Very good bassist, Alan Cartwright was born Alan George Cartwright on October 10th, 1945.
FREDDIE MAC BAND
In early 1966, Ged Peck joined the massive Freddie Mac Band. They continually changed personnel. The band went from 12 to 18 members at any one time! When Ged joined, these are some of the mates that played in the band:
Soon after Ged was recruited, the drummer was the great, late BJ Wilson:
In April 1967, Dave Tedstone joined the massive Freddie Mac Band, full of great players:
Roger Truth left the band a month or two afterwards.
When Roger Truth left Freddie Mac Band, he was replaced by two great drummers at the same time, Ron Berg and Terry Stannard:
I´m sure there were more lineups featuring Tedstone, but this info is so complicated to find!!
Tedstone left the band in January 1968.
This was the lineup for Freddie Mac Band around April 1968:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
1966 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Ged Peck † guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | + others unknown to me. Help! |
Soon after Ged was recruited, the drummer was the great, late BJ Wilson:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
1966 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Ged Peck † guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Billy Davidson keyboards | B J Wilson † drums |
+ others unknown to me. Help! |
In April 1967, Dave Tedstone joined the massive Freddie Mac Band, full of great players:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
Apr 67-1967 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Kenneth Harry vocals | Kookie Eaton vocals | Tony Morgan vocals, percussion | Dave Tedstone guitar |
Alan Cartwright † bass | Roy Davies † keyboards | Sonny Corbett trumpet | Dick Morrissey † sax | Roger Truth † drums |
Roger Truth left the band a month or two afterwards.
When Roger Truth left Freddie Mac Band, he was replaced by two great drummers at the same time, Ron Berg and Terry Stannard:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
? |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Derry Wilkie † vocals | Kenneth Harry vocals | Kookie Eaton vocals | Tony Morgan vocals, percussion | Dave Tedstone guitar |
Jimmy James & The Vagabondsê | |||||
Alan Cartwright † bass | Roy Davies † keyboards | Sonny Corbett trumpet | Dick Morrissey † sax | Ron Berg drums | Terry Stannard drums |
I´m sure there were more lineups featuring Tedstone, but this info is so complicated to find!!
Tedstone left the band in January 1968.
This was the lineup for Freddie Mac Band around April 1968:
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FREDDIE MAC BAND #? |
1968 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Freddie Mac † vocals | Tony Morgan vocals | Sonny Gibbons vocals | Tony St Clair guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Roy Davies † keyboards |
Sonny Corbett trumpet | Phil Kenzie sax | Geoff Driscoll sax | Dave Coxhill sax | Dave Potter sax | Pete Hunt drums |
| Other info on members of Freddie Mac Band (I know up to 66 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (3): | Tex Makins, Ged Peck, Jeff Seopardie |
| Old pages (1): | Ron Berg |
| To be covered (28): | Jo Baker, Derek Bond, Chris Burdett, Marc Charig, Mick Clarke, Sonny Corbett, Dave Coxhill, Colin Davey, Billy Davidson, Roy Davies, Carl Douglas, Geoff Driscoll, Mick Eve, Ernie Hayes, Steve Humphries, Phil Kenzie, Jeff Krivett, Dick Morrissey, Viv Prince, Art Regis, Nick Simper, Terry Stannard, Dave Tedstone, Eddie Thornton, Ashton Tootell,... up to 28 musicians. |
| Not enough info (33): | Billy Adamson, Jeff Bridge, Nobby Clarke, Mel Day, Kookie Eaton, Erlene, US Flattop, Sonny Gibbons, Tony Gomez, Pat Green, Owen Grey, Kenneth Harry, Pete Hunt, Terry Jenkins, Clarence Johnson, Rod Jones, Ray Lewis, Eddie Lincoln, Freddie Mac, Tony Morgan, Bobby Morris, Bob Mundy, Johnny Orlando, Dave Potter, Phil Presland,... up to 33 musicians. |
SWEETWATER CANAL
Sweetwater Canal was formed by Aliki Ashman around 1969, under Ronnie Scott´s management. Aliki approached the musicians in Freddie Mac Band, and asked some of them to join her. I think there were different lineups, but cannot find further info.
This was the lineup in January 1970, with Ray Draper as special guest of the band:
The band had a Friday night headlining residency at The Marquee in London, then signed to Vertigo and launched the label later that year.
They also worked as backing band for Arthur Conley and Clarence Carter when they visited England. The band was active for 1 year and a half, but then, Aliki damaged her throat and never finished the album, joining Ginger Baker´s Airforce instead.
This was the lineup in January 1970, with Ray Draper as special guest of the band:
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SWEETWATER CANAL #? |
1970 |
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êFreddie Mac Band |
êFreddie Mac Band |
êFreddie Mac Band |
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Aliki Ashman vocals | Fred D´Albert guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Roy Davies † keyboards | Geoff Driscoll trumpet | Pat Higgs trumpet |
Ginger Baker´s Airforceê | Every Which Wayê | ||||
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êFreddie Mac Band |
êFreddie Mac Band |
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Phil Kenzie sax | Dave Coxhill sax | Tony Knight drums | + | Ray Draper † guesting on tuba, trombone |
The band had a Friday night headlining residency at The Marquee in London, then signed to Vertigo and launched the label later that year.
They also worked as backing band for Arthur Conley and Clarence Carter when they visited England. The band was active for 1 year and a half, but then, Aliki damaged her throat and never finished the album, joining Ginger Baker´s Airforce instead.
| Other info on members of Sweetwater Canal (I know up to 10 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (1): | Aliki Ashman |
| To be covered (5): | Dave Coxhill, Roy Davies, Geoff Driscoll, Pat Higgs, Phil Kenzie |
| Not enough info (3): | Fred D´Albert, Ray Draper, Tony Knight |
EVERY WHICH WAY
Graham Bell joined a new band in May 1970, Every Which Way, formed by drummer Brian Davidson (ex-The Nice):
After a while, Every Which Way expands with a new member, superb guitarist John Hedley, recommended by Graham Bell and Alan Cartwright, after trying with different players:
The band was short-lived, and after a fantastic debut album released in September 1970, Every Which Way, and a successful presentation at The Marquee, they sadly split in early 1971.
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EVERY WHICH WAY #? |
May 70-? |
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|---|---|---|---|
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êGriffin |
êThe Nice |
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Graham Bell † vocals | Alan Cartwright † bass | Geoff Peach flute | Brian Davison † drums |
After a while, Every Which Way expands with a new member, superb guitarist John Hedley, recommended by Graham Bell and Alan Cartwright, after trying with different players:
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EVERY WHICH WAY #? |
1970-1971 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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êJohn Lewis Blues Band |
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Graham Bell † vocals | John Hedley guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Geoff Peach flute | Brian Davison † drums |
Bell & Arcê | Carol Grimes Bandê | Procol Harumê | ||
The band was short-lived, and after a fantastic debut album released in September 1970, Every Which Way, and a successful presentation at The Marquee, they sadly split in early 1971.
| Other info on members of Every Which Way (I know up to 5 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (2): | Graham Bell, John Hedley |
| To be covered (2): | Brian Davison, Geoff Peach |
PROCOL HARUM
Dave Ball comes to the band in August 1971, replacing Robin Trower, and Chris Copping moves to organ with the addition of Alan Cartwright:
They only released a live album, Live in concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a very beautiful album, with the company of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Da Carmera Singers. It was recorded on November 18th, 1971 at the Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A single from that album hit the charts, ´Conquistador´, with a superb solo by Dave Ball.
In September 1972, Dave Ball leaves the band, having recorded the tracks for next album, Grand hotel (released in March 1973), being replaced by Mick Grabham.
New recruitment for Procol Harum in September 1972 was Mick Grabham, replacing former guitarist Dave Ball:
Grabham joined just in time to play in the sessions for the Grand Hotel album that had already been started with Dave Ball, but when Ball left, they re-recorded the guitar solos with Grabham (Dave Ball appears in the bonus tracks of the CD reissue though).
They released three albums with this lineup. In Exotic birds & fruit we can find old Mick colleague in Cochise, BJ Cole, on steel guitar.
Procol's ninth is a very good album, produced by the legendary ones Leiber & Stoller. I like it a lot!
Cartwright left the band in June 1976.
They were a superb band. I have some concerts from this lineup, and Mick Grabham rocks! With or without orchestra, he gave a touch of distinction to Procol Harum.
In 1999, it has been released a live album with this lineup, called BBC live in concert. It was recorded in 1974.
Procol Harum had lost their guitarist, Mick Grabham, in May 1977. That marked the split for the band. But, the band received an award, and they were asked to make a live appearance. So, they needed to find a guitarist for that one-off show. The chosen one was Tim Renwick! This was October 1977. Some old members of the band also joined for an special lineup:
They also backed singer Julie Covington there. The award show was broadcasted on TV. Who has a copy?!!
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PROCOL HARUM #4 |
Aug 71-Sep 72 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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êBig Bertha |
êEvery Which Way |
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Gary Brooker vocals, keyboards | Dave Ball † guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Chris Copping keyboards | B J Wilson † drums | + |
Long John Baldry Bandê | |||||
Keith Reid lyrics |
They only released a live album, Live in concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a very beautiful album, with the company of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Da Carmera Singers. It was recorded on November 18th, 1971 at the Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A single from that album hit the charts, ´Conquistador´, with a superb solo by Dave Ball.
In September 1972, Dave Ball leaves the band, having recorded the tracks for next album, Grand hotel (released in March 1973), being replaced by Mick Grabham.
New recruitment for Procol Harum in September 1972 was Mick Grabham, replacing former guitarist Dave Ball:
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PROCOL HARUM #5 |
Sep 72-Jun 76 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Brooker vocals, keyboards | Mick Grabham guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Chris Copping keyboards | B J Wilson † drums | + |
Keith Reid lyrics |
Grabham joined just in time to play in the sessions for the Grand Hotel album that had already been started with Dave Ball, but when Ball left, they re-recorded the guitar solos with Grabham (Dave Ball appears in the bonus tracks of the CD reissue though).
They released three albums with this lineup. In Exotic birds & fruit we can find old Mick colleague in Cochise, BJ Cole, on steel guitar.
Procol's ninth is a very good album, produced by the legendary ones Leiber & Stoller. I like it a lot!
Cartwright left the band in June 1976.
They were a superb band. I have some concerts from this lineup, and Mick Grabham rocks! With or without orchestra, he gave a touch of distinction to Procol Harum.
In 1999, it has been released a live album with this lineup, called BBC live in concert. It was recorded in 1974.
Procol Harum had lost their guitarist, Mick Grabham, in May 1977. That marked the split for the band. But, the band received an award, and they were asked to make a live appearance. So, they needed to find a guitarist for that one-off show. The chosen one was Tim Renwick! This was October 1977. Some old members of the band also joined for an special lineup:
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PROCOL HARUM #8 |
Oct 77 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Brooker vocals, keyboards | Tim Renwick guitar | Alan Cartwright † bass | Chris Copping keyboards | B J Wilson † drums | + |
Keith Reid lyrics |
They also backed singer Julie Covington there. The award show was broadcasted on TV. Who has a copy?!!
AND THEN...
Since leaving Procol Harum, I haven´t been able to find any musical info about Alan. Maybe he just retired...
PROCOL HARUM (again)
In July 1997, there´s a very special one-off celebration concert for Procol Harum when past and present members joined in order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their most famous song, the eternal ´A whiter shade of pale´:
I wish I could have been there!!!
Alan Cartwright sadly passed away on March 4th, 2021 after being ill for some time. He was 75.
4 BANDS (WITH 12 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
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PROCOL HARUM #17 |
Jul 97 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Brooker vocals, keyboards | Mick Grabham guitar | Matt Pegg bass | Dave Bronze bass | Alan Cartwright † bass | Matthew Fisher keyboards |
Chris Copping keyboards, bass | Pete Solley keyboards | Graham Broad drums | + | Keith Reid lyrics |
I wish I could have been there!!!
| Other info on members of Procol Harum (I know up to 28 members) | |
|---|---|
| Already covered (7): | Dave Ball, Dave Bronze, Mark Brzezicki, Laurence Cottle, Mick Grabham, Tim Renwick, Geoff Whitehorn |
| Old pages (2): | Gary Brooker, Henry Spinetti |
| To be covered (18): | Graham Broad, Richard Brown, Chris Copping, Geoff Dunn, Matthew Fisher, Bobby Harrison, David Knights, Alan Morris, Dee Murray, Matt Pegg, Josh Phillips, Keith Reid, Ray Royer, Don Snow, Pete Solley, Robin Trower, Ian Wallace, B J Wilson |
Alan Cartwright sadly passed away on March 4th, 2021 after being ill for some time. He was 75.
4 BANDS (WITH 12 SELECTED RECORDINGS):
| BAND / ARTIST | . | RECORDINGS | ||||||||||
| Every Which Way | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Freddie Mac Band | 1 RECORDINGS:
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| Procol Harum | 6 RECORDINGS: 
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| Sweetwater Canal |
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RELATED WEBSITE LINKS: 9
Official site(s) - tell them you saw the link here:
From the superb site Knights in Blue Denim: The British Blues Scene '68 - '70 (by Christer Fridhammar & Vanja), we have:
From the great site DME (by Dmitry M. Epstein), we have fantastic interviews:
Wikipedia doesn´t want to include links to this website, but I won´t do the same with them. So, from the great Wikipedia, we have:
Assorted links:
- Beyond the Pale - superb Procol Harum website
RELATED VIDEO LINKS: 23
Disclaimer: I don´t own or upload any of the videos linked here. I just include links to live videos that are already available, in order to show the work of this musician. Anyway, if someone feels that some link shouldn't be included, please write me at the email address shown below. And if you know of more videos featuring Alan Cartwright, please, also write me with the link.
- Procol Harum - Simple Sister Procol Harum live on TV in 1971. (Resolution: 360)
- Procol Harum - A Salty Dog Procol Harum live on TV in 1971. (Resolution: 360)
- Procol Harum - Simple Sister Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 720) (HQ)
- Procol Harum - Pilgrim´s Progress Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Broken Barricades Procol Harum live on TV in 1971. (Resolution: 360)
- Procol Harum - In the Wee Small Hours Of Sixpence Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Repent Walpurgis Procol Harum live on TV in 1971. (Resolution: 360)
- Procol Harum - Still There´ll Be More Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Power Failure Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Shine On Brightly Procol Harum live on German TV in 1971. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - For Liquorice John Procol Harum live on TV, maybe in 1973? (Resolution: 360) (HQ)
- Procol Harum - The Devil Came From Kansas Procol Harum live on Danish TV in 1974. Great quality. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Grand Hotel Procol Harum live on German TV. Probably 1974? (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Drunk Again Procol Harum live on German TV. Probably 1974? (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Bringing Home The Bacon Procol Harum live on TV in 1974. (Resolution: 360) (HQ)
- Procol Harum - Who Will Search Procol Harum live on Dutch TV in 1974. (Resolution: 720) (HQ)
- Procol Harum - Pandora´s Box Procol Harum live on TV in 1975. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - The Final Thrust Procol Harum live on TV in 1975. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Pandora´s Box Procol Harum live in 1975. (Resolution: 720) (HQ)
- Procol Harum - Bringing Home The Bacon Procol Harum live on German TV show Rockpalast in January 1976. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - The Unquiet Zone Procol Harum live on German TV show Rockpalast in January 1976. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - Conquistador Procol Harum live on German TV show Rockpalast in January 1976. (Resolution: 480)
- Procol Harum - As Strong As Samson Procol Harum live. (Resolution: 360)
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Dave Ball, Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
Featuring: Gary Brooker, Alan Cartwright, Chris Copping, Mick Grabham, B J Wilson.
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Alan Cartwright mostly worked with these musicians: (name + number of credits)
Gary Brooker (10)
Chris Copping (10)
Keith Reid (9)
B J Wilson (9)
Mick Grabham (8)
Chris Thomas (5)
Dave Ball (4)
Matthew Fisher (4)
David Knights (4)
Robin Trower (4)
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