This is an excerpt from the print edition of Dirty Linen #132 (October/November 2007).
The full article is in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

Alan Gerber

A One-Man Band

by Paul-Emile Comeau

While the mainstream media obviously tend to focus much of its attention on established stars, the media that are more genuinely passionate about music, whatever the genres, regularly allocate room for upstarts, a few of whom are slated to become "the next big thing." On the other hand, once-famous artists whose heyday is long past are generally relegated to specialty music publications or oldies-type radio programs. Then there are artists such as Alan Gerber who don't quite fit into any of those niches. He's one of those legendary artists who flirted briefly with fame years ago and subsequently spent decades living in near-anonymity.

Songwriter, powerful vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, Gerber is considered to be an exhilarating, charismatic, and eccentric performer. However, he has spent much of his life making a modest living from his music in Québec, where he has been living since the late 70s. His albums have seldom been reviewed, and there have been few articles written about him. Until a few years ago, very few people outside Québec seemed to have heard of him.

This is an excerpt from the print edition of Dirty Linen #132 (October/November 2007).
The full article is in the magazine, available on newsstands, by subscription, and at the Dirty Linen webstore.

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