Today, Phil Lesh-owned San Rafael, CA venue Terrapin Crossroads announced that it’ll be hosting a three-night run dubbed “Unbroken Train.” Unbroken Train will see performances by Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band, Midnight North, and Twiddle over the three-night event spanning June 14th through 16th, with the groups’ members also collaborating in different forms.
On Thursday, June 14th, Unbroken Train will kick off with a solo performance from Mihali, the frontman and guitarist of Twiddle, in the Grate Room. The next night, on Friday, June 15th, Midnight North—featuring Grahame Lesh, Elliott Peck, Alex Jordan, and Connor O’Sullivan—will be the main attraction at the Grate Room for a show billed as “Midnight North & Frends.” It’s more than likely this show will see an appearance by some, if not all, the members of Twiddle, given that the rogue spelling of “frends” has become associated with the Vermont group—the spelling comes from Twiddle’s lyrics, “There ain’t no I in Frends,” in their song, “The Frends Theme”. Rounding out the event, on Saturday, June 16th, Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band will headline Terrapin Crossroads’ outdoor Beach Park with support from all four members of Twiddle and more.
The collaborations set for Unbroken Train are by no means out of left field. Twiddle, Midnight North, and Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band have an ongoing history of exchanging sit-ins with one another spanning back to the 2017 edition of Twiddle’s own Tumble Down festival, when Twiddle invited the Grateful Dead bassist and his son and guitarist, Grahame Lesh, to sit-in during their set.
Earlier in May, Twiddle made their headlining debut at Red Rocks Amphitheater, and during the show, Phil and Grahame came out for a rendition of “Shakedown Street”. The next night, on May 5th, when Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band and Leftover Salmon performed at Red Rocks, Mihali helped Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band close out the show during their encore performances of “Fire On The Mountain” and “Music Never Stopped”. Closing out the weekend run, on Sunday, May 6th, Mihali performed an intimate “Mihali & Frends” set at Denver’s Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, which saw sit-ins from Phil and Grahame Lesh and Midnight North’s Elliott Peck and Alex Jordan, in addition to members of Twiddle, Thievery Corporation, Dopapod, Stick Figure, and Turbo Suit.
Tickets for the upcoming Unbroken Train run at Terrapin Crossroads from June 14th to 16th are on-sale now. You can snag tickets, including a three-night package, at Terrapin Crossroads’ website here.
