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DANNY ADLER is an American, born in Cincinnati, Ohio. So what the hell does he in an insight over British pub-rock bands you may ask?! Well, let's try to shed some light here.
Coming from a musical family and was forced to learn the piano at an early age, his father was a jazz pianist who used to have jam sessions at home and where Danny joined on drums from time to time. Later he was hooked on the guitar and his first lessons on that instrument was from his sister and brother. After he discovered blues and rock'n'roll, he parked the piano for good and concentrating on honing his skills on the guitar. Together with blues and rock'n'roll, jazz from his home, he also listened a lot to soul and funk which was important for the development of his own style.
On a trip to England in the early seventies he met some people with similar musical interests and formed a band called Smooth Loser and moved to Bristol. Later Roogalator was born and he moved to London.
The first recordings Danny did (to my knowledge) was a single with Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe under the name The Disco Brothers! Drummer Terry Williams (ex. ACE) and keyboardist Bob Andrews (Ducks DeLuxe, Graham Parker & The Rumour) made the rest of the musicians on the project. The tracks were "Let's Go To The Disco"/"Everybody Dance". According to the excellent Swedish LARM magazine (R.I.P.) he's contributing on the b-side of that single. Later he released an album by Roogalator in '77, before he went solo and formed The DeLuxe Blues Band in '80. He recorded simultaneously under his own name and with The DeLuxe Blues Band in the years to come.
His last record, as far as I know came in '98 and what he's been doing after that I know nothing about.
DANNY ADLER is an accomplished guitarist which has his own style much based on blues, soul and funk. He got a sense of humor, a clever way with words and a healthy interest in trains! No wonder I like the guy!
You'll find a selective DANNY ADLER discography here.

Well, in an insight over bands and artists in the pub-rock genre has to start somewhere, and I've chosen to begin with the bands and artists alphabetically. And in my humble opinion, ACE would be a perfect place to start this rather ambitious project. When it comes to the bands/artists discographies, I've chosen to use the word selective about that subject. That's because it's almost impossible to be on the safe side when it comes to complete discographies. But if any reader should sit on any information that is relevant for my project, please feel free to contribute! Contact me here: Mr. BluesTrain Holy Shit! What the hell am I up to here...?!! Well, let the time be the judge over whether I'm coming down with my feet on the ground or not! Okay, here we go!
ACE
ACE was formed in '72 or '73 by Alan "Bam" King (guitar, vocal) and Phil Harris (lead guitar, vocal) using the name Ace Flash & The Dynamos at first, before they shortened it to just ACE. Alan "Bam" King came from Mighty Baby and some sources says that was also the case with Phil Harris but I don't he recorded anything with the band. Mighty Baby played a kind of progressive rock with strongly influenced by psychedelia and bands like Grateful Dead at the time. For those of you who likes guitars aplenty and some freaking out should really check out their great album "Mighty Baby" (released on cd by Big Beat and re-released on vinyl as "Egyptian Tomb" on Psycho Records). They were joined by Paul Carrack (keyboards, lead vocals) and Terry "Tex" Comer (bass, vocals) which both came from Warm Dust, who was an exponent for a kind of jazzy rock with a progressive touch. Good band! To complete the line-up they got hold of Fran Byrne (drums) from the great Bees Make Honey, another topnotch pub-rock band. All these guys were experienced musicians and they sure did know how to sing! Tight, well-arranged vocal harmonies was their trademark, coupled with strong melodic feeling and the great voice of Paul Carrack, singing most of the lead vocals. Heavily influenced by soul, but with a good ear for smart hooks and clever arrangements, and genuine pop-sensibility. ACE was one of the few pub-rock bands which managed to get a hit record on both sides of the Atlantic. I'm not sure about the position "How Long" reached in he charts in UK, but in the USA it was up to no. 16. "How Long" was taken from the debut album called "Five-A-Side" in the UK and just "An Ace Album" in the USA. A year later they followed up with "Time For Another" but without the success of their debut. I think I read somewhere that the band moved to USA after awhile, but I'm not completely sure about that. What is a fact, is that their third and final album "No Strings" was recorded in the USA, but it failed to succeed compared to their debut. I guess that the lack of success was the death of this classic pub-rock band. The story about the members from this point is not that well documented but I'll try to give you a clue. Paul Carrack has released a bunch of solo albums and he has been with Squeeze and Nick Lowe's Cowboy Outfit for a while and gained huge success with Mike & The Mechanics among a lot of session work. Alan "Bam" King has done a lot of session work as well for artists like Sean Tyla, Bryn Haworth and Paul Carrack besides being a member of Juice On The Loose. Terry "Tex" Comer played with Frankie Miller for a while with a lot of session work for him as well. In the early eighties a long musical companionship with Mickey Jupp started and he's played on the most of Mickey's releases since then. Fran Byrne has also been a member of Juice On The Loose together with Alan "Bam" King and his excellent drumming you'll find on records with Frankie Miller, Phil May and Stretch to name a few. Phil Harris quit ACE before they recorded their last album "No Strings" and since then I haven't seen his name at all on any records. He was replaced by American John Woodhead, later he has played with Leon Russell and Santana. You'll find a selective ACE discography here.
DANNY ADLER
DANNY ADLER is an American, born in Cincinnati, Ohio. So what the hell does he in an insight over British pub-rock bands you may ask?! Well, let's try to shed some light here. Coming from a musical family and was forced to learn the piano at an early age, his father was a jazz pianist who used to have jam sessions at home and where Danny joined on drums from time to time. Later he was hooked on the guitar and his first lessons on that instrument was from his sister and brother. After he discovered blues and rock'n'roll, he parked the piano for good and concentrating on honing his skills on the guitar. Together with blues and rock'n'roll, jazz from his home, he also listened a lot to soul and funk which was important for the development of his own style. On a trip to England in the early seventies he met some people with similar musical interests and formed a band called Smooth Loser and moved to Bristol. Later Roogalator was born and he moved to London. The first recordings Danny did (to my knowledge) was a single with Dave Edmunds and Nick Lowe under the name The Disco Brothers! Drummer Terry Williams (ex. ACE) and keyboardist Bob Andrews (Ducks DeLuxe, Graham Parker & The Rumour) made the rest of the musicians on the project. The tracks were "Let's Go To The Disco"/"Everybody Dance". According to the excellent Swedish LARM magazine (R.I.P.) he's contributing on the b-side of that single. Later he released an album by Roogalator in '77, before he went solo and formed The DeLuxe Blues Band in '80. He recorded simultaneously under his own name and with The DeLuxe Blues Band in the years to come. His last record, as far as I know came in '98 and what he's been doing after that I know nothing about. DANNY ADLER is an accomplished guitarist which has his own style much based on blues, soul and funk. He got a sense of humor, a clever way with words and a healthy interest in trains! No wonder I like the guy! You'll find a selective DANNY ADLER discography here.