In 2008 Alan was playing in the band Moontraxx (originally named Moonrocks) with guitarist/vocalist Matt Jacobs and bassist/vocalist Jane Sentner. Alan had played in the band Reigning Hounds with Jane, while Matt is a very talented player Alan first met at the Tye Dye Festival, when Matt was playing with the progressive rock band Liquid Village (they played after Whiskey Biscuit one year and they totally knocked our collective socks off!).
Anyway, Moontraxx was together during the same time period in which Alan acquired his 24-track digital recorder, so they did a fair number of recordings at Alan's house, aka Sow's Ear Studio. Alan would send the mixes around on mp3 via email to get input, and I found this one the other day. I love it! Bowie songs really "fit" Alan's voice, and the band did a very nice job covering "Ziggy Stardust"
here is a direct link to the mp3 for non-shockwave environments
Moontraxx playing live (photo courtesy of Matt Jacobs)
And here is a video of Whiskey Biscuit playing "Suffragette City" at a rehearsal a number of years ago, Alan singing of course:
Well, this is a great way to end the day. In listening to both of these, I realized that Alan had a way of making me feel these two songs in a way that Bowie never could. Funny how that is. And these bands are no slouches on here, either!
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