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  Fridays

  20:05-22:00

  Radio Scotland

  Jim Gellatly's Music Bed

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Jim was born roughly 40 years ago in Dundee. His life changed towards the end of his school days when he was whacked over the head by a bigger boy for having a Beatles album. He never recovered. He harboured desires to become a rock singer but his musical inability led him to becoming a radio DJ.

From Moray Firth, to Northsound to Beat 106 and XFM he built a reputation for debuting new acts on the radio and was the first to play the likes of Biffy Clyro, KT Tunstall, The Fratellis, Amy Macdonald and The Enemy. In April 2008 he was honoured by The Radio Academy, with the "PRS John Peel Award For Contribution To Music Radio". The past winners list looks like a who's who of radio legends (Alan Freeman, Bob Harris, Kenny Everett, Steve Lamacq, Chris Tarrant and John Peel himself - it was renamed after his death). On The Music Bed on Friday evenings though, we reveal through Jim's MP3 player that his musical taste isn't always quite as cool as he'd like to make out.

JIM FACTS:

In the late 80s he interviewed legendary Scots bass player Jack Bruce, not having a clue who he was.

He once gave Nicky and Richey from Manic Street Preachers a lift in his car.

He's been to every single T In The Park.

He was the first radio DJ to interview the Spice Girls. One of them refused to kiss him goodbye, saying "I don't do kisses". He can't remember which one.