Big Country: Stuart Adamson

Stuart Adamson Biographical and Family Information

FULL NAME: William Stuart Adamson
BIRTH DATE: April 11, 1958
BIRTH PLACE: Manchester, England (grew up in the village of Crossgates near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland)
FATHER: Coal miner, seaman (marine engineering), fisherman, and a telephone worker in Saudi Arabia
MOTHER: Electronics factory assembly line worker
WIFE: Melanie Shelley (married February/March 2000)
CHILDREN: Callum (February 10, 1982) and Kirsten (June 11, 1985)

Stuart Adamson Instruments Played

Lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, ebow, slide, b-bender) and piano

Stuart Adamson Equipment

Yamaha guitars
Les Paul guitars

1 used.
1 with standard pickups.
1 with Seymour Duncan vintage pickups.

Jimmy Moon guitars

1 custom design similar to a Fender Telecaster with a flat, wide neck, flat frets, ebony fingerboard and maple wood.
1 custom design (configuration unknown).
1 with EMG pickups (could be either of the above).

Fender guitars

American standard Telecaster

Gary Levinson guitars

1 Blade with Sperzel machineheads.

Ebow
Amplifiers

(still working on this section)

Stuart Adamson Other Musical Projects

Tattoo (1973-1975, included Willie Simpson, John and Ian)
The Skids (1977–1981)
The Prime Movers

Spooked (1989, guitar on "Dark Western Nights")

Working with Marcus Hummon as "Blue Healer"

Stuart Adamson Musical Interests and Influences

Bepop Deluxe, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Offspring, Gin Blossoms, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Patsy Cline, Nine Inch Nails, Flaming Lips, The Smiths, Kate Bush and U2.

Stuart Adamson Hobbies and Interests

Arizona iced tea, Cajun food, fly fishing, football (Dunfermline Athletic), Geena Davis, Indian food, motorbikes (has sponsored the Big Country Motorcycle Racing Team), poetry (Hugh McDiarmid) and running.

Stuart Adamson		Biographical and Family Information

		FULL NAME: William Stuart Adamson BIRTH DATE: April 11, 1958 BIRTH PLACE: Manchester, England (grew up in the village of Crossgates near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) FATHER: Coal miner, seaman (marine engineering), fisherman, and a telephone worker in Saudi Arabia MOTHER: Electronics factory assembly line worker WIFE: Melanie Shelley (married February/March 2000) CHILDREN: Callum (February 10, 1982) and Kirsten (June 11, 1985)

Stuart Adamson		Instruments Played

		Lead vocals, guitars (acoustic, electric, ebow, slide, b-bender) and piano

Stuart Adamson		Equipment

		Yamaha guitars Les Paul guitars 1 used. 1 with standard pickups. 1 with Seymour Duncan vintage pickups. Jimmy Moon guitars 1 custom design similar to a Fender Telecaster with a flat, wide neck, flat frets, ebony fingerboard and maple wood. 1 custom design (configuration unknown). 1 with EMG pickups (could be either of the above). Fender guitars American standard Telecaster Gary Levinson guitars 1 Blade with Sperzel machineheads. Ebow Amplifiers (still working on this section)

Stuart Adamson		Other Musical Projects

		Tattoo (1973-1975, included Willie Simpson, John and Ian) The Skids (1977–1981) The Prime Movers Spooked (1989, guitar on "Dark Western Nights") Working with Marcus Hummon as "Blue Healer"

Stuart Adamson		Musical Interests and Influences

		Bepop Deluxe, Black Sabbath, The Clash, Offspring, Gin Blossoms, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Patsy Cline, Nine Inch Nails, Flaming Lips, The Smiths, Kate Bush and U2.

Stuart Adamson		Hobbies and Interests

		Arizona iced tea, Cajun food, fly fishing, football (Dunfermline Athletic), Geena Davis, Indian food, motorbikes (has sponsored the Big Country Motorcycle Racing Team), poetry (Hugh McDiarmid) and running.