Education
Born in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, he attended the city"s Street Mungo"s Academy.
singer-songwriter association football player
Born in Dalmarnock, Glasgow, he attended the city"s Street Mungo"s Academy.
Allan is a lifelong supporter of Celtic. Allan played as a winger for Falkirk, Cowdenbeath, East Fife, Queen"s Park, Gretna, Stirling Albion and Dumbarton, making 116 appearances in the Scottish Football League. During his football career, Allan decided to write songs and form a band.
After touring Scotland for several years Glasvegas released four singles, before eventually being signed to Columbia.
His songs deal with social issues such as absentee fathers ("Daddy"s Gone"), murder ("Flowers & Football Tops") and the challenges of social work ("Geraldine"). On 8 September 2009, bandmates Rab Allan and Paul Donoghue announced that James Allan had been missing since the previous Friday, which resulted in a no-show at the Mercury Prize awards ceremony.
However he made a call to the band"s manager on 9 September 2009 that he was safe and well in New York, where Glasvegas were about to embark upon a United States tour supporting Kings of Leon. lieutenant is thought that the lack of communication sourced from Allan being without a mobile phone for six months, according to bandmates.
Allan cites Elvis Presley and Philosophy Spector as his main influences.
He also says Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is one of his inspirations.