Geordie Boy Alan Price

I've been listening to Alan Price over the last week or so, enjoying his songs, his voice and his interpretations of other people's songs. He's not someone I listen to a lot, but every now and then, generally late in the evening, a bit of Alan is good for winding down. I have his 'Geordie Boy' anthology (two CDs) and there are some great songs on there. People will know him as the keyboard player with The Animals in the early '60s and later as a solo artist who hooked up with Georgie Fame for some records. That sent me off on a hunt to find out what he's doing now.

Try Googling Alan Price and you get an odd variety of sites popping up including a site with lots of old information that doesn't appear to have anything to do with Alan. Following internet trails leads to the Alan Price Fans Forum and, after browsing on there, I found what seems to be Alan's real site. It's an oddly constructed site but it includes some new music from the man, some information on what he's been doing over the last couple of years and also refers to his regular appearances in a jazz club in Barnes! The site tells us that:

Alan Price has been working for the last two years on a stage-musical with the working title 'The Nearly Lucky Man' with the writer Paul Sirett. He continues with his monthly appearance at the Yamaha Room at The Bull's Head, Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9PY. A successful workshop of "The Lucky Man' was performed at the Garrick Theatre on 22nd June 2007 Directed by Braham Murray, Musical Assistant David Rose,Sound Engineer Paul MacCallum together with a cast that included Derek Griffiths, Matthew Kelly, Elizabeth Price, Philip Stewart and Emma Williams.

That's in the 'news' section so it isn't entirely up to date but the tours page refers to his current tour with The Manfreds (drat, missed the show in October in Croydon) and his next gig at The Bulls Head in Barnes on 19 November as part of the London Jazz Festival. I think I might pop over to Barnes to see the great man himself.

And here's a little something for all the Geordies out there:



You don't mess with a Geordie lass - burn them down indeed!