Alan Clark (keyboardist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Alan Clark. Alan Clark playing with Dire Straits in 1. Background information. Born(1. 95. 2- 0. March 1. 95. 2 (age 6. Great Lumley, County Durham. England. Genres. Rock and roll, folk rock, blues rock. Alan Clark vividly narrates the course of the dramatic and brutal war between the German. Barbarossa (Cassell Military Paperbacks).pdf: Barbarossa (Cassell. Carefully researched and beautifully written, this book is a classic of military history. Alan Clark vividly narrates the course of the dramatic and brutal war. Occupation(s)Musician, Producer, Musical director. Instruments. Keyboard instruments. Years active. 19. Labels. Vertigo Records, Warner Bros. Records (US)Associated acts. Dire Straits, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Geordie. Websitealanclarkmusic.
Alan Clark (born 5 March 1. Great Lumley, County Durham) is an English musician who was the first and main keyboardist for the rock band Dire Straits. Then, at the age of 1. Chester- le- Street Grammar School, he played Hammond organ in working men's clubs. He resumed his formal musical education at Durham Technical College and was offered a place at the Guildhall School of Music, but turned it down because by then he was already forging a successful career in music which included, while also working on a solo career, playing with a reformed Geordie which featured Brian Johnson who would later join AC/DC, and recording on a number of tracks of the Geordie album No Good Woman; playing and recording with a duo called Splinter who were signed to George Harrison's Dark Horse label; playing and recording with Gallagher & Lyle; and he did a tour of summer festivals with Lindisfarne, which included Knebworth. Clark joined Dire Straits in 1. Clark continued with Dire Straits, co- producing the band's last album, On Every Street with Knopfler, until the band's eventual breakup in the mid- 1. Clark also worked with Knopfler on some of his film soundtrack work, most notably on the film Local Hero, in which he also makes a brief appearance as a piano player. He has also worked with Mark's brother David on his solo albums and toured and recorded extensively with Eric Clapton as well as playing in the . Throughout his time with Dire Straits, he was also Tina Turner's musical director, and played on and arranged her hit . Clark has also played and recorded with other artists, including the Bee Gees, Gerry Rafferty, The Blessing, Escape Club, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy, Billy Joel, Lou Reed, Dave Stewart, David Knopfler, Gallagher and Lyle, Prefab Sprout, Mary Hopkins, Shakin Stevens, Matt Monroe, Mark Knopfler, Rory Block, Westernhagen, Della Miles, Mick Hucknall, Sky, Joan Armatrading, Lindesfarne, Geordie, Brian Johnson, Jimmy Nail, Robert Cray, Al Green, Jamie Catto, Cheshire, Y- Company, Van Morrison, Sly and Robbie, Roger Daltrey, George Harrison, Elton John, Phil Collins and Bruce Willis. In 2. 00. 1 Clark composed the music for the long- running paranormal show Most Haunted, and he also composed themes for other TV shows and commercials. In 2. 00. 4 he performed the theme from Local Hero with Mark Knopfler at the opening of Alan Shearer's bar in Newcastle United football ground. In 2. 00. 5 he wrote, directed and scored a film to commemorate 2. Great North Run, called The Inspiration, which was screened and performed live with the northern Philharmonic at The Sage in Newcastle. In 2. 01. 0 Clark reunited with Dire Straits band members John Illsley and Phil Palmer at the XRoads club in Rome. In 2. 01. 1 he formed a band, the Straits, to play the music of Dire Straits at a charity show at the Albert hall, that featured drummer Steve Ferrone from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Dire Straits' guitarist Phil Palmer. The band went on to perform other successful shows. In 2. 01. 5 he formed and is currently a member of a band called Y- Company, with singer/guitarist Jamie Squire, guitarist Adam Phillips, drummer Andy Treacey, and bass player Jake Newman.
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