Talk:Alex Harvey
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He wrote " Delta Dawn" for Helen Reddy, what was the story behind the song?
Might there be two Alex Harveys, then? This page discusses Alex Harvey and "Delta Dawn" in terms that strongly suggest he ain't our boy:
- Alex Harvey’s songs stick in the mind long after the performance is finished. As a songwriter, he has created some of the hits of the seventies, among them the haunting “Delta Dawn” and “Reuben James.”
- Alex Harvey wanted to be a performer as far back as he can remember, from his childhood in Brownsville, Tennessee, where he first heard black gospel music and, via radio, The Grand Ole Opry. He participated in high school and college productions, either on stage, backstage or both and earned a master’s degree in music from Murray State University in Kentucky. While acting in a summer drama there, Harvey met Billy Edd Wheeler, a singer/songwriter who was also playing a role in the production. That was a turning point in Harvey’s life.
-- Smerdis of Tlön 14:38, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC) Hugh and Ted McKenna WERE cousins, but NOT Alex Harvey's cousins. Maxwell, the current band's singer was NOT a member of the Shamen, he only appeared as an actor in their video for Ebeneezer Goode.--59.167.111.246 14:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I'm a bit suprised that this has no mention of what i think is Alex's last album "the Mafia Stole My Guitar". While not the best, there's still some good stuff on that last album. It seems more of a SAHB article than an Alex Harvey article.
The discography is certainly incomplete. Gordonbell 10:27, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Didn't Alex break with the rest of the SAHB
My brain may be playing a trick on me, but I recall going to an Alex Harvey concert in London at which the rest of the SAHB were conspicuously missing. There were calls from the audience along the lines of "We want Zal" to which Alex responded along the lines of "You don't need those f***ers!". He had a band of session musicians with him and played his own numbers. It was OK, but nothing like the SAHB, which I had seen before at a smaller provincial venue. The article reads as if the SAHB were together until Alex croaked. Can anyone clarify? GrahamDavies 21:49, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wow
A day short of the 27 club with his brother... too weird.
