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For the last two years, John Mayer has taken a backseat while allowing his throat to recover from a serious granuloma that required two surgeries.  He spent a lot of time jamming at his home in Bozeman, MT, sitting back and thinking about his life and career, and listening to a lot of Grateful Dead [...]

DSO-High-School

Ahh, high school. Did you ever find yourself struggling to stay awake through your seemingly endless Statistics class while wishing you could learn about stuff you really loved… like, say, the music of the Grateful Dead?  Well, your youthful fantasies now have a chance to be realized thanks to Dark Star Orchestra and their first [...]

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Keller Williams has digitally released KEYS:  A Collection of Grateful Dead Covers on Piano to Benefit the Rex Foundation.  Williams put down the guitar and turned to piano to perform 10 Grateful Dead songs with his own creative spin. Track Listing: 1. He’s Gone 2. Can’t Come Down 3. Terrapin Station 4. Attics Of My Life 5. Althea 6. Brokedown Palace [...]

Joe-Russo-Almost-Dead

This past weekend, at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Bowl, the Freaks Ball celebrated its thirteenth birthday.  With what originally started out as a one-night, all-out party at Tribeca with a very young Robert Randolph & The Family Band, along with The Squad – Charles Haynes on Drums, Adam “Schmeens” Smirnoff on Guitar, Mark Kelley on bass, Jeff Baskher on [...]

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This June, some of Jerry Garcia’s classic songs are going to get a little, more, well…classical. That’s because The Boston Pops Orchestra will be performing several Garcia originals, Grateful Dead classics, and associated songs for a performance that is being called ‘The Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration’. Warren Haynes will join the orchestra for this special [...]