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Allan is back home after his six week tour of Germany, Holland, and Belgium. Details of the tour and upcoming events to follow shortly.
Allan was on his way to a concert in Bermuda, stopping off in New York for a few days when the World Trade Centre was attacked by terrorists on September 11. He was in midtown at the time, and therefore safely out of harm's way. As most flights were cancelled for several days, his departure for Bermuda was delayed until the Sunday after the attack.
It was the fifth time Allan had played a concert in Bermuda, and this one was no exception to the others - a great success.
Shortly after returning to Britain, it was off again, this time to Austria. Allan and Christian Koelbl played two concerts together and the reception was such that they have been asked to make some concerts around the same time next year. For details contact Christian - email: christian.koelbl@A1PLUS.at. His website address is: http://www.christian-koelbl.at/
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The Saturday afternoon concert on the main stage was a
great success with every performer doing two or three songs, backed by all and
sundry. There were never less than eight musicians on stage and very often more
than twenty! Allan sang with Tom Paxton on "Last Thing on My Mind," "Rambling
Boy," and "Bottle of Wine."
Allan played the Sunday concert with Ralph McTell and "The Dylan Project" - one
and a half hours' worth of Dylan songs played by Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol, Gerry
Conway (all of Fairport Convention), Steve Gibbons and P.J Wright. Allan joined
the band for the encore and sang "When I Paint My Masterpiece." Allan was heard
to say words to the effect that it was great to play with the band again and
wants to join!
As usual, the festival ended with Allan's song, "It's Good to See You," which for the last ten years or so has been the festival song.
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Allan uses the following guitars:
Ralph Bown is regarded one of the best luthiers in Britain in Great Britain. His workshop is in York. More details can be obtained from Ralph's web-site: http://www.ee.ed.ac.uk/~afm/music/bown
Allan has decided to change some of his other guitars. The following are for sale:
If anyone is interested they can contact Allan at:
T Records, P.O. Box MT 37, Leeds LS17 8XU, Great Britain.
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Over the last few days (21-24 April) Allan has been in a recording studio in Germany helping Peter Ratzenbeck make his first CD for Stockfisch Records. Chris Jones (who played on Allan's last two CDs) was there to lend a hand as well and although much wine and beer was drunk the result was a collection of fine recordings of Peter's work.
From now until September Allan will be taking a break from touring with just the occasional concert planned (see Tours page). The Autumn tour through Europe encompassing Austria, Germany, Belgium and Holland looks already to be an intense tour which will last between eight and ten weeks.
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The British "Back to the roots tour" has been so successful another is already being planned for next year. Any inquiries should be directed to Allan's British agent, John Barrow - see Tours page for details.
Allan's friend Peter Ratzenbeck, the Austrian guitarist is making a CD for Stockfisch records in Northeim, Germany (the same company Allan records for) in April - 20 to 24. Allan will be there to record one song for the CD.
"Kerouac's Dream", the opening track on Allan's new CD "Colour to the Moon" has been selected by SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (GERMANY) GmbH. for their Hi-Fi sampler, 24c Gold-CD - Stereo Play Golden References Edition Vol.1, which will be available in Germany, Switzerland and Austria from May 2001. Other artists on the CD are: Joe Cocker, Paco de Lucia, Joe Jackson, John Hiatt, Andreas Vollenweider, Toto, Marianne Faithfull and more.
The Autumn European tour, encompassing Austria, Germany, Belgium and Holland is coming together well - see Tours page for details.
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