eb, b, *1961 GB
Musician of Rock and Pop
A.k.a. Laurence Donegan
Lawrence Donegan (born 13 July 1961, in Stirling, Scotland), is a musician, journalist, and former Golf Correspondent at The Guardian.Donegan was educated at St Modan's High School and the University of Glasgow, where his musical career began. He was the bassist in The Bluebells, whose biggest hit was "Young at Heart," and Lloyd Cole and the Commotions. After Lloyd Cole and the Commotions split, Donegan became a journalist and an author. In between times he worked as the House of Commons assistant to Brian Wilson MP. While in that role, he was part of a one-off band called the Stop Its that recorded an anti-poll tax song of a similar name. The band also included David Hill, later press spokesman for Tony Blair. and Tim Luckhurst, who later became editor of the Scotsman newspaper and is Pro
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