The Storm
Big Country, 1983, from The Crossing. Solo by Stuart Adamson.
A six-minute slow build where e-bowed guitars swell like wind over moorland. The climactic lead passages show how atmospheric the band could be.
The Storm by Big Country is #4 in our ranking of the best Big Country guitar solos. The solo is played by Stuart Adamson and the song was released in 1983.
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Who played the guitar solo on The Storm?
Stuart Adamson played the solo on Big Country's The Storm (1983).