ALAN McQUILLAN (BECAUSE)

ALAN PLAYED IN THE CLYDE VALLEY SHOWBAND WITH ZACHARY AND MR. SHAWCROSS. THIS IS HIS FIRST FULL ALBUM WITH HIS WIFE NANCY.
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ZACHARY AND MR. SHAWCROSS? STEVE HAD PLANS TO TOUR ENGLAND WITH GINGER MUFF AND ZACHARY TO BUILD A HOUSE, BOTH OF THESE GOALS WOULD REQUIRED MORE MONEY THAN WE WERE MAKING IN THE DUO. THEY JOINED THE TORONTO MUSICIANS UNION AND THE CLYDE VALLEY SHOWBAND THAT WAS MAKING MUCH BETTER MONEY.
THE BAND CONSISTED OF ZACHARY AND MR. SHAWCROSS PLUS NOLAN YEARWOOD AND ALAN MCQUILLAN. IT HELPED BOTH STEVE AND ZAC TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS AND HAD FUN DOING IT.
AT THIS TIME ZACHARY HAD A MOBILE RECORDING STUDIO CALLED "TRACKIN SHACK STUDIO" AND RECORDED ALAN'S FIRST 45 "I'D RATHER BE WITH YOU". SPECIAL THANX TO WALTER E. LEE FOR HIS ARTISTIC TALENTS IN THE DESIGIN OF TRACKIN SHACK LABELS AND ALAN'S ALBUM COVER.
THIS CD SHOWS TWO EXAMPLES OF ALAN'S SONG WRITING AND GUITAR PLAYING. A SPECIAL TREAT IS A SONG WITH HIS WIFE NANCY ON VOCALS. ENJOY

GEORDIE CONNECTION ; ALAN WAS FROM NEWCASTLE ENGLAND ALONG WITH A LONG LIST OF OTHER FINE MUSICIANS SUCH AS THE ANIMALS, BRIAN JOHNSON, STING, BRIAN FERRY, MARK KNOPHLER AND OTHERS. PEOPLE FROM NEWCASTLE ARE KNOW AS "GEORDIES", THIS CD IS DEDICATED TO THE TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM NEW CASTLE (THE GEORDIE CONNECTION).

ALAN: ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR. VOCALS
NANCY: KEYBOARDS, VOCALS

IN MEMORY OF A VERY TALENTED MUSICIAN AND CLOSE FRIEND; ALAN 2020