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September 11, 2009 - 10:13am

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GodfreyD

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Dead Cover band in Austin?

Just moved to Austin. Are there any Dead Tribute Bands in Austin? Looking to met DeadHeads Would appreciate a hookup to the community Thanks Godfrey
August 27, 2009 - 2:18pm

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fluffhead042

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not sure....

that's kinda funny...that pic on www.theschwag.com is super old school...only two of the four pictured are still playing with the band.The guys from EOTO/String Cheese will be playing with them in September at Schwagstock (and with their side projects of course)....overall The Schwag are sounding better than ever right now....check em out on archive.org....just search "the schwag" and sort by date...I highly recommend the 8/1/09 show (wink, wink). The Schwag is the best around (sounds funny saying that) :) "In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."
August 27, 2009 - 1:28pm

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scoffield

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Atten Colorado Deadheads: Shakedown Street ft. Rob Eaton of DSO

If you're in or around Colorado on Friday, September 4, make sure to check out Shakedown Street with Rob Eaton. www.bouldertheater.com
June 23, 2009 - 9:28am

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marye

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fluffhead

who's the artist for the Schwagstock pages on the campzoe site? I'm really impressed. They do really nice work.
June 22, 2009 - 5:43pm

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fluffhead042

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SCHWAGSTOCK!!!!!!!!

The Schwag are the best out there right now...Darkstar included....don't miss a show if they come your way...and if u can make it to one/all of their summerlong campout festies definitely....GO...well worth the TRIP. go to their website.....Stu Allen from JGB plays lead guitar for them and his vocals will give you goosebumps...blows John out of the water on the 80's-90's Jerry vocals...ummm...."Standing on the Moon" anyone? guaranteed chills and streaming tears of joy...JERRY IS ALIVE!!! and he's in the middle of the woods in MO bringing the love! www.theschwag.com www.campzoe.com "In a bed, in a bed, by the waterside I will lay my head. Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul."
June 22, 2009 - 4:59pm

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marye

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Wake the Dead

I'm especially fond of their version of "Prodigal Town," a Hunter tune. There's an article about them here.
June 22, 2009 - 3:09pm

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scamperoni

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Wake the Dead

Oh yeah, gotta have the celtic dead tunes. Saw them one night in Pt Reyes on a trip to NoCal a few years back the night before a cancer walk. They still play & put a nice Celtic twist to the dead. If you ever get the chance to see Wake the Dead, go for it!! Life's too short to be blue...
January 30, 2009 - 9:58am

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marye

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A different kind of cover band...

California Symphony plays Dead!
November 13, 2008 - 3:16pm

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PAPPYPGH

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Rat-Dog "After-Party" follow-up

SOoooo....just a quick follow-up on theCAUSE's Halloween Show / Rat-Dog @ Munhall "After Party"....we had a WHOLE LOTTA people show up at the start of our 2nd set from the Rat Dog show. It was a real treat meeting a bunch of folks from RatDog.org & others who had been emailing inquiries about our show. Pictures & other fun stuff can be found on our website at www.theCAUSEjams.com. You can download the ENTIRE show at http://www.archive.org/details/theCAUSE_Halloween2008_PDs or just listen to the streaming audio!Here's the setlist from that show! A good mix of GD, Phish, Little Feat, a few original songs and MORE! theCAUSE PD's Pub Halloween Show with Cherylann Hawk, Jill Paone Simmons & Patti Spadaro I Fee > All That You Dream > A Little Nudge* Big Boss Man Dire Wolf My Brother Esau Midnight Sunrise* Season Of The Witch (Like A) Firefly** > Ramble On Rose Werewolves Of London II Space > Munsters Theme Song > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain I'd Rather Go Blind Playing In The Band > Boris The Spider Oh! Darling Wolfman's Brother > Jam > Playing In The Band (reprise) > Death Don't Have No Mercy > Mason's Children > No Rain Shakedown Street Encore: Lady With A Fan / Terrapin Station > Gimme Some Lovin' > Bertha * written by Cherylann Hawk ** written by Eric "Pappy" Weingrad & Jon Hoernig ~ Pappy www.theCAUSEjams.com "Once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places, if you look at it right." - Robert Hunter
November 13, 2008 - 1:39pm

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feedahippie420

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Schwagstock...We second that!!!

We agree strongly with Good ol GD about his view of The Schwag and Camp Zoe...the venue is absolutely beautiful with a natural amphitheatre setting of bluffs nestled in a valley...The Schwag creates one of the most amazing scenes we have experienced...they are truly keeping the familiar vibes of the Grateful Dead alive. The prices are always kind, and you can't beat their private security, camp where you park-park where you camp set-up, not to mention a bath-house with warm showers and flushing toilets. Truly heaven on earth!!! www.campzoe.com www.theschwag.com Virgil & Marina Buy a Dye...Feed a Hippie www.feedahippie.com

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Tributes

Love 'em? Hate 'em? Got one we should know about? Tell us.

Hey! Good to find another Hokie on this forum! Our next gig in the area is probably March 6 at the Pine Tavern in Floyd, VA - it's a great spot if you haven't been out there. It's our 24th anniversary show. Though something else might pop up. If you're on FB we have a page that hes updates etc. Or you can always drop me an email @ thekind@vt.edu peace Tom Snediker Lead guitar, vocals The Kind, Crossties, Scott Fore and His Hillbilly Hotclub

Morning dew (dedicated to Jerry Garcia)

I See Unicorns - Morning dew (dedicated to Jerry Garcia) progressive chill-out http://soundcloud.com/i-see-unicorns/morning-dew-dedicated-to-jerry-gar… Hope you like it. thank you for listening.

+1 on Jakes Leg. Oh, the

+1 on Jakes Leg. Oh, the hours we spent, in Twenty North, where Jakes Leg was the house band. (Randy, guitar player owned the bar.) Back then, one of my best friends played bass for 8 years(?) for the band, another worked the door, another tended bar. Heaven in St. Louis.

Rose Garland - Cover Band

Hi all, Well I was trying to track down a Canadian Grateful Dead Cover Band. A band called Rose Garland is playing at the Harball in MIlton, Ontario on April 17th. Anyone planning to go? Has anyone been to one of their shows? Playing in the Tower with Eyes on Fire in El Paso with a Cat

2 Nights of DSO!!

DSO is coming to do 2 nights at The Mystic Theatre (Petaluma, CA) next week! These guys always put on such a great show, I will be there both Tue 4/13 and Wed 4/14, hope to see some of you there! http://www.mystictheatre.com/show/detail/27047

TOMD (They're Only Mostly Dead)

Fun GD tribute/jam-band in Eastern NC. Every show different, always spacy, jammy, bouncy, groovy, never disappointing. www.TOMDilm.com

JGB Tribute in Oregon

Cats Under The Stars, based in Portland, Oregon, is a recently independent offshoot of the local GD tribute Ramblin' Rose that explores the music of the Jerry Garcia Band. Audio and video can be found here: http://www.facebook.com/catsunderthestars

the grateful dread

dead tunes with a reggae groovewww.thegratefuldread.com you can check out their new CD "live from martha's vineyard" at bandcamp.

european dead tribute bands

here is what i believe to be a complete list of dead tribute bands in europe.bands which are currently active, or at least maintain a web presence. if anyone knows any others in europe, please let me know and include contact details. (CZECH REPUBLIC) Bardo Thödol (DENMARK) Seven'th Heaven (FRANCE) Deadicace (GERMANY) Cosmic Finger Dead Again OE Kapelle S.A.M. Schluff Jull That's Wooden Music (SWEDEN) Mushroom Pickers Uncle John's Band (SWITZERLAND) Fresh Kneedrops (UNITED KINGDOM) Cosmic Charlies

Los Angeles

I've been wondering if there is indeed a market here in LA for a tribute act. One that spotlights their Americana/Cocaine Cowboy years and goes full acoustic like "Reckoning" Does your tribute act do well?

Dead Bank from Red Bank, NJ

Great Dead cover band from Red Bank, NJ! They have a slightly jazzier/funkier edge to them. Really cool. Their next show is Jan 27th at Jamian's on Monmouth Street in Red Bank. http://www.facebook.com/DeadBank

Dead On: Recreating the music of the Grateful Dead

June 24th at Best Buy Theatre in NYCDead On performs a Note For Note celebration of the Grateful Dead's 4th and 5th studio albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. www.deadonlive.com

Dead To The Core is JAMMIN' in San Pedro, CA

At local joint SACRED GROUNDS Friday April 8thCome on down, Mushroom is playing in the band now! 8-10PM FREE

Camp out shows

Even though I am new to the band and the scene, I am really interested in seeing a camp out show of some good dead tracks? I live in the Mid Atlantic area and don't know where I should get started. Any thoughts?

Corkscrew's recreates Europe '72 on 4/20! Litchfield, CT

Corkscrew will be recreating this most epic album Europe ’72 live on Friday 4/20 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the release. Ditto's 342 Bantam Rd, Litchfield, CT @ 9:30 Special guests $5

Orange County Heads! Join us on 5.19.12

Mountains of the Moon, an acoustic, Americana-themed cocaine cowboy celebration of the Good 'Ol Grateful Dead, performs at Brix in Sunset Beach, CA Come holler, sing along, and share your stories about truckin' up the coast with some of LA's finest players and pickers http://www.facebook.com/events/399993226707506/?ref=ts

GD music FREE @ House of Blues Sunset Strip Sat. March 9 '13

Dead to the Core has a last-minute gig at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip! We'd love to see you there. Check out the details at http://www.facebook.com/events/219292151548386/ Get your FREE ticket at http://dttc.eventbrite.com/

DttC gets green on St. Patty's Day

An evening of Grateful Dead music with... Dead to the Core For details, go to... http://www.facebook.com/events/134672213369282/ Cost: FREE Location: Orange, CA

ADCB

Hello, we play Dead tunes out of Carbondale, Illinois, and call ourselves quite aptly - Another Dead Cover Band. Right now, we're trying to set up some social sites to maybe get playing a few more venues in the area, and it has become important to seek out some form of correspondence regarding obtaining permissions to upload mp3s of us playing shows. Is this allowable? (Is this an applicable forum?) Thanks for any/all help ~ ADCB

this is not the place for hosting mp3s

but if you have them on YouTube or your own site, post a link here.

many kind thanks, marye

have a good tuesday!

many kind thanks, marye

we will keep you posted :) http://www.youtube.com/user/AnotherDeadCoverBand http://www.reverbnation.com/anotherdeadcoverband

excellent!

rock on!

Two teenagers play a great rendition of Birdsong

Have a listen.....http://youtu.be/lhFFA91HQeQ

Solo China Doll

Love what you've done. Here's a Solo from me...a bit of fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh69vWHin8 thanks. Justice

Florida GD Tribute band, Crazy Fingers.

Florida GD Tribute band, Crazy Fingers, seeking an experienced professional rhythm guitarist/vocalist for full time work. Must have track record of playing GD music. Video auditions by way of youtube only to begin, possible personal audition to follow. Email link to video along w/ your information to: fingeraudition@gmail.com

We're doin' it!

100% Grateful Dead cover band in northwestern Vermont: Folks Up in Treetops. Here's a recording of our last gig: https://archive.org/details/SetTwo11715

Cubensis

This band still pulls in the family crowd on a weekly basis delivering one of a kind amazing shows every time!!!

The Electrix -upcoming shows

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

-THE ELECTRIX-

Sat Dec 29th - Brickhouse Brewery
67 W Main St
Patchogue NY
631.298.0075
10pm
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Thurs Jan 10th - The Warehouse
203 Broadway
Amityville NY
631.238.1820
8pm
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Sat Jan 19th - Beau’s Bar
54 Broadway
Greenlawn NY
631.269.4302
10pm
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Sat Jan 26th - Thai Rock
375 B92nd St
Rockaway NY
718.945.5111
10pm
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Sat Feb 9th - Still Partners
225 Sea Cliff Av
Sea Cliff NY
516.200.9229
8pm
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Sun Feb 24th - The Warehouse
203 Broadway
Amityville NY
631.238.1820
12:30pm
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Sat March 2nd - Bobbique
70 E Main St
Patchogue NY
631.447.7744
9pm
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DEAD of WINTER XI
Sat March 23rd - Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
18 Peconic Av
Riverhead NY
631.727.5782
7:30pm
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Our schedule could be subject to change
Please confirm dates before traveling….
www.theelectrix.com
https://www.reverbnation.com/theelectrix?profile_view_source=header_ico…

From The Vault

Please check out the tribute band, From The Vault. Hailing from the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, these guys focus on the early years. Here is a tasty morsel :

https://archive.org/details/birdsong_ftv_190831

Grateful Dead Latin Style

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

Boston area tribute bands

The Grateful Friends are the best DEAD music purveyors in the Boston area.

Tribute Bands

What do Electric Hummus, Dead Jam and the Grateful Friends all have in common? They are all Boston area tribute bands led by Todd Lena (lead guitar player, singer and band leader). Todd is one of the very best Jerry style guitar players on the planet. When I play some of Todd's music for a Dead Head, they think it's a trick. They don't recognize the singer, but they think it's Jerry playing the lead guitar.

PIGPEN

Howdy Y'all !
For a Full Throttle PIGPEN experience, Check out ...
THE ALLIGATORS - from Southern California.
WWW.ALLIGATORS.LOVE
Here's a sample - https://www.alligators.love/videos/

Forgotten Space

Bar none, the best tribute band I've personally seen. Based in DFW, they occassionally go on the road. Keep an eye out.
I have not seen them since Kenny Withrow left the band, but the rhythm and drums are intact.

DSO Lot Scene?

Hey y’all is there a lot scene at DSO shows? I’ll be going to one night of the 2 night run in Burlington, VT in a few weeks! I want to sell some tie dye, dead themed cookies, and homemade bracelets.

TROUBLE AHEAD in Chicago...

Hey there - we're Trouble Ahead in Chicago. We wanted to introduce ourselves and share some videos, but the site won't let us do that now. Check us out on YouTube, look for TroubleAheadDeadBand. Hope to meet some of you soon.

Pur'p'l Tur't'lz Covers the Grateful Dead

Back in the day my band covered the Grateful Dead, when they were still the GD. Check it out!

Search this: Pur'p'l Tur't…

Search this: Pur'p'l Tur't'lz - Grateful Dead Covers

Hey y'all. Wanted to post…

Hey y'all. Wanted to post some info for my band called Tumbledown Shack based out of Fort Collins, Colorado! Check out our website below for dates.

TumbledownShackband *dot com

5 piece band that plays up and down the front range of Colorado. We play anywhere from 2-10 shows a month, full band electric and smaller acoustic shows. Check out our website for all our upcoming dates. We also do private events if you're interested in having us at your wedding, party, or similar!

We recently opened for Zach Nugent and Dead Set and our Bob player (Tony) got to play Bobby's "No Fun" guitar which was played at over 100 Grateful Dead shows!