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Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Alastair Green on April 30th

originally published: 04/12/2026

(TUCKERTON, NJ) -- The Lizzie Rose Music Room presents Alastair Greene on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7:30pm. A native of Santa Barbara,California and now residing in Austin, Greene has ridden his Blues-soaked rock into the 21st century, traversing a constantly changing global (and musical) landscape.

He’s well-equipped for the challenge, carrying the diverse musical interests he developed at an early age, intrigued by his mother’s piano-playing and a record collection that included The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Elton John. His father introduced the youngster to the sophistication of Bach and Beethoven, yet it was Greene’s grandfather, the late trumpeter Chico Alvarez- a member of the Stan Kenton Band in the 1940s and ’50s- who inspired him to pursue a life in music.

As a youth, he took piano lessons and played the saxophone before discovering the guitar in high school. 1980s heavy rock icons Van Halen and Ozzy Osbourne brought motivational thunder. Then, a vintage and seminal sound- the Blues- changed Greene’s course. Records by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Johnny Winter, The Allman Brothers Band, and Stevie Ray Vaughan exposed the burgeoning guitarist to a trove of musical treasure.

He received a scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he studied for two years, before returning in the early ‘90s to Southern California. Greene formed the Alastair Greene Band in 1997 and subsequently released 12 solo albums (including three live sets and a compilation record) over 20 years. 2017’s studio effort, Dream Team, landed a four-star review and Best Album of the Year nod in DownBeat; 2018’s Live from the 805 was nominated for Rock Blues Album of the Year by Blues Blast Magazine, garnering inclusion on many ‘Best of 2018’ lists.

A much in-demand guitarist and vocalist, Greene traveled the world, touring with the legendary Alan Parsons Live Project from 2010 – 2017, as well as stints with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and, most recently, (2018-2019) Blues Music Award-winner Sugaray Rayford. His work with Parsons, in particular, sparked a conversation with renowned multi-instrumentalist and producer Tab Benoit at a Las Vegas blues festival. In 2019, Greene signed with Benoit’s Whiskey Bayou Records label and released 2 records, “The New World Blues’ (2020) and “Alive In The New World” (2023). Greene toured the U.S. consistently in 2021 and 2022 opening over 100 shows for Benoit.




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After running into Thomas Ruf on a tour of Germany in 2022 opening for Walter Trout, Alastair signed with Ruf Records and released STANDING OUT LOUD in May of 2024. Alastair Greene dropped his highly anticipated new live EP LIVE IN SIN CITY, on Ruf Records November 14, 2025.

Recorded on tour while opening for the legendary George Thorogood, LIVE IN SIN CITY captures the raw power, grit, and groove that Greene and his powerhouse band bring to the stage night after night. The EP delivers an unfiltered, front-row experience from Las Vegas, Nevada, distilling the energy, chemistry, and joy of a musician at the top of his game.

“We had the best time opening for George Thorogood & The Destroyers,” says Greene. “This EP is a little taste of that amazing tour — straight from our set in Las Vegas, Nevada.”

In addition to the single “Temptation”, the LIVE IN SIN CITY EP features four more blistering live performances: “Trouble At Your Door”, “Standing Out Loud”, “Slow Burn”, and a fiery rendition of “Meantown Blues”, a tribute to the late Johnny Winter.

Featuring funky, swampy grooves and flights of muscular guitar, Greene delivers rock and blues stirred by touchstones such as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, yet perhaps most often guided by the roadmap of Gov’t Mule and that band’s synthesis of The Allman Brothers Band’s improvisational firepower and the raw, stripped-down electric Blues-rock of Cream.

Advance tickets are $35 and available for purchase online. Tickets are $40 at the door if still available. The Lizzie Rose Music Room is located at 217 East Main Street in Tuckerton, New Jersey. Free parking is available.

The Lizzie Rose Music Room is a Non-Profit organization in the State Of New Jersey established in 2014 to bring live music to Tuckerton,  surrounding Ocean County and beyond. The Lizzie Rose Music Room is  a “Listening Room”, not a bar or restaurant. It presents a variety of music featuring Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass, Country, Rock,Soul, Singer/Songwriters and much more.




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