Alex Ligertwood

Alex Ligertwood

Ligertwood at the World Classic Rockers Concert, 23 June 2007 Camarillo, California
Background information
Born (1946-12-10) 10 December 1946
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Vocals, guitar, drums
Years active 1965-present
Associated acts The Senate, The Jeff Beck Group, Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, Santana, Go Ahead, Average White Band, World Classic Rockers, El Chicano, The Dregs, Steve Morse Band

Alexander John "Alex" Ligertwood is a Scottish singer, guitarist and drummer. He is best known as the lead vocalist of Santana (1979-1985, 1987, 1989–1991, 1992–1994). He is credited on songs by Santana, including "All I Ever Wanted", "You Know That I Love You", "Winning" and "Hold On". He also performed with The Senate (1960s), The Jeff Beck Group (1970) and Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (1971–72 and 2013–present). He also appeared with (Grateful Dead side project) Go Ahead (1986 and 1988),[1] John Cipollina and friends (1988), the Average White Band (1989) and David Sancious.[2]

Ligertwood sang lead vocals on the song "Crank It Up" by The Dixie Dregs, from their albumIndustry Standard (1982), [3] as well as contributing the lead vocal on the song "Double Bad" from Jeff Lorber's album In the Heat of the Night (1984).[4]

From 1986 to 1988, Ligertwood was a member of a band called Go Ahead with Grateful Dead members Bill Kreutzmann and Brent Mydland.[5]

During 2000 he toured with World Classic Rockers. More recently he sang on a version of the Scorpions song "Is There Anybody There" which appeared on drummer Herman Rarebell's solo album Acoustic Fever (2013). In 2014, Ligertwood's vocals were featured on tracks by El Chicano and in the same year he toured in Japan and Europe with Brian Auger and the Oblivion Express.[6]

Ligertwood has also performed with The Magic of Santana, a German tribute group whose guests include Santana percussionist Raul Rekow and vocalist Tony Lindsay.

References

  1. ↑ Go Ahead Vine | Grateful Dead
  2. ↑ "Alex Ligertwood interview". The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. 2008. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Industry Standard". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  4. ↑ "In the heat of the night". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  5. ↑ Hooterollin' Around: Go Ahead and Bob Weir 1987-88 (Brent Mydland III)
  6. ↑ "Brian Auger's Oblivion Express/The Band page". brianauger.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.

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