Big Country play Edinburgh Liquid Room as part of their Eastworld UK
tour. Originally formed in 1981 by guitar playing founder members
Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson both native of the band’s hometown
Dunfermline in Scotland. Initially driven by a shared vision of
widescreen guitar melody, harmony and lyric, the classic Big Country
sound was further enhanced later that summer by the arrival of drummer
Mark Brzezicki and bass player Tony Butler. This is the Big Country
that (with producer Steve Lillywhite), recorded the classic debut
album ‘The Crossing’ in 1983. The band broke massively worldwide
with the release of the album’s classic singles ‘Fields Of
Fire’, ‘Chance’ and signature song ‘In A Big Country’, which
went on to become massive worldwide hits, selling over 2 million
copies and driving ‘The Crossing’ to 3 prestigious Grammy
nominations in the USA. The band now includes Bruce Watson, Jamie
Watson, Tommie Paxton, Reece Dobbin and Chris Stones.
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