Happy Birthday Allen Lanier... posthumous...

Allen Lanier was an original member of the band Blue Oyster Cult, playing guitar and keyboards.  He played on all but one of the band's records (missing 1985's CLub Ninja).

Allen Lanier's songwriting / co-writing credits with BOC include:

• Before The Kiss A Redcap
• She's As Beautiful As A Foot
• Workshop Of The Telecopes
• Redeemed
• True Confessions
• Tenderloin
• Searchin' For Celine
• In Thee
• Lonely Teardrops
• The Marshall Plan
• Don't Turn Your Back

He passed away in 2013 at the age of 67.