Alan Longmuir was the Scottish

Scottish people

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 bass guitarist

Bassist

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 for the 1970s pop group

Musical ensemble

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, the Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers

The Bay City Rollers were a Scottish pop band who were most popular in the 1970s. The British Hit Singles & Albums noted that they were "tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh", and were "the first of many acts heralded as the 'Biggest Group since The Beatles' and one of the most screamed-at...

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Biography

Longmuir was born at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital, Edinburgh, and is the elder brother

Sibling

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 of the group's drummer

Drummer

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, Derek Longmuir

Derek Longmuir

Derek Longmuir was the Scottish drummer and a founding member of the 1970s pop group, Bay City Rollers. His elder brother, Alan Longmuir, played bass guitar in the group.-Biography:...

. In 1976, at the height of the band's popularity, Alan Longmuir was replaced by Ian Mitchell, a man ten years his junior. Tam Paton

Tam Paton

Thomas Dougal "Tam" Paton , was the manager and primary spokesman during the 1970s of the Scottish band, the Bay City Rollers....

, then the group's manager

Management

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, alleged that Longmuir had tried to commit suicide

Suicide

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. Longmuir returned to the group in 1978.

Longmuir played the lead in the 1981 film

Film

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 Burning Rubber

Burning Rubber (1981 film)

Burning Rubber is a 1981 feature film starring musician Alan Longmuir and Olivia Pascal. Longmuir plays Henry Carsten, a race car driver in a picture filmed in South Africa. Three other former members of the Bay City Rollers are also in the cast....

, an auto-racing melodrama filmed in South Africa

South Africa

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Lately in poor health, he suffered a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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 in 1995 and a stroke

Stroke

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in 1997.

Longmuir lives in Scotland with his wife Eileen.