An independent Scotland would shun the euro and keep the pound in your pocket for at least a decade after separation. That was the pledge today from the finance secretary. But John Swinney's fiscal policy for a Scotland going it alone has been attacked by the Shadow Chancellor. Ed Balls says the SNP's plans are in chaos. In other news: A man who was jailed for a year after his Rottweilers savaged a young girl in Dundee is to appeal against his conviction; A member of Tayside Fire Board has hit back at criticism from a public spending watchdog over the retention of full-time crews at a Dundee fire station. In sport: Inverness captain Richie Foran's urged winger Johhny Hayes to follow his lead, by penning a new deal. Foran says Hayes should stay and continue his excellent progress under manager Terry Butcher. This is an international version of the news that may have been edited for rights reasons.
Please visit: www.tomwalbankmusic.com Englishman Tom Walbank was born in the town of Wells,1969, in the county of Somerset. Raised in Totnes, Devon, he discovered blues in his teens, beginning harmonica (which remains to this day his main instrument). He studied the harp style of main influence Sonny Terry and played constantly through his twenties after moving to Edinburgh, Scotland. Here he joined blues trio 32-20 and then, with guitarist Steve O' Connor, the acoustic blues duo Hot Tamales. After meeting and marrying his wife, Leia Maahs, he moved to California in 1997. He also started playing guitar around this time in the style of John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Son House and Big Joe Williams. Moving to Tucson in 2000 he started playing constantly in the local bars and clubs, establishing himself as a force on the local music scene, either solo or with guitarist Doug Smith or with Dimitri Manos and Mike Bagesse, aka the Ambassadors. He has recorded ten albums and appeared on twenty others, usually adding harmonica. In 2009 he scored the movie Good Boy. He has won best blues band in Tucson five times, best blues band in Arizona once and (with pianist Arthur Migliazza) best blues duo in Tucson once, representing Tucson in Memphis in the International Blues Challenge both times. Video Rating: 4 / 5
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