The news is out, all over town... Mickey, Bill, and Bob have joined forces with Grammy Winning singer/guitarist John Mayer to form the band Dead & Company. The band will take the stage at the legendary Madison Square Garden on Halloween night, October 31, 2015 and will perform two sets of music drawing largely from the Dead’s historic catalog of songs.
The original members of Grateful Dead have announced two additional shows at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California on June 27th and 28th, as part of their “Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead” run. Along with the three shows at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th, and 5th, the run will mark the original members' last-ever performances together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano) and perform two sets of music each night.
Phil Lesh & Friends will be hitting the road for a November tour! The dates are:
November 7, 8 & 9 at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ
November 11, 12 & 13 at the Roseland Ballroom in NYC
November 15, 16, 17 & 18 at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY
The band features Phil, Jackie Greene, Joe Russo, John Kadlecik, Jeff Chimenti (Nov. 7, 8, 9 & 11 only) and Adam MacDougall (Nov. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 & 18 only).
The Mickey Hart Band has added new "Above the Clouds" tour dates in May in support of Hart's forthcoming album, Mysterium Tremendum, due out April 10th, 2012. The band also announced earlier this week that they will be performing at the All Good Music Festival in Thornville, OH on July 22.
The Donna Jean Godchaux Band will be on tour this January. See them in a city near you.
January 25th, 2012
Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson
The Iridium
1650 Broadway , NYC NY
Get tickets here.
January 26th, 2012
Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson
River Street Jazz Café
887 North River Street Plains , PA
Get tickets here.
Fans have been asking, who is in the Mickey Hart Band? Here is your first glimpse at the members of the Mickey Hart Band. Stay tuned for more inside looks coming soon.
Watch The Mickey Hart Band Winter Tour 11/30/11-1/21/12 Intro video here
Smithsonian Folkways Release Mickey Hart Collection Oct. 11th
Look for the the 7 Walkers, featuring Bill Kreutzmann, guitarist Papa Mali, multi-instrumentalist Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson, Fastball), and legendary New Orleans bass man George Porter Jr. (The Meters, Funky Meters) in a city near you this Fall. Starting with three shows in New York, including a two-night stand at City Winery on September 2 & 3, the band will make its way to Colorado before swinging back through the South and wrapping up the tour at Durham, NC's Carolina Theatre on October 23. With George Porter Jr.
Furthur will be playing the East Coast and Midwest throughout November, 2011, with the tour dates below. Go to Furthur.net for complete tour information and ticketing information.
When we first spoke with Furthur lead guitarist John Kadlecik for Dead.net over a year ago, he was still getting acclimated to that new band, finding his way with the other players, growing into the material. This is a band that pretty much hit the ground running and was hot from the get-go; still they have definitely evolved a lot together and become stronger with each tour. And John, in particular, has gotten more assertive in his playing, taking the group’s repertoire in some exciting new directions.
