Hyde Rock ‘N Roll Musical, directed by the brilliant Andre Champagne, stars Alan in a critically-acclaimed award-winning performance and features a cameo by Alan’s friend and mentor, studio legend and Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Famer, Hal Blaine. The multi-award winning independent film version, The Dr.
He wrote and recorded a series of rock musicals, including The Strange Case of Jekyll & Hyde (based on the classic novel) releasing a completed demo version on which he produced, played all the instruments and created all the vocal characterizations. They received extensive airplay on independent radio in the U.S., Canada and Europe with a four-song EP, Living In A Pay Toilet, It was penned and produced by Alan ( lyrics by former Wedgehead, Jeff Potter) and recorded with producer and friend Brett Gurewitz (of Bad Religion, Epitaph Records fame) at his Westbeach Studios in Hollywood.Īfter leaving Mary Kelly, Alan pursued several solo projects. The record caught the ears of local Hollywood club band Sex and Violence and the band recruited Alan and recorded and performed as Mary Kelly with Eric Weaver, Tom Pendergas and Brett Bourgesan. to release a second single with Greg Shaw’s Voxx Records, I Can Fly. He and songwriter Jaxon Baker then formed The Mice! with X- Wedgeheads Howie Pickett and Bill Humphreys, a Beatlesque, harmonizing pop group whose self-produced first single I Like Her with bassist Mark DeVilbiss circulated on college radio throughout the country, grabbing the ear of Electra Records A&R man Kevin Patrick in New York and radio legend Rodney Benginheimer in Los Angeles.Īfter meeting with Patrick in New York, Alan took the A & R legend’s advice and moved the band to L.A. It subsequently, however, got Alan thrown out of The Sundowners, a country group he was gigging with on the side, and PAN, a top 40 group who didn’t get the humor. He sang along to John Lennon daily for inspiration.Īlan and the punk-art band, The Wedgeheads, featuring Dan Garner, created a lasting local impact with outrageous performances like Puppy Slicer and a dead- Elvis parody that made for great press. Meanwhile, his Beatles records were seldom off the turntable. He soaked in the experiences like a sponge. The little white boy over in the corner became a familiar fixture at intimate performances by legends such as Little Richard. As a young boy drawn to the many blues clubs around town, Alan developed quite an array of fake I.D.’s in order to get in to hear his favorite old players. A serious drummer at the age of eight, he had his first band, The Union Faith, in grammar school, playing parties and school dances in Shreveport, Louisiana with his pal, local guitar legend Mark Griffith. Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Alan has spent a lifetime creating music and art.