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Scotland's Strongest Man (AGAIN)

Big huge congratulations to my wee brother Goose who won Scotland's strongest man competition again for the second year running.Goose now automatically qualifies for the British final which takes place in Minehead on the 7th June. Will keep you up to speed on his progress. :)

Box Club Album

Delighted to finally get our Box Club debut album back today and the album launch will be on Tuesday 19th February 08 in "Universal" Sauchiehall Lane, Glasgow all welcome. Would be great to see you and if you want more info on the band or the album then check out www.boxclub.co.uk :)

Dougal Delight

Just a huge congratulations to Ewan (dougal) Robertson who last night blew everyone away with 2 amazing songs and an accompaniment set to lift the 2008 Young Traditional Musician of the Year award. Ewan and myself have played together week in week out for the past 5 years or so and there is not another more deserving person I know to receive this prestigious award. Well done again Dougs :)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone and a huge thank you to you all for another amazing year of continued support and great times.

There were many highlights in 2007 to name a few, winning the 100th Camanachd Cup, The Runrig madness, brilliant festivals/concerts, International trips and plenty of mischief on the way. Really couldn't of asked for much more.

I hope 2008 is a fantastic year for you also and that our paths cross at some point this year and we manage a wee dram together.

Happy 2008 :)

Britain's got Talent

Was in Berlin this week doing concerts for Live Music Now which were brilliant when I got a phone call from the production team of Britain's got Talent asking if I could audition on Saturday morning in the SECC Glasgow so got a cheap flight and came home a few days early. It was very funny and there were thousands of kids running around and even animals doing amazing tricks so certainly not expecting much from it but still brilliant fun none the less.

Camanachd Cup Winners

Well what can i say, absolutely delighted to be Scottish Champions again and on the 100 year makes it even a little more special. Big thank you to everyone for there support and encouragement up to and after the final whistle. Hopefully we can have the same winning result with Scotland in 3 weeks time against the Irish :)

Runrig (Beat the Drum)

Just a huge thank you to Runrig and everyone who attended the Beat the Drum festival at Borlum Farm last weekend who gave me a very special night. Given the chance to play with such a prestiges band was one thing but in front of 17500 was just brilliant. Yes it was a shame it rained all day but everyone that I have spoken to since the event said they would do it all again in a heart beat. Would like to wish the boys the very best with there tour and hope they are supporting Fort William in this years Camanach Cup Final haha :)

Sports Weekly

I have been asked if i can co-present the BBC Radio Scotland programme "Sports Weekly" which goes out live each Saturday morning between 9-10am with John Beattie. John is on holiday this week so i have been asked to speak nonsense and try and fill the big mans shoes for one week only. If you get the chance to listen in then please do.

BBC Radio Scotland Saturday 4th August 2007 9am

Britain's Strongest Man

I have been down in Minehead (Summerset) the past few days at the British Strongman Final where my little brother Goose was competing. The top 2 in each group then proceeded to the grand final which he did and in style. 7 English and 1 Scotsman stood tall and with the Saltire flag flying high above the crowd the young underdog looked awesome. This was it, with the Top 5 proceeding to the Worlds Strongest Man in Disney Land USA everyone looked mean,mighty and bloody massive.

After 2 grueling days and a torn muscle in his shoulder he finished 6th, just one place off a US trip. He had surpassed everyones expectations and did our country proud.

So if any of you see the big star make sure you buy him a pint as he hasn't had a drink in 9 months and a wheel barrow to get him home haha :)

Cmon the Goose.

California Trip

Just a huge thank you to everyone in California who made yet another years trip so special and fun. The gigs,craic and nonsense were second to none and big thanks again to Bruce for flying us about in his private plane and for the 13000 foot free fall sky dive. After escaping Alkatraz and Michael B's off side rule i arrived home on Friday to some lovely good old Scottish rain and some great local gigs to take me back down to earth. Big huge thanks again to you all. xxx

Everything you see (Out Now)!

Yo, Well the Runrig album was released on Monday entitled "Everything you see" and also has there new single "Clash of the Ash" on it. The album looks great although I do think they have photo shopped my legs off a snowman they are that white but brilliant never the less.

Big thanks to the guys for a great day out on Friday where we went on a wee cruise up Loch Ness for the press launch. When doing one of the interview's the lady commented live on air that "We had not yet seen the Loch Ness monster Gary,do you think he will surface today". I undid my belt and went to show her My wee Loch Ness monster haha. Her face was a picture :)

I hope you get out and buy it. Not only does it have your's truly on the front but the album is really brilliant and I wish the boys every success with it :)

Scotland's Strongman Final

My little brother Christopher aka (Goose) has just won the final of Scotland's Strongest Man 2007. The 10 finalists met this year in Fort William after a 10 year stay in Glenrothes for the first S.S.M.F event to be held in the Highlands. Goose started well and out of the 6 events he got 4 firsts a 2nd and a 3rd. This gave him a 13 point lead which meant he did not need to do the last event but he did and in style by lifting all 6 stones finishing with the 160kg over his head and to set the Nevis Centre on fire and to be the youngest winner ever. Absolutely over the moon and if any of you get a chance check out my video on bebo the moment he wins it by putting the 6th stone up.

Cheers a very happy Gary :) x

Runrig Album Cover

Well I had a huge smile on my face when Mike from the Runrig office in Aberdeen phoned and asked if they could use a picture of me swinging my caman for the front cover of the bands new album called EVERYTHING YOU SEE. The album will be out this summer and the band are currently in the studio in Denmark recording what will surely be there classiest album yet hehe.

Big thanks to Runrig for using the picture and I'm sure it will sell millions,

Well maybe not now! :)

West Highland Way Connection

Hey folks hope you are all well.

Billy McIsaac a man of many talents started his own record company SFF Records in 2003 to raise money for Lochaber Hydrotherapy and to this date has raised thousands of pounds towards this very worth while charity. This is Billy's second compilation album titled The West Highland Way Connection which has many fantastic artists including Shooglenifty, Iain MacDonald/MacFarlane and many many more. I am also very pleased to be on the album and hope it raises a lot of money for this great charity.

You should be able to pick up a copy of this album in most CD/Book stores all over Scotland and all proceeds of the CD goes towards the Lochaber Hydrotherapy Charity

You can also get a copy online at www.sffrecords.com or for more details :)

Kazakhstan 07

Hey folks, Just returned from Kazakhstan on the 31st Jan where we were playing for oil companies to raise money for a blind school which we opened when we were there and for an orphanage down in Mahambet which is where there famous kazak poet came from (our version of burns). We raised between the 2 events and other dates $111000 which is an incredible amount of money and well done to everyone who made it possible to make such a huge difference to so many lives.

We were also on local television twice and national once because of the nature of the trip which was great and we were treated like kings and queen's for 2 weeks.

So just a huge thanks again to Andy,Kevin,Colin,Mark,Rudi,Ian and many many more for your craic,drams stories and nonsense.

P.S If the drams are flying as much next year then the funds will be going towards a new liver for me! :)

Happy New Year

Happy New Year folks hope you all had a great Hogmanay where ever you spent it. We were playing in Drumnadrochit at the Loch Ness Hogmanay Party which was fantastic and a huge thanks to everyone who stayed out and partied so hard when the rain was telling you to get home and have a dram in front of the fire. 2006 has been another brilliant year for myself with the start of a new band Box Club,trips to USA Kazakhstan,China,Italy,France and lots more brilliant gigs at home in Scotland.

Winning the Premier League with the Shinty was a highlight for me also. This was the first time ever in Fort William's history that it was achieved. Representing the North of Scotland as Captain and our famous first victory in Croke Park against the Irish a few weeks ago will certainly keep me going if I'm ever bored driving to a gig.

Thank you to everyone who has come along to concerts, ceilidh's and the nonesense for the past year(s). Hope to see you all again in 2007 for some of the same fun that hopefully we have enjoyed together

Happy 2007..........Gary xx :)

Yeeehaa

Well what a weekend we had over in Ireland. We beat the Irish in Croke Park 19.11 and i managed to get 6 points for Scotland. I was given by BBC Radio Scotland a mini disc player and asked to document how i was feeling before and after the game with players thoughts and views in between which is getting aired on Sat morning(check tv/radio for details).

Only 2 weeks before we return to China and then straight into the studio with Box Club to record our first album. We are also delighted that the very best in the business Donna Cunningham of Firefly Productions is now our agent and i'm greatly looking forward to working with Donna and the girls in the office.

If you would like to listen to the show or listen back then click HERE and scroll down to Sports Weekly with John Beattie and forward the programme to 31mins. I think you will get a good laugh.

Croke Park (Dublin)

Hey folks flying out in the morning with the Scotland squad to Dublin for the yearly Shinty/Hurling International which takes place this year in Croke Park Europe's second largest stadium holding over 90000 people. The Aussie rules Football also against Ireland is on after our game and at present 85000 tickets have been sold for the double header event which will be unbelievable to play in. I have also been asked by BBC Scotland to carry one of there Mini Disc player's with me to document the trip and they will edit and put the best bits of the trip on Radio Scotland on the 11th November. Hope we kick ass :)

New Look

Hey folks hope you like the new look of the website. Thought it was time for a little change. The homepage picture was taken live on stage at the Palais da Congretes Theatre in France and the design of the page is all down to the legend that is Martin O'Neill. You can check out Martin's webpage designs and images at

www.remoteproductions.co.uk

League Title

On Saturday 30th September 06 Fort William Shinty Club made history by winning the Premier League of Shinty for the very first time in 114 years. As you can imagine there were plenty of drams flying about on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon then received a phone call from the Scotland manager telling me that i was picked for the Scotland team where we will fly to Ireland this November for the yearly International which takes place in the awesome setting of Croke Park this year so all in all not a bad weekend.

P.s Big thanks to GMA Shinty Club who let me off playing at there yearly dance on Saturday night so i could celebrate with the boys after the game.

Camanachd Cup Final

Well it's that time of year again folks and we have managed to get back into the Camanachd Cup Final again which has been brilliant. After last years amazing win at home i think it will take something pretty special to beat it but we'll try. There is a programme on Friday 15th Sep(check tv/radio for details) which i did an interview on then the big final on Saturday in Dunoon this year which will be live on BBC 1. Hope you can all tune in from where ever you are and show your support. :)

California

Hey folks hope everyone is well and enjoying the sunshine we are getting just now. Heading off to California on Monday for 10 days playing and doing a bit of shinty coaching with the Californian Shinty Team aswell which will be brilliant so hopefully have some great photo's for ya when i get back. There may be a television crew following the trip also which would be a great laugh but that's not been confirmed yet so fingers crossed.

Got a pretty hectic summer ahead with some brilliant trips with the band to France and Italy and a week in Tunisia also so if you are phoning regarding bookings or enquiring then it may be easier to e-mail me as i will try and check them everyday and it also saves my phone bill too hehe :)

Boxclub

Hey folks I'm lucky enough to be involoved in the new phenomenon that is Boxclub. The band consists of 4 Accordions which are myself, John Somerville, Angus Lyon and Mairearad Green, Duncan Lyall on Double Bass, Mike Bryan on Guitar and Martin O'Neill on Bodran/kit.

We have a tour in the Autumn which we are working on just now and most of the music is composed by ourselves or people that have influenced us in the music that we play. Don't worry I will be in touch soon with more details and more news on the tour.

You can also check us out at www.myspace.com/boxclub

Scotland Strongman 2006

Hey folks my little bro Goose is in the Scotland Strongman Competition again this year competing. After breaking his ankle the day before the competition last year we are all hoping that he kicks ass this year after coming 4th in his first year 2004.

The competition is on Sunday 7th May in the Rothes Halls (Glenrothes,Fife) and if you would like to book tickets online for the event then click here. or you can phone Rothes Hall ticket line direct on 01592 612 121

Hope to see you there.

Mailing List

Hey folks while changing servers we unfortunately lost everyone that is on the mailing list so if you have signed up to be on the mailing list before the 23rd March 2006 then please re submit your details again.
Thank you Gary

Bit of a Surprise!!!

Got a bit of a shock when I arrived at the Shinty on Saturday and everyone telling me that I was in the Daily Record and the Sun news paper that day. They had done an article about the new season and my recent travels abroad with a big picture to go with it unless you got the later edition where the picture had been cut down a fair bit.If there is a next time I'll try and get onto page 3 of the Sun with my Ciachan's out haha.

To read The Daily Record article click here.

Hello Queenie?

Well folks I got a surprise today when I got asked to go down to Hollyrood on the 5th July this year for the Queen's summer garden party.I am allowed a partner and I just can't decide who to take so if you think you should be the one I take then e-mail me why and how much money you would spend on me haha,See you soon.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone and all the best for 2006. Thank you very much to everyone who voted for me in the BBC Radio nan Gaidheal Sports Personality of the Year Award. I came second with 8802 votes and 42% of the over all, so thank you all very much - I was so close.It's been an amazing year with the CD coming out, winning the Camanachd Cup and all the music trips across the world which has been unbelievable.Thank you to everyone again for your continued support and i hope this year for you is just as good as last year was for me.

P.S Since yesterday's performance in Rivercity I have been inindated with phone calls from different people but ITV have phoned and asked if i would like a part in Coronation Street as Vera Duckworth's new toy-boy!!!

Bliadhna mhath ur, Gary

Sports Awards

Well folks i'm looking for your help again please. I've been nominated into the final 4 of BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal's Sportsman of the Year Award and the final runs from the 12th Dec until the 20th December. There are 3 different ways of voting.
1 Press on this link and vote on line http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/alba/radio/programme/?prog=spors
2 Phone this number 0141 338 2648 or
3 text Gary Innes to 07786202103
Thank you very much to everyone who votes.

Trad Awards/Sports Awards

What a night last night turned out to be at the Queen's Hall Edinburgh. Well done to everyone nominated and to all those who won. I unfortunetly did not win best up and coming artist (maybe p**s artist) but well done to Jenna Reid who did in our section.I also got a little phone call two days ago letting me know that I am in the final 4 for BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal Sports Achievement of the Year Award which I am delighted to be involved in. The voting starts on the 12th of December so don't you worry I'll be back in touch with you all again very soon haha. Anyway thanks to all who voted for me you gave me a very special night indeed. Thanks very much again Gary.

Scottish Trad Awards

Hey folks hope your all well. I've been nominated into the final 4 of the Scottish Trad Awards 2005. I'm absolutely delighted and the category is for Scotlands best up and coming musician which would be unbelievable to win but i cant do that without your vote. The only way anyone can win this award is from the publics vote. You can vote online by clicking here .You can only vote from a computer once but you can download the form here and print it as many times as you like for family and friends and post it in, but the closing date is the 25th Nov. Thanks very much and please please vote. If i win i will buy ya all a beer and brilliant Christmas present.

Rivercity

Myself and Allan Henderson just finished a days filming for Rivercity at the BBC studios in Dumbarton and what a laugh we had. We filmed the Christmas and New Year scenes which go out on the 23rd and 30th December on BBC1. Big thanks to all the cast and crew who gave us a great day and special thanks to the director Mike Alexander who looked after our every need. I'll hopefully get some photo's up loaded soon. Cheers Gary

Scotland Victory

Well done to all the managers and players who coached and played us to victory over the Irish this weekend in the shinty/hurling international in Inverness. As usual it was amazing to be playing with the best and part of a squad who are dedicated 100% to our sport. This is my 7th Cap for Scotland at senior and under 21 level and only my first win so it was even more special than previous years. Thanks to everyone who came to the game and well done to the Under 21 squad and ladies team also. Im definately retiring now haha.

Drams in the Field

Would like to thank everyone who was at Drams in the Field (Glenelg) on Friday night. We had an awesome night and it was our first Scottish festival since France with the Darien Project. Big thanks to Cocoa and all the organisers of the festival and hope to see you all again at it next year. Cheers.

Camanachd Winners 2005

Hey hey well what a weekend.I think it will take something very special to beat it i can assure you.We beat Kilmallie with 2 minutes to spare 3.2 and i managed to get 1 of the goals,man of the match and be captain of the winning team Fort William Shinty Club yes my head is swollen haha.Just a big thanks to the thousands of you that were at the game and to everyone who tuned in on the radio and television im sure it was just as exciting for you as it was for the supporters that were at the match.Hope to see you for a dram from the cup soon.

Camanachd Cup Final

Hey folk getting all geared up for the big show down on Saturday between ourselves and Kilmallie in the Camanachd Cup Final.It's going to be an amazing day and for anyone out there that has not been to a shinty match before then then you really want to get down to this one. The game is in Fort William and starts at 2.30pm but alternatively you can watch it live on BBC1 or listen in on radio Scotland from 2pm onwards.Thanks for all the support and encouragement already.

Damn Shinty

Hey folks as most of you probably don't know I also play shinty for Fort William and we reached the Camanachd Cup Final on Saturday which will be played on the 17th September live on BBC1 but because of this I have had to swap some gigs around with my friends so if you notice that some gigs have gone from the gigs page this is why. Also i have had to give the Shetland Festival a miss for similar reasons which is a unfortunate but have been booked for next years festival instead. Hope this hasn't inconvenienced anybody. Cheers Gary

What a week

We just got back from Lorient last night and boy what a week. The weather was brilliant all week and the gigs and concerts that we performed in were fantastic.Would like to say a special big thanks to Bertrand Fazio who was our interpreter for the week and for organizing all the interviews with radio stations and newspapers which was not part of his job.Anyone that has not been before i highly recommend it for next year.Now im away for some sleep!

Lorient Festival

Hey folks heading away in the morning to the famous Lorient Festival. If any of you are heading over then you can catch us at these venue's.
6th August 12am (midnight) Espace Bretagne
8th August 4pm Palais des Congres
11pm Espace Bretagne
9th August 5pm Espace Bretagne
11th August 3pm Palais des Congres
12am Espace Bretagne Cheers.

Queen's Hall

Hey folks if your about next Wednesday 3rd August in Edinburgh then try and get along to the Queen's Hall for 7.30pm. It's a new BBC comedy reality series called Comadaidh Oir and features 6 Gaelic actors filming there very own comedy sketch with there very own ceilidh before and in between sketches which is where i come in.Should be great craic. Hope to see ya there (No rotten tomatoes now for the box player)

Radio Interview

Hey folks! Im doing an interview about the cd on Nevis Radio on the 23rd June from 8 till 9 on Linda Campbell's show. There's also a competition and a chance to win some cd's. Don't be shy now!

Thanks

Thanks very much to everyone who came to the cd launch. It was a brilliant night and was a great success. Sure woke up with a sore head in the morning! Hope you all enjoyed it too. Thanks.

Album Launch

Hey folks hope your all enjoying the album. The album launch in on the 16th June and is in the Edge which is on the corner of George Square Glasgow. It starts at 9pm and everyone is welcome. Hope to see ya there for a beer and some tunes. Cheers

C.d Released

Hey folk finally the c.d is out, It came back yesterday and should be available to buy in shops within the next couple of days. Hope you all enjoy but if you can't find it in any shops then you can contact myself for a copy or the boys at Skipinnish records www.skipinnish.com to buy one online. Cheers and hope to see you all soon.

New Website

Hiya! Welcome to the new Gary Innes website, where you can find out more about myself the C.d and the wee purple fella.

I hope you enjoy.

Thanks for visiting!

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Scotland's Strongest Man (AGAIN)

Thursday, February 07, 2008

Box Club Album

Monday, January 28, 2008

Dougal Delight

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Happy New Year

Sunday, November 18, 2007

Britain's got Talent

Monday, September 24, 2007

Camanachd Cup Winners

Monday, August 27, 2007

Runrig (Beat the Drum)

Sunday, July 29, 2007

Sports Weekly

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Britain's Strongest Man

California Trip

Friday, May 18, 2007

Everything you see (Out Now)!

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Scotland's Strongman Final

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Runrig Album Cover

Saturday, March 10, 2007

West Highland Way Connection

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Kazakhstan 07

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Happy New Year

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Yeeehaa

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Croke Park (Dublin)

Sunday, October 08, 2006

New Look

Sunday, October 01, 2006

League Title

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Camanachd Cup Final

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

California

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Boxclub

Sunday, April 09, 2006

Scotland Strongman 2006

Friday, March 24, 2006

Mailing List

Monday, March 06, 2006

Bit of a Surprise!!!

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Hello Queenie?

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Happy New Year

Monday, December 12, 2005

Sports Awards

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Trad Awards/Sports Awards

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Scottish Trad Awards

Monday, October 24, 2005

Rivercity

Sunday, October 09, 2005

Scotland Victory

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Drams in the Field

Monday, September 19, 2005

Camanachd Winners 2005

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Camanachd Cup Final

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Damn Shinty

Saturday, August 13, 2005

What a week

Friday, August 05, 2005

Lorient Festival

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Queen's Hall

Monday, June 20, 2005