JOHN AND ALAN DOTE' COMPOSED MANY SONGS TOGETHER

MOMENTS AND REFLECTIONS OF TIME...THIS IS THE LAST PHOTO TAKEN OF FATHER AND SON (Below) ALAN AND JOHN DOTE' IN BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA (Below) IN 1997. THE FATHER AND SON TEAM WROTE MANY ORIGINAL SONGS TOGETHER. ALAN PASSED AWAY IN 2005 AND DIANNE, JOHN'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY IN 1999. BOTH OF JOHN'S PARENTS WERE WELL KNOWN IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. ALAN WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE WRITER FOR THE B SIDE OF THE JAWS 2 THEME ON MCA RECORDS. THE SONG TITLED "MAE'S THEME" WAS DEDICATED TO HIS MOTHER. IT WAS JOHN'S FATHER WHO INTRODUCED HIM TO THE RECORD INDUSTRY AT A YOUNG AGE. HIS FIRST THEME TITLED "MAY I HAVE THIS DANCE?" WAS RECORDED ON AN 8 TRACK AND WAS FEATURED ON WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS ''THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE AGONY OF DEFEAT''. ALAN, WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN IN THE RECORD INDUSTRY. HE CO-WROTE SONGS WITH THE VENTURES PRODUCER JOE SARACENO. HE WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH RADIO PROMOTIONS WITH WARNER BROS. RECORD EXECUTIVE PETER MARINO, JR. PETER AND ALAN DISCOVERED THE DOOBIE BROS. IN SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

THE FATHER AND SON WERE KNOWN FOR THEIR HEATED ARGUMENTS DURING RECORDING SESSIONS AS EACH OF THEM TRIED TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE PRODUCTION.

IT WAS NOT RARE THAT IF JOHN WAS NOT SINGING IN TUNE, ALAN WOULD ''STOP TAPE''. THAT'S WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LO0SE. AT THE END OF THE SESSION, THE SON WOULD TELL EVERYONE TO GO .... THEMSELVES AND STOMP ON THE MASTERS UNTIL THEY WERE BROKEN.

THEY REALLY HAD A NICE ENGINEER TO WORK WITH, ALTHOUGH HIS EARS WERE GEARED FOR COUNTRY. ALAN'S PROMOTIONAL EFFORTS HAVE BEEN VIEWED ON ABC, NBC AND CBS.