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    marye
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    A lot of the better-known other bands have topics of their own. If you don't see your particular favorite with its own topic, feel free to talk about it here. And hey, if it takes on a life of its own we'll give it a topic!

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    Band of Horsees
    Great Band from South Carolina,Great Harmonies remind me of CSN&Ys Early stuff
  • KenRat
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    CRAZY FINGERS - GREAT SOUTH FLORIDA DEAD BAND
    I highly recommend Crazy Fingers if you live in South Florida or are on vacation in south florida. Very acomplished musicians playing mostly Dead covers with some Jerry Band stuff as well. Mostly playing in Palm Beach County and Broward County (a bit more in palm beach county than broward) Dont forget to see where they are playing if you go on vacation here and are a dead fan! the website is www.crazyfingers.net
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    THE REMNANTS
    I HIGHLY recommend this band: www.TheRemnantsCT.com
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    Red Red Meat
    great Stones-y, warm fuzzy and narcotic drawl. remember buying this when it came out in '93 on vinyl and that piece of shellac never left my turntable for a good long while.low light wreathed in hazy night time smoke. some members went on to form the equally fantastic, if not more so, Califone.
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    You should give Jeff Beck the tone talker a listen.
    In older age Jeff is remarkedly creative. Emotion Commotion with free listening tracks on youTube should stir the music within us. The emotional tones can fill our ears with words and feelings. Talking 'bout emotion: Love your neighbor and Love your enemy....paradox?? Sheen teaches that two emotions can exist in that I could love Stalin but Dislike what Stalin does. All for now, my earthly life beckons for me to keep on praising God's works.
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    We're from Pittsburgh, PA and love playing the music of the Grateful Dead. Here are a couple of videos, if you're interested. The first couple include a VERY special guest you may recognize ;0) www.theCAUSEjams.com
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    7 Walkers Feat. Kreutzmann!
    If you haven't yet, check out this awesome band, 7 Walkers. They are playing some shows in Colorado in the next few weeks and I'm stoked! http://www.facebook.com/7Walkers http://www.7walkers.com/
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    Blair has been talking about Tim and Nicki Bluhm is his blog posts and Tim Bluhm has recently finished a bunch of shows with Phil at Terrapin Crossroads. He also did a tour with Billy and Mickey a couple years ago. His main band, The Mother Hips from Chico, CA recently celebrated 20 years together as a band. You might remember them from their psychedelic origins playing the HORDE, Gather of The Vibes and Laguna Seca Daze festivals in the early/mid '90s. Now The Mother Hips are giving away a free download of their 1992 debut album Back To The Grotto until May 30th at the following link: Link: http://bit.ly/MH_BacktotheGrotto Standout tracks are Chum, Precious Opal, This Is A Man and Hey Emilie but many of you are sure to dig the psychedelic stylings of the early Mother Hips, so give it a spin! http://www.motherhips.com/press/images/91-grotto.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nQaOWip3XQ&feature=youtu.be
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    they played three videos from the Dead Covers project
    is that what you mean? One Cassidy instrumental, one Brown Eyed Women, one I Will Take You Home. All by different artists. I can find out who they were; I don't remember offhand but they were all really good!
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    second annual meet up with the dead at alpine valley
    any one see this at theaters last night? I was wondering if any one knows the name of the band that was playing before the show, from what I remember it looked like they were in a studio playing a couple dead tunes. Any help would be great!
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A lot of the better-known other bands have topics of their own. If you don't see your particular favorite with its own topic, feel free to talk about it here. And hey, if it takes on a life of its own we'll give it a topic!

Thanks for the tip. In case you missed it, there's a short documentary out on Vimeo where Stephen talks to GD historian Blair Jackson while recording for the slack project out in CA: https://vimeo.com/223074777

It's really cool seeing two GD nerds discuss the project's background. David Gans also makes an appearance.

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They are obviously solid, very tight musicians. However, I found their recorded music to be almost muzac for Deadheads...excellent background music played by exceptional musicians. Luckily, I had opportunity to catch a live show, and for $20, I gave it a shot. All I can say is "Wow"...extreme energy live...very tight, almost disciplined live, but also highly creative and improvisational. They played about 2 1/2 hours non-stop with VERY impressive jams. I highly recommend their live shows.

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New Album "The Bodhisattva Blues" featuring Melvin Seals - Organ / Mark Karan - guitar / Hugh Pool - harmonica / Robin Sylvester - Bass / Chris Parker - Drums -

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Hi all, I am latin percussionist and Lifelong Deadhead. I am planning to launch an equity crowdfund for a Latin Jazz Grateful Dead Tribute project called "The Latin Dead" but first reaching out to the Dead community in case there was some interested investors looking to take the ride and help us thrive! I have a detailed business plan I can provide for any serious inquiries. Please feel free to message me directly here or via email at... latindeadmusic@gmail.com

Thanks, Brenden

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Dave McMurray, saxophonist late of Was Not Was, has a new album of Dead covers, Grateful Deadication, which sorta came into being when he saw Weir do Days Between at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass a few years back. It's very good.
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I am alive because of my baby Love, Recently I my wife Linda. The music is really great kinda relaxing. thank you so much. I am a writer you can visit my page from my account

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Pink Talking Phish - saw them at the Lincoln Theater in Raleigh - great mix of Phish, Talking Heads and Pink Floyd.

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Slowdive is my all-time favorite band.

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Any fans digging Billy's awesome live gigs. He's covered lots of Dead tunes "Wharf Rat" , "To lay Me Down", "Me & My Uncle", All done really well. Of course he's played in Billy and the Kids.

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Some of the live stuff sends chills up my spine.
Sublime

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Some of the live stuff sends chills up my spine.
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We're thrilled to announce that we'll be at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA on Saturday, Feb. 18 with John Kadlecik, Oscar Hernandez Music and our ten-piece band of heavy hitters fusing Latin Jazz with the music of The Grateful Dead. See you there!

The following evening 02/19/23 we're bringing our mix of Latin Jazz and the music of the Grateful Dead to Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz.

We're also delighted to announce that The Latin Dead will be performing at SKULL & ROSES this year alongside some of the best musicians in the world! April 19-23.

LatinDead.com

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Tomorrow Dark Star Orchestra is performing The Grateful Dead's November 14, 1978 Boston Music Hall Show. Tickets are pretty cheap and for sale at BochCenter.org.

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You know what they say about dogs.....

mans best friend.
Caught these guys a month ago in Va. Maybe next week in the bay area.
Great live show. Much improvisation.
Glorious and joyful originals. Great covers. Fun Jams coming from some very young pups.
Hopefully they're built to last.
Throw 'em a bone

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I may be spoiled, but Indianapolis has an amazing band called Starcat that performs music by the Jerry Garcia Band with a lineup that resembles Jerry's classic 90's outfit.

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Absolutely! Sometimes the lesser-known bands are the hidden gems. Feel free to share your favorites here—your enthusiasm might spark a new discussion and could even earn them their own topic

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Wanted to share this up-and-coming tribute band, Shakedown Citi, that I just saw live. The group formed last year in the Citi Fields parking lot and really have something special going on. They play a ton of show in/around NYC --- I'm especially excited for their show at Hill Country Live on Tues. Sept. 3. You should be able to find them with a quick google search-- they got active website, socials, and a link tree for upcoming gigs.