Bruce Innes, a native of Calgary, Alberta, began performing professionally at age 11.  At the start of his young career, his father, a professional musician, chauffeured Bruce to and from jobs making sure the pre-teen was home safely by midnight.  By the time he graduated from high school and decided to go south of the border he had years of valuable performing experience.  When a student at the University of Montana, Bruce formed the Big Sky Singers, a group voted "best vocal group in the nation" by a national jazz magazine. His final year in college he was hand picked by blues legend Josh White (in poor health at the time and unable to play guitar) to tour and play guitar behind Josh's vocals. Josh, with his health improving, returned to New York City after the tour, and Bruce went back to the U of M. After finishing his formal education, Bruce moved to Los Angeles where the Big Sky Singers released an album with Dot Records. The Big Sky Singers disbanded when David Stiles, the lead singer, died suddenly.  Bruce remained in Los Angeles where his songwriting ability landed him the opportunity to write for various artists and allowed him to write a show for, and perform internationally with L.A. Dodgers celebrity shortstop Maury Wills.  Bruce and Maury toured the world with their traveling show.

Bruce returned to Calgary and began performing in a little locally renowned coffee house with incredible but undiscovered performers like Joni Anderson (now known world wide as Joni Mitchell) and David Wiffen. Using The Pig's Eye as a performance base he formed The North Country Singers with Graham Bruce, Bliss Mackie and Dixie Lee Stone.  The group performed across Canada before moving to Los Angeles and changing the group name to THE ORIGINAL CASTE.  At Dot Records they recorded two singles before signing with TA Records, a label distributed by Bell Records (Columbia).  At TA Records Bruce met Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, who produced THE ORIGINAL CASTE’S first album and two hit singles, ONE TIN SOLDIER and MR. MONDAY.  The success of these two songs (Certified Gold in Canada and Japan) enabled the group to tour extensively in the United States, Canada and Japan. The band toured until Bruce moved to the United States. Along the way Bruce collaborated with other artists, including singing with his friend, John Denver, on his Rocky Mountain High album and writing hit songs for Ray Stevens, Mickey Gilley, and international artists from Australia to Japan.  Bruce now lives in Ketchum, Idaho, and continues to write, record and perform.  He performs regularly in Sun Valley, Idaho, and in concert venues across the U.S. and Canada.  THE ORIGINAL CASTE (Bruce Innes and Jilla Web) can be seen in concert in theaters across the nation performing their highly acclaimed traveling show ONE TIN SOLDIER RIDES AGAIN.

More about Bruce in brief:
    Songwriting Credits:
        Top 10 hit in Japan
        Top 10 hit in Australia

    Honors Received:
        Two gold records in Canada
        Two gold records in Japan
        Producer of Western Music Association Album of the Year, 2003

    TV Appearances:
        CBS-TV
        NBC-TV
        CBC-Canada
        CTV-Canada

    Performances:
        Canada - Vancouver to Toronto
        U.S. - NYC to LA, Seattle to Albuquerque
        Japan - Tokyo to Sapporo
        Europe - France, Germany, Scotland, England
        Mexico
        Vietnam

    Appeared With:

        Josh White                               

        Joni Mitchell 

        Michael MacDonald

        Crosby Stills & Nash 

        Ray Charles

        Judy Collins 

        Blood Sweat & Tears

        The Carpenters

        Seals & Crofts 

        John Denver

        Waylon Jennings 

        Glen Campbell

        Bobby Darin

        Paul Shaffer