Guitarist Ian Bairnson, a longtime collaborator of Alan Parsons as well as Kate Bush, passed away on April 7th of dementia. He was 69.
Although not a household name, Bairnson played lead guitar on several significant hits during the mid to late 1970's as well as the early 1980's. Bairnson first gained note with his work for the Scottish band Pilot with its international hit "Magic" which was produced by Alan Parsons. Within a couple of years, Bairnson along with David Paton and Stuart Tosh would join The Alan Parsons Project. Bairnson had notable guitar solos on songs such as "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You" and "Eye in the Sky".
Bairnson also participated in the Parsons' side project Keats which featured Zombies lead singer Colin Blunstone. While with The Alan Parsons Project, Bairnson also collaborated with Kate Bush on her first few albums most notably contributing the guitar solo at the conclusion of Bush's debut single "Wuthering Heights".
I leave you with Bairnson's solo on The Alan Parsons Project 1982 hit "Eye in the Sky". R.I.P.
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