Solo & Groups - Photos & Sound Page

"Procession to the Chapel"

Pacific Heights, San Francisco, CA
August 1996

Alan is shown here in Scottish Highland "Evening Wear", appropriate bagpiper attire for formal weddings. Alan plays Scottish Highland Pipes for weddings, parties, funerals, and other occasions. Traditional bagpipe tunes - Scottish & Irish.

Sound sample - "Mari's Wedding" (595 kB mp3)

"Festival of St. John"

Folklore Camp, Mendocino Woodlands, Mendocino, CA
June 1987

Alan plays mostly traditional European music on the diatonic accordion for all types of occasions.

Sound sample - "La Belle Rosette" (485 kB mp3)

"Alan with his Grande Musette - 20 Pouces"

French Club Party, UC Santa Cruz, CA
1995

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"Alan playing his Musette Bechonnet - 16 Pouces"

Wedding with Tour de France, Mendocino, CA
2000

Alan is shown here wearing a typical Berry province "folkloric" costume.
You can find out more about Tour de France, and hear a track from their new CD by clicking here.

"Mr. Conehead Plays His Native Music"

Lark In the Morning Music Camp, Mendocino, CA
August 1988

Alan often vacations on the Mendocino Riviera where he's been known to give forth with a tune or two between naps and meals.

Sound sample - "La Trotteuse" (3.9 MB mp3)

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"Musique d'Auvergne"

Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto, CA
Summer 1994

From left to right: Arrigo D'Albert (Continental chromatic accordion), Debra Dawson (vielle à roue), Vickie Yancy (diatonic accordion) and Alan (cabrette)

You can find out more about this band (formerly known as Turlututu), and hear a track from their CD by clicking here.

"Promo Photo"

Palo Alto, CA
ca. 1993

From left to right: Alan (cabrette d'Auvergne) and Barbara Slone (piano accordion)

Alan and Barbara met at Lark In the Morning Music Camp, started an on-going French music session and later-on a performing duo. The highlight of this duo's career was a six month 'run' of saturdays entertaing folks at the Stanford Shopping Center's 'French Market'.

"On Stage"

Domaine Chandon Winery, Yountville, CA
Bastille Day (July 14) 1986

From left to right: Jim Wathen (vielle à roue), Jennnie Hartmann (guittara), John Creager (cabrette), Jeff Reynolds (tin whistle) and Alan (accordion)

You can find out all about Le Soleil, and their cassette tape for sale (sound sample included) by clicking here.

"Mr. Bones"

Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Novato, CA
Aug.-Sept., 1986

Alan was the "boss bones" of Danse Macabre for a couple of years during the mid '80s. Here we see him with his tambourin de Bèarn (string drum) and galoubet (converted tin whistle). You can visit one of several Danse Macabre sites by clicking here or here.

Sound Sample - "Childgrove" (724 kB mp3)

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"Le Grande Orchestre de Vielles et Cornemuses"

Recontres Internationales des Luthiers et Maitres Sonneurs, St-Chartier, France
July 16,1995

"Le Grande Orchestre" comprised of 413 players from all over the world. The orchestra was organized into four groups of vielles and cornemuses in the keys of D/G and G/C. A concert of traditional tunes native to the region of Berry played in 3 part harmony made up the afternoon program. See if you can spot Alan.

"Musette Madness"

Lark In the Morning Music Camp, Mendocino, CA
August 1998

Here we see Alan and Ian Law jammin' on the 14 and the 20 inch musettes du Centre (both made by Alan) at "French Camp". Other sizes of the musette arsenal lie ready for inspired polyphony moments.