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Alan Fitzgerald

Francis Alan Fitzgerald is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the second bassist of Montrose and as keyboardist for Night Ranger. He has also performed with Gamma, and former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar. Fitzgerald also worked as an offstage keyboard player with Van Halen, during their concerts from 1991 until 2004, 2007, 2012.

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Alan Fitzgerald
Born (1949-07-16) July 16, 19491
United States
OccupationMusician
InstrumentsBass guitar
Keyboards
Synthesizers
Piano

Francis Alan Fitzgerald (born July 16, 1949) is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the second bassist of Montrose2 and as keyboardist for Night Ranger.3 He has also performed with Gamma,4 and former Montrose bandmate Sammy Hagar. Fitzgerald also worked as an offstage keyboard player with Van Halen, during their concerts from 1991 until 2004,5 2007, 2012.

Discography

with Montrose

with Sammy Hagar

with Ronnie Montrose

with Gamma

with Night Ranger

with Alliance

  • Alliance (1997)
  • Missing Piece (1999)
  • Destination Known (2007)

with Van Halen

References

References

  1. "Profile". Vvnmusicalmanac.com. Retrieved 2012-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Montrose". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Biography: Night Ranger". Allmusic. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  4. Gomes, Whitney Z. "Biography: Gamma". Allmusic. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  5. Renoff, Greg (26 January 2015). "The History of Eddie Van Halen and Keyboards". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 10 October 2020.