Six decades of music in Dundee was showcased at a historic concert in the city at the weekend.
The Take it to the Bridge show was the first time Dundee’s musical heritage from the 1960s onwards had been represented at a single event.
The Gardyne Theatre concert was based on Dundee author Lorraine Wilson’s best-selling book, which documented the city’s music scene.
The three-and-a-half hour show featured some of the best-known songs to come out of Dundee, including work by Michael Marra, Billy McKenzie and Danny Wilson’s Gary Clark.
Lorraine said the aim of the charity concert was to take the musicians featured in the book from the ”page to the stage”.
She said: ”As soon as I wrote the book, people kept saying it would be great to see all these people together, or as many as them as possible.
”The idea was floating around for a wee while. I got involved with the Gardyne Theatre as a music programmer and Gary Robinson at Radio Tay asked if I would like to do a four-part radio programme based on the book.
”Because it is being recorded for broadcast, we will run the series with the gig at the end.”
Proceeds from the sold-out show will go to the Cash For Kids charity.
The concert kicked off with Havana Swing, before taking the crowd on a musical journey of Dundee music from the 1960s to the present day.
The show featured rare appearances from the Sleaz Band and Skeets Boliver and ended with a mass-singalong of Michael Marra’s Hermless.
Lorraine said that Christopher Marra had the formidable task of organising the scores of musicians taking part in the evening.
She said: ”He has been playing for 42 years, since he was 14. He has played everywhere from the backroom of a pub to huge stadium gigs around the world.
”He was able to blend things, and (decide) which Dundee cover versions might suit.”
Cover versions included Boogalusa’s spirited take on Danny Wilson’s The Second Summer of Love.
Musicians who could not attend, including Gary Clark and Deacon Blue singer Ricky Ross, sent video messages which were screened during the show.
Lorraine said: ”It was pretty difficult to organise because there were bands like the Hazey Janes who wanted to play but a few weeks ago they got the call to support Wilco in Europe.
”I would much rather the bands were out there doing well.
”We got as many of the people here that I think were absolutely vital.
”This is the first time that something like this has been done, covering the whole history.
”We started off with Havana Swing to show the jazz side and the Top Ten Club with Drew Larg in the 1960s, right through to current bands like the Boston Tea Party.
”We tried as much as possible to make it chronological and it has a good flow.”
Lorraine said the concert had picked up momentum, with names being added right up to the last minute.
She said: ”Stuart McHardy, who now lives in Edinburgh, was a big part of the Bothy folk scene at the end of the sixties and he did Michael Marra’s Niel Gow’s Apprentice.
”Some people weren’t sure whether to be involved, but as there started to be a buzz about it and got closer to the time, more people wanted to play.
”Being able to show an audience bands that haven’t been around for a long time has been great.”