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Ian Nelson

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Ian Walter Nelson (23 April 1956, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England – 23 April 2006) was an English new wave musician, and younger brother of Be-Bop Deluxe singer and guitarist Bill Nelson, whom he accompanied in different musical projects. He played mainly the saxophone. Biography He was more than seven years younger than his brother , who was present at the time of his birth, on 23 April 1956. Walter, who was a saxophonist, taught him to play saxophone, which would later be Ian's principal instrument. His first participation was on the Be-Bop Deluxe song from the album (1976). When this band split up, Bill, alongside keyboardist , reunited with Ian on saxophone, and formed , a synthpop band which lasted briefly and was a continuation of . After split up, spent some time collaborating in his brother Bill's solo career. In 1982, he joined Fiat Lux; during his three years with the band they released a number of singles, but only had two minor UK hits, "Secrets" and "Blue Emotion". Fiat Lux gigged England and Europe until they broke up in 1985.

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Ian Nelson: American actor, born 1995 · American actor, born 1982 · association football player · Screen figure

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Ian Walter Nelson (23 April 1956, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England – 23 April 2006) was an English new wave musician, and younger brother of Be-Bop Deluxe singer and guitarist Bill Nelson, whom he accompanied in different musical projects. He played mainly the saxophone. Biography He was more than seven years younger than his brother , who was present at the time of his birth, on 23 April 1956. Walter, who was a saxophonist, taught him to play saxophone, which would later be Ian's principal instrument. His first participation was on the Be-Bop Deluxe song from the album (1976). When this band split up, Bill, alongside keyboardist , reunited with Ian on saxophone, and formed , a synthpop band which lasted briefly and was a continuation of . After split up, spent some time collaborating in his brother Bill's solo career. In 1982, he joined Fiat Lux; during his three years with the band they released a number of singles, but only had two minor UK hits, "Secrets" and "Blue Emotion". Fiat Lux gigged England and Europe until they broke up in 1985.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).