Alastair Greene Performs At The Green Oaks Tavern March 3rd

Guitarist Alastair Greene will be performing at Green Oaks Tavern in Humble of March 3. Greene is touring in support of his new Whiskey Bayou Records album, Alive In The New World.

Alive In The New World was recorded live in Chicago at the City Winery. The ten live tracks feature Greene on guitar and vocals, Benoit on drums, and Corey Duplechin on bass. The sold-out crowds inspired the band with the kind of energy that produces timeless performances. Greene affirms, “Enjoy your front row seat to what I consider some of my finest live moments as a blues rock musician.”

A native of Santa Barbara, California, Greene has ridden his Blues-soaked rock into the 21st century, traversing a constantly changing global (and musical) landscape. He’s well-equipped for the challenge, carrying the diverse musical interests he developed at an early age, intrigued by his mother’s piano-playing and a record collection that included The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John. His father introduced the youngster to the sophistication of Bach and

Beethoven, yet it was Greene’s grandfather, the late trumpeter Chico Alvarez – a member of the Stan Kenton Band in the 1940s and ’50s – who inspired him to pursue a life in music.

As a youth, he took piano lessons and played the saxophone before discovering the guitar in high school. ‘80s heavy rock icons Iron Maiden and Def Leppard brought motivational thunder. Then, a vintage and seminal sound – the Blues – changed Greene’s course. Records by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, The Allman Brothers Band, and Stevie Ray Vaughan exposed the burgeoning guitarist to a trove of musical treasure.

He received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied for two years before returning in the early ‘90s to Southern California. Greene formed the Alastair Greene Band in 1997 and subsequently released 10 solo albums (including three live sets and a compilation record) over two decades. 2017’s studio effort, Dream Team, landed a four-star review and Best Album of the Year nod in DownBeat;

2018’s Live from the 805 was nominated for Rock Blues Album of the Year by Blues Blast Magazine, garnering inclusion on many ‘Best of 2018’ lists. 2020’s The New World Blues debuted at number three on the Billboard blues chart, received accolades from Joe Bonamassa in his music blog and was featured on Joe’s SiriusXM radio show. The single “Living Today” was one of the most played songs on SiriusXM Bluesville for much of the year. Greene also had exclusive premieres with Relix magazine and a week long premiere on DittyTV. He also graced the cover of multiple blues magazines.

A much in-demand guitarist and vocalist, Greene traveled the world, touring with the legendary Alan Parsons Live Project from 2010 – 2018, as well as stints with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and Blues Music Award-winner Sugaray Rayford. His work with Parsons, in particular, sparked a conversation with renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Tab Benoit at a Las Vegas blues festival. In 2019, Greene signed with Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou Records label.

Greene says he wanted to “go somewhere; find something.” Fortified by the historic Louisiana backdrop – a birthplace of Blues and Jazz – as well as his new ‘bandmates’ and their cultural connection to the area, The New World Blues and Alive In The New World both display Greene’s lifelong reverence for Delta and Chicago Blues, respectfully and affectingly, detailing each cut with honesty and respect. “I endeavor to play the Blues. It’s some of my favorite music. And I have a responsibility to inform where this music comes from,” Greene says. “This is a Black, AfricanAmerican art form that is basically responsible for everything we love today. I want to be true to what I love.”

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