Dr. Alan George Vince (30 March 1952 - 23 February 2009) was a British archaeologist who transformed the study of Saxon, medieval and early modern ceramics through the application of petrological, geological and archaeological techniques. He was also a passionate and conscientious teacher and a pioneer in the use of computers and the internet in archaeology.
Vince was born in Bath and moved to Keynsham in the early 1950s, where he attended Keynsham Grammar School. He went on to study archaeology at Southampton University, where he was influenced by Professor David Peacock, who was almost entirely responsible for the introduction of ceramic petrology techniques to the study of ceramics from the British Isles.
Vince's PhD thesis, The Medieval Ceramic Industry of the Severn Valley, made heavy use of artefacts characterised by petrological analysis, and served as justification for the use of this technique to assist with classification of pottery samples.
In 1984, Alan Vince and Martin Biddle of the Museum of London, working independently, identified an area to the West of the Roman walled city as the likely location of the middle Anglo-Saxon settlement in London.
Alan Estrada Gutiérrez (b. in Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco, Mexico, December 23, 1980) is a Mexican actor, dancer and singer, known for his role as "Mario" in the Spanish musical Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar.
At the age of 18 years he went to Mexico City to begin his artistic training. His professional debut was in 2000 in the play Oedipus at Colonus starring Ignacio Lopez Tarso. After that he participated in several revivals as Chicago the musical, Saturday Night Fever and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (all Mexican productions). His first television appearance was a minor role as “Claudio” in the soap opera Clap in 2003. He also acted in the low budget film Hotel Garage, the tape has never been released.
In 2006 he was cast by Nacho Cano as “Mario” starring the Mexican production of the musical Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar, based on the Spanish music group Mecano. He played more than 400 performances at the Teatro 1 del Centro Cultural Telmex and later in Hoy No Me Puedo Levantar. El Concierto a version of the musical adapted for a tour that opened at the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City. By the same time he made a special appearance in the Univision’s soap opera Lola...Érase una vez as “Nicolas”. He also starred two short films Dejalo Así and Tabacotla. The Mexican magazine Quien listed him as one of the sexiest men in 2007.
Mario Cruz is a New York City-area saxophone player with a number of credits to his name. He is perhaps best known for playing on Bruce Springsteen's 1988 Tunnel of Love Express tour.
He also played with Willy DeVille on various Europe tours. He can be heard on DeVille's Willy DeVille Live album.
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than 50 of his singles have appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs". Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10. He is the recipient of 2 Grammys, 16 CMA Awards, 17 ACM Awards and nominee of multiple other awards. Jackson is also a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
Jackson was born to Joseph Eugene Jackson and Ruth Musick in Newnan, Georgia, and has four older siblings. Jackson is of English descent. As a youth, Jackson listened primarily to gospel music. Otherwise he was not a major music fan. However, a friend of his introduced him to the music of Gene Watson, John Anderson and Hank Williams Jr. Jackson attended the local Elm Street Elementary and Newnan High School, starting a band after high school. After a time, he and his wife of six years, Denise Jackson, moved from Newnan to Nashville where Jackson hoped to pursue music full-time.
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist, and a duet partner. Gill has recorded more than twenty studio albums, charted over forty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 22 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 27 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge who played in a country music band part time and encouraged Gill to pursue a music career. At the encouragement of his father, Gill learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. He first played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revues in the late 1970s. The other members were: Billy Perry on the banjo, Bobby Clark on the triangle and Mike Perry on the bass.