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Alexander James Harvey (5 February 1935 – 4 February 1982) was a Scottish rock and blues musician. Although his career spanned almost three decades, he is best remembered as the frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, with whom he built a reputation as an exciting live performer during the era of glam rock in the 1970s. Biography.
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1972. Fronted by Alex Harvey accompanied by Zal Cleminson on guitar, bassist Chris Glen, keyboard player Hugh McKenna (28 November 1949–18 December 2019) and drummer Ted McKenna, their music was a blend of blues rock and hard rock, with cabaret elements.
Jul 30, 2023 · In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig…
Jun 30, 2020 · Crashes, madness and missing money: the story of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. By Michael Heatley. ( Classic Rock ) published 30 June 2020. Smart, funny and mad as hatters, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band could have been huge. Instead, they burned out, having inspired a new generation of bands... like AC/DC.
By combining rare live performances, incisive accounts from the four surviving group members as well as archive interview footage of Alex himself, this film ...
Feb 5, 2024 · Harvey’s was an improbable tale of dues-paying from the mid-1950s onwards, before he found belated stardom as the leader of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. Published on February 5, 2024
Mar 18, 2016 · From rock to doo-wop to an avant-garde guitar solo – how The Sensational Alex Harvey Band out-weirded Bowie to become the most unlikely pops star of 1973. Alex Harvey often joked that his was the longest internship in the entire history of rock’n’roll.
Oct 5, 2022 · Like their contemporaries, The Beatles and The Searchers, Alex Harvey And His Soul Band were regulars at venues such as The Star-Club and Top Ten on Hamburg’s notorious Reeperbahn during the...
May 10, 2024 · Alex Harvey travelled a long and arduous road to his mid-1970s chart success in the UK. In May 1975, he was en route to his first-ever appearance in the album Top 10 with his Sensational Alex...
Jan 29, 2012 · The frontman of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB) had a heart attack while waiting for a ferry in Zeebrugge. After six productive years, the group had fallen gradually to bits and Harvey...
