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    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...
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  • AHAB. Adamson is the son of musician Stuart Adamson, who was the guitarist for The Skids and lead singer and guitarist for Big Country. Adamson has toured...
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  • consisted of Stuart Adamson (vocals, guitar) Bruce Watson (guitar) Tony Butler (bass guitar) and Mark Brzezicki (drums). Following Adamson's death in 2001...
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  • Scottish punk rock and new wave band, formed in Dunfermline in 1977 by Stuart Adamson (guitar, keyboards, percussion and backing vocals), William Simpson...
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  • record The Crossing, which would include a re-recorded "Harvest Home". Stuart Adamson and fellow guitarist Bruce Watson used the MXR Pitch Transposer 129...
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  • favourites.[citation needed] All lyrics are written by Stuart Adamson; all music is composed by Adamson, Mark Brzezicki, Tony Butler, and Bruce Watson, except...
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    "Big Country | Stuart Adamson". Stuart-adamson.co.uk. "Stuart Adamson Quotes on Big Country Songs…. | Stuart Adamson". Stuart-adamson.co.uk. "The Public...
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  • were an alternative country music band, fronted by Scottish guitarist Stuart Adamson, formerly of Skids and Big Country. The duo also featured Nashville...
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  • In a Big Country (category Songs written by Stuart Adamson)
    appears overhead and lead singer Stuart Adamson tosses a rope down the cliff edge. He and drummer Mark descend. Stuart and the woman embrace (perhaps revealing...
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  • to Damascus marks the band's last studio album to feature vocalist Stuart Adamson (who would die in 2001) and bassist Tony Butler (who retired from the...
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    Scottish band The Skids, which was where Butler met Stuart Adamson. In 1982 Butler joined Adamson's new band Big Country with his drumming partner Mark...
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    underpinned verses, contrasting with Stuart Adamson's more straightforward chord work in these sections. During solos, as Adamson played the main melody, Watson...
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  • and Cherry Red Records. Formed by Stuart Adamson following the demise of Skids, the band's classic line-up of Adamson (vocals/guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar)...
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  • Speaking to The Lennox Herald in 1995, lead vocalist and guitarist Stuart Adamson said of the album, "I think that this album flows well and that there...
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  • Stuart Adamson McKinstry (born 18 September 2002) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Championship club Queen's Park...
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  • Bush worked on the title song in a duet with lead singer and lyricist Stuart Adamson. The album's first single, "Look Away", was an Irish number one, and...
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  • Jobson, Stuart Adamson, Russell Webb and Mike Baillie), except "Out of Town", written by Jobson and Adamson Skids Richard Jobson – vocals, guitar Stuart Adamson...
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  • to split up, but a couple of weeks later lead vocalist and guitarist Stuart Adamson phoned guitarist Bruce Watson to suggest the band give things another...
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  • engineered by Mick Glossop. Scared to Dance was the first album to feature Stuart Adamson's 'bagpipe guitar', which would be the trademark of his later band Big...
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  • wouldn't, but who listens to us anyway?" All tracks are written by Stuart Adamson; except where noted "You, Me and the Truth" and "Comes a Time" were...
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  • Special Against All Odds – Phil Collins, Stevie Nicks, Peter Gabriel, Stuart Adamson, Mike Rutherford, August Darnell, Larry Carlton and Michel Colombier...
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  • singing-style with Skids was highly distinctive, and he wrote the lyrics, while Stuart Adamson wrote most of the music. Scared to Dance, the first Skids album, included...
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  • delicate sound." All tracks are written by Stuart Adamson; except where noted Big Country Stuart Adamson – guitar, piano, vocals, e-bow Mark Brzezicki...
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  • It was their first album after the departure of signature guitarist Stuart Adamson who went on to found Big Country. It represented a change of direction...
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  • by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson, except "Home of the Saved", written by Adamson Skids Richard Jobson – vocals Stuart Adamson – guitar, vocals, keyboards...
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  • 52nd Street 808 State The 1975 A II Z A Guy Called Gerald Barry Adamson Stuart Adamson Addictive AIM Airship Aitch Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias Alfie...
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  • The Saints Are Coming (category Songs written by Stuart Adamson)
    1978. The song's lyrics were written by Richard Jobson with music by Stuart Adamson, who later went on to form Big Country. As with the band's following...
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    Finish album. In 1979, he introduced it to Stuart Adamson of the Skids on their Days in Europa album. Adamson went on to use it with Big Country, specifically...
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  • 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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  • Into the Valley (category Songs written by Stuart Adamson)
    the week ending 24 March 1979. It was written by Richard Jobson and Stuart Adamson. The song's lyrics are notoriously unintelligible owing to Jobson's...
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