Clayson, Alan

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CLAYSON, Alan

CLAYSON, Alan. British, b. 1951. Genres: Music. Career: Performed as a vocalist and musician in avant-rock groups during the early 1970s; played viola in the Portsmouth Sinfonia, 1974-75; collaborated with such musical groups and performers as Dave Berry, Jim McCarty, Twinkle and Screaming Lord Sutch; writer; organizer and coordinator of courses and lectures on popular music in Britain and the US. Publications: Call Up the Groups! The Golden Age of British Beat, 1962-67, 1985; Back in the High Life: A Biography of Steve Winwood, 1988; Only the Lonely: The Life and Artistic Legacy of Roy Orbison, 1989; The Quiet One: A Life of George Harrison, 1990; Ringo Starr: Straight Man or Joker?, 1991; Death Discs, 1992; (with P. Sutcliffe) Backbeat: Stuart Sutcliffe, the Lost Beatle (movie tie-in), 1994. Contributor of articles on popular music to publications. Address: c/o Carol Boyer, 894 Monterey Dr., Shoreview, MN 55126, U.S.A.

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