Ian Bairnson

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Ian Bairnson (born 3 August 1953, Levenwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland) is a musician, famous for being one of the core members of The Alan Parsons Project. He is a multi-instrumentalist, who has played saxophone and keyboards, though he's well known as a guitarist.

While born in Shetland, Bairnson grew up in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

He was a session guitarist before joining up in 1973 with former Bay city Rollers musicians David Paton and Billy Lyall in the band Pilot. During this time with Pilot, he first collaborated with Parsons, the producer on their debut self-titled album. It was this relationship that helped incorporate most of the band's members (bassist/lead singer David Paton and drummer Stuart Tosh) into The Alan Parsons Project.

As a guitarist, he has been featured on every Project album, including the 1984 side project Keats. He has also been featured on albums like Kate Bush's The Kick Inside, and with the band Bucks Fizz.

Currently, he is a session guitarist, and has been touring with a number of different bands, the latest being with the band Junk (Bairnson, Jesús Gabaldón, Pau Chaffer, Sarah Rope and Ángel Celada).

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