BIOGRAPHY

Alan Michael Warner was born in Paddington, London ...He started playing Guitar at the age of 11, he originally wanted to play the trumpet but had to settle for a toy accordion, this promptly fell to pieces and after several attempts at repairing it without success his parents bought him a cheap Spanish guitar for Christmas, he soon realised, listening to the twangy tones of  Duane Eddy, Hank Marvin, The Ventures, etc, that this was what he wanted to do.

After leaving school at 14 Alan started work as a Trainee printer at the Boosey & Hawkes Music factory, here he met with a couple of other youngsters who asked him to join their band called the Skeletones, however, he was swiftly chucked out for upstaging their keyboard player with, shall we say his 'over enthusiastic' playing style? After learning the valuable 'less is more' lesson he went on to play with several semi-pro bands playing local gigs before turning professional at 16, he lived in Ireland for a while Playing the Dublin Club scene and touring the country, whilst living in Ireland he turned down an offer to join The Black Eagles with Phil Lynott who later went on to form rock band Thin Lizzy,on returning to England he carried on as a freelance guitarist playing various gigs and recording sessions. His first big break came when he went on tour with a then unknown band called the Foundations backing American soul artiste Edwin Starr, (S.O.S, War, what is it good for etc.) and The Toys (Lovers Concerto).

The Foundations went on to have huge international success with hit records such as Baby, now that Iv'e found you, Back on my feet again, Build me up Buttercup and In those bad, Bad old days (before you loved me)....