Funky_Chicken
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Left this mortal coil on this day 2001 - also left us with some brilliant music. RIP Stuart
Stuart Adamson
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Funky_Chicken
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Me too - saw them quite a few times, and one night at The Redcar Bowl stands out in particular
Lemmy_kilmister
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Absolutely loved The Crossing when it came out. A really uplifting feel to it, and when they followed up with the Wonderland single loved that too. I'd loved The Skids too, and post-Skids (Jobson had left to form The Armoury Show) there was no bigger fan of Big Country than me.
Then Steeltown came out and I thought it was dour and depressing. To me, a polar opposite to The Crossing. Personally I was disappointed with it. Look Away, One Great Thing, and Where The Rose Is Sown were a welcome return for me. Great singles, but I never got them back if you will.
Mortified when Stuart died. He was my first guitar hero.
Did anyone on here remember meeting up with Big Country in the services on the M1 after the Notts County FA cup match? Can't remember if it was Trowell or Woodall. There were loads of Boro in there and I got Stuart's autograph. Bruce Watson had dyed his hair a burgundy colour, Butler wasn't there but Mark Unpronounceable Name (as Smash Hits used to call him
) was. They all looked rough as gashouse cinders
Then Steeltown came out and I thought it was dour and depressing. To me, a polar opposite to The Crossing. Personally I was disappointed with it. Look Away, One Great Thing, and Where The Rose Is Sown were a welcome return for me. Great singles, but I never got them back if you will.
Mortified when Stuart died. He was my first guitar hero.
Did anyone on here remember meeting up with Big Country in the services on the M1 after the Notts County FA cup match? Can't remember if it was Trowell or Woodall. There were loads of Boro in there and I got Stuart's autograph. Bruce Watson had dyed his hair a burgundy colour, Butler wasn't there but Mark Unpronounceable Name (as Smash Hits used to call him
) was. They all looked rough as gashouse cinders
Funky_Chicken
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I was at the County game but we were on the train that day - would loved to have met Stuart and the rest of the band. I can’t think of another band like BC since Stuart’s passing. I shall be playing some of his songs and raise a glass to great man tonightAbsolutely loved The Crossing when it came out. A really uplifting feel to it, and when they followed up with the Wonderland single loved that too. I'd loved The Skids too, and post-Skids (Jobson had left to form The Armoury Show) there was no bigger fan of Big Country than me.
Then Steeltown came out and I thought it was dour and depressing. To me, a polar opposite to The Crossing. Personally I was disappointed with it. Look Away, One Great Thing, and Where The Rose Is Sown were a welcome return for me. Great singles, but I never got them back if you will.
Mortified when Stuart died. He was my first guitar hero.
Did anyone on here remember meeting up with Big Country in the services on the M1 after the Notts County FA cup match? Can't remember if it was Trowell or Woodall. There were loads of Boro in there and I got Stuart's autograph. Bruce Watson had dyed his hair a burgundy colour, Butler wasn't there but Mark Unpronounceable Name (as Smash Hits used to call him
Linthorpe_Exile
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BC One of my favourite bands - didn't get the chance to see them live (other than Barrowlands NYE gig on TV iirc) ... Stuart a great musician, sadly missed.
grumpyoldgit
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Saw them support David Bowie at Roker Park on the Glass Spider tour in 1986(?). They blew him off stage. Stuart was a big fan of the great Bill Nelson, who wrote this when he heard the news of Stuart's death:
Lemmy_kilmister
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Bill Nelson produced Charade, Masquerade and the Days In Europa album for The Skids.
Yankee Dollar was off this album.
Yankee Dollar was off this album.
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