William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish rock guitarist, and lead singer/frontman of the 1980s band Big Country. He also performed with the 1970s punk rock band Skids, and the 1990s 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”.
instruments played
bass
Guitar
keyboard
Vocals
Associated Acts
Skids, Big Country, The Raphaels
Birth Name
William Stuart Adamson
Genres
New wave, punk & Celtic rock
Labels
No Bad, Virgin, Phonogram, Mercury, Vertigo, Compulsion, Fox, Transatlantic, Track
Origin
Dunfermline, Scotland
Years Active
1976 2001
Name
Stuart Adamson
Nationality
Scotland