http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Young_%28musician%29
Alexander Young aka George Alexander (b. December 28, 1938, Cranhill,
East End, Glasgow) is a Scottish, guitarist and session musician.
Alexander Young is the brother of George, the rhythm guitarist and
founding member of The Easybeats and also Malcolm and Angus, founding
members of the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC.
When the Young family emigrated to Sydney Australia in 1963, Peko
chose to remain in Britain to pursue musical interests. In 1967,
Alexander formed the London-based band Grapefruit - initially called
'The Grapefruit' - with three former members of 'Tony Rivers & The
Castaways' (namely John Perry, Geoff Swettenham and Pete Swettenham).
During this time Alex played bass guitar.
Alexander signed up as songwriter with Apple Music Publi****ng Ltd.
London at 94 Baker Street, by Terry Doran (later manager of
Grapefruit) managing director of Apple and friend of the Beatles,
during the summer of 1967. The song writing contract was based on the
strength of the song "Lullaby for a Lazy Day", liked by the Beatles
and John Lennon (a tape of this song was found in John Lennon's
personal belongings after he was killed in New York).
Grapefruit received some sup****t from The Beatles and released two
albums and several singles during 1968 and 1969. The group was
launched by the Beatles with a press conference in 1968, on January
17th, with the first single "Dear Delilah". It went to number 21 in
the UK single chart in February 1968. Paul McCartney directed a promo
film (never released) for the single "Elevator". John Lennon, Paul
McCartney and George Harrison attended and helped in their recording
sessions for the singles, because they didn=92t have a producer or a
record deal at the time. However, the group broke up in late 1969,
with only Alexander remaining in the music business, as a session
musician.
A song written by Alexander, "I'm a Rebel", was recorded in 1976 by
his brothers' band AC/DC, but this recording was never released. The
song was later covered by German group Accept.
He released further recordings under the name of Grapefruit, Sha-Sha,
and Universal Party.
[edit] External links
Alexander Young Grapefruit's Myspace
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