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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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2. Found Out An Interesting Moody's Connection Recently

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 01:49 PM

Dec 11

Back in the mid 80s there was a guy named Alan Hewitt who was a hot property on the Chicago club scene.
Good looking dude who fronted a band on piano, and had a really good voice.
We opened for him for a record company showcase in '84 or '85.
All 5 guys were really good players & very nice guys.
Anyway, I recently found out that Alan was, for quite a long time, the keyboardist for the Moody Blues touring band.
So it turns out that a guy I knew pretty well actually played with the Moodys.

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The Last of the Moodies: Justin Hayward on Outliving All His Moody Blues Bandmates (Rolling Stone) [View all] highplainsdem Dec 11 OP

Marking to read later. tanyev Dec 11 #1

Found Out An Interesting Moody's Connection Recently ProfessorGAC Dec 11 #2

Interesting! Just found his Wikipedia page - he was with the Moodies from 2010 to 2018. highplainsdem Dec 11 #3

IIRC, He Made It Through To... ProfessorGAC Dec 11 #4