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{{short description|British musician}}
{{short description|British musician}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Hamish Stuart
| name = Hamish Stuart
| image = Hamish_Stuart_2019.png
| image = Hamish_Stuart_2019.png
| caption = Stuart performing in 2019
| caption = Stuart performing in 2019
| birth_name = James Hamish Stuart
| birth_name = James Hamish Stuart
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|10|8}}
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| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland, United Kingdom
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|10|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Glasgow]], Scotland, United Kingdom
| origin = London, England, United Kingdom
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| instrument = {{hlist|Guitar|bass|vocals}}
| death_date =
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]|[[R&B]]|[[funk]]|[[rock music|rock]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[soul music|soul]]}}
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| origin = London, England, United Kingdom
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| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|composer|record producer}}
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| instrument = Guitar, bass, vocals
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| years_active = 1972–present
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| genre = [[Jazz]], [[R&B]], [[funk]], [[rock music|rock]], [[pop music|pop]], [[soul music|soul]]
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| current_member_of = [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]
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| occupation = Musician, composer, record producer
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| past_member_of = {{hlist|[[Average White Band]]|[[Paul McCartney Band]]|The 360 Band}}
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| years_active = 1972–present
| label =
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| associated_acts = [[Average White Band]], [[Paul McCartney]], [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]], [[The 360 Band]]
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}}
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'''James Hamish Stuart''' (born 8 October 1949) is a British guitarist, bassist, singer, composer and record producer. He was an original member of the [[Average White Band]].
'''James Hamish Stuart''' (born 8 October 1949) is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer, composer, and record producer. He was an original member of the [[Average White Band]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form his first professional band 'The Dream Police'.
Born in [[Glasgow]], Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form his first professional band 'The Dream Police'.


He recorded a couple of [[single (music)|singles]] with the Dream Police, before he was invited to join the recently formed [[Average White Band]] (AWB) in June 1972.
He recorded a couple of [[single (music)|singles]] with the Dream Police before he was invited to join the recently-formed [[Average White Band]] (AWB) in June 1972.


A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Chaka Khan]] and [[David Sanborn]].
A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Chaka Khan]], and [[David Sanborn]].


He wrote [[Atlantic Starr]]'s 1986 [[chart-topper|hit]] "If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Jeffrey Osborne]], [[George Benson]] and [[Diana Ross]].
He wrote [[Atlantic Starr]]'s 1986 [[chart-topper|hit]] "If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Jeffrey Osborne]], [[George Benson]], and [[Diana Ross]].


Stuart joined [[Paul McCartney]]’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album, ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'', and appearing on several other albums and McCartney's [[The Paul McCartney World Tour|world tours of 1989]] and [[The New World Tour|1993]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.yamaha.com/en/artists/guitars_basses/hamish_stuart/ |title=Yamaha artists |publisher=Uk.yamaha.com |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>
Stuart joined [[Paul McCartney]]’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album, ''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' and appeared on several other albums and McCartney's [[The Paul McCartney World Tour|world tours of 1989]] and [[The New World Tour|1993]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.yamaha.com/en/artists/guitars_basses/hamish_stuart/ |title=Yamaha artists |publisher=Uk.yamaha.com |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref>


After collaborating on numerous albums for other artists, he recorded his first solo album, ''Sooner or Later,'' in 1999, 17 years after leaving the Average White Band, which he released on his own [[record label]], Sulphuric Records.
After collaborating on numerous albums for other artists, he recorded his first solo album, ''Sooner or Later,'' in 1999, 17 years after leaving the Average White Band, which he released on his own [[record label]], Sulphuric Records.
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Apart from playing with his own group, the Hamish Stuart Band, and with his fellow Glaswegian guitarist and friend [[Jim Mullen]], Stuart has also produced [[Gordon Haskell]] and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] singer-songwriter [[Meja]].
Apart from playing with his own group, the Hamish Stuart Band, and with his fellow Glaswegian guitarist and friend [[Jim Mullen]], Stuart has also produced [[Gordon Haskell]] and the [[Sweden|Swedish]] singer-songwriter [[Meja]].


In 2006, Stuart toured as the bass player with [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]. He joined Starr again for a 2008 tour, where he performed "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up The Pieces]]" and "[[Work to Do]]".<ref>Sarah Rodman, {{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/06/26/ringo_and_pals_deliver_genial_tour_through_hits/ |title=Ringo and pals deliver genial tour through hits|work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=26 June 2008 |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> He once again toured with the band in 2019 playing "Pick Up the Pieces", "Work to Do", and "[[Cut the Cake (song)|Cut the Cake]]".
In 2006, Stuart toured as the bass player with [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band]]. He joined Starr again for a 2008 tour, where he performed "[[Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)|Pick Up The Pieces]]" and "[[Work to Do]]".<ref>Sarah Rodman, {{cite web|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2008/06/26/ringo_and_pals_deliver_genial_tour_through_hits/ |title=Ringo and pals deliver genial tour through hits|work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=26 June 2008 |access-date=17 August 2011}}</ref> He once again toured with Ringo in 2019 playing "Pick Up the Pieces", "Work to Do", and "[[Cut the Cake (song)|Cut the Cake]]". Although the tour paused because of COVID-19 precautions, it resumed in 2022, completing tour dates initially planned for 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ringostarr.com/news/ringo-starr-and-his-all-starr-band-announce-second-leg-2022-tour-dates |title=RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND ANNOUNCE SECOND LEG OF 2022 TOUR DATES |date=11 April 2022 |publisher=ringostarr.com |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>


In 2007, he produced and appeared as a guest vocalist on the album ''All About the Music'', by [[The AllStars]] collective.
In 2007, he produced and appeared as a guest vocalist on the album ''All About the Music'', by The AllStars collective.


In July 2015, Stuart reunited with his AWB bandmates Malcolm "Molly" Duncan and Steve Ferrone to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one half of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled ''Three Sixty'' in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians.
In July 2015, Stuart reunited with his AWB bandmates Malcolm "Molly" Duncan and Steve Ferrone to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one third of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled ''Three Sixty'' in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians.


Since 2019, he has toured as a featured member of [[Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band|Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band]].
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He is the curator, along with partner Claire Houlihan and friend Tom Sutton-Roberts, of the annual [[mOare Music]] festival, held in the village of [[Oare, Kent|Oare]], [[Faversham]], [[Kent]].


In 2023, he partnered with [[Midnight Oil]] band mates [[Rob Hirst]] and [[Jim Moginie]] on the “Red Continent” EP.
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In recognition of his unique contribution to music, in 2016, Stuart was awarded with a [[BASCA]] Gold Badge award.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gumble |first=Daniel |url=http://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/basca-gold-badge-award-winners-revealed/066139 |title=BASCA Gold Badge Award winners revealed &#124; Talent |publisher=[[Music Week]] |date=4 October 2016 |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>


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He is the curator, along with partner Claire Houlihan and friend Tom Sutton-Roberts, of the annual mOare Music festival, held in the village of [[Oare, Kent|Oare]], [[Faversham]], [[Kent]].
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==Discography==
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===With Average White Band===
*1973 ''[[Show Your Hand (album)|Show Your Hand]]'' (re-issued in 1975 as ''Put It Where You Want It'')
*1974 ''[[AWB (album)|AWB]]''
*1975 ''[[Cut the Cake (album)|Cut the Cake]]''
*1976 ''[[Soul Searching (Average White Band album)|Soul Searching]]''
*1976 ''[[Person to Person]]'' (live)
*1977 ''[[AWB/Live at Montreux]]''
*1977 ''[[Benny & Us]]''
*1978 ''[[Warmer Communications]]''
*1979 ''[[Feel No Fret]]''
*1979 ''[[Shine (Average White Band album)|Shine]]''
*1982 ''[[Cupid's in Fashion]]''


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In recognition of his unique contribution to music, Stuart was awarded with a [[BASCA]] Gold Badge award in 2016<ref>{{cite web|last=Gumble |first=Daniel |url=http://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/basca-gold-badge-award-winners-revealed/066139 |title=BASCA Gold Badge Award winners revealed &#124; Talent |publisher=[[Music Week]] |date=4 October 2016 |access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref>
===With Chaka Khan===
*''[[Chaka (1978 album)|Chaka]]'' (1978)
*''[[Naughty (Chaka Khan album)|Naughty]]'' (1980)
*''[[What Cha' Gonna Do for Me]]'' (1981)
*''[[Chaka Khan (1982 album)|Chaka Khan]]'' (1982)
*''[[I Feel for You (album)|I Feel for You]]'' (1984)


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==Discography==
===With Paul McCartney===
===Albums===
*''[[Flowers in the Dirt]]'' (1989)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
*''[[Tripping the Live Fantastic]]'' (1990)
|+ List of albums, with selected details
*''[[Unplugged (The Official Bootleg)|Unplugged]]'' (1991)
! Title
*''[[Off the Ground]]'' (1993)
! Details
*''[[Paul is Live]]'' (1993)
|-
! scope="row" | ''Sooner or Later''
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* Released: 1999
* Format: CD
* Label: Sulphuric Records (SUCCD001)
|-
! scope="row" | ''Let It Snow''
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* Released: 2003
* Format: CD
* Label: Sulphuric Records (SUCCD005)
|}


===Extended plays===
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===With Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
* ''[[Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006]]'' (2008)
|+ List of EPs, with selected details
* ''[[Live at the Greek Theatre 2008]]'' (2010)
! Title
! Details
|-
! scope="row" | ''Red Continent'' <br>(with [[Rob Hirst]] and [[Jim Moginie]])
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* Released: 8 September 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/rob-hirst-jim-moginie-and-hamish-stuart-to-release-red-continent-20230810|title=Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart To Release Red Continent|website=Noise11|date=10 August 2023|access-date= 13 August 2023}}</ref>
* Format: CD
* Label:
|}


===Other recordings===
==See also==
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* [[Average White Band]]
* 1976 ‘’[[Ned Donehy - A Love Of My Own”]]
* 1976 ''[[Up (Morrissey–Mullen album)|Up]]'' – [[Dick Morrissey]] & [[Jim Mullen]]
* 1977 ''[[The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux]]''
* 1999 ''[[Sooner or Later (Hamish Stuart album)|Sooner or Later]]''
* 2000 ''[[Jimjam]]'' – [[Jim Mullen]]
* 2017 Three Sixty – [[The 360 Band]]
* 2018 James Brown Is Annie II


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:English rock guitarists]]
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[[Category:British male bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Scottish bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Scottish bass guitarists]]
[[Category:Scottish record producers]]
[[Category:Scottish record producers]]
[[Category:Scottish male singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Scottish male singers]]
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[[Category:Average White Band members]]
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[[Category:British funk musicians]]
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[[Category:Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band members]]
[[Category:21st-century Scottish male singers]]
[[Category:Paul McCartney Band members]]

Revision as of 01:06, 31 July 2024

Not to be confused with the Australian rugby union player Hamish Stewart.

Hamish Stuart
Stuart performing in 2019
Stuart performing in 2019
Background information
Birth nameJames Hamish Stuart
Born (1949-10-08) 8 October 1949 (age 75)
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
OriginLondon, England, United Kingdom
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • bass
  • vocals
Years active1972–present
Member ofRingo Starr & His All-Starr Band
Formerly of

James Hamish Stuart (born 8 October 1949) is a Scottish guitarist, bassist, singer, composer, and record producer. He was an original member of the Average White Band.

Biography

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart attended Queens Park School in Glasgow and left to form his first professional band 'The Dream Police'.

He recorded a couple of singles with the Dream Police before he was invited to join the recently-formed Average White Band (AWB) in June 1972.

A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan, and David Sanborn.

He wrote Atlantic Starr's 1986 hit "If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for Smokey Robinson, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson, and Diana Ross.

Stuart joined Paul McCartney’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album, Flowers in the Dirt and appeared on several other albums and McCartney's world tours of 1989 and 1993.[1]

After collaborating on numerous albums for other artists, he recorded his first solo album, Sooner or Later, in 1999, 17 years after leaving the Average White Band, which he released on his own record label, Sulphuric Records.

Apart from playing with his own group, the Hamish Stuart Band, and with his fellow Glaswegian guitarist and friend Jim Mullen, Stuart has also produced Gordon Haskell and the Swedish singer-songwriter Meja.

In 2006, Stuart toured as the bass player with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. He joined Starr again for a 2008 tour, where he performed "Pick Up The Pieces" and "Work to Do".[2] He once again toured with Ringo in 2019 playing "Pick Up the Pieces", "Work to Do", and "Cut the Cake". Although the tour paused because of COVID-19 precautions, it resumed in 2022, completing tour dates initially planned for 2020.[3]

In 2007, he produced and appeared as a guest vocalist on the album All About the Music, by The AllStars collective.

In July 2015, Stuart reunited with his AWB bandmates Malcolm "Molly" Duncan and Steve Ferrone to form The 360 Band. This is in essence one third of the original Average White Band. They released an album titled Three Sixty in 2017 and have been performing live together along with supporting musicians.

Since 2019, he has toured as a featured member of Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band.

In 2023, he partnered with Midnight Oil band mates Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie on the “Red Continent” EP.

He is the curator, along with partner Claire Houlihan and friend Tom Sutton-Roberts, of the annual mOare Music festival, held in the village of Oare, Faversham, Kent.

In recognition of his unique contribution to music, Stuart was awarded with a BASCA Gold Badge award in 2016[4]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title Details
Sooner or Later
  • Released: 1999
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sulphuric Records (SUCCD001)
Let It Snow
  • Released: 2003
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Sulphuric Records (SUCCD005)

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
Title Details
Red Continent
(with Rob Hirst and Jim Moginie)
  • Released: 8 September 2023[5]
  • Format: CD
  • Label:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Yamaha artists". Uk.yamaha.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ Sarah Rodman, "Ringo and pals deliver genial tour through hits". The Boston Globe. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ "RINGO STARR AND HIS ALL STARR BAND ANNOUNCE SECOND LEG OF 2022 TOUR DATES". ringostarr.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  4. ^ Gumble, Daniel (4 October 2016). "BASCA Gold Badge Award winners revealed | Talent". Music Week. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie and Hamish Stuart To Release Red Continent". Noise11. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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