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Stuart Elliott (born Stuart Alexander Elliott, 22 May 1953, London, England) is an English drummer, composer and producer. He was the original drummer for Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel and during his time with this band he became a session drummer playing for top artists such as Kate Bush, Al Stewart, The Alan Parsons Project, Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney, Claudio Baglioni among others. == Biography == Stuart started to be interested in playing drums at the age of 3 by watching his father who was a jazz drummer. "Until I was fifteen , I was educated at St. Michael’s School, Belgravia. Since then I have done a bit of session work , including a tour with Adam Faith and drifted through a number of rock bands until someone who heard me do a gig with a band called Monksilver mentioned me to Steve Harley . We soon discovered we could communicate on the same level, and having joined the band, I quickly realised that I had found my niche in rock music" With Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Stuart enjoyed 3 top 10 albums including the number 1 single "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" and other 4 top 10 singles. In January 1976 Stuart went to Abbey Road Studios to play drums for Al Stewart's album Year Of The Cat . After Steve Harley disbanded Cockney Rebel in 1977, Stuart was called by Andrew Powell to play drums on Kate Bush's first album The Kick Inside . This would be first of the 5 albums with Stuart on drums as he became one of Kate's preferred drummers "he's so easy to work with because he knows what I'm like. Occasionally I'll even ask him to use cymbals on a track now! He's been through that whole stage where I just couldn't handle cymbals or hit-hats" Stuart later on played drums on top hits such as "Babooshka", "Running Up That Hill", "Hounds of Love", "Cloudbusting". Between September 1977 - January 1978 Stuart went on to play drums on The Alan Parsons Project third album Pyramid which would be the first of 10 albums where he became part of the rhythm section . and continued playing and contributed in the song-writing for the next 3 solo albums of Alan Parsons With Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Stuart enjoyed 3 top 10 albums including the number 1 single "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" and other 4 top 10 singles. In January 1976 Stuart went to Abbey Road Studios to play drums for Al Stewart's album Year Of The Cat . After Steve Harley disbanded Cockney Rebel in 1977, Stuart was called by Andrew Powell to play drums on Kate Bush's first album ''The Kick Inside''. This would be first of the 5 albums with Stuart on drums as he became one of Kate's preferred drummers "he's so easy to work with because he knows what I'm like. Occasionally I'll even ask him to use cymbals on a track now! He's been through that whole stage where I just couldn't handle cymbals or hit-hats" During the 1980's his career as session drummer emerged. As well as continuing session drumming for Kate Bush and The Alan Parsons Project he went to on to play for Justin Hayward's song Suitcase from the album Night Flight in 1980. In 1984 played drums on Paul McCartney's hit No More Lonely Nights . That same year he the rest of The Alan Parsons Project core musicians team Ian Bairnson, David Paton and joined by singer Colin Blunstone and Camel's keyboardist Peter Bardens, formed Keats . Stuart not only did play drums and percussion, he also took part in the song-writing and with Colin Blunstone he wrote Tragedy and Night Full of Voices. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stuart Elliott (drummer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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