Melvin Seals is the joyful, gospel-fired organ heart behind the Jerry Garcia Band legacy — a master of Hammond B-3 swirl, church-born soul, and radiant, feel-the-spirit groove. His playing brought warmth, lift, and deep-pocket swing to Garcia’s solo universe throughout the 1980s and early ’90s, shaping a sound built on Motown shimmer, R&B comfort, rock fire, and improvisational sweetness. After Jerry’s passing, Melvin became a torch-keeper — not as a curator of the past, but as a living extension of it — leading Melvin Seals & JGB with open arms, big sound, and nightly resurrection of the music’s joy. His organ lines don’t just support songs — they bloom, wrapping audiences like sunlight through stained glass, proof that the spirit of JGB lives on every time Melvin Seals hits a chord.
