Al Anderson (The Wailers)

Al Anderson (born Albert Anderson, October 11,1950, New York) is an American-born songwriter and guitarist.

Anderson attended Montclair High School where he learned to play the trombone, eventually picking up guitar & bass guitar. He later attended the Berklee College of Music contemporaneously with Pat Metheny & Al DiMeola after working with an early version of Aerosmith in the Boston music scene. He joined The Centurions, which brought him to the attention of Chris Wood of Traffic, who invited him to play on the band's next album. The Traffic album involvement never materialized, but led to Anderson becoming employed by Traffic's record label Island Records, leading to him being asked to play lead guitar on Bob Marley & The Wailers' Natty Dread sessions. Anderson played lead guitar on "Crazy Baldhead" and on the Live! album, remaining with the band until 1976, when he joined Word, Sound and Power, backing Peter Tosh on the albums Legalise It and Equal Rights. He returned to Marley's band and played on the Survival and Uprising albums. After Marley's death, Anderson continued to tour with The Wailers Band. Al went on to record with Ben Harper (Diamonds On the Inside (2003)) and also Lauryn Hill on her multi-Grammy winning debut "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" (1998). He also produced and performed on an album for actor Steven Seagal (Songs from the Crystal Cave (2005)). In 2008 he formed the band The Original Wailers with Junior Marvin.

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Al Anderson (NRBQ)

Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson (born July 26, 1947 in Windsor, Connecticut) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me. Prior to that, he was a member of The Wildweeds in the late 1960s.

In the 1990s, Anderson shifted his focus to country music, writing hits for such acts as Carlene Carter, Vince Gill, Diamond Rio and Trisha Yearwood, as well as Tim McGraw's Number One hit "The Cowboy in Me" and several album cuts. Anderson has also released six solo albums.

Discography

Albums

Singles

List of country singles composed by Al Anderson

Besides his work in NRBQ, Anderson has written or co-written the following country singles:

Al Anderson (Canadian football)

Albert James Anderson (c. 1914 – January 15, 1994) was a Canadian football administrator who was general manager of the Edmonton Eskimos from 1947 to 1956. He won three Grey Cups with them in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Anderson later worked with the Edmonton Exhibition Association and Northlands.

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