Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Groove Band, including a lineup of Grammy Award-winning Quinn Johnson/Keys (Rod Stewart, Diana Ross, Andrea Bocelli) and Mark Visher/Sax (Christina Aguilera, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Michael Buble) will perform the “Sounds of Summer” Aug. 10.
The rockin’ hip hop, jazz, blues, reggae & pop event will be held from 6-10 p.m. at 2nd and PCH, 6400 PCH in Long Beach, said Young. The event is free and open to the public.
Gregg Young is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and owner and founder of Shore Records. He is an ASCAP Composer Publisher, Grammy voting member and has been the Music Director at the iconic Dome Arclight Entertainment Center in Hollywood for over a decade, until the pandemic hit. He is a self-established top tier musician in today’s saturated music industry. Young also leads Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Band, the house band, at the Dome Arclight Entertainment Center.
The Band has been nominated Best Jazz, Best Pop and Best Latin for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Most recently, they have been considered for Grammys for Best Americana/Folk/Acoustic Song and Best American Roots Performance. Gregg and the Band have many more Grammy considerations to their credit. In addition to these nominations and considerations, they have won Best Blues and Best Funk/Groove for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, as well as Smooth Jazz Artist of the Year for the LA Music Awards. The Band currently has 380,453 spins on Pandora for their award-winning music.
