Douglas MacIntyre interview – Creeping Bent, Love and Money, The Bathers, Lloyd Cole, Friends Again

The Top 10 songs from this episode can be found at the Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1s7... Following on from last week’s episode on the evils of the music business in the 80s, this week’s show jumps a decade and features Douglas MacIntyre, one of the most likeable record company bosses you’re ever likely to come across. As he prepares to wind up his label, Creeping Bent, after 30 years, he joins Scotpop to talk about working with artists such as The Leopards, Adventures In Stereo and Spacehopper. He also tells us about raising more than £50,000 for Down’s Syndrome Scotland and what the global success of Lewis Capaldi means for Scottish music. He has a a fascinating story to tell, from launching his world-famous label in the 90s with a fax machine from a flat in Mount Florida, Glasgow, to releasing seminal records from artists such Alan Vega, Gareth Sager and The Nectarine No. 9, and curating a memorable night for John Peel’s Meltdown in 1998. Douglas is perhaps one of the most well-connected figures in Scottish music; as a top session guitarist he’s also strummed, plucked and thrashed for The Secret Goldfish, Love and Money, The Bathers, James Grant and Lloyd Cole, and the recently reformed Friends Again, as well as his own bands, including Article 58 and Jazzateers. To top it all, his wife's in a band, his daughter’s in a band and his in-laws are Clare Grogan of Altered Images and the producer of multi-million global smash MMMbop by Hanson. Birthday parties round Douglas's house must be bloody brilliant. Pic credits this episode: Angus Whyte/Alastair McKay