Wayne Allchin - Guitar/Vocals
Bill Fuhrer - Bass
Gator - Drums/Vocals

Blue Gator is a rag tag fugitive fleet of musicians trying to free the world from oppression & tyranny. Spreading rocking blues & blues influenced rock across the barren wastelands. They are a hard rockin' Blues trio featuring the blistering guitar playing of Wayne Allchin, the steady bass rhythm of Bill Fuhrer and the pounding back-bone of drummer, Gator Shelemey.

With influences ranging from Willie Dixon to Stevie Ray Vaughan to Eric Clapton, this power trio can rock hard and fast or play soft and sweet. Together, Blue Gator has opened for and played with acts such as Robbie Krieger from The Doors, Jerry Doucette and Buddy Guy to name a few.

"Guitarist Wayne Allchin, despite his unassuming stature, certainly proved size means nothing and with axe in hand broke into Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride & Joy” like a man possessed.Attacking the chords with such perfection that I am sure SRV himself was smiling down with delight."
from CanadaJams Fri Jan 12, 2007

Young musicians get on the right musical track 
Two Edmonton shows feature up-and-coming artists 
By Roger Levesque, Edmonton Journal, December 16, 2010

For St. Albert’s Wayne Allchin, things really seemed to take off at the wise old age of 18 when blues great Buddy Guy invited him onto the stage of the Jubilee Auditorium to play a tune. Afterwards, a packed crowd gave the kid guitarist a standing ovation.

That winter’s night in 1993 was something Allchin will never forget, even if it hasn’t all worked out the way he was hoping. He admits he’s made his share of mistakes since then, but all these years later he may finally be on the right track. He’s working in a couple of different projects, including the rocking blues trio Blue Gator, which hits Rusty Reed’s House of Blues next week.

Allchin admits it took him a few years to figure out the realities of a creative career. “It took me a while to understand that the world didn’t owe me a living and that there was no point in trying to become Stevie Ray Vaughn II.”

One thing that threw him off course was the death of his biggest fan, his father, in 2000. But what’s kept him going is the musical relationship he has enjoyed for 12 years with bassist Bill Fuhrer and drummer Aaron “Gator” Shelemey in the trio.

He allows that his creative inspirations have also expanded over the years, and one of the local musicians he admires most, Bobby Cameron, is helping him produce a recording. Then there’s his part in another blues-rock band called Fox Pass, who are busy working on their own album. And working with special needs adults in his day job has been a whole other learning experience.

Given all that, Allchin hasn’t lost his boyish looks or any of his passion for making music, as a couple of recent demo recordings demonstrate.
Allchin and Blue Gator play Rusty Reed’s House of Blues (12402 118th Ave.) Monday to Thursday next week, with a $5 cover.
The venue also has tickets on sale for a special Dec. 31 date when Cameron will play with Reed’s own band to ring in the new year (call
780-451-1390).

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Wayne Allchin and Blue Gator perform at LB's Pub on Saturday, November 6th, 2010

Blue Gator playing at LB's Saturday Jam, performing Sunshine of Your Love, on April 24th in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.