Graeme Duffin

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Graeme Duffin
Background information
Birth name	Graeme Duffin
Born	February 28, 1956 (age 51)
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Electric guitar acoustic guitar
Years active	1986 - Present
Associated acts	Wet Wet Wet Maggie Pie & The Impostors

Graeme Duffin (born 28 February 1956) has been the lead guitarist for the recently-reformed Scottish rock band Wet Wet Wet since the band's inception in 1986.

Wet Wet Wet are probably best known for their international hit, a cover of Reg Presley's "Love is all Around", which was featured on the soundtrack of the film Four Weddings and a Funeral.

In an online article^{[citation needed]} by Graeme Smith (dated 23 March 2005) Duffin is quoted as saying,

"We are basically social animals and we have a real need to feel that we belong, and stammering, if it makes us feel somehow different from everybody else around us, can lead to a real feeling of isolation. I feel the only way forward for adults who suffer chronically from stammering in the long term is to be able to face it head-on with dignity and courage. That is very, very difficult if you are trying to do that in isolation."

In an interview with British Stammering Association trustee Eddie Phillips (Speaking Out, Autumn 2004, page 3) Duffin describes his experience of stammering severely during a radio interview in which he was attempting to discuss his work with Wet Wet Wet:

"I blocked on every syllable of every word, and they couldn't use the interview. I came out of the studio exhausted, disheartened, embarrassed. Two years ago I had an interview there that went really well. That partly reflects my level of confidence in my ability to deal with and enjoy that situation now."

In addition to his role as a guitarist with the Wets and Director of the FML, Duffin is actively involved in the work of the British Stammering Association Scotland, and is also an instructor/facilitator for the McGuire Programme.

In February 2006, Duffin opened Foundry Music Lab, a recording/rehearsal/teaching facility with two of his friends, Ted Blakeway and Sandy Jones, in Motherwell.

In October 2006, Duffin joined Wets frontman Marti Pellow for a two-month tour in support of the latter's Moonlight Over Memphis solo album.

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Wet Wet Wet

Marti Pellow - Tommy Cunningham - Graeme Clark - Neil Mitchell

Other musicians: Graeme Duffin

Discography

Studio albums: Popped In Souled Out - The Memphis Sessions - Holding Back the River - High on the Happy Side - Cloak & Dagger - Picture This - 10

Singles: See here

Live albums: Wet Wet Wet: Live - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Compilations: End of Part One - The Greatest Hits

Videos: Video Singles - Live Glasgow Green Free Concert - High on the Happy Side - The Wets at the Castle - Live at the Royal Albert Hall - End of Part One - Picture This: All Around and in the Crowd - Playing Away at Home - The Greatest Hits and More