Rock Archeologia

Terry Boylan - Alias Boona (1969) 

Artist: Terry Boylan
Album: Alias Boona
Label: Verve Forecast
Catalog#: FTS-3070
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: US
Released: 1969
Genre: Rock, Pop/Rock, Folk
Duration: 00:31:41

• Brought up in Buffalo, New York, Terry Boylan first appeared on local radio in the late 1950s performing a song he had written at the age of 11. While still in his mid teens, in the early 1960s, he performed in Greenwich Village and, following a chance meeting with Bob Dylan, was encouraged to pursue a solo music career in upstate New York. He attended Bard College in New York, and with his older brother John formed a band, the Ginger Men. By 1967, they had both signed with Verve Records, for whom they then recorded an experimental concept album, Playback, issued in the name of the Appletree Theatre.
• After John Boylan moved to California, Terence stayed in New York, returned to college, and played with classmates Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. With them, he cut a solo LP, Alias Boona in 1969, the title referring to his nickname. He then moved to California, working again with his brother. After a few years he was signed to Asylum Records, and recorded his self-titled second album in 1977. Like his previous record, this was well received by critics but was never more than a cult success. However, Boylan did enjoy some success as a songwriter when Iain Matthews turned his song "Shake It" into a top five hit.
• Following a third album, Suzy, Boylan has principally involved himself with songwriting and soundtrack work, and his own record label and publishing company, Spinnaker Records.
• At the age of 9, Boylan sent a letter to the U.S. National Institutes of Health requesting a $10 "grant" to build a rocket ship. The peer review panel was so impressed with the young boy's initiative that they each contributed money to total $10 to send to Boylan. He has since been a big supporter of science, science education, and medical research. He is executive director of the John Boylan Medical Research Foundation which supports research and international scientist exchange fellowships and serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Mount Desert Island Biological Lab. Boylan has also supported children's educational programs at the Center for Scientific Review at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. (en.wikipedia)

              •  Terence Boylan Website

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 • Side One:
A1 Subterranean Homesick Blues 03:08
   Written By – Bob Dylan 
A2. Don't Blame It On Your Wife 02:35
A3. This Old Town 02:55
A4. Bring The Whole Family 02:25
A5. Who Do I Think I Am 01:55
A6. Glasses 02:40
 • Side Two:
B1 Deep In The Middle 02:38
B2. Hey Hanna 02:53
B3. No Second Time 02:45
B4. County Fair 02:25
B5. Bare Road Of Sand 02:35
B6. What A Way To Go 02:45
 

Members:
Bass – Walter Becker
Drums – Darius Davenport, Herb Lovelle, Jimmy Johnson
Guitar – Terry Boylan, Walter Becker
Organ, Piano – Don Fagen
Producer – Terence Boylan
Vocals – Terry Boylan

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