MORE APLP SHOWS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
January 29th San Francisco, CA - Yoshi's
March 3rd Las Vegas, NV - Railhead at Boulder Station
June 9th Beaumont, CA - Cherry Festival
more info at www.alanparsonsmusic.com
Alastair's single BY THE WAY is available now! This hard rocking song features a guitar trade off solo with Ty Tabor from King's X. Get it now from iTUNES or CD BABY!
Also here's some news from the ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT front. The APLP will be performing a benefit for the Boy and Girls Club in Santa Barbara, CA at The Lobero Theater Saturday November 12th. Ticket info HERE!
The Alastair Greene Band is touring the Central Valley and Bay Area.
September 2nd Visalia- Blues, Brews, Blues Festival
September 3rd San Jose- Poor House Bistro
September 4th Fresno- Shooters
Venue info and gig times are on the UPCOMING SHOWS page.
Alastair will be playing guitar on tour with The Alan Parsons Live Project in August.
August 5 Motril, Spain - Plaza de Toros de Motril Tickets More Info
August 6 Gibraltar, Spain - Tecentenary Sports Hall of Bayside Sports Complex More Info
August 10 Zofingen, Switzerland - Magic Night at Heitere Openair
Alastair hosted THURSDAY BLUES NIGHT at THE SAVOY in Santa Barbara over the summer.
May 26th James Harman
June 2nd Taj Mahal after show party All Star Jam
June 9th Joe Wilson and Craig Thomas from The R&B Bombers
June 16th Shari Puorto
June 23rd John Marx
June 30th All Star Jam
July 7th Tom Ball
July 14th Jim Calire
July 21st Johnny Mastro
July 28th Diane Lotny
Alastair just successfully completed his KICKSTARTER project to help get his latest CD funded and finished. Thanks to all you backers!!! Info on the new CD THROUGH THE RAIN coming soon. You can find out more about Kickstarter and the upcoming CD by clicking HERE!
"I played a show with the Alan Parsons Live Project at The Railhead in Las Vegas, NV Friday March 4th 2011. The next evening I got a chance to go see my friend Cougar Estrada of Los Lobos open for Eric Clapton at the MGM Grand Arena (also in Vegas). Lucky for me I crossed paths with EC backstage." - Alastair
Alastair will be playing guitar with the ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT for the following dates:
March 4, 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada - "THE RAILHEAD" at Boulder Station Casino
March 28, 2011 Mexico City, Mexico - Auditorio National
May 6, 2011 Cordoba Provcince, Argentina - Orfeo Stadium
May 7 & 8, 2011 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Aires Gran Rex Theater
May 10, 2011 Santiago, Chile - Teatro Caupolican
More APLP dates coming soon!
The ALASTAIR GREENE BAND has been asked back to play the 2nd Annual Real Blues Festival of Orange County. Ticket info is at www.bluesgonesouth.com
One of my heroes, Irish Blues Rock guitarist and vocalist Gary Moore passed away Sunday February 6th at the age of 58 while on vacation in Spain.
I loved his music. He had the quintessential Gibson Les Paul plugged into a cranked up Marshall amp tone that many seek and few attain. As a guitar player he had an amazing feel, vibrato, and his phrasing was impeccable. He was also capable of incredible speed and precision which when mixed with his sense of melody was breathtaking. Gary was also known for his ballads in which he would simply make the guitar weep beautifully.
Thank you for sharing your gifts with us Gary. You will be greatly missed.
-Alastair
Alastair is now proudly endorsing Blackstar Amplifiers. You can catch him using the HT Club 40 in bars, clubs, and blues festivals with his own band and the HT Stage 100 with the Alan Parsons Live Project. Check out the Blackstar website artist news page HERE!
The Alan Parsons Live Project tour of Holland was a smashing success. 5 shows in 5 days. Pictures and video links coming soon!
Alastair will be joining Ventura California's premier R&B band The Front Street Prophets for a special Toys For Tots benefit show at Blackbeard's BBQ on December 28th. Check HERE for details.
Alastair will be performing with the Alan Parsons Live Project on the upcoming dates. The 2 Guitar Center shows will be short sets that are part of appearances Alan is making to promote his new DVD The Art and Science of Sound Recording.
November 3rd San Francisco, CA Guitar Center
November 18th Hollywood, CA Guitar Center
November 29th Breda, Holland - Chasse Theater
November 30th Heerleen, Holland - Limburg Theater
December 1st Eindhoven, Holland - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
December 2nd Utrecht, Holland - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
December 3rd Rotterdam, Holland - Nieuwe Luxor Theater 
The Alastair Greene Band will be headlining the REAL BLUES FESTIVAL of ORANGE COUNTY Sunday October 3rd in Santa Ana. Head to the UPCOMING SHOWS page for details! Tickets available online HERE!
The Alastair Greene Band's appearance at the Fire On the Mountain BLUES FESTIVAL in Sonora, CA was a smashing success. Not only did the AGB open the Festival but AG's Clapton Tribute Band SLOWHAND headlined the 2nd stage and brought down the house. Check out a 2 song video from the AGB's set at the Festival HERE!
Friday August 27th Alastair will be performing a Tribute to the late great Stevie Ray Vaughan on the 20th anniversary of his passing at Whiskey Richards in Santa Barbara. More info on the UPCOMING SHOWS PAGE.
Alastair will be playing the Sonora Blues Festival Saturday August 14th. Headliners for the Festival include Tommy Castro, Roy Rogers and the Delta Rhythm Kings, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, and more!
Here are AG's performance times and stage info.
MAIN STAGE 11am Alastair Greene Band
WORKSHOP STAGE 2pm Blues Guitar Jam with Nick Moss, Michael Burks, and Alastair Greene
SIERRA STAGE 5:15pm Alastair Greene Band: Eric Clapton Tribute
For ticket info and all performer set times head over to www.fireonthemountain.com
Alastair will continue to tour as a member of the Alan Parsons Live Project this fall and winter. Confirmed dates are as follows.
September 11, 2010 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania - Zoellner PAC
September 17, 2010 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Pabst Theater
November 29, 2010 Breda, Holland - Chasse Theater
November 30, 2010 Heerleen, Holland - Limburg Theater
December 1, 2010 Eindhoven, Holland - Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
December 2, 2010 Utrecht, Holland - Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
December 3, 2010 Rotterdam, Holland - Nieuwe Luxor Theater
More info at www.alanparsonsmusic.com
By popular request Alastair's Eric Clapton Tribute Band SLOWHAND will be performing an all Cream show Friday July 23rd at Whiskey Richards in Santa Barbara!!! $7 Cover Show starts at 9pm
Alastair, along with Tom Lackner on percussion, will be performing an acoustic opening set for Alligator Records recording artist Janiva Magness. This event is sponsored by the Santa Barbara Blues Society and ticket info can be found at: www.sbblues.org
The Santa Barbara Independent ran an article on AG in it's June 24th edition. Read it HERE!
Head over to the PHOTOS page to see new pictures from the Alan Parsons Live Project performance at the Olympia Theater in Paris, France on June 1st 2010
Go to the VIDEOS page to see youtube footage of AG singing the Alan Parsons Project hit I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You from St. Petersburg, Russia on March 22nd 2010. Enjoy!
This summer Alastair will be an instructor at Santa Barbara's ROCKSHOP ACADEMY. In addition to helping with group instruction alongside George Pendergast (Dishwalla/Penfifteen Club) and Rodney Cravens (Dishwalla) Alastair will also be teaching private guitar lessons. For more info on the ROCKSHOP ACADEMY check the website: www.rockshopacademy.com
For more info on private guitar lessons contact Alastair using the info on the CONTACT PAGE.
The ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT just got back to the United States after performing at the historical Olympia Theater in Paris France. Pictures to be posted ASAP!
"Thanks to all the men and women who 66 years ago on June 6th 1944 stepped up to save the world. We are forever in your debt." - Alastair
Alastair's song “Look Out Baby!” off his most recent CD ‘Walking In Circles’ was chosen for a compilation CD from Errorcraft Records called ‘All Aboard The Blues’. Find out more at: http://www.errorcraft.com
I would like to acknowledge the passing of a huge childhood musical inspiration and influence. Ronnie James Dio passed away the morning of Sunday May 16th after battling cancer since last fall. He was 67 years old. RJD was the genre defining vocalist for such Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands as Rainbow, Black Sabbath (he replaced Ozzy for a few years in 1979), and of course his own band Dio. Ronnie worked with some of the best guitarists in the business. The guitarist on Dio’s first solo record ‘Holy Diver’, Vivian Campbell, was an integral part of my early development on guitar, not to mention Ritchie Blackmore from Rainbow and Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath being huge influences as well. I was lucky to see RJD perform with Heaven & Hell (a re-vamped and re-named Black Sabbath) twice in the last three years. Thanks Ronnie for all the great music! - Alastair
ALAN PARSONS LIVE PROJECT DATES:
May 6th 2010 Monterrey, Mexico (POSTPONED)
June 1st 2010 Paris, France
More dates will be posted as soon as they are confirmed.
READ an interview with Alastair about his new gig playing with Alan Parsons as well as his thoughts on all things BLUES over at AMERICAN BLUES NEWS! <click there!
AG recieved a review for his most recent CD 'WALKING IN CIRCLES' in the April 2010 edition of Music Connection Magazine with none other than guitar legend Jeff Beck on the cover.
"Greene certainly isn’t reinventing the blues-rock wheel with these recordings, but he sure burns rubber whenever it’s his cue to rip a solo. Whether it’s the Elmore James type stomper, “Walking In Circles”, or the ZZ Top-ish boogie, “Cut You Loose”, Greene’s leads are either impeccably clean or eminently dirty, whatever is called for. There’s great band energy here too, captured with a live club feel. Greene, who also works with the likes of Alan Parsons, is a fiery performer who’s perfect meat for a label such as Blind Pig Records."
Thank to everyone that came to see SLOWHAND on April 9th at Soho! It was a great show by the band and the crowd was awesome! Here is the Set List:
Tell The Truth, Blues Power,Tulsa Time, Lay Down Sally, Cocaine, The Core, Come In To My Kitchen, Motherless Children, Further On Up The Road, Have You Ever Loved A Woman, Crossroads, NSU, Politician, Outside Woman Blues, I’m So Glad, Deserted Cities of the Heart, White Room, Sunshine Of Your Love, Badge, Let It Rain, I Shot The Sheriff, Layla, After Midnight
Alastair and his Eric Clapton tribute project SLOWHAND return to Soho in Santa Barbara for a show to celebrate Clapton's 65th Birthday.Friday April 9th at 9pm. You don't want to miss this one! $10 Cover Dinner reservations ensure priority seating. Call Soho for reservations at 805-962-7776 www.sohosb.com
Soho has been having trouble with their website so if this perfomace is not listed, fear not. We are playing!
Tonight's performance will be decicated to the memory of Santa Barbara guitarist Pat Milliken. Thank you for all the wonderful music you passed our way.
There is a battle of the bands to win a chance to open for Eric Clapton at his CROSSROADS FESTIVAL June 26th in Chicago, IL. Please head over to: http://www.playcrossroads.com/alastairgreene
and vote for Alastair!!! The whole process takes about a minute and a half. You need to register as a FAN, then head back to Alastair's page (link above) and vote. If you have time, listen to a song or 2. It does take a little time and isn't the easiest website to figure out. Just be sure after you register to go back to the original link. You CAN VOTE ONCE A DAY up until 2 weeks before the concert. The top 100 bands with the most votes get reviewed by a panel and then one is selected. Thank YOU for your support!
What a blast! I just got back from being gone nearly 3 weeks with the Alan Parsons Live Project. We hit Israel and Eastern Europe. Pictures are posted on the PHOTOS page so go check them out! The band was great. Alan (of course) on vocals, guitar, and keyboards, P.J. Olsson on vocals, Guy Erez on bass and vocals, Manny Focarazzo on keyboards and vocals, Danny Thompson on drums and vocals, and yours truly on guitar and vocals. The Set list stayed fairly consistent and was usually:
Thanks to everyone for all the kind emails and words of encouragement on my first full scale international tour.
Coming up next,....SLOWHAND returns to Soho in Santa Barbara Friday April 9th . Check the UPCOMING SHOWS page for other gigs as well.
(Singing in the rain,.....in Red Square - Moscow)
Here we go! March tour dates for the APLP as follows:
I have accepted an invitation to join the Alan Parsons Live Project. I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to play some amazing guitar parts that were played live and on record by two of my personal guitar heroes, Ian Bairnson and Godfrey Townsend. As with anything in the music business I am counting my blessings and knocking on wood. Tour dates will be posted on my website shortly.
I do plan on continuing my blues-rockin' musical endeavors locally and regionally so come out and enjoy some live music soon! -AG
