The Alan Bown Set, later known as The Alan Bown! or just Alan Bown, were a British band of the 1960s and 1970s whose music evolved from jazz and blues...

his own band The Alan Bown Set. He was born Alan James Bown on 21 July 1942 in Slough, Berkshire, where he also passed away in 2014. Bown was in Royal...

Yeadon). In 1966, he joined The Alan Bown Set as their new lead singer. Although their records rarely charted, Roden and the band did pick up a considerable...

Alan Bown Set in 1969, after which Palmer was invited to London to sing on the band's single "Gypsy Girl". The vocals for the album The Alan Bown!, originally...

August 1969, when he joined a local Glaswegian band "The Beings". In September 1971 he joined The Alan Bown Set where he briefly worked with future Supertramp...

band's concerts, talking and making jokes to the audience between songs. Helliwell played with The Alan Bown Set, replacing Dave Green when he joined in...

guitarist Pete Gage. Singer Robert Palmer, formerly with the Alan Bown Set joined Dada after the album had been recorded. Dada were signed by Ahmet Ertegun...

the spring of 1972, 20-year-old bassist Nick South (from Alexis Korner's band) came in for a temporary stint until Dougie Thomson (from The Alan Bown...

Crimson on two occasions (the first from 1970 to 1972 and the second from 2013 to 2021) and having played with Camel, the Alan Parsons Project, Roger Waters...

Harvey Band, and Jim Lacey on lead guitar who later went on to join the Alan Bown Set. Jade played many pub, club and university gigs in London in 1969...

Dougie Thomson, of the Alan Bown Set and Supertramp. Ali began singing and playing piano in local bands and moved to London in the 1970s where he worked...

(lead guitar), Terry Childs (baritone sax), Bob Downes (tenor sax) and Alan Bown (trumpet). After only a few months, Dave Richmond was recruited to replace...

groups, and was a member of The John Barry Seven in their later years. He then joined the groups spinoff, The Alan Bown Set. Bannister's first groups...

of Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers Keith Bosley (born 1937), poet and translator Alan Bown (born 1942), of The Alan Bown Set Fenner Brockway (1888–1988)...

replaced by Jeff Bannister, formerly with the John Barry Seven, The Alan Bown Set and Jess Roden's Bronco. The band changed label from CBS/Epic to United...

Ball TV show in early 1984) "No Contract" (Parfitt, Bown) (1983, Back To Back) "Ol' Rag Blues" (Alan Lancaster, Keith Lamb) (1983, Back To Back); (alternate...

Live at the Marquee Club, also featuring the Alan Bown Set. Jimmy James and the Vagabonds were labelmates and rivals of Geno Washington & the Ram Jam...

He then went on tour with The Alan Bown Set and, now 18 years old, formed his first own band, Sandoz, in his hometown. The group was mainly influenced...

commercially struggling act with the label, to become part of the group. Lawson was previously a member of The Alan Bown Set and Web, whilst drummer Andrew...

Jess Roden from The Alan Bown Set, whom Townshend credits with "that Steve Winwood-type voice". The original LP and cassette of the Meaty Beaty Big and...

consistent member Rossi, keyboardist Andy Bown (official member since 1981, previously an auxiliary musician with the band since 1973), bassist John "Rhino"...

ILPS 9163 - The Alan Bown Set: Stretching Out, 1971 ILPS 9164 - War: War, 1971 ILPS 9165 - Sandy Denny: The North Star Grassman and the Ravens, 1971...

Arnold and The Nice (Emerson on Hammond) Terry Reid, Simple Minds, Yes, Mott the Hoople, Buddy Guy, Paul Young, The Alan Bown Set, Goldie & The Gingerbreads...

Ray Jackson, Russ Ballard and Jeff Bannister, who had been in The Alan Bown Set. They recorded three Peel Sessions; in July 1974, February 1975 and July...

Alan Bown in 1967, and by The Bunch (featuring Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention) in April 1972. During their brief mid-1960s reunion, Dion and the Belmonts...

offer to join Juicy Lucy shortly thereafter, the band folded. Judd later went on to join Alan Bown, The Andy Fraser Band, Brian Eno, Frankie Miller and...

Bronco were formed in August 1969 by Jess Roden following his split from The Alan Bown Set. They were signed to Island Records by Guy Stevens and, after initially...

Andy Bown, the latter an ex-member of The Herd and Judas Jump and part of the Peter Frampton Band. In 1976, Bown also began playing live with the band...

Records established in the United Kingdom in 1966. At the time, U.K. Decca was a different company from the Decca label in the United States, which was...

August) The Casuals (29 August) The Flirtations (29 August) The Alan Bown Set (29 August) Canned Heat (5 September) Johnny Nash (5 September) The Doors...