Cheryl Fiedler - 01/04/00 10:31:34
My Email:Cherylfiedler@webtv.net
Comments:
What a guy! Thanks for helping me keep track of Al since he left the Q.
Anne "Yakaitis" Robinson - 12/29/99 01:06:19
My Email:robinscaca@aol.com
Comments:
It was such a nice surprise to stumble upon this website. I enjoyed seeing the old pictures of my Uncle Skip and the rest of the Wildweeds. I also enjoyed the NRBQ concerts during the late 80's. I am hoping to find a Best of Wildweeds CD.
chris maloy - 12/27/99 04:57:08
My Email:nrbq1234
Comments:
Great web site! Big Al is one of the best. Wish he would come back for a show or two with the Q. He had some great licks and that paisley strat. Does anyone know who he plays with now?
James Hollis - 12/16/99 04:24:47
My Email:jhollis@turbont.net
Comments:
Thanks for the website. I'm looking for Al Anderson's new one "Pay Before You Pump" What do you know of its whereabouts? I cannot locate it on any online CD dealers.
Jim
Alan Bakutis - 11/26/99 22:01:09
My Email:abakutis@autoeurope.com
Comment s:
Growing up in Conn. in the late 60's, I was a huge fan of the Wildweeds. I saw them play live many times, i.e. my high school, Lyman Hall. Does
anyone know where I can get a copy of any of their albums or CDs? Great site!
Howard Finkel - 11/23/99 21:03:16
My Email:hfinkel@aol.com
Comments:
First saw Al play with the Q at the Village Gate (downstairs) after he just joined the band. I had seen them with Fergie a number of times (fantastic) and once at folk city with Kenny Sheehan (young, developing but real good, anyone know what happened to
im ?). Al had big shoes to fill and basically floored me and everyone at that show. Once at a My Fathers Place gig in Roslyn L.I., I told him that they were probably the best rock and roll band in the world, Al looked more interested in my girlfriend at t
e time (cant blame him)but graciously replied, "no we're not THE best, but we're up there". Lemme tell ya , the Beatles already broke up so you were wrong Al-you were the best.If you put the Stones on the same stage as the Q without all the studio musicia
back ups and all the lights and props, they would have wiped the floor with the glimmer twins and co(no disrespect Keith but a facts a fact). Good luck to Al in his new career as a Nashville, songwriting gunslinger but please cant u come out and play a l
ttle more ?.
P.S.-Anybody have any tapes of the Q with Al and Fergie-lemme know.
Ed Innes - 11/22/99 16:25:54
My Email:ei99@hotmail.com
Comments:
It's been six years and a day since we rocked with you; I dunno how we made it Al we sure have been blue! I was one of the people that traveled to NYC this weekend with the false hope that the current NRBQ would have the class to invite Big Al to play at
their 30th anniv event… They did show a videotape of NRBQ in 1980 on the Uncle Floyd show lip-synching Me & The Boys, and the crowd cheered everytime Al was on-camera. Long live the Duke Of Windsor, the noblest of all musicians!
Jeff Jarema - 11/21/99 20:37:50
My Email:jarema@us.ibm.com
Comments:
Big thrill for me last night was getting the usually rigid oldies station here (100.7, in Raleigh, NC)to "spin" "No Good To Cry" ...prime time, Saturday night, to boot!
Mike Boyd - 11/13/99 03:28:28
My Email:mdb@hotmail.com
Comments:
Al,
Miss your fantastic guitar licks.
Are you touring at all and where?
Thanks
bud bassoli - 11/12/99 01:37:43
My Email:bassoli@go.com
Comments:
The Weeds were one of my favorite groups of the late 60's ... I saw them at the Cheri Shack, Mod Scene, Trapezoid and St. Mary's CYO ... the New Haven area was a great place to hear the talents of Connecticut groups. Al, thanks for the memories ... your
usic lives on in my collection.
Ken Ryno - 11/06/99 05:33:28
Comments:
Great Site! Did you know that Ian Matthews covered both Mare take Me Home and When She Smiles back in about 1970. Rock on!
Rich McClurg - 11/06/99 00:46:02
My Email:rapid@ulster.net
Comments:
Great site and information on one of best musican around. Have seen Al and Q about 15 time they were always a great night out! We live in the WoodstockNY area and saw them at they Bearsville Theather for their Peek-A-Boo tour and they rocked the place! Wo
ld love to hear another Al CD. We are trying to get ticket to 30th Q show in NY, hope Al shows up.
- 10/23/99 03:34:09
Comments:
David Greenbaum - 10/23/99 01:47:42
My Email:dmg@axiomint.com
Comments:
Publish the lyrics to "No Good to Cry" and you're the greatest.
I heard a new girl moved to town.
Now your baby's nowhere around.
Okay. What are the next two lines?
Best,
David
Russ Farmarco - 10/07/99 06:45:02
My Email:kickaha5@aol.com
Comments:
Hey thanks for putting together such a great site dedicated to the Big man. I am glad he follwed his ownpath to success in Nashville buy I miss him in NRBQ and hope he puts out another solo album soon. Also I hope he joins them in NY for their 30th Anni
ersary gig.
hbbailey - 10/04/99 22:26:17
My Email:beefbarley@excite.com
Comments:
Been listening to al and nrbq since the begining and still the best HBBailey
Kim - 10/01/99 19:44:27
Comments:
Yo, Big Al! My girlfriend, Lori, adores you.
Ben Olander - 10/01/99 13:16:46
My Email:bengt.olander@leco.se
Comments:< br>
Hi Al!
It was real nice to work with you in Nashville and I want to thank you for your cooperation and for letting me record your songs. It sounds great from what I have heard from a CDr and I am sure it will be even better after that Scott has worked on it for
while. We will release the CD in Scandinavia in January of 2000 under the name of "The Man I am" after your song.
Take care! And we will stay in touch!
Ben Olander (The Ginslinger)
frank schirripe - 09/24/99 22:35:47
My Email:schirripe@aol.com
Comments:
Great page! I'm glad other folks love Big Al as much as do. I'm a guitar player myself and I count Al as a major influence. I only got to see him with the Q once before he left. I still like seeing them-and Johnny is real good-but it's just not the sa
e without Al. I couldn't even begin to name my favorite song. There's just to many!
HBBailey - 09/21/99 22:25:56
My Email:beefbarley@excite.com
Comments:
Great stuff on Al i was raised in Conn and booked the wildweeds in the rec center in Guilford Conn several times.this was truly an original band at the time especially for $400 a night .I remeber they were playing and I was walking by where hey had plugge
in and stepped completely by accident on the elactrical cord and it came out Al looked at me eith that face and i said it was an accident hey maybe I gave him the idea for the song i dout it though Thanks HBB austin tx
Todd Hartford - 09/20/99 14:19:26
My Email:Marhar4839@aol.com
Comments:< br>
I grew up in Southington, Connecticut and saw NRBQ a bunch of times in various places. The best place of all, I think, was in the old dance hall at Lake Compounce in the late 70's. I live in Edinburgh, Scotland now and it's hard to find people who have he
rd of NRBQ. I invite everyone I can over to my house and play Q records for them. And I almost always end up giving them a tape. There is the odd friend that doesn't like them much, but there's no accounting for taste. If any Al or NRBQ fans are ever trav
lling to Edinburgh, give my an E-mail. this is a great sight.
StaceyQ - 08/26/99 14:04:24
My URL:http://www.geocites.com/SoHo/9675
My Email:staceyq@mindspring.com
Comments:
Hi Dave,
I'm at a boring proessional workshop. . .thought I'd take a look at your always-getting-better Al page. Didja find out if there's any truth to the Dylan/Lesh rumor? That would be quite a show!! See ya later-
SQ
Justin Minadeo - 08/25/99 20:28:25
My Email:jminadeo@pirnie.com
Comments:
Any truth to the rumor that Al will be playing with Phil Lesh as part of the Bob Dylan/Phil & Friends east coast tour?
Dianne Bernsten - 08/16/99 21:53:05
My Email:Trishldish@aol.com
Comments:
Al Anderson.....The Best!!!!Keep Rawkin Baby!
Jeff Jarema - 07/26/99 22:47:20
My Email:heretismag@cs.com
Comments:
"No Good To Cry" is in my all-time top five. I wanna know more about the Wildweeds gig in NC. (A few years back, I almost had a heart attack when the big oldies station in Raleigh, NC snuck in "N.G.T.C" between Gary Puckett and some other lesser light.
It must've been a BIG hit there). I can't stop complaining about this classic not being included on Rhino's "Nuggets" box set of mid-sixties garage bands.
Stan Merrell - 07/18/99 00:35:53
My Email:smerrell@monroe.edu
Comments:
I'm just glad I got to see Big Al as much as I did...guess I'll have to try to catch him in Nashville one of these days.
Jon Burden - 07/14/99 20:34:03
My Email:joni.b@wdi.co.uk
Comments:
Al is fully funky!! A great player and entertainer. Teletastic.
Dave Larsson - 07/03/99 21:57:22
My Email:larssondj@aol.com
Comments:
Thanks for this wonderful site. I grew up in Manchester, CT in prime Wildwoods time, listening to Dickie Robinson and Ken Griffin on WDRC, even Lee "Baby" Sims on WPOP. I, too, would love to buy the Wildwoods album with "And When She Smiles" on it ... for
some reason, it still gets a lot of airplay whenever I'm back in town visiting the folks. The height of my musical career was playing in "Plateful of Food," a college band in Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, which did a ton of Q covers, and even a couple o
Wildweeds tunes, and specifically, the night we opened for the Q when they played Sargent Gym at Bowdoin. I wish Al the best of luck, and I'm glad to see he's had some success in Nashville (let's hope he's finally made some money)!
Jon L - 06/23/99 02:40:36
My Email:ikonjon@yahoo.com
Comments:
I heard Al do a solo set opening for Aztec Two Step about 5 years ago in Bristol CT
He did
You Better Look Out
Little Bit of Bad
Whe I Come Back I Wanna Be My Dog
I apologize
Every Little Thing
Better Word For Love
then his set was cut short by a broken string
I wish a tape existed of this show...it was awesome
ANDRE GIBEAULT - 06/09/99 22:38:05
Comments:
Hi Dave
Very good.I learn a lot more on the Wildweeds.
"Someday morning" is one of my fave song of the
60's
Andre
WAYWARD WILLIE - 06/05/99 18:40:18
My Email:DSTEFANIK@SNET.NET
Comme nts:
AL'S GOT MORE SOUL THAN ANY WHITE MAN THAT EVER LIVED, JUST LISTEN TO "NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOU" OR THE ACHING SADNESS OF "RIDIN IN MY CAR". I KNOW I''M PREACHING TO THE CHOIR BUT AL IS KILLER AND SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME ALONG WITH HIS OLD PARDS
N NRBQ. THANKS, AL.
Michael Arlt - 05/27/99 05:31:58
My Email:Petsounds@prodigy.net
Comments:
Al is one of the most nicest, Coolest guys I ever met. I first met him at Musicians Exchange in 1986 when the Q played there. I "stupidly" asked him "why don't you play a ES-335, you outdwarf that tele" (I'm a big guy too), Al's responce "I hate Gibsons t
ey have too many knobs, get a Tele, you'll fell better, look better, play better". I took Al's advice later. Then some person asks if we were related (2 big bearded brown haired guys) Al's respone: are you a man, Me: yes, Al: O.K. Were related. Then more
ele Talk for a while, I bought a Tele the next day.
I saw him many More times when he would come to Florida. I gave him one of my Danelectro Guitars, a 70's re-issue repro Longhorn. Al or Joey would use it on stage for Trouble in the Henhouse and some other songs. He is and always will be the Greatest Guit
rist walking on this planet and it was a honor to meet and chat with the man.
joey mann - 05/26/99 06:40:26
My Email:nutz4sue
Comments:
i udsed to play country music at a bar called the club-84 in hartford, ct. al used to come in and see ted barton and "home grown",and i used to sit in for a few tunes. al was moving towards country at that time and he sat in on the same set as i did and s
ng "mare". i flipped!!!i have got to get a copy of that wildweeds album as well as the one with "bell" on it. can you help me out?
Jon (Jay) Tustin - 05/23/99 15:06:36
My Email:JTustin@sover.net
Comments:
I basically grew up with Al. We went to high school together and had some really fantastic times.
Scotty Ligon - 05/19/99 08:27:57
Comments:
Rick McNamara - 05/14/99 02:47:37
My URL:http://www.wintv.org
My Email:studioct@tiac.net
Comments:
"Al is bigger than The Beatles", a quote from Ed Sullivan from the mysteriously missing "Lost Sullivan Shows".
gaffa - 04/20/99 18:02:58
My Email:gaffa63@hotmail.com
Comments:
Thanx for a wonderful site. Ijust love the beauty and simplicity of Al´s song. Besides, his the best twanger ever heard. Wish he would tour to Sweden.
Judy Lepak - 04/15/99 01:20:07
My Email:timpsbroad@aol.com
Comments:
I'm Al Lepak's sister and both my brothers were in the wild weeds. Nice sight! Al Anderson was a big part of our musical families growing up. Good luck!
Mark Lepak - 04/13/99 21:30:19
My Email:leap@wans.net
Comments:
The large one is truly one of a kind...
Ray - 04/13/99 14:34:22
Comments:
Good Site. I learned a lot.
Mike Garner - The Sylvester Brothers - 04/06/99 03:58:58
My URL:http://www.paulworks.com/SylvesterBrot hers
My Email:datemus@aol.com
Comments:
I still enjoy dropping in and taking a quick tour around this site every now and then. It brings back lots of fond memories of the Big Guy with my favorite band.
Great job. Keep the stuff coming!!!!!
Beef barley - 03/10/99 02:43:31
Comments:
Used to do the roadie work for e wild weeds in conn million yearsago
beef barley - 03/10/99 02:38:40
My Email:beefbarley@excite.com
Comments:
We need to find the wild weeds album with al on it or at least get it released.Trying to find a copy of it for years a friend of mine has one but it is unplayable .songs like"new girl in the town" etc
mark hecklinger - 02/25/99 22:14:34
Comments:
I've been an Al fan since the Mod Scene, The Cheri Shack and The Trapazoid days. I was responsible for booking the Wild Weeds for dances at Lyman Hall High in Wallingford Ct in the late 60's and later NRBQ at a few private parties in the late 70's. Anyway
the BIG BOY has had a large musical influence on my life. Thanks,AL!!! I hope you are doing well and would love to see you somewhere down the road.
Cat - 02/13/99 02:15:32
My Email:catmol@cfw.com
Comments:
Some of my best memories of all times are the Q shows when, towards the end of the show, Al would reach way up high on his guitar, as if tuning it, only to let out a twangy bass note told Terry to stop calling the show. That one note was exhilarating, as
it signalled the time to rip in to Get Rhythem. Al would rip the bejesus outta those strings. Hot Damn!
P.S. Great Site!
Torgny ¨Togga¨ Arwedson - 02/12/99 22:45:20
My Email:yngrot@telia.com
Comments:
As a great admirer of Al´s guitarwork i have a few
favourits of his guitarsolos; "12 bar blues" and "This old house" (among others). What really difference him from other guitarists, is his comical and ¨freak-out¨ attitude that's puts him in a speciel division among other great genius musicians,as;Dizzy G
llepsie, Frank Zappa, Danny Gatton, Ry Cooder, Thelonius Monk, to mention a few. The pop-handwork and skills he shows on his latest solo-cd, is also, in my point of view, worth a high degree of respect. It seems to me that he is a worthy keeper of the Bri
ish (=Beatlish)poptradion.
My toast for a most tasteful guitarist.
Torgny Arwedson, Huskvarna, Sweden.
Gregg Boutilier - 02/08/99 20:18:46
My Email:gboutilier@hotmail.com
Comments:
Hey Everybody! I just saw Big Al about a week ago
at a song writers show here in Atlanta!!! It was great seeing him again!! He signed about 10 different things for me!! and did some great songs along with Craig Wiseman + Bob Dipero!! I found out that he has 2 songs in the Country Charts top 10!!! He actu
lly performed the song he wrote for Diamond Rio and I MUST say his perfomance blows Diamond Rio's away!!! There's nobody quite like the Big man!!!
Smitty Ray Barlow - 12/17/98 20:06:39
My URL:http://www.smittyray.com
My Email:heysmartass@smittyray.com
Com ments:
This is a terrific, and long overdue web site. Big Al was an integral part of the Q for as long as I've heard them (since oh, about '76). What doesn't get mentioned enough is Al's crusty sense of humor, something that show's up on the Q's live albums,
nd makes them something special. It's only recently that I've seen Johnny begin to step into that part of the big shoes. As for Mr. Anderson, I will always be a big fan. His voice and personality are something Nashville™ has needed for a long, long t
me. His songwriting sensibilites are uncanny, and I think he is responsible for the Mavericks best material.
Love live this man and this site.
bruce - 12/17/98 04:33:07
Comments:
i've seen the Q acouple of times since Al departed... the first timeitwas so sad they were on stage with abig gapping hole , thenext time theyseemed to have more of their loopy spirit that you know and love BUT they'll neverbe as good asthey were with Big
Al .. I got to see him with Carleen Wow they were on fire . I just wish AL would put out anew cd. Ialso wish the Q would put out astudio album instead of those tired ass live recordings.
Gary Gordon - 12/13/98 21:58:08
My URL:http://www.ibluegrass.com/TheGordons
My Email:ggordon@midwest.net
Comments:
I'd like to get Al's new solo CD if possible. Does he have one? I heard he did. Al's one of the best Tele players yet. I've played one for a long time and apreciate what he's done. Thanks for the good pages too. Gary
DennisB643 - 12/10/98 13:40:59
My Email:DennisB643@aol.com
Comments:
Vanguard just released Big Al's 72' solo effort...got it at Best Buys...definetely worth a listen. BTW while the Q are still a great band...whoever said it was right, they're not the same without Big Al
Rick Weiner - 12/01/98 02:17:16
My Email:rtweiner@connix.com
Comments:
Al Anderson? Sure, he can play and write OK, but he'd be nothin without me. Y'unnerstan?
Kent Bancroft - 12/01/98 01:17:16
My Email:bancroft @dpix.com
Comments:
Been an Al/Q fan forever.. Even warmed up for the Q twice in the early eighties.. Done my share of hanging out with the band over the years. These days I'm finishing up a solo CD & would love to get a copy to Al when it's done.. Thanks, Kent
Ed Innes - 11/19/98 15:33:00
My Email:ed.innes@mailcity.com
Comments:
George Strait should record Ridin In My Car... guaranteed #1
Russ Norton - 11/06/98 01:26:58
My Email:nort@bewellnet.com
Comments:
Enjoy your web site. First saw Al with the Wild-
Weeds at the East Windsor Fair around 1968 they
had just released "I'm Dreaiming" as a single.
Been a fan ever since.
chris hughes - 11/02/98 22:37:54
Comments:
al is the greatest that says it all
Bob Tousignant - 10/21/98 02:17:29
My Email:TOUS@worldnet.att.net
Comments:
Great web site. The only other one I could find was a "future home" lamepage at Twintone.com.
Any info on "Al Anderson & the Burn"? I see where they are playing on Delbert Mclinton's annual cruise in January 1999 along with Steve Earle and others.
Paul Henning - 10/14/98 23:18:12
My Email:excavater@compuserve.com
Com ments:
Hi Dave it's Paul from Cambridge, Great site lets get the Q back to kitchener. Paul
HOWARD FINKEL - 10/05/98 17:24:40
My Email:HFINKEL@AOL.COM
Comments:
HUGE FAN OF AL'S. SORRY HE DOESNT WANT 2 TOUR HIS OWN STUFF BUT THATS LIFE. OUT OF LEFT FIELD-HES C0-WRITTEN WITH SO MANY GREAT WRITERS HOW BOUT ELVIS COSTELLO-ELVIS'S ALBUM W BACHRACH IS GREAT BUT HOW BOUT A CLASSIC R AND R ALBUM WITH AL AND ELVIS-TOLD Y
IT WAS FM LEFT FIELD
Jim Hill - 10/03/98 21:14:49
My Email:Jhill04@snet.net
Comments:
Nothing against Johnny Spampinato, but the Q are not the same without Big Al in stage!! I wish he would tour!
lori - 09/30/98 02:34:49
My Email:blessedb@bellsouth.net
Comments:
Scrolling the web and found this page. I'm a huge Raul Malo/Mavericks fan and also run an unoffical Mavericks Mailing List. I'd like to invite any
Mavs fans to join us. To join, send email to
majordomo@hannah.jentronix.com
in the BODY of the message type
subscribe mavericks-l
Come join us! We'd love to have you. Raul and Al have a special writing magic that have produced some great songs over the years. Can't wait to see what the future holds.
John Paul Austin - 09/15/98 03:55:55
My Email:JPLOWNOTES@aol.com
Comments :
WOW! What a great site! I am a Late-blooming NRBQ fan (never heard them till 1990 on "PEEK-A-BOO"). The Q songs that always moved me most were Al's. He can make me cry with a tender love ballad, like "A Better Word For Love"; then turn around and make me
laugh out loud with a sexually motivated , MCP Anthem, like "It Comes To Me Naturally"!!!! Our band has been playing "Naturally" for a couple years, and we still get requests to do it twice a night!! They never get tired of hearing it! (and ironically,
t's a great "TUSH-PUSH"!!!) and of course, most of them never heard of "the Q" till we started performing the song. (Poor things....)
Thanx for letting us "catch up" with "Big Al"!
Peter Browne - 08/30/98 04:35:40
My Email:eli-24@giantsfan.com
Comments:
Great site. I'll be back. Been a large fan since seeing Al at a dance at Central Conn state in the 60's...cost 50 cents to get in. Killer versions of good day sunshine,holiday,sittin on my la la.
Wes Folkerth - 08/28/98 18:26:30
My Email:tfolke@po-box.mcgill.ca
Comments:
One question: I keep hearing a TV commercial for
the Black and Decker "Snakelight" that sounds like
Al. Is i
Stacey Sandler - 08/26/98 21:14:45
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/BourbonStreet/ 7935
My Email:staceyq@pipeline.com
Comments:
Dave,
It keeps getting better!! Great job, my friend!
Stacey
Lou Gephart - 08/26/98 06:34:44
My Email:lennie@bright.net
Comments:
Great work on the site. Thanks for the updates - I haven't seen Al since his Q shows at the Cotton Club in Atlanta.
Mary - 08/23/98 18:06:52
My URL:http://users.loa.com/~ceol/nrbq.html
My Email:ceol@loa.com
Comments:
As always, great job on your Al Anderson site!
For far too long there's been a lacking of real
info on him on the 'net.
Will Roland - 08/21/98 02:13:59
My URL:http://www.oocities.org/Su nsetStrip/Amphitheatre/7147/
My Email:wroland@showme.missouri.edu
Comments:
Excellent page, Dave. Can't wait to see the North American re-issue of Big Al's Vanguard album this fall. Keep up the good work!
Will
Paul Dancause - 08/04/98 19:35:47
My Email:paul.dancause@sympatico.ca
Com ments:
This site is packed with incredibly well-researched info. Bravo David Clifton for a superb job. By coincidence, this couldn't be the same David Clifton who fronted the legendary "Clifton Brothers Band" in Cornwall, Ontario (circa early-mid 1970's), or co
ld it??? Keep playin' that rockin roll.......
Bob Craver - 07/30/98 14:27:26
My Email:BCraver@caionline.org
Comments:
Great page for a great man!
Henk - 07/30/98 13:00:46
My Email:henk@paradigma.nl
Comments:
Greetings from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I like your pages, since they answered a lot of my questions and I couldn't find any decent Al stuff on the web. Thanks very much, or as they say over here, dank je wel.
- 07/22/98 19:45:20
Comments:
Great page!
Big D - 07/11/98 23:45:13
My Email:getrythm@aol.com
Comments:
getrythym
one of the world's best recorded guitar solos
'nuf said
John Gemmill - 07/11/98 02:02:34
Comments:
I really like your web page. It's neat....it's nice !!!
qfan - 07/10/98 01:20:21
Comments:
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