Event Details
Sun 08/05 - Jerry Garcia Amphitheater
10th Annual Jerry Day 2012 - San Francisco, CA
Melvin Seals & JGB
Located off Shelley Drive near Cambridge, the open-air amphitheater is a six-sided structure with the seating capacity of 600 and room for additional hundreds on the grassy slopes. Although designed for multi-purpose use, it will function primarily as a medium for the performing arts. The stage is 27 feet across at its widest point, 62 feet in length and framed by pre-cast columns, which blend dramatically and harmoniously with the nearby trees and stretches of open space. Architects were Will, Thornton, Warner and Levikow and contractor, G.M. Labrucherie and Associates.
The project was funded by a state grant. Equipped for nighttime use, the amphitheater parking lot is also accessible by MUNI transportation, including Numbers 81, 15, 20, 29 buses which serve the vicinity. y shaping and reshaping our environment and bombarding us with stressful new targets for new successes, ultimately experiencing a burning need to escape or return to the simple pleasures of nature without have to travel to ever more distant places receding in time and space can find their respite in John McLaren Park. This is yours, San Francisco, for your children and visitors, to enjoy, nurture, cherish and protect.
About Melvin Seals & JGB
Band Photo by Bob Minkin
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 and producer. Melvin is most revered for his powerful, high-spirited, Hammond B-3 organ, and keyboards in the Jerry Garcia Band. 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 Dave Hebert's guitar and amazing vocals, Jimmy Tebeau's savory bass, Pete Lavezzoli's hearty drums and, of course, a heapin' helpin' of the wizard's magic on Hammond B-3 Organ and keyboards. Along with Shirley Starks and Cheryl Rucker on back-up vocals, 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 changes nightly and keeps the audience dancing and smiling (and some staring in amazement) for hours.
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 with JGB. Come see and hear for yourself!
JGB Band is:
Melvin Seals - Hammond B3 and Leslies, Roland RD700 Keyboard, vocals
Dave Hebert - Gibson SG electric guitar, lead vocals
Jimmy Tebeau - Bass
Pete Lavezzoli - Drums
Shirley Starks and Cheryl Rucker - backing vocals