Scott Rowley
Author and music journalist who wrote the biography Stay Alive: The Life and Death of Stuart Adamson, and discusses his research into Adamson's life and career.
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Feb 24, 2026 • 46min
The Skids, Big Country and the unsettling story of Stuart Adamson
Scott Rowley, author and music journalist, unpacks Stuart Adamson’s rise from Dunfermline to Big Country and beyond. He traces troubled family roots, stage charisma versus private anxiety, and clashes over control, production and image. They explore missed opportunities, changing music scenes, and Adamson’s later life in America leading to his disappearance and death.
