Alan was the lead singer and piano & organ player for New York City’s rootsy/melodic pop legends The Brilliant Mistakes, who were aptly named after a song by one of their songwriting mentors, Elvis Costello. The band frequented the downtown NYC club scene from the early 90’s through 2011, and played across the US, from Portland, ME to Southern California, from Austin, TX to Milwaukee, WI, and were independent radio favorites along the way (WFUV, WFMU, WFDU, WXPN among many others). They released three records which are still available as CDs or on all the streaming services. Alan was joined by his fellow songwriter Erik Philbrook, drummers Mickey Wood and Paul Mauceri, guitarists Andy Resnick, John Putnam, Cameron Greider and Keith Tasker, as well as a long list of great horn players, collectively known as The Expensive Horns.