Melvin Seals logged more time with Jerry Garcia than anyone outside of the original Grateful Dead members. The keyboardist ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Organist Melvin Seals had to unlearn a few things to jam with Jerry Garcia. Coming from a ...

But Melvin Seals wasn’t hip to all that when he was invited to a rehearsal. “I was still fresh out of church,” Seals said. “I just knew church musicians. So I remember that first rehearsal ...

The spirit of Jerry Garcia is alive and well, as evidenced at the Melvin Seals show last Saturday at Humboldt Brews in Arcata. Both the music and the vibe brought images of the Grateful Dead ...

When Melvin Seals got the invite to play with the Jerry Garcia Band, he came from a very structured musician’s background and point of view. He had learned how to play the piano on his father ...

On September 28 and 29, Melvin Seals & JGB will celebrate the bandleader’s birthday with a run at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif. On night one, Seals & JGB will be preceded by an ...

The guest roster includes Garcia’s beloved collaborators, Hammond B3 organist and keyboard master Melvin Seals, and songstress Jacklyn LaBranch, who performed the referred guitarist in his self ...

It's a question Melvin Seals and JGB should contemplate. JGB stands for Jerry Garcia Band. Jerry Garcia's dead; it was his band; he was the leader and founder. Yet Seals — who did perform in the ...

Jam band pioneer Melvin Seals and his B-3 organ have been serving up a tasty mix of R&B and gospel-tinged tunes for more than three decades, and Seals and his band perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the ...

Melvin Seals, Jacklyn LaBranch, Oteil Burbridge, Tom Hamilton, Duane Trucks, and Lady Chi Monday, July 14-Wednesday, July 16 — Eric Church, Stephen Wilson Jr. Monday, July 21-Tuesday ...