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“If I’d put a live act together we’d have conquered the world. But it was a fear I had – what does a record producer do onstage? It was unfounded. We should have done it”: Studio veteran reveals big regret to a fan who’s now a big name himself

The Pink Floyd collaborator thought his career would last two years. But in the past five decades he’s had surprise hits, overreacted to a myth about tape, and made colleagues believe his ideas had been their own

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“There was a full moon and the curtains were open. Every time I looked up for ideas, I looked at the moon”: How teen prodigy Kate Bush created her timeless classic Wuthering Heights

“Those shrieks and warbles are beauty beyond belief,”said John Lydon

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“Ian broke his wrist. We took him to the hospital and he got a cast put on. And we knew the session was coming up…” Up close with the 1974 Les Paul Custom that Ian Bairnson used to play the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights – with his arm in a cast

When he tracked Wuthering Heights, Bairnson had a broken wrist, his arm in plaster, but as Pilot bandmate David Paton says, that wouldn't stop a man like him

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“He had an incredibly clean technique, which was very, very rare. I’ve never found it in any other guitar player”: Alan Parsons on why late Project and Kate Bush guitarist Ian Bairnson was unlike any guitarist he’d ever encountered

Parsons played alongside Bairnson as part of the Alan Parsons Project, and witnessed the late session legend's flawless technique up close

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“The reaction to Ian Bairnson’s collection has so far surpassed interest to some of these mammoth names in the guitar world”: The Les Paul used on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights smashes estimates at auction

Ian Bairnson famously used the Gibson guitar to play the Wuthering Heights solo while his arm was in a plaster cast

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“Ian was always ready to play a stylistically perfect solo for every track he was involved with”: The Les Paul behind the iconic guitar solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights is now up for auction

The late Ian Bairnson’s guitar was used across the first four Kate Bush albums, as well as classic records from the Alan Parsons Project and countless sessions

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“I caved in and said: ‘Okay, I’ll put out Wuthering Heights, if only to teach you not to interfere with our choices’”: The decisions and coincidences that helped make Kate Bush a superstar

Signed around the same time as the Sex Pistols after David Gilmour mentored the 16-year-old’s “remarkable talent,” a durable paradox emerged

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“The Bulls loved it immediately. Michael Jordan loved it”: He appeared on smash hits by Kate Bush and Paul McCartney, but this unsung session guitar hero's most popular solo can be heard in one of the most iconic sports anthems of all time

The late Ian Bairnson spent decades as a first-call session man, but his most famous turn came on the Alan Parsons Project tune Sirius

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In Memoriam: remembering the rock musicians we lost in 2023

Raising a toast to those musicians, producers, songwriters and artists who passed away in 2023

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Popular mambos, braking cars, and Kate’s guitar solo – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

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Alan Parsons pays moving tribute to "genius" Ian Bairnson

The Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush guitarist Ian Bairnson has died, aged 69

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Ian Bairnson, guitarist with Pilot and for Kate Bush, dies aged 69

Shetland-born musician, who also played with the Alan Parsons Project, had been living with dementia

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Kate Bush and Alan Parsons Project guitarist Ian Bairnson dies aged 69

The Scottish musician had been suffering from dementia

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Kate Bush's guitarist Ian Bairnson dies as wife pays tribute after 'challenging years'

Guitarist Ian Bairnson, who is well known for his work with Kate Bush has died at the age of 69 following a battle with dementia, as his heartbroken wife has paid tribute

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Ian Bairnson, guitarist for the Alan Parsons Project and Kate Bush, dies aged 69

The Scottish session player performed the solo on Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights, and collaborated with the likes of Paul McCartney, Sting and Mick Fleetwood

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