Alan Longmuir

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Alan George Longmuir (born June 20, 1948 in Edinburgh , Scotland - † July 2, 2018 in Larbert , Scotland) was a British musician who became known as a member of the Bay City Rollers . He played electric bass , guitar and keyboard .

Life

Longmuir was the son of an undertaker and had two older sisters, Betty and Alice, and a younger brother Derek . The children grew up in a very musical house. Together with his brother Derek as a drummer and his cousin Neil Porteous he founded a band called Potias in 1966. At first he worked on the side as a plumber. When Gordon "Nobby" Clark joined the vocalist, Longmuir concentrated entirely on the work of the band, which was now called The Saxons and eventually the Bay City Rollers. Longmuir had a brief acting career in 1981 in the German feature film Burning Rubber .

In June 2018 he fell ill with a viral infection while on vacation with his wife in Mexico and was initially treated in a Cancun hospital. From there he was transferred to his Scottish homeland to the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert at the end of June , where he died on July 2, 2018.

Filmography

  • 1981: Burning Rubber (feature film)
  • 1991: There's Somebody On My Head You Never See (TV Documentary)
  • 1999: Behind the Music (TV documentary)
  • 2004: Who Got the Bay City Rollers' Millions? (Television documentary)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Burning Rubber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ Alan Longmuir of the Bay City Rollers this aged 70 , accessed on July 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Longmuir, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Longmuir, Alan George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, founding member of the Bay City Rollers
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 2018
Place of death Larbert , Scotland , United Kingdom