Alastair Greene Born April 18 1971 Santa Barbara-Native Alastair Greene Is A Blues-Rocker That Has Been A Southern California Regular For Years. Working With Countless Independent Artists He Finally Wrote And Recorded His Own Solo Effort In 2001 A Little Wiser. Interview From The L.A Newspaper - Rock City. Rock City Hello We Are Here With Alastair Greene A musician From Santa Barbara And He's In The Process of Recording His 3rd CD As Well As Playing Lots Of gigs Around SoCal So We're Going To Find Out A little More About What Makes Him Tick. . . 1. What Type Of Band Are You? Alastair Greene My Band Is A Blues-Rock Trio Ala Early Johnny Winter Or Gov't Mule ..Kind Of Blending Blues And Rock With lots Of Improvisation. I've Also Been Playing A Lot In a More Traditional Blues Vein W/ Mitch Kashmar Who Is one Of The Best Harmonica Player/Vocalists On The West Coast. 2. Tell Us The Brief History Of Your Band. Alastair Greene The Guys Who I Play With Are Tom Lackner Drums And Jack Kennedy Bass Who Are Former Members Of The Pontiax Which Was A Premier West Coast Blues Band Of the Late 80s And Early 90s. Coincidentally That Band was Fronted My Mitch Kashmar. I Started The Alastair Greene Band With Tom And Jack In 1997. We've Opened shows For The Fabulous Thunderbirds John Mayall Robin Trower Lonnie Brooks And Mike Campbell's Dirty Knobs In Venues Such As The House Of Blues BB Kings In Universal City The Ventura Theater The Coachhouse Etc ... We've Self-Released 2 CDs And Are working On A 3rd. The First 'A Little Wiser' Came Out in Early 2002 And 'Live In L.A.' Was Released In Late 2003. 3. Who Are Your Musical And Non-Musical Influences? Alastair Greene As Far As Musical Influences There Are So Many But if I Had To Pick A Handful They'd Be Muddy Waters The Allman Brothers Magic Sam Miles Davis Albert Collins Early Little Feat Hendrix Cream And On And on And On ....
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