He was the leader of one of Britain's biggest rock bands -- then he happily walked away to exercise his creativity on smaller stages. Can you recognize him from this yearbook photo?

Let's see, what can we tell you for clues? He was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1949. After his band released one of the biggest rock albums of the '80s -- instead of striking while the iron was hot as his managers probably wished -- he only made one more album with them before calling it quits a decade later.

Since then, he's released several well-received solo albums, collaborated with a couple of country music icons, and worked on the soundtracks to a number of hit movies. Think you know who we're talking about? Click below to find out if you're right!

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