The Jerry Garcia Band played the Desert Rocks Festival Sunday May 30, 2010. The crowd that moved in out of the main arena like the tides during the course of the 4 day long event flooded to the main stage when legendary Melvin Seals hot the stage.
JGB is an American rock band led by Melvin Seals, who plays electric organ.[1] Its mission is to continue the musical legacy of the Jerry Garcia Band, of which Seals was a long time member.
As noted in Rolling Stone, "… when Garcia passed away in 1995, and the Grateful Dead went on hiatus, Seals took charge. Under his leadership, the slightly renamed ‘JGB Band’ pays tribute to Garcia by performing his songs and remaining faithful to his style.
In 1996, Seals played several concerts with Jerry Garcia Band bassist John Kahn and other former members of that band. Their idea was to continue playing the same music with everyone except Garcia himself. However, Kahn died three weeks later, and Seals and the others continued without him. The membership of JGB has continued to evolve over the years.
Melvin is best known for his long friendship and musical partnership with cultural icon and guitarist Jerry Garcia and the smile of his that lights up the room. Melvin spun his B-3 magic with the Jerry Garcia Band for 18 years and in doing so helped pioneer and define what has now become "Jam Band Music". From blues to funk to rock to jazz, Melvin Seals serves up a tasty mix with a little R&B and gospel thrown in to spice things up. Melvin and JGB brings an intuitive, expressive style, soul, spontaneity and remarkable chops to the table.
With acoustic and electric ingredients and unique combinations of guitar, mandolin, slide and lap steel with savory bass, hearty drums and, of course, a heapin’ helpin’ of the wizard’s magic on Hammond B-3 Organ and keyboards, the result is a most satisfying blend of natural organic grooves that challenges genre boundaries. Their chemistry is the focus from which they create a spontaneous and high art where the sky is the limit musically. They offer an exciting, often psychedelic musical journey that keeps audiences dancing and smiling (and some staring in amazement) for several hours. Melvin is pioneering a path deeper into the musical territory he helped to establish.
Melvin Seals has been a powerful Presence in the music industry for over 30 years with a long-established reputation as a performer,Recording Artist nd Producer . Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and Keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band. Adding his rock-gospel-soul-rhythm and blues touch with his funky style of playing, no wonder Jerry nicknamed him "Master of the Universe". Melvin continues to treat music lovers to his unique brand of melodic flavor. Come see and hear for yourself, the Soul of the Bay…Melvin Seals.
Guitarist-singer Stu Allen, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, joined Melvin Seals & JGB in June 2004 and appears on the ‘Keepers of the Flame’ album. With his eagerness to improvise and his commitment to making every performance unique, Stu has made extensive contributions to the jam music scene. In the early 1990′s, he co-founded the Minnesota-based acoustic-electric jam band, Blue Man Jive. The Jive only produced one studio effort: Playing God ; however, the band was prolific in original material, which they unfolded and continued to develop through their many live performances. In addition, he is a founding member of The Jones Gang , Minneapolis’ premier Grateful Dead tribute band, to which he still lends his talents. A resident of San Francisco, Stu continues to explore, experiment, create, and recreate, within a variety of musical styles. He can’t wait to get out on the road so he can come and play for you folks. Despite reports by some reputable publications, Stu has never played with Dark Star Orchestra (“but that sounds like fun,” he grins).
JIMMY TEBEAU
Jimmy plays bass guitar with the JGB Band and is also a member of the Grateful Dead tribute band The Schwag (a.k.a. Dead Ahead). He has played over 2500 shows since 1990 featuring the music of Jerry Garcia. Studying jazz and music theory in college earned Jimmy an associate of arts degree in 1994. Jimmy is the owner of Camp Zoe in Salem, MO – a 400 acre festival site/campground. The Schwagstock music festival series was created by Tebeau and fills up the Camp Zoe calendar five weekends per summer drawing 3000 to 7500 people per event.
www.theschwag.com www.campzoe.com
Pete Lavezzoli, born in South Florida, taught himself to read and play music from age 10, and became a professional drummer and vocalist in his late teens, forming the Grateful Dead tribute band Crazy Fingers, performing consistently with the band since 1990. Pete also drums for Florida singer/songwriter Teri Catlin (now based in San Francisco), andhas worked on the road with The Schwag in St. Louis, and singer/songwriter Brittany Reilly in Asheville NC.
Lavezzoli is also a respected music historian with two books to date, both published by Continuum Books of New York & London. The King of All, Sir Duke (2001) explores the legacy of Duke Ellington in modern jazz, rock, and R&B music. The Dawn of Indian Music in the West (2006) tells the story of Ravi Shankar and Indian music’s impact on rock and jazz (including interviews with Mickey Hart, Philip Glass, Ravi Shankar, and others). This book won the ARSC (Association of Recorded Sound) award in 2007 for Best Historical Research, and was additionally published in India by HarperCollins in 2009, under the revised title, Bhairavi: The Global Impact of Indian Music.
Since 2003, Lavezzoli has also used his reading and speaking voice in service to the blind, as a professional narrator for the US Library of Congress, recording audio books on tape for the visually impaired with the Library’s Talking Books program. Pete is also a respected instructor and music director for the Paul Green School of Rock, teaching drums, vocals, and music theory to young musicians, and organizing shows and projects for the School.
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