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Strap on
your boogie-woogie shoes, hold on and get ready ... Alan
Gerber has arrived! This eccentric entertainer
is wowing audiences internationally. His amalgamation
of boogie-woogie, stunning vocal interpretations and fine
musicianship make Gerber an artist of the highest order.
His show is exhilarating and captivates audiences of all
demographics placing him in high demand to festivals,
clubs and theaters nationally, He has participated in major events such as: The Montreal Jazz Festival, Ottawa Blues Festival, Fort Lauderdale Blues Festival, Totonto HarbourFront Blues, Carcassonne Music Festival & many more.
When Alan moved to Chicago to begin work for the "Let
Us Entertain You" Network, he developed a one-man show
to fulfill his need to create his own brand of music --
blues, meets gospel, meets boogie-woogie. Gerber's incredible
energy and outrageous stage antics began to blossom and
promptly, he established a faithful following.
In 1994, he produced and released "Chicken Walk". He followed
that up with "Fools That Try" in 1997 and "The
Boogie Man" in 1999. When demand for a live CD began
to surface, Alan took the studio on the road and produced
"Alan Gerber Live" in 2002. This CD captured
his live performance energy and audiences and buyers were
quick to stand up and take notice. "Alan Gerber Live"
showcased Gerber in all areas of his art. He produced
the recording, wrote and performed the songs, and played
all instruments on this CD. Gerber is poised and ready
for international success.
Alan's professional career began when he entered a music
program at Roosevelt University in 1965. Producer Paul
Rothchild (The Doors, Paul Butterfield, Janis Joplin...)
discovered Alan's talent and soon he was a singer, songwriter
and keyboardist for a group to become known as Rhinoceros.
The release of two albums on the Elektra label brought
Rhinoceros to tour North America with such names as Janis
Joplin, BB King, Jefferson Airplane, Traffic, Jimi Hendrix,
Steppenwolf, John Lee Hooker, Jeff Beck and others.
Alan left Rhinoceros and released his first solo effort
in 1971 with Shelter Records and the worldwide distribution
of this recording earned him a tour with Leon Russell.
In 1974 the release of the single "Tied On" (produced
by André Perry) went to number one on Québec radio and
Alan toured the province in the wake of its success. Gerber
placed two songs on the soundtrack of Bob Dylan's movie
"Renaldo and Clara", performed at Bob Dylan's Rolling
Thunder Revue and toured with Lou Reed in the United States.
Alan Gerber - songwriter, vocalist, musician, producer,
comic, actor. He is an enigma...can there really be that
much talent in one man?
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