Greg Douglass, the guitarist with world famous Steve Miller Band, will be playing at The Cellar Bar in Cardigan as part of his U.K tour on Saturday 7th May with his top class U.K touring band The Pompatus of Love.
They’ll be playing a set of Steve Miller classics, as the penultimate date of a 16 day tour that will take in top venues all over England, Wales and Scotland.
The Steve Miller Band ‘s “Greatest Hits 1974–78” has sold over 13 million copies and in 2016 the band were inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1966 in San Francisco, the band’s string of hit singles are staples of classic rock, and include “The Joker”, “Fly Like An Eagle”, “Jungle Love” (co-written by Greg Douglass), “Abracadabra” and “Rock ‘n’ Me” . They’ve released eighteen studio albums, seven live albums, seven compilation albums, and at least 29 singles.
As well as The Steve Miller Band, Greg 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 has played and recorded with many other legends.
On his U.K tour Greg fronts The Pompatus Of Love, featuring three top class U.K musicians, who all played with another top San Francisco band, It’s A Beautiful Day, including the Isle Of Wight Festival and Scotland’s Tartan Heart Festival.
The Cellar Bar is at 25/26 Quay Street, Cardigan SA431HU, Tickets are £12 advance via http://thesanitycompany.uk/bullfrogtickets/ or e mail Steve Greenhalgh on yseler@gmail.com to reserve.
Doors open at 7.30. p.m, when tickets will be available at £15 subject to availability.
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