Burly Alex in tartan, spinning cabaret yarns-Faith Healer like a dockside séance, Antmusic before the punks stole it. Bagpipes met blues riffs in a Glasgow bar fight. Theatre, thunder, and no shame. More saloon brawls breaking weekly.
NME SAHB, Tubes and more November 12, 1977 Cleminson 'saboteur' slams Alex ALEX HARVEY has been accused of "disloyalty" and "sabotage", following his shock decision to retire totally from_the rock busi-ness. A statement issued by Zal Cleminson guitarist and vocalist with the Sensa-tional Alex Harvey Band, who takes over as front man in Harvey's absence reveals the bitterness felt by the other members of the outfit towards their former leader. In his statement, Cleminson says:
Harvey's Shake That Thing Swing The Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s “Gamblin' Bar Room Blues” 7-inch vinyl single, was released in the UK on November 14, 1975, on Vertigo Records (catalogue: ALEX 002). Backed with “Shake That Thing,” this theatrical blues-rock cover of Jimmie Rodgers/Shelley Lee Alley (A) and Alex Harvey original (B), was produced by D. Batchelor for Mountain Records. The A-side’s fiddler-driven barroom tale and B-side’s raucous energy peaked at No. 38 on the
