Alan and J.D. Boggs
ALAN
A
Tribute to Elvis
Seattle,
Washington
1971
~ 2015
Members
Tchad
Blake ~ Guitar
Jim
"J.D." Boggs ~ Bass
Bob
Burliech ~ Drums
Leonard
Brock ~ Saxophone
Mark
Christian ~ Guitar
Brenda
Daniels~ Backing Vocals
Dan
(Codron) Doheny ~ Guitar
Chuck
Doten ~ Drums
Toby
Gray ~ Bass
Kris
Johnson ~ Guitar
Roger
Kahn ~ Piano
Basil
Leschysen ~ Guitar
Jim
McSweeney ~ Guitar
Alan
Meyer ~ Vocals
Rick
May ~ Bass
Bruce
Moore ~ Piano, Trumpet
John
Ogden ~
Al
Rillera ~ Piano
Jim
Rossi ~ Lead Guitar
Michael
"Mach the Shock" Stirn ~ Guitar
Chet
Actis ~ Bookings
Jim
Pond ~ Road Manager
Bill
Stephan ~ Manager
Listen
to an Alan Sound Clip - Suspicion
Video: Alan
at the Tropicana
In
Memory of
Alan
Meyer
d:
4 April 2015
Jim
"J.D." Boggs
Tropicana
ABC TV Special - 1977
Alan,
Chuck (on drums)
Michael
Stirn, stage name Mach the Shock, played for Alan in 1976 and 1977 during
the television appearances and World Tour. He was also on the Alan
Album and some originals that where recorded in L.A. and Kansas City.
Michael Stirn,
October 2003
I did 2 tours of
duty with Alan starting in 1974 when Alan was picked up by Dick Clark.
My first gig with
Alan with the crew was at the Turn of the Century club in south Denver
(Aurora) and then on to the Sho Bar on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (earlier
made famous by stripper Blaze Star). Then it was a spin around the
continental US & Canada with several memorable gigs culminating with
the stay at the Thunderbird in Las Vegas for Dick Clark and produced by
Larry Klein (Johnny Carson and Joni Mitchell). Following this was
a couple of trips to Anchorage; constant touring of the US and Canada and
an extended three month stay in Honolulu.
Most of the band
left after Hawaii and I stayed on as band leader to assemble the next ensemble.
After that I left for the San Francisco Bay area to join David Laflamme's
It's A Beautiful Day.
Cheers,
Toby
Gray, January 2009
Thanks for this site
. Its a great resource.
Bruce
Moore, December 2010
I played lead guitar
for " Alan A Trubute to Elvis" 79' thru 81" aka Dan Doheny with Toby Grey,
Al Rillera, Jim Rossi, Bob Burliech and the Many Horn bands across
the country including Alaska and Hawaii.
Dan Codron,
April 2012
I played lead guitar
with Alan for a few years. I came after Tchad Blake, and worked with
Chuck Doten and Bob Burliech on drums,
Toby Gray on bass, Al Rillera on piano and Dan Codron on Guitar.
Dan later took my place when I left.
Jim Rossi, May
2012
My Sax player from
1978 (1st date was the Aquarius) to present was/is Leonard Brock.
I keep in touch with him and a year ago last October I convinced him to
meet me at Toby Grays place in Santa Cruz and I surprised him by having
Chuck Doten join us. None of us had been in contact with Chuck since
the late 70’s but I found his phone number and called him and got him to
agree to come down and surprise us all. I was living in San Jose
then and he lives up in San Rafael. He told me he'd lived there since
the late 70’s and wondered what took me so long to get in touch with him.
Both he and I graduated from the same engineering school “Control Data
Institute” except my school location was Dallas, Texas and his was Silicone
Valley. I've been an engineer for the past 25 years and worked for
Philips Semiconductors in Silicone Valley since 2005. I am retired
now.
Leonard lives in
the Bakersfield area and I stopped in and saw him on my way back to Texas
last October. Brenda Daniels stayed with the show as the road manager
unto 1980 and we remained friends.
My best Guitarist
was Mike “Mock the Shock” Stirn from 1976 to 1977 and I called him around
the same time I got hold of Chuck Doten and he currently lives in Florida.
We agreed to get back together for a return engagement to a Canadian night
club in Winnipeg, but that is still on hold. If it does happen all
my old band members agreed and are in.
Alan Meyer, September
2012
"I am so sorry to tell you Alan passed
away April 4, 2015. He had another heart failure March 15 and they just
couldn’t do anything for him this time. He has had a wonderful three months
in Daytona Beach – the best time ever – he said....
I have to tell you this one little anecdote
about Alan in his last hours I think you will understand. One of the nurses
commented he looked like he could be a rock-a-billy singer. I didn’t think
he even heard her but he got out the first few words - Baby, baby on baby....
those were the last I heard.
I’m sure he is up there putting on a show!"
Bren Meyer, via Toby Gray, April 2015
