Al Greenwood
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Greenwood in 2009 | |
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Born | (1951-10-20) October 20, 1951 (age 72) New York City, U.S. |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
Alan Greenwood (born October 20, 1951) is an American rock musician who was a founding member and keyboardist of the rock band Foreigner from 1976 to 1980. He performed on the albums Foreigner (1977), Double Vision (1978) and Head Games (1979).
In 1981, Greenwood formed the band Spys with former Foreigner bass player Ed Gagliardi, John Blanco, John Digaudio and Billy Milne and recorded the albums Spys (1982) and Behind Enemy Lines (1983).[1]
Greenwood played keyboards on former Rainbow (and future Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force and Deep Purple) frontman Joe Lynn Turner's 1985 debut solo album, Rescue You.
Discography
Foreigner
- 1977: Foreigner (#4 US)
- 1978: Double Vision (#3 US, #32 UK)
- 1979: Head Games (#5 US)
- 1982: Records (#10 US, #58 UK)
- 1992: The Very Best ... and Beyond (#123 US, #19 UK)
- 1993: Classic Hits Live/Best Of Live
- 1994: JukeBox Heroes: The Best Of
- 1998: The Best of Ballads – I Want to Know What Love Is
- 1999: The Platinum Collection
- 2000: Hot Blooded And Other Hits
- 2000: Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology
- 2002: Complete Greatest Hits (#80 US)
- 2002: The Definitive (#33 UK)
- 2004: Hot Blooded And Other Hits
- 2005: The Essentials
- 2008: No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner (#132 US)
- 2009: Can't Slow Down (#29 US)
- 2014: The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977–1991
Ian Lloyd
- 1980: Third Wave Civilization
Spys
- 1982: Spys
- 1983: Behind Enemy Lines
- 1996: Spys / Behind Enemy Lines
Joe Lynn Turner
- 1985: Rescue You (#146 US)
- 1998: Hurry Up and Wait
- 1999: Waiting For A Girl Like You (EP)
- 2016: Street of Dreams – Boston 1985
Jennifer Rush
- 1987: Heart Over Mind (#118 US, #48 UK)
Garbo Talks
- 1998: Garbo Talks
Equipment
As per an interview conducted by Dominic Milano from Contemporary Keyboard (Keyboard since 1980), and appeared in the April 1979 issue, Greenwood states,
"When I first got into Foreigner I had a Hammond L-100 and an EML 101 synthesizer, and I think I had an Orchestron, but that's all been changed. Now I use a cutdown Hammond B-3, an ARP Omni, and a Wurlitzer electric piano. I still use the same EML 101, which I've had for about six years, and I just got an Oberheim OB-1, which is a really nice little programmable synthesizer."[2]
References
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- Mick Jones
- Thom Gimbel
- Jeff Pilson
- Kelly Hansen
- Michael Bluestein
- Chris Frazier
- Bruce Watson
- Dennis Elliott
- Lou Gramm
- Al Greenwood
- Ian McDonald
- Ed Gagliardi
- Rick Wills
- Johnny Edwards
- Bruce Turgon
- Brian Tichy
- Denny Carmassi
- Jason Bonham
- Paul Mirkovich
- Jason Sutter
- Foreigner
- Double Vision
- Head Games
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- Agent Provocateur
- Inside Information
- Unusual Heat
- Mr. Moonlight
- Can't Slow Down
- Records
- The Very Best ... and Beyond
- Complete Greatest Hits
- The Definitive Collection
- No End in Sight: The Very Best of Foreigner
- 40
- Classic Hits Live/Best of Live
- Extended Versions
- Can't Slow Down ... When It's Live!
- "Feels Like the First Time"
- "Cold as Ice"
- "Long, Long Way from Home"
- "Hot Blooded"
- "Double Vision"
- "Blue Morning, Blue Day"
- "Dirty White Boy"
- "Head Games"
- "Love on the Telephone"
- "Women"
- "Urgent"
- "Juke Box Hero"
- "Waiting for a Girl Like You"
- "Break It Up"
- "Luanne"
- "I Want to Know What Love Is"
- "That Was Yesterday"
- "Reaction to Action"
- "Growing Up the Hard Way"
- "Down on Love"
- "Say You Will"
- "I Don't Want to Live Without You"
- Discography
- Members
- Shadow King
- Black Sheep
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