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THE RETURN OF ZAL CLEMINSON
Widely respected for his work with The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ; Cleminson provided his incendiary guitar and writing throughout the bands original incarnation, including the seminal albums “Next”, “Framed” and “The Impossible Dream”.
After Alex’s passing, he went on to play guitar in Nazareth for several years in the late 70s and early 80s, and also worked as a session musician touring with Elkie Brooks, Bonnie Tyler, and Midge Ure.
Following SAHB’s reassembling for ‘live’ work during the early Noughties, including playing on bills with Def Leppard and Cheap Trick, Zal then chose to retire from music.
That was, until 2017, when fired anew with the excitement of new songs, Zal set about a fresh assault in music ...
Cue SIN’DOGS, and their debut album – VOLUME 1
I’d heard on the grape vine over the years, that Zal Clemison is somewhat of a wild card, and might be considered a bad influence, but having been labelled as such myself, I tend not to believe such tosh – however ... rumours might be correct about Zal.
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Alistair "Zal" Cleminson (born 4 May 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his prominent role in The Sensational Alex Harvey Band during the 1970s.
A self-taught guitarist, at the start of the 1970s he played and recorded with the Glasgow based band Tear Gas. The musicians in that band then provided the backbone for The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB). In his white-face pierrot make-up, audiences could not mistake him, or his guitar solos on stage with SAHB.
In 1979, he joined Nazareth and recorded two albums with them, 1979's No Mean City and 1980's Malice in Wonderland. He was a regular guitarist with UK legend Elkie Brooks on many of her tours throughout 1980s. He also wrote and played on Brooks' album, Minutes. Cleminson has also toured and recorded with Midge Ure and Bonnie Tyler.
In 2006 he appeared in his début acting role as Wilson in the western film, A Shot in the West, for which he wrote the theme music. In early 2008 he announced his retirement from the music industry and stated he would never perform live agai
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suitsandtheplatformboots.com Zal Cleminson The Vaudevillian Acting Guitar Hero
ZAL CLEMINSON
THE VAUDEVILLIAN ACTING GUITAR HERO
Well once in a while an interview takes place and it is not until you have completed it that the gravity of it hits you and here is one such case. Now, SAHB are seminal for many, many reasons. They are still adored the world over and they still sound as bright and vital as ever so, to celebrate that fact today joining us we have the one, the only Zal Cleminson!
Hi Zal, firstly many thanks for granting us your time today it is a real thrill for me, and I know all the readers of the site will love it too! OK so first things first where did your nickname of "Zal" come from? You were born Alistair MacDonald Cleminson so is Zal just a Scottish abbreviation for Alistair or did it come from somewhere else? Also is MacDonald your middle name or is it a double-barrelled name I.e., each of your parents last names?
Zal Cleminson ; The name Zal was suggested by our singer Dave Batchelor (Tear Gas), claiming it was inspi
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