Meet the other band members

Gregg Allman

Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Gregg Allman is both a founding member of one of the biggest and most important American bands of all time, the still-active and thriving Allman Brothers Band, and a critically acclaimed solo talent, who currently records and tours with Gregg Allman & Friends. A natural artist gifted with a beautifully soulful and distinctive voice as well as brilliant keyboard and guitar expertise, Allman is a legendary performer who, more than thirty years down the road, still loves making music as much as ever.

Gregg Allman is a survivor, having weathered many tragedies in life-- as well as the occasional pitfalls and detours of a full-tilt rock & roll lifestyle-- and continued on to grow both personally and musically. Having searched for blissful simplicity in life as in art, Gregg Allman now lives peacefully in Georgia with his wife, his dogs and several cherry Harley Davidson motorcycles. Simple as that.

Jerry Jemmott

TBronx, New York native, Gerald Joseph Stenhouse Jemmott, a.k.a. ‘The Groovemaster‘, was one of the architects of the Atlantic Records and Muscle Shoals Soul sound.

He was a key member among the luminaries of the versatile jazz musicians who dominated the studio bands, with their roots dating back to the Roaring 20's days of Thomas "Fats" Waller that made up the New York City recording scene of the Sixties and early Seventies.

Mark McGee

Mark McGee has been slide/lead guitarist for Gregg Allman & Friends since December 1995. Mark was born in Oakland, CA on November 17th, 1965, and began playing guitar at the age of 11. Inspired initially by oldest brother Kevin, Mark was heavily influenced by all the music of the 60s and 70s.

By the age of 15 Mark began performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area music scene. Mark's hard work and talent earned him much respect and eventually landed him a gig with San Francisco's "Vicious Rumors". As lead guitarist/songwriter and co-producer, Mark & V.R. released 4 studio and 2 live CDs. Three of them were for Atlantic Records.

Vicious Rumors toured in 23 countries and had videos played on MTV! Mark left V.R. in early 1995 to pursue new musical ventures. While playing with local fav's , the "Alameda All Stars", he recieved an audition with Gregg Allman & Friends. Since then, Mark has been slide/lead guitarist for every GA & Friends show to date, even travelling with GA to Japan in 1998!

Mark appeared on Gregg's last solo CD "Searching for Simplicity", playing guitars on the songs "Memphis in the Meantime" & "Starting Over". In 2000 Mark appeared on bass legend Stu Hamm's CD "Outbound". Mark is currently working on a solo cd titled "Gem" as well as other studio projects! Mark looks forward to seeing ya'll out there on tour soon and sharing much music with you in the future!!! GA forever!!! Please visit Mark's official website @ MarkMcGee.com

Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues, jazz, rock, soul, and the many aspects of Americana all collide into a style of original instrumental music all his own. He is as comfortable playing "soul-jazz" on the Hammond organ as he is playing 1930's style stride piano or the meanest slow blues.

Over the past twenty years, Bruce has played and recorded with many of the leading names in blues and roots music, appearing on approximately 50 albums with artists such as Ronnie Earl, John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Jerry Portnoy, Little Milton, Jimmy Witherspoon, Levon Helm, Big Mama Thornton, Mighty Sam McClain, Debbie Davies, David “Fathead” Newman and many others.

Bruce attended Berklee College of Music in the mid-1970s, studying Composition and performance. After a particularly long stint of touring in the late '80s with Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, he decided to come off the road and enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he earned a Master's degree in Jazz Performance and studied with Geri Allen, Paul Bley, Cecil McBee and George Russell. It was during this time that he conceived of and started writing music that became the Bruce Katz Band. Five months after graduation, he met Ronnie Earl, who soon invited him to join his band, The Broadcasters. During his nearly five-year stint with Earl, Katz toured the world and performed on six albums, writing and co-writing many of the tunes, such as "The Colour of Love," "Ice Cream Man," and "Hippology." The album “Grateful Heart” (Bullseye) won the Downbeat Critics Poll for Best Blues Album of 1996.

Jay Collins

"Jay Collins is a great example of a player whose varied experiences nurture a deeper musical personality. He kicks it groovy with an organ outfit, and blows outcat style with logic and grace." - Village Voice, NY