I'm Alan Rae - I play Guitar and Piano - I like Blues/Folk/Jazz
I’ve been playing and perfoming music most of my life. Now I live in Newick in Sussex and really enjoy the incredibly diverse and vibrant musical traditions here.
When I was young I did a lot of Blues and Folk on Guitar. I had a couple of Bands – one called Bacchus did a lot of Pentangle and Steeleye Span numbers and had June Tabor as a member for a while. I still play in a number of sessions locally notably the Bull in Ditchling and a new session we’ve started here in Newick at the Crown – first Sunday of the month.
More recently I started playing the piano again – I played in a Jazz band in Lancashire in the 90s and more recently revived the Heavenly Blues name to work as a duo, first with Karen in Guildford and with Rhiannon Hill here in Sussex. Rhiannon and I did a few party gigs but she’s now formed her own all -woman band, Wynd and runs a weekly jam at the Kendal in Brighton.
I play keyboards regularly at the Bull in Newick – open mic every Tuesday and last year went as a deputy keyboard player with Blues Business to play at the Himalayan Blues Festival in Katmandu. I pick tunes up quickly on either instrument and can improvise well enough. The singing voice is best described as gravelly but it serves well enough for the material I like to perform.
Always up for musical misbehaviour – paid or otherwise.
Alan
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Alan
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Martin T King
IPChairman
Mid Sussex
Parkinsons UK
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