World famous rock star playing an intimate concert in Cardigan

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Greg Douglass

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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