ALASTAIR GREENE: News

Blues guitar great Frank Goldwasser will join Alastair and his band for the June 20th show at the Carr Winery AND the CD Release show on June 27th at Whiskey Richards. Don't miss this chance to see one of Alastair's favorite guitar players!

Alastair will be appearing on a few Santa Barbara area radio programs over the next couple of weeks to talk about the new CD 'Walking In Cricles' as well as the CD release party on Saturday June 27th at Whiskey Richards. Here's the station and time info:

KTYD 99.9 FM Santa Barbara
Jimmy Mac's Blues Breakers
Sunday June 21st 9-11:30pm

KCSB 91.9 FM Santa Barbara
Leo's Bluesland
Thursday June 25th 8-10pm

KCSB 91.9 FM Santa Barbara
Views of the Blues with Steve Daniels
Monday June 29th 2-4pm

Alastair has been asked to fill in on guitar for 5 West Coast shows with the Alan Parsons Live Project in August. Check the Upcoming Shows page for details or head over to Alan's website www.alanparsonsmusic.com

Alastair will be a featured guitar instructor this summer at the Rock Shop Academy in Santa Barbara. For info on enrollment, schedule, and all the special guests they plan on having,....head on over to the:

ROCK SHOP ACADAMY WEBSITE!!!

As fires rage in the Santa Barbara foothills I am hoping my friends who live in the area are safe and their homes still standing. Hang in there S.B.
-AG

With a 70%-90% chance of rain, the VISALIA Blues, Brews, BBQ event today has been postponed. We will keep you posted. This event is held outdoors on a stage with no cover so we totally agree with the powers that be that this is the best course of action. Water and Guitar Amplifiers typically don't get along.
:)
We are still planning to play The Sequoia Brew in Fresno Sat May 2nd. We are Rock n Roll warriors.
Thanks for your understanding.

-Alastair

The Alastair Greene Band will be playing in Visalia, CA on Friday May 1st at the Garden Street Plaza for the Blues, BBQ, and Brew Festival. May 2nd The AGB will be in Fresno, CA at the Sequoia Brewing Company in the Tower District. More info on the UPCOMING SHOWS page.

Alastair joined several Santa Barbara area Musicians, DJs, and Blues Society Members to read and records parts of Delta Blues by Ted Gioia for Recording For The Blind And Dyslexic. Find out more at: www.rfbd.org/sb

Alastair's 4th (or 5th or 6th) annual Birthday Jam will be Sunday April 19th at Cold Spring Tavern in Santa Barbara starting at 4:30pm. The band will be Alastair on Guitar and Vocals, Jim Rankin on Bass and Vocals, Pete "Peters" Sharpe on Drums, along with special guests Dave Cowan, Chris Chalk, and Andy Webb. Come on out and celebrate! http://www.coldspringtavern.com

Alastair's new CD WALKING IN CIRCLES is in the final stage of mastering and sequencing. The cover art can be seen on the home page. We are anticipating an April release date and will keep you posted. To listen to a few new songs go to: www.myspace.com/alastairgreeneband ! Stay tuned for release date and more info.

We are thrilled to announce that the new AYNSLEY DUNBAR CD 'Mutiny' is available from both amazon.com and iTunes. Alastair can be heard playing guitar on 5 of the albums 10 cuts including:

1) La Do Da 4) Chunga's Revenge 5) 3 Bullets 9) Mutiny 10) Hustler

Alastair also handles lead vocals on tracks 1, 5, and 10. Those with keen eyes will notice the inclusion of a re-recording of Alastair's song "3 Bullets" originally released on his 1st solo CD A Little Wiser.

Aynsley was the drummer on recordings (and in most cases in live shows) by such artists as: John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Frank Zappa, Journey, David Bowie, Whitesnake, etc. and even had his own blues band in the late 60s in England that made a few records as Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation. It's truly an honor for Alastair to be a part of Aynsley's recording history. After all,..he's played with a few pretty good guitar players in his day. (Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Peter Green, Frank Zappa, Neal Schon, Pat Travers, John Sykes, Jake E Lee, etc,..) Find out more at www.aynsleydunbar.com

Alastair has been nominated for 2 South Bay Music Awards.
Best Blues Artist and Best Guitarist. Go vote at:
http://www.southbaymusicawards.com

Check it out and welcome to the new site. We'll be working on getting all the important and not so important info up on here ASAP. Take a look around,...feedback always welcome. Cheers and thanks for stopping by!!!

Alastair joined Alan Parsons and APLP singer PJ Ollsen for a 5 song set with local musicians at Santa Barbara's newly rennovated Granada Theater for an Inaugural Celebration and benefit for under innsured victims of the recent Tea Fire. More Info at:
http://www.uniteaball.org

On Saturday January 17th Alastair joined the Alan Parsons Live Project onstage yet again at the House Of Blues in Hollywood. Alastair played on the songs 'We Play The Game', 'Prime Time', 'Sirius', 'Eye In The Sky', and 'Games People Play'.