Stuart Adamson
(1958-2001)
Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter
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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 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".
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William Stuart Adamson 11 April 1958 Manchester, England
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16 December 2001 (aged 43) Honolulu, Hawaii
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