JGB (band)

Quality 0.50 · 2 views · Updated 2 months ago

American rock band

title: "JGB (band)" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-rock-music-groups", "jam-bands", "jerry-garcia"] description: "American rock band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JGB_(band)" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American rock band ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist "]

Field	Value
name	JGB
image	File:JGB-band-01.jpg
caption	Melvin Seals and JGB, 2008
background	group_or_band
alias	Melvin Seals and JGB
genre	Rock
years_active	1995–present
label	House of Blues, Blues Planet
associated_acts	Jerry Garcia Band
website	www.melvinsealsandjgb.com
::

Melvin Seals
John Kadlecik
John-Paul McLean
Jeremy Hoenig
Lady Chi
Darlene Coleman | past_members =
Sunshine Becker
John Kahn
Pete Lavezzoli
Jackie LaBranch
Zach Nugent
Gloria Jones
David Kemper
Ozzie Ahlers
Donny Baldwin
Armin Winter
Ronnie Penque
Johnny Markowski
Elgin Seals
Jude Gold
Stu Allen
Dave Hebert
Jimmy Tebeau
Jimmy Hubbard
Justin Purtill
Martin Holland
Kat Walkerson
Sam Howard
Rob Wenig
Mark Corsolini
Judith Harris Colman
Elizabeth Holland
Gail Muldrow
Robert Sheldon Coons
Joe White
Cheryl Rucker
Shirley Starks
Mary-eL}} JGB is an American rock band led by Melvin Seals, who plays electric organ. Its mission is to continue the musical legacy of the Jerry Garcia Band, of which Seals was a longtime member.

History

As noted in Rolling Stone, "... when Garcia died in 1995, and the Grateful Dead went on hiatus, Seals took charge. Under his leadership, the slightly renamed 'JGB Band' pays tribute to Garcia by performing his songs and remaining faithful to his style."

In 1996, Seals played several concerts with Jerry Garcia Band bassist John Kahn and other former members of that band. Their idea was to continue playing the same music with everyone except Garcia himself. However, Kahn died three weeks later, and Seals and the others continued without him. The membership of JGB has continued to evolve over the years.

On July 30, 2004, Melvin Seals was the first Jerry Garcia Band member to headline an outdoor music and camping festival named in honor of Jerry Garcia, called Grateful Garcia Gathering. Jerry Garcia Band drummer David Kemper joined Melvin Seals & JGB in 2007. To date, other musicians playing with JGB have included Donna Jean Godchaux, Mookie Siegel, Pete Sears, G. E. Smith, Barry Sless, Ozzie Ahlers and Robin Sylvester.

the current lineup of JGB is Melvin Seals on keyboards, John Kadlecik on guitar and vocals, John-Paul McLean on bass, Jeremy Hoenig on drums, and Lady Chi and Darlene Coleman on backing vocals.

Discography

Welcome to Our World (For Members Only) – 1998
Keepers of the Flame – 2006

References

{{AllMusic
Bothner, David (February 26, 1997). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=keEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5169,7412865&dq=john-kahn+dead+%7C+death+%7C+died&hl=en "Garcia Band Carries On for Music's Sake"], ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
Eisen, Benjy (March 23, 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20071002091055/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/thegratefuldead/articles/story/7207743/seals_moves_past_garcia "Seals Moves Past Garcia"], ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
Metzger, John (July 1998). [http://www.musicbox-online.com/sealsint.html "Backstage Pass: An Interview with Melvin Seals"] ''The Music Box''. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::