Stuart Adamson(1958-2001)

He was born in Manchester, but grew up in Crossgates near Dunfermline, Fife, and formed the punk group, The Skids, in the 1970s. He went on to form Big Country, which had a string of hits during the 1980s as well as eight successful albums.

In 1986, he told how he had suffered a nervous breakdown six years before and was on the verge of another due to stress and overwork. He was found dead in a Hawaii hotel room. He went missing in November 2001 from his home in Nashville, Tennessee - 2nd time in two years that it had happened. He left a note for his son Calum on 7 November 2001 saying "back by noon Sunday", but was not seen again after that.

Music used to be a thing where working people got together on a Saturday night and played some songs. Someone'd play the guitar or the fiddle or an accordion. No bastard'd played the synthesiser. Stuart Adamson