"Greene is a great performer and musician whose exuberance embraces his music and makes it genuine sounding. If you want a good rocker CD with blues influences, go get this CD!"
Frank John Hadley January 30, 2018
Tom Dixon January 25, 2018
January 04, 2018
Mladen Loncar - Mike January 04, 2018
January 04, 2018
January 04, 2018
Pete Sardon December 26, 2017
Read the review HERE
Wes O’Neill December 22, 2017
MICHAEL LIMNIOS December 20, 2017
INTERVIEW WITH ALASTAIR - READ IN HERE
RICHIE DEMARIA December 15, 2017
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(20th Anniversary show postponed due to fires in Santa Barbara area)
Graham Clarke December 10, 2017
"Dream Train is a superlative blues rock album; there’s not a bad song in the bunch" READ MORE
GW Staff December 06, 2017
Simon Redley November 27, 2017
"This is an impressive album from an artist who clearly deserves more recognition." READ MORE
Bill Wilson November 27, 2017
Truth be told, Alastair Greene stands head and shoulders above most of the competition in the blues/rock field. While I'm talkin' smack, he blows a good deal of the rest of the contemporary competition away as well. READ MORE
Norman Darwen November 27, 2017
There is a lot of blues-rock around these days, but this is certainly one of the better sets, and far more blues based than many that claim such a description. READ MORE
Philip Verhaege November 27, 2017
November 27, 2017
Alastair Greene proves his mettle not only as a talented guitarist, but also as a singer songwriter, having written all songs on the release, excepting the Billy F. Gibbons song, Nome Zayne. READ MORE
November 25, 2017
Tim Parsons November 21, 2017
The bluesman from Southern California has had a hectic schedule since last month’s release of his album, “Dream Train.” The featured artist for Harrah’s Lake Tahoe’s Tuesday Night Blues just finished a tour through Oregon and Northern California.
During that time he played a show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with Starship featuring Mickey Thomas. “That’s not the kind of gig you can rehearse for,” Greene told Tahoe Onstage. “You come to sound check and run over a few things. It feels like you are a Navy SEAL where you parachute in and take care of a job.” READ MORE
November 20, 2017
November 15, 2017
Pete Francis November 02, 2017
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The Bman October 30, 2017
Dream Train, from Alastair Greene and it's a smokin' rocker. READ MORE
Sean Arthur Joyce November 05, 2017
Dream Train has welcome echoes of Cream, Johnny Winter, and ZZ Top yet remains consistently original throughout. The title track kicks off with a three-minute full tilt boogie laced with ripping electric guitar and a simple but effective metaphor for dreaming.Big Bad Wolf goes mid-tempo with a guitar riff slightly reminiscent of ZZ Top’s Tush. It took me awhile to figure out what the hell the title of the next track, Nome Zayne, was about until I realized it was a clever contraction of “Know what I’m sayin’,” a compact hit of social commentary. The song has a refreshing Marshall amp crunch to the guitar that I find sadly AWOL these days. READ MORE
Giovanni Robino November 01, 2017
Stuart Hamilton October 31, 2017
Style wise there are touches of Southern and classic rock in there, but he has got form in that world having also toured as a member of Starship featuring Mickey Thomas. However, this time around, it’s his singing and playing that takes centre stage and you can’t go wrong if you’re fan of blues rock. Not when the trio of Greene, Austine Beede and Jim Rankin gleefully career through songs as enjoyable as ‘Big Bad Wolf’, ‘Grateful Swagger’ and ‘Rain Stomp’. Highly recommended.
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Cleve Baker October 21, 2017
The Rock Doctor John Kereiff October 20, 2017
DREAM TRAIN Alastair Greene (Rip Cat Records) *****
If you’re in the mood for real hard-ass blues, something to get the blood up, have I got an album for you! Alastair Greene’s Dream Train is like the second coming of Gary Moore- tough, emotional and evocative guitar playing and some cool tunes, coming from a blues/ southern rock/ jam band sensibility. READ MORE
Richard Ludmerer October 19, 2017
Opening with the energetic title track, “Dream Train”, one can’t help but notice Greene’s vocal clarity as he sings “I never was a gamblin’ man…dream train take me away”. The rhythm section lays down the foundation that enables Greene’s fabulous slide solo. READ MORE
Tom O'Connor October 17, 2017
After seven enriching years as Alan Parsons’ touring sideman, Alastair Greene steps out with his new solo album, Dream Train, due on October 20th from Rip Cat Records. With this thirteen song collection Greene proves he deserves the spotlight. I could sum up this record with a three-word review: “The Real Deal” …but my editor expects more column inches than that and I do like to keep her happy, so let’s dig in. READ MORE
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Barry Kerzner October 17, 2017
Alastair Greene is a man on a mission these days. He wants to bring his unique blend of rock and blues to fans old and new, worldwide. Greene spent seven years with Alan Parsons contributing his vocal and guitar coloring to that incredibly unique and inviting sound, known to millions. READ MORE
Bill Locey October 15, 2017
Rudolf October 13, 2017
Mark Hunstein October 10, 2017
Eric Schuurmans October 10, 2017
Audio Interview with Richard L'Hommedieu October 09, 2017
October 08, 2017
Martin van der Velde October 06, 2017
Photo by Amanda Peacock
The culmination of Greene’s musical experiences, influences, and passion is his new record, Dream Train. The album was produced and mixed by David Z, whose production credits include Buddy Guy, Gov’t Mule, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Jonny Lang. Dream Train features 13 new songs, 12 of which are Greene originals. The sole cover is a previously unreleased song written by none other than Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top called “Nome Zayne,” which was recorded with Billy’s blessing. The songs on Dream Train range from the hard driving blues rock of the title track, to the sensitive Curtis Mayfield tinged instrumental “Iowa.” “Big Bad Wolf” finds the band in familiar boogie blues rock territory while “DareDevil” takes listeners on a more traditional blues shuffle ride. READ MORE