Melvin Seals and JGB

21+ In the Crystal By Club Casino Crown Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2025

The legendary Melvin Seals started playing piano at age eight and began his musical adventure playing gospel music for his local church. Over the next years he joined bands in San Francisco and became good at playing keyboards including the electric organ, which he would play for the majority of his career. He went on to record and perform with artists such as Charlie Daniels, Elvin Bishop and Chuck Berry.

In 1981 Melvin Seals joined the Jerry Garcia Band and remained a member until Jerry Garcia‘s death in 1995. He had the third-longest tenure in the band next to Garcia and bassist John Kahn, who had been members for the band’s entire history. After Garcia and Kahn’s deaths in 1995 and 1996 respectively, Seals formed JGB which he performs with to this day. JGB aims to continue the Jerry Garcia Band’s legacy beyond the loss of some of its key members.

*Standing Room Only