Bruce Welch
Birthday
1941/11/02 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, UK
Also know as
The Shadows
Biography
Bruce Welch OBE (born 2 November 1941 as Bruce Cripps) is an English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman best known as a founding member of the Shadows. Bruce Welch was born in Bognor Regis in 1941. His parents (Stan Cripps and Grace Welch) moved him to 15 Broadwood View, Chester-le-Street, County Durham shortly after. Welch's mother died when he was aged six, and he grew up with his Aunt Sadie. After learning to play the guitar, he formed a Tyneside skiffle band called the...Read more
Acting
(2004) The Shadows - The Final Tour
as Self - rhythm guitar
(1966) Finders Keepers
as Bruce - The Shadows
(2005) The Shadows - Live in Liverpool
as Self
(1964) Wonderful Life
as Bruce - The Shadows
(2022) Warren Miller's Daymaker
as Self
(2000) The Shadows: Live
as Self
(2011) Vox Pop: How Dartford Powered the British Beat Boom
as Self
(2009) Cliff and the Shadows: The Final Reunion
as Self - rhythm guitar
(1961) The Young Ones
as Self - The Shadows (rhythm guitar)
(1964) Rhythm 'n' Greens
as Self - The Shadows
(1998) Europigeon
as Self
(2013) Rock 'n' Roll Britannia
as Self
(2009) Cliff Richard and The Shadows - The Final Reunion
as Self
(1968) Cilla
as Self
(1979) The Marti Caine Show
as Self - The Shadows
(1988) Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
as Self - The Shadows
(1975) Numéro un
as Self - The Shadows
(1975) Système 2
as Self - The Shadows
(1956) Eurovision Song Contest
as Self - Contestant