Hundreds of fans lined the streets as Bay City Rollers guitarist Alan Longmuir was laid to rest today. Alan Longmuir, a founding member of the Bay City Rollers, has died. The band would later be known as the Bay City Rollers and went on to sell over 100million records, securing worldwide success with upbeat pop tunes like Bye Bye Baby and Shang-a-Lang.They split up in 1978 and reunited in 2015 for a string of sold-out performances.Bay City Rollers enjoyed renewed success when they reformed for shows in 2015. Alan Longmuir www.edinburghne ws.scotsman.com /whats-on/ things-to-do/ memorial-for-bay -city-rollers-a lan-longmuir-ra ises-5000-1-495 7540 Memorial for Bay City Rollers’ Alan Longmuir … In the 1990s, he worked as lead singer of a reformed version of the Bay City Rollers, which also featured Alan Longmuir, Stuart Wood and singer Karen 'Kass' Prosser. Much loved husband of Eileen, loving father, brother and grandfather. The Bay City Rollers were not present at the service as they are currently on tour in Australia but former bandmate Nobby Clark was on hand to pay his respects.Following the service, a piper led the cortege through the streets of the town as Ms Rankin and family members followed behind. Alan Longmuir, founder member and bass guitarist for Scottish pop group the Bay City Rollers, has died following a short illness. Derek Longmuir (born 19 March 1951, Edinburgh, Scotland) is the Scottish former drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers.His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group. We have emailed an activation email to . A bassist, he (along with his younger brother Derek, a drummer) was a founding member of the 1970s Scottish Rock/Pop ensemble "The Bay City Rollers". Verify and try again.The email does not appear to be a valid email address.
in the House of CommonsDuncan Bannatyne's wife slams 'luxury' Italian hotel as 'disgusting''Fight' breaks out on top of Wales' highest mountain Snowdon Friends, fans and family of original Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir celebrated his life at a memorial evening and fundraiser for the benefit of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland, better known as CHAS.
Bay City Rollers Bassist Alan Longmuir Dead at 70 He was certainly part of a phenomenon in the 70's.
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The Edinburgh-born musician was surrounded by his family when he died at Forth … Hundreds of fans lined the streets as Bay City Rollers guitarist Alan Longmuir was laid to rest today.
In 2005 he was accused of plotting a £50,000 cocaine deal. This was followed with the Top 10 hit "Money Honey" (1976) and "You Made Me Believe in Magic" (1977), which also achieved a Top 10 placing.Rock Musician. article.They all also claim they only ever got a tiny fraction of the royalties due.In 2007, six former Rollers (the ever-changing line-up means there were something like 27 members in total), filed a lawsuit against their former record company Arista, claiming tens of millions of pounds.
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