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

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Biography

Born in

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, 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

(AWB) in June 1972. A member of AWB from 1972 to 1982, he went on to work with Aretha Franklin, Chaka Khan and

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. He wrote

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's 1986

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"If Your Heart Isn't in It" and songs for Smokey Robinson,

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and Diana Ross. Stuart joined

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’s band (where he switched between guitar and bass as necessary with McCartney) for McCartney's 1989 comeback album, ''

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'', and appearing on several other albums and McCartney's world tours of 1989 and

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. 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

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, Sulphuric Records. Apart from playing with his own group, the Hamish Stuart Band, and with his fellow Glaswegian guitarist and friend

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, Stuart has also produced Gordon Haskell and the

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singer-songwriter

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. 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". He once again toured with the band 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. 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. 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,

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. In recognition of his unique contribution to music, in 2016, Stuart was awarded with a

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Gold Badge award.

Discography

With Average White Band

*1973 '' Show Your Hand'' (re-issued in 1975 as ''Put It Where You Want It'') *1974 '' AWB'' *1975 '' Cut the Cake'' *1976 '' Soul Searching'' *1976 ''

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'' (live) *1977 '' AWB/Live at Montreux'' *1977 '' Benny & Us'' *1978 '' Warmer Communications'' *1979 '' Feel No Fret'' *1979 '' Shine'' *1982 '' Cupid's in Fashion''

With Chaka Khan

*'' Chaka'' (1978) *'' Naughty'' (1980) *'' What Cha' Gonna Do for Me'' (1981) *'' Chaka Khan'' (1982) *'' I Feel for You'' (1984)

With Paul McCartney

*''

'' (1989) *''

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'' (1990) *''

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'' (1991) *''

Off the Ground ''Off the Ground'' is the ninth solo studio album by Paul McCartney, released on 2 February 1993. As his first studio album of the 1990s, it is also the follow-up to the well received ''Flowers in the Dirt'' (1989). Recording and structure Afte ...

'' (1993) *''

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'' (1993)

With Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band

* '' Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Live 2006'' (2008) * '' Live at the Greek Theatre 2008'' (2010)

Other recordings

* 1976 – " A Love of Your Own" –

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* 1976 – ''Up'' – Dick Morrissey &

* 1977 – '' The Atlantic Family Live at Montreux'' * 1984 – Vocalist on the song "Love & Happiness" from the album '' Straight to the Heart'' * 1999 – '' Sooner or Later'' * 2000 – ''

Jimjam ''Jimjam'' (stylised as ''jimjam'') is a 2000 recording by UK jazz-funk guitarist Jim Mullen, featuring fellow-Scot Hamish Stuart on rhythm guitar, Pino Palladino on bass and Ian Thomas on drums. The professional collaboration between Mullen and ...

'' –

* 2017 – ''Three Sixty'' – The 360 Band * 2018 – ''James Brown Is Annie II'' – James Brown Is Annie

References

External links

Interview at Wholenote Online Guitar Community
at Gazetteer for Scotland {{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Hamish 1949 births Living people Musicians from Glasgow Musicians from London Scottish rock guitarists English rock guitarists Male bass guitarists Scottish bass guitarists Scottish record producers 20th-century Scottish male singers Scottish songwriters Scottish session musicians Scottish expatriates in the United States Average White Band members British funk musicians Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band members 21st-century Scottish male singers Paul McCartney Band members