Alan Glen (born 1951, Wupperthal, Germany) is a British blues harmonica player, best known for his work with The Yardbirds, Nine Below Zero, Little Axe, and his own bands, The Barcodes (with Bob Haddrell and Dino Coccia) and The Incredible Blues Puppies (with Dino Coccia, Jim Mercer and John O'Reilly).
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Career
Glen started playing harmonica after seeing Muddy Waters, and the 'American Folk-Blues Festivals' which visited London in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His early influences being Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Junior Wells. Early bands he was involved with were Crowjane Bluesband, The Radical Sheiks and Brothers Grimm, before going on to join Nine Below Zero (1991-1995), and The Yardbirds (1996-2003). Glen has played on over 30 albums and recorded/performed with: Alannah Myles, Jeff Beck, Steve Vai, Slash, John Mayall, Steve Lukather, Skunk Baxter, (on the Yardbirds' album Birdland) and he recorded three albums with Little Axe. In addition he appeared alongside Alan Barnes and Jim Mullen on the With Friends Like These album for the Barcodes, which also included Zoot Money. He played with Peter Green at the Long Beach Blues Festival, in California, U.S., as well as Paul Jones, Junior Delgado and Hubert Sumlin. With Dr. Feelgood he recorded the album On The Road Again. Other collaborators include Art Themen, Pee Wee Ellis, Dub Syndicate, Paul Cox and Gypie Mayo. Glen has played at Montreux and Nice Jazz Festivals, Hollywood House of Blues, the Hilton, Las Vegas, and The Royal Albert Hall, as well as various television and radio performances. Glen is cited as "one of the finest blues harp players and slide guitarists of his generation" - Soundcheck Magazine. [1] "Alan Glen is one of Britain's top harmonica players and playing of this standard will help to cement that position" - Net Rhythms. [2]
Selected discography
- The Yardbirds -
Birdland (Favored Nations) - 2003
- Nine Below Zero –
Off the Hook (China Records) - 1992 Hot Music for a Cold Night (I.R.S. Records) - 1994 Best of Nine Below Zero (I.R.S. Records) - 1994
- Dr. Feelgood –
On the Road Again (Grand Records) - 1994
- Little Axe –
Slow Fuse - (M&G Records) - 1996 Hard Grind - (Fat Possum Records) - 2002 Champagne and Grits - (Real World Records) - 2004
- Junior Delgado –
Reasons (Big Cat Records) - 1999
- Dub Syndicate –
Acres of Space (Lion & Roots) - 2001 Rasta Far I (Collision Cause Chap) - 2006 [3]
- The Barcodes -
Keep your Distance (Note Records) - 2000 Independently Blue (Note Records) - 2004 With Friends Like These (Note Records) - 2006 Live - In Session for the BBC (Note Records) - 2007
- Incredible Blues Puppies -
Puppy Fat (Note Records) - 2005
- Roger Cotton and Alan Glen -
Born in Black & White (Note Records) - 2003
