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 Zal Cleminson in Perth, Scotland, December 2004
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| Birth name | Alasdair Cleminson |
| Born | 4 May 1949 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupations | Guitarist |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Associated acts | Tear Gas Sensational Alex Harvey Band Nazareth |
Zal Cleminson (born Alasdair Cleminson, 4 May 1949, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist, best known for his prominent role in the Sensational Alex Harvey Band during the 1970s.
Career
A self-taught guitarist, at the start of the 1970s he played and recorded with the Glasgow based band 'Tear Gas'. The musicians in that band then provided the backbone for the Sensational Alex Harvey Band (SAHB). In his white-face pierrot make-up, audiences could not mistake him, or his guitar solos on stage with SAHB.
In 1979 he joined Nazareth and recorded two albums with them; No Mean City (1979) and Malice in Wonderland (1980). He was a regular guitarist with UK songstress Elkie Brooks on many of her tours throughout 1980s. He also wrote and played on the Brooks' album Minutes.
In 2006 he appeared in his début acting role as Wilson in the western, A Shot in the West. In early 2008 he announced his retirement from the music industry and stated he would never perform live again.
Cleminson is referenced in the novel The Sacred Art of Stealing by the Scottish author Christopher Brookmyre as the basis of the disguises worn by bank robbers during a heist.
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