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William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, described by broadcaster and DJ John Peel as “the new Jimi Hendrix”. He is best known as co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of rock group Big Country, which rose to prominence in 1983. Prior to that he founded Scottish art-punk band Skids. In the 1990s he founded alternative country rock act The Raphaels. He killed himself in 2001.

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rdfs:comment	William Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001) was a Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter, described by broadcaster and DJ John Peel as “the new Jimi Hendrix”. He is best known as co-founder, lead vocalist, and guitarist of rock group Big Country, which rose to prominence in 1983. Prior to that he founded Scottish art-punk band Skids. In the 1990s he founded alternative country rock act The Raphaels. He killed himself in 2001.
foaf:name	Adamson, Stuart Stuart Adamson
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dc:description	Guitarist, songwriter, vocalist
foaf:givenName	William Stuart Adamson
active years end year	2001-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1976-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
associated band	Skids The Raphaels Big Country
associated musical artist	Skids The Raphaels Big Country
background	solo_singer
birth date	1958-04-11(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	Manchester
birth year	1958-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	2001-12-16(xsd:dateTime)
death place	State of Hawaii City and County of Honolulu
death year	2001-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Celtic rock New wave Punk rock Rock music
home town	Dunfermline
instrument	dbpedia:Guitar dbpedia:Keyboard_instrument dbpedia:Singing dbpedia:Bass_guitar
occupation	dbpedia:Musician dbpedia:Singer-songwriter
record label	dbpedia:Mercury_Records Track Records dbpedia:Virgin_Records 20th Century Fox Records dbpedia:Vertigo_Records dbpedia:Phonogram_Records dbpedia:Transatlantic_Records
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stuart_Adamson_91.jpg?width=300
is band member of	The Raphaels
is former band member of	Skids Big Country
is music composer of	Restless Natives
is writer of	Into the Valley Harvest Home One Great Thing Wonderland Look Away The Saints Are Coming In a Big Country Fields of Fire Chance

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