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Scottish guitarist, songwriter and vocalist (1958–2001)
Stuart Adamson
Adamson with Big Country in 1991
Background information
Birth name
William Stuart Adamson
Born
(1958-04-11)11 April 1958 Manchester, England
Origin
Dunfermline, Scotland
Died
16 December 2001(2001-12-16) (aged 43) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Genres
Punk rock, new wave, Celtic rock, alternative rock
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, keyboard, bass guitar
Years active
1976–2001
Labels
No Bad, Virgin, Phonogram, Mercury, Vertigo, Compulsion, Fox, Transatlantic, Track
Formerly of
Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels
Musical artist
William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding member and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. The group's commercial heyday was in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alternative country band The Raphaels. In the late 1970s the British music journalist John Peel referred to his musical virtuosity as a guitarist as "a new Jimi Hendrix".[1]
^Glen, Allan (February 2011). Stuart Adamson – In A Big Country. Birlinn, Limited. ISBN 978-1846971426.
William StuartAdamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founding...
consisted of StuartAdamson (vocals, guitar) Bruce Watson (guitar) Tony Butler (bass guitar) and Mark Brzezicki (drums). Following Adamson's death in 2001...
AHAB. Adamson is the son of musician StuartAdamson, who was the guitarist for The Skids and lead singer and guitarist for Big Country. Adamson has toured...
favourites.[citation needed] All lyrics are written by StuartAdamson; all music is composed by Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, and Bruce Watson, except...
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to Damascus marks the band's last studio album to feature vocalist StuartAdamson (who would die in 2001) and bassist Tony Butler (who retired from the...
appears overhead and lead singer StuartAdamson tosses a rope down the cliff edge. He and drummer Mark descend. Stuart and the woman embrace (perhaps revealing...
StuartAdamson McKinstry (born 18 September 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Championship club Queen's Park...
were an alternative country music band, fronted by Scottish guitarist StuartAdamson, formerly of Skids and Big Country. The duo also featured Nashville...
Jobson, StuartAdamson, Russell Webb and Mike Baillie), except "Out of Town", written by Jobson and Adamson Skids Richard Jobson – vocals, guitar Stuart Adamson...
and Cherry Red Records. Formed by StuartAdamson following the demise of Skids, the band's classic line-up of Adamson (vocals/guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar)...
engineered by Mick Glossop. Scared to Dance was the first album to feature StuartAdamson's 'bagpipe guitar', which would be the trademark of his later band Big...
to split up, but a couple of weeks later lead vocalist and guitarist StuartAdamson phoned guitarist Bruce Watson to suggest the band give things another...
by Richard Jobson and StuartAdamson, except "Home of the Saved", written by Adamson Skids Richard Jobson – vocals StuartAdamson – guitar, vocals, keyboards...
1978. The song's lyrics were written by Richard Jobson with music by StuartAdamson, who later went on to form Big Country. As with the band's following...
Finish album. In 1979, he introduced it to StuartAdamson of the Skids on their Days in Europa album. Adamson went on to use it with Big Country, specifically...
Together"* (Adamson, Watson) "We're Not in Kansas"* (Adamson) "Look Away" (Adamson) "What Are You Working For" (Adamson) "Steeltown" "Stuart and the Audience"...
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the week ending 24 March 1979. It was written by Richard Jobson and StuartAdamson. The song's lyrics are notoriously unintelligible owing to Jobson's...
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