<P> Alex Bevan (born 1950) is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, poet, radio personality, and music producer . </P> <P> Bevan began his musical career playing the French horn with his teacher Ruffier at Chambers Elementary School . In 1965, while at Shaw High School in East Cleveland, he acquired a six - string classical guitar . He played local night clubs and various coffeehouses in the Cleveland area such as "La Cave" and "Faragher's Back Room". His first position in a group was as a backup musician with Irish folk singers Gusty & Sean at Fagan's Beacon House in the Flats of Cleveland, Ohio . While a student at the University of Akron, Bevan was introduced to his first producer, Eric Stevens, who signed him to Big Tree Records . His first album, No Truth to Sell, was released with the single "Linda's Song", which got some airplay . Between 1971 and 1976, Bevan performed as an opening act for such headliners as the Earl Scruggs Review, Pure Prairie League, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Livingston Taylor, Billy Joel and others . </P> <P> The release of the album Springboard got him some public recognition due to the local hit song Skinny Little Boy . In 1977 he performed on the air on Cleveland's WMMS Radio with a band called Alex Bevan and the Buzzard Band, featuring DJ Matt the Cat on guitar . He performed in the mid-1970s with an acoustic trio consisting of two guitars and electric bass, and opened for such acts as Seals and Crofts, The Michael Stanley Band, The Doobie Brothers and Hall & Oates . He soon added David Krauss from the band Tiny Alice to the group, supplying percussion and harmonica . They toured either under the name Grand River Band or Alex Bevan and Friends from 1979 until 1981, and produced the albums The Grand River Lullaby, Alex Bevan and Friends Live, and Simple Things Done Well . In the early 80's Bevan produced the direct - to - disk digital solo album Tales of the Low Tech Troubadour Vol. 1 . He played in the band Alex Bevan & Cuttlefish from 1984 through 1986 . In the late 80s to early 90s, he produced the albums Best Kept Secrets, Cuttlefish Live, and Watersongs . </P> <P> His latest releases include South Shore Serenade, Rules of the Road, Fall & Angels and Live at the Kent Stage . An avid producer of folk music, he has produced five recordings for the popular Put - in - Bay / Key West performer Pat Dailey, and written over one hundred radio and TV commercials . He still plays many venues, including the Hessler Street and Coventry Street Fairs in Greater Cleveland, Ohio, the Starwood Festival, Put - In Bay, the Burning River Festival, Cain Park, and Kelleys Island . </P>

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