Fire Station Creative is a facility that was opened by John Byrne in July 2015 and is now a creative hub in the center of Dunfermline, Fife. It houses an art gallery, cafe and bar, artist studios, and a community classroom that hosts various activities. We also have local live music acts performing each weekend.
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Sitting in the White Cockade Kilconquhar timeshare watching the video great to hear what made you so keep up your with your music Stevie never tire of hearing that gravelly voice pure talent ❤️
How has it taken this long for me to find this - thank you Richard. Big C meant everything to me in the 80's and Stuart was a bloody genius. Cheers Lads.
Stating the two bands are different is so modestly true but the linkage is there. Into The Valley resounds Stuarts future to create Big Country and that brilliant masterpiece sounds out the Adamson guitar sound that is genius. I'm a piper and can say, Gordon Duncan is a match for Stuart by that I mean a pair of legends passed similar circumstances.
Great interview. RJ as we know is a quiet shy retiring type, here is one of the best interviews I have seen with Bruce, felt like 3 friends just having a chat, and so open about playing live in The Skids & Big Country on the same gig, 3rd time I have listened to this and picked up something I missed. Thanks lads.
Loved the skids still do RJ is a great character Went to see Big Country on their first tour in Sheffield and had a drink after with some of them we asked them to put on another gig in our area and they added Mansfield both gigs were amazing
I had the absolute pleasure of running into Tommy and a couple of his friends when my wife and I were in a pub the last time we were in Edinburgh. Tommy and his pals were talking about books and I was eavesdropping in on their conversation. I made a comment about one of the books they were talking about… one thing led to another and my wife and I spent hours talking with Tommy and his friends. A great and memorable evening in Edinburgh. Thanks Tommy! I still think of that night often. Thanks Fire Station Creative for hosting Tommy!
I wish Richard had asked if any of Stuart's band mates, knowing he clearly wasn't well, and Bruce knowing something was going to happen, if they gave him any support at all? Hopefully so, but here it comes across as 'out of sight, out of mind'. After all it was Stuart who made them the successful band they were. If anyone doubts that, aside from his talent as a musician, look at the Big Country song writing credits, probably why they've only released one album without Stuart.
Stuart Adamson moved to Nashville, and he really wanted to pursue a far different music career there. To quite an extent, he did. He wrote the songs for the Skids. He wrote the songs for Big Country. He wrote the best songs for the Raphaels. BC was plagued by bad A&R, bad management.
First saw skids when circus games album came out can't remember the year but I was hooked. Big country was a breath of fresh air to music. I was heart broken when Stuart passed away he must of been in a very bad place. Glad the guys are still going and Richard has not lost those dance moves.😂🤘🤘🤘🤘
Great interview. Saw Big Country in 1987 and 1989 and several times since. Seen the skids several times last time Sunday night. Really interesting insight into the early days of both bands who were massively influential on many levels. Thanks for posting
I really want to thank you for posting this Richard. For me it's a bit of a strange experience. It was many Long years ago when I first heard Big Country, the song, on the radio. I was hooked from the git because I've always had a great love for music that has elements clearly rooted in celtic culture. Being Scotts/Irish myself I know that is in my blood. I hadn't listened to the song in a very long time and it just popped into my head just yesterday that I should give it another listen. Do I jumped on RU-vid and just went a little bonkers. I listened to Big Country, the band, for almost the entire day. Again, thanks for posting this video. Cheers and fair winds.
G W 0 seconds ago First time I saw Bruff Watson he was on stage at the Kinema looking very Ziggy esque and he could play far better than me,,i was mesmerised ( but dinnae tell him ),,somehow I filled in with the delinx when he moved on with Stuart to begin his path to becoming the Pete Townsend of Scotland, ,,,my first Ballroom experience was far removed from watching him as I went home covered in gob ! , Thanks for bringing backmthose magic days !.
All I want is a tshirt with the classic Big Country logo on it and a time machine to go back to the 80's and catch them in concert. What a great decade for music.
