Greg Douglass – guitar wizard from The Steve Miller Band – is back with his top-class UK band in the tea room at Dimbola Museum and Galleries on Sunday 8th October.
Greg will be on stage at 18:15 for an acoustic set then after the interval, he and the band will perform Steve Miller Band classics. The gig will finish around 20:30, and a special guest will join Greg and the band on a couple of numbers.
In 2016, Greg’s contribution to music was acknowledged when – together with the other members of The Steve Miller Band – he was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
Ohio. Greg co-wrote the classic Jungle Love for the band among other songs. The song appears on The Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits album, which has sold over 5 million copies.
Greg has an amazing pedigree – as well as The Steve Miller Band he was also a former member of the Jefferson Airplane offshoot Hot Tuna, The Greg Kihn Band (playing on their number 1 U.S. hit Jeopardy), and Van Morrison’s band and he’s also played with many other musicians, including John Cipollina of Quicksilver Messenger Service. He has toured the UK as a member of The Former Members, with Bruce Barthol & David Bennett Cohen (both of Country Joe & The Fish), Roy Blumenfeld (Blues Project) and later in San Francisco Nights – The Former Members plus Sam Andrew of Big Brother and The Holding Company, who was Janis Joplin’s guitarist for years, and Bex Marshall as the voice of Janis.
Greg’s band are three very experienced UK musicians, all ex-members of the UK lineup for the top-class San Francisco band It’s A Beautiful Day. Steve Browning, the bass player, was also a member of The Pretty Things and played with Ronnie Spector and many others. Rhythm guitarist and keyboard player Rob Beckinsale has toured with Barry “The Fish” Melton of Country Joe And The Fish and The Aguilar Blumenfeld Project, 2 more top San Francisco bands, whose members played the Monterey Festival in 1967 and the massive Woodstock Festival in 1969.
Rob also fronts his own bands. Matt Wheatley has been the drummer with top blues funk band Cryin’ Out Loud for nearly 30 years. His previous bands include Bluescasters and Little Junior Joe Slim & the Three Chord Trick. Matt has also collaborated with Fast Eddie Clarke of Motorhead, and performed with the legendary Jackie Lynton on many occasions.
Tickets are £12 and are on sale now. Tickets can be purchased by phoning 01983 756814 and paying by card over the phone or by visiting Dimbola in person.
