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The People We Should Be

by Allister Thompson

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writerrb Lovely renditions of Stuart Adamson and Big Country songs. A good introduction to Allister Thompson. A wonderful collection of songs. Favorite track: The One I Love.
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Binaural Space I never listened to Big Country prior to getting ready for this album during its pre-release period because that felt like the basic courtesy before I would dare to listen to my friend Allister’s versions of the songs.

This whole album is really beautiful. Fragile yet dynamic, full of pleasant vocals and wonderful guitars reminding me of the musical love of my life, Mike Oldfield. I love its atmosphere, clear sound and its cover art.

This is a Celtic sound gem, get it. And congrats Allister! Favorite track: Restless Natives.
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THE SONGS OF STUART ADAMSON
PERFORMED BY ALLISTER THOMPSON

Stuart Adamson (1958-2001) was the lead singer and primary songwriter of Scottish Celtic rock band Big Country, as well as a former member of legendary punk band The Skids.

Adamson is also a primary influence on the way I play guitar and write songs, and his lyrics influenced my positive development as a person. Hence, I decided this year to record several of the band's best songs as my personal tribute to that influence. I am joined on three songs by rock guitarist Sean Kelly (Crash Kelly).

The album concludes with my own instrumental tribute to Adamson, “A Boy from Dunfermline.”

Here are some thoughts on Adamson's work excerpted from an article I wrote about the band:

“Adamson founded Big Country with, it would seem, the best rock musicians he could get his hands on: monster drummer Mark Brzezicki, nimble-fingered bassist Tony Butler, and rhythm/lead guitarist Bruce Watson...

“Together they crafted a highly unusual sound that emphasized not only the influence of Scottish music but also the individual strengths of each super-talented musician; Brzezicki is left unchained to play inhuman fills while a laying down a positively Bonzo-ish stomp; Butler works the full neck of his bass, playing melodies as well as holding down the roots; while Adamson and Watson utilized a number of recently developed guitar effects such as delay and the Ebow...

“Adamson's style was a mixture of the down-to-earth humanism of vintage Springsteen with a poetic sensibility in the best misty tradition of Celtic poetry...

“Adamson was as gifted a rock songwriter as this world has seen, whose music at its best worked on a whole other plane than the average, inspiring the listener to be a better, more open-minded person and custodian of this world.”


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released July 1, 2021

Original cover art by Samantha Thompson
Everything played and sung by Allister Thompson +
lead guitar on “Wonderland,” “Come Back to Me,” and “Broken Heart (13 Valleys)” by Sean Kelly

NOTES:
This is a fan tribute album and is not endorsed by Big Country or the estate of Stuart Adamson.
All songs have been licensed, and licenses will be renewed as appropriate. For publishing info, see individual song pages.

To read my article on Big Country: makeyourowntaste.com/2014/12/10/big-country_stuart-adamson/

VIDEOS:
“Wonderland”: youtu.be/5BjZrWI6wik
“Fields of Fire”: youtu.be/k15Q3sFF1sA

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This is the place to meet the psychedelic, progressive, ambient, and folk/rock music of Allister Thompson released under his own name and as The Gateless Gate, Sons of Birches, Twilight Fields, and Khan Tengri.

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