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FEATURING: - Music News - Breaking News - CD Reviews - Music Store Specials - Video Releases - Festivals - Artists Interviews - Blues History - New Music Coming - Artist Profiles - Merchandise - Music Business Updates ALASTAIR GREENE By Art Tipaldi The New World Blues & Jack Sullivan PHOTOGRAPHY © SEAN McCUE s Alastair Greene’s prolific Greene traveled the world, touring and acclaimed career rounds with the legendary Alan Parsons Live Athe corner into a third decade, Project from 2010 – 2017, as well as Greene arrives at a new, yet familiar stints with Starship featuring Mickey destination. Following a 2018 live Thomas and, most recently, Blues album that celebrated the 20th Music Award-winner Sugaray Rayford. anniversary of his noteworthy Alastair The New World Blues displays Greene Band, the singer-songwriter/ Greene’s lifelong reverence for Delta guitarist returns with an inspired solo and Chicago blues, respectfully and collection, The New World Blues, and affectingly, detailing each of the a tonic for the times. eleven cuts with honesty and respect A native of Santa Barbara, CA, yet perhaps most often guided by the Greene has ridden his blues-soaked roadmap of Gov’t Mule and that band’s rock into the 21st century, traversing synthesis of The Allman Brothers a constantly changing global (and Band’s improvisational firepower and musical) landscape. He’s well- the raw, stripped-down electric blues- equipped for the challenge, carrying rock of Cream. “I endeavor to play the diverse musical interests he the blues. It’s some of my favorite developed at an early age, intrigued by music. And I have a responsibility to his mother's piano playing and a record inform where this music comes from,” collection that included The Beatles, Greene says. “This is a Black, African- Stevie Wonder, and Elton John. His American art form that is basically father introduced the youngster to the responsible for everything we love sophistication of Bach and Beethoven, today. I want to be true to what I love.” yet it was Greene’s grandfather, We reached out to Alastair the late trumpeter Chico Alvarez, a recently to inform our fans about an member of the Stan Kenton Band in artist that is comitted to the blues and the 1940s and ‘50s, who inspired him we believe he will be around a long to pursue a life in music. time creating the music we all love. Over nearly 20 years, Greene has released eight solo albums. His Blues Music Magazine: In your own 2017 studio effort, Dream Team, words, what would you like to use this landed a four-star review and Best article to help your career with? Album of the Year nod in DownBeat and 2018’s Live From The 805 was Alastair Greene: This is a great opportunity to connect with blues nominated for Rock Blues Album of fans through one of the most, if not the Year by Blues Blast Magazine. A the most, respected publication in the much in-demand guitarist and vocalist, genre. Blues Music Magazine: Your new album The New World Blues dropped more important meaning as time has on October 23, 2020. Tell us about gone on. The world does indeed have the concept, making, inspiration, the blues, so I want to let people know musicians, and production people they are not alone in feeling that, behind this new album. and I also want to try to spread some positivity, as we need that now more Alastair Greene: When Tab Benoit than ever. told me he wanted to make a record with me for his label, I was incredibly Blues Music Magazine: excited, honored, and in my native Congratulations on the new recording language of Southern California, contract with Tab Benoit’s Whiskey totally stoked! I knew I wanted to Bayou Records Label. How did that reach deeper into my blues influences come about? and take advantage of Tab’s feel and expertise of music from Louisiana. Alastair Greene: I met Tab at the Big Tab played drums, produced, mixed, Blues Bender in Las Vegas in 2015. and mastered this record as well as At the time, I was playing guitar for lending a hand to writing a few songs. the Alan Parsons Project. To most His bassist Corey Duplechin played people in the blues world, that’s not bass on the record as well. I also really a name they’re familiar with or wanted to utilize the fact that both necessarily a fan of. So I would get those guys can sing really well so I introduced to people as a guy with a wanted to include vocal harmonies. blues rock power trio and the guitarist I left a lot of the grooves of the with the APP. It turns out Tab is a fan songs open for Tab’s and Corey’s of a lot of ‘70s rock, so we connected interpretation. I didn’t want to go down on that aspect as well as comedy. Tab there and make the same kind of is hilarious, and I like to think I can tell studio record I made last time around. the occasional joke, so it was a fun Dream Train in 2017 was very much a hang. rock record with some blues sprinkled I kept coming back to the Bender in. For The New World Blues, I wanted as part of the Bender Brass backing to make a blues record that has some band as well as my band getting rock aspects and included as much invited to play a few times. Tab and I Louisiana groove as possible. As far would hang, and in 2018 he said, “I’ve as the concept, I wrote the majority of got a label, you should come down to the songs in early 2019. I knew then my place and make a record.” I was what I wanted to name the record as like, hell yes! At the time I had signed well. I don’t claim to be a prophet, but on to play guitar with Sugaray Rayford I can’t help but feel that so many of for his current tour which I knew was these songs have taken on a new and going to last a year or so. I told Tab that I’d find a gap in Sugaray’s tour Dennis Jones’ 7th Original Album Soft Hard & Loud Coming October 2020 New Single Like Sheep September 2020 Release ”Though certainly aware of how Hendrix burned the midnight lamp, Jones is his own man.” — Frank-John-Hadley, Downbeat Magazine IBC 2004 Winner in Memphis as part of Zac Harmon Band 3 years as lead guitarist with Brian O’Neal and The Busboys (Boys are Back in Town) Booking/tour info and more at dennisjonescentral.com Available October 23rd at alligator.com and other fine retailers GENUINE HOUSEROCKIN’ MUSIC SINCE 1971 schedule and come make the record. the blues. And that’s what I did. Blues Music Magazine: Who were Blues Music Magazine: When did the first blues artists you were listening TM you first discover the blues? to? Alastair Greene: My first guitar teacher Alastair Greene: Those records were told me if I wanted to learn rock guitar, a great start. After that, I just found I had to have some basic building anything I could blues related. Muddy blocks so gave me Waters and Howlin’ a cassette tape of Wolf came next, where he thought and then some of I should start. the other blues That tape has a rock guys like Rory little Freddie King, Gallagher, early WATCH BENNY’S AWARD WINNING VIDEO Hendrix, and some Jeff Beck Group, Cream. I was still Clapton with John pretty obsessed Mayall. I then got with hard rock at into the Kings and that time in the finally got to two of mid-‘80s. Artists my favorite blues like Van Halen, players, Albert Ozzy Osbourne, Collins and Magic etc. A few years Sam. later a friend of my father loaned Blues Music me some records Magazine: What that changed my was it about the whole world. blues that spoke to B.B.