grieve and "Professor" Moyes was to last barely a year before Ian was called to the vinyl (which made a change from the bar). The Vinyl Years gave Ian the opportunity to dig deep into his collection of vinyl for the lucky dip feature and a chance to play selected tracks from some of his old 33rpm albums. After 1½ years spinning vinyl, the call of rock and the blues proved too much and "Fine Stuff" was born. The title was a catch phrase from the Grieve/Moyes partnership that was used to describe any track that, in their view, was exceptionally good. The programme is described as an eclectic mix of rock, pop and blues. In other words, it provided an excuse for Ian to play almost anything that was previously featured on the "Wednesday Rock Show", "Bourbon, Scotch & Beer" and the "Vinyl Years"! So there you have it - proof that "cauld kale reheated" really works!
Since retiring he has presented The Vinyl Frontier since 2002.
