Ian Bairnson, guitarist with Pilot and for Kate Bush, dies aged 69

Shetland-born musician, who also played with the Alan Parsons Project, had been suffering from dementia

Ian Bairnson, the guitarist who performed on Kate Bush’s 1978 hit Wuthering Heights, has died at the age of 69, his wife has announced.

The musician, a former member of the pop band Pilot and guitarist for rock band the Alan Parsons Project, had been suffering from dementia prior to his death.