He was born Alan James Bown on 21 July 1942 in Slough, Berkshire, where he also passed away in 2014.
[1] They covered jazz and American Rhythm and blues, and played at the Star-Club at the same as The Beatles.
They were signed to four different music labels from 1965–1972, Deram, Island, CBS, and United Artists.
The Alan Bown disbanded in February 1972, and Bown formed a new band (also called The Alan Bown) that lasted until July 1972, that had Dave Lawson (keyboards), Tony Dangerfield (bass) and Frank White (guitar) replaced by Pete Goodall, Nick Payn (tenor saxophone and flute) and Alan Coulter (drums).
[4] Alan Bown later joined Jonesy, a prog rock band formed in 1970 by John Evan-Jones (guitar), Jamie Kaleth (lead vocals/keys) Gypsy Jones (lead vocals/bass) and Plug Thomas (drums).