Talk:Ian Bairnson

Systemic bias
What is the source and content of this critical acclaim for songs as 'Jigue' and 'Mr Time' both of which are not Bairnson compositions or feature prominent performances by him? Besides, the tone of this article seems coloured in a favourable way towards Bairnson. This seems to be 'evident' in the use of a sentence like: "Bairnson's proficiency as a saxophone player was made evident on The Time Machine" and the prominence of this sentence very early in the introduction: "Producer, engineer, and composer and long time collaborator Alan Parsons has said of Ian, "he is arguably the best guitarist in the UK"." Am I overreacting? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stasis101 (talk • contribs) 02:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * No, I do not think you are. The article was distinctly POV, and is now toned down. (Please sign your comments). Derek R Bullamore 19:28, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I think the edits I made should bring this closer to being a somewhat standard article. It definetely needs major work, but I am thinking this should help things out a bit. I removed what looked to be a lot more POV stuff, and took out that ghastly long list of collaborations. Hopefully, this makes it look better. Kagurae (talk) 10:03, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Other work
Didn't he also play on many other famous records, e.g. "Crusader" by Chris de Burgh? Best, 88.72.204.7 (talk) 21:55, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

Bay City Rollers
As far as I can see, his connection with the Bay City Rollers is that he played with a couple of guys who were briefly in the Rollers. Am I missing something ? As that does not seem enough to make them an associated act ! -- Beardo (talk) 21:01, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

American?
This article is listed in some categories for American people, but the article does not mention his having American citizenship, or having ever lived in America. Is this a mistake or something is missing in the article? Gorpik (talk) 09:49, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Good spot. I have removed the categories [Category:21st-century American saxophonists] and [Category:21st-century American male musicians], as these are clearly in error. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:19, 26 April 2023 (UTC)

Alan Parsons solo albums
I think those should be added to the list, particularly since Ian became the main writer for two out of three. Jules TH 16 (talk) 16:02, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

East West
Ian played in an Edinburgh Blues Band call "East West" (drummers included Dave Swanson) for a couple of years. Saw them at loads of gigs (Princess Street Gardens during the festival, Falkirk music etc.) Not sure of their set list but he 'influenced' loads of local guitarist. James William Devlin (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2024 (UTC)