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Phil Lesh talks about Terrapin Landing
Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 2:12PM ;)
Phil Lesh - Bass Architect
[via Furthur Forum]
We’re taking the first steps to make a long time dream- a permanent musical home- come true. We are purchasing a building in Marin, and plan on remodeling it to feel like an old barn; we ‘re calling it Terrapin Landing. We will continue with Furthur while making music at Terrapin Landing when we are at home.
The music will be varied, featuring:
- Phil Lesh & Friends (continuing the tradition of revolving lineups, including old as well as new friends)
- West Coast Rambles, based on (and blessed by) Levon Helm's historic Rambles
- Album night- we pick a favorite album or two to play live
- Telstar night- we put together a band for free form improvisation
- Sing-alongs to monthly Sunday morning gospel music
- Trivia nights
- Monthly big band night
- Seminars with local musicians and artists
Our goal is to create a vibrant community gathering place: beautiful, comfortable, welcoming - for members of the community to commingle and enjoy good music.
- Phil
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Friday, August 20, 2010 at 5:12PM ;)
Peter Rowan
photo by: David Gans
www.dgans.com
The band Greyspoke started the festivities on Saturday. Lead by Rob Eaton Jr. (son of DSO’s Rob Eaton Sr) on lead guitar, the band ran into some member troubles before the show even started. All but two members of the band were able to make it but as we’ve come to know in the Grateful Dead community, one person’s problems become everybody’s solution. With a plethora of talented musicians willing to help, a plan was quickly devised that saw Eaton Jr and bassist Rudy Kiburis joined on stage by Eaton’s dad, Rob Sr. on rhythm guitar and vocals, DSO’s Lisa MacKay on backup vocals, DSO’s Rob Barraco on keys and Barraco’s son, Rob Barraco Jr. on drums. The band lead the crowd along one of the musical highlights of the day with the band jamming ABB’s “Dreams” and Eaton Sr leading Marty Robin’s “Big Iron”. Talking with Eaton Jr after the show he agreed that sometimes, in the face of adversity, opportunity will arise, “It was my first time playing with my dad in a setting like this. It’s something I’ve always wanted. I’ve sat in with DSO a couple of times and played around the fire but nothing like this. It was really a special thing.”
festivals, grateful dead, gratefulfest in Reviews Grateful Fest: Part I
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 12:25PM 
JGB Band with Melvin Seals
;)
Review and Photos By: Blair Babcock
Nelson Ledges
Fri. July 2, 2010 - Mon. July 5, 2010
[editors note: With work in redesigning jambands.ca along with the coverage of Ottawa Bluesfest, this Grateful Fest review got lost in post produciton edit. It has been faithfully remastered and restored in beautiful 1080p for your viewing pleasure. Part II to follow...]
Canada Day started off with the normal excitement one works up when one knows their next 4 days will be filled with the sounds dearest to our hearts. Sounds filled with warm tonality. Sounds that take you on a journey in and through time. Sounds of laughter and reminiscing. Sounds of new voices that become familiar and familiar voices that never grow old. Sounds that are home to some of us and, for others, sounds that are our home away from home.
We arrived Grateful Fest (Nelson Ledges Quarry Park, Garrettsville, OH) on Thursday evening to a community of brothers and sisters bound together by the soundtrack of the of our lives – the Grateful Dead. As we approached the gates, the energy in the air was palpable. Even the tension from the ridiculous wait at the border melted away as an assembly of smiles, dreadlocks, patchwork pants and patchouli drifted by. We went and set up camp and enjoyed the shade provided by the surrounding trees and friendly faces. After a while we went for a walk down Shakedown Street. A number of vendors were set up with everything from engrained art to homemade clothing to paintings to beautifully handcrafted carvings to Dead-inspired tiling to music photographs to a build-your-own-hand-drum stand present. Shakedown sucked us into its vortex and when it spit us out we found ourselves directly in front of the main stage with the quarry and beach only a coupled hundred feet away and the second stage only a hundred feet or so behind us. A serene setting for a weekend of peace and harmony…….life seemed pretty good! If one was so inclined, floating in the quarry while taking in all the weekend’s festivities and music was an achievable goal!
festivals, grateful dead, gratefulfest in Reviews Furthur Gets Underway....
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 11:29PM A nice intro shot of the stage, the crowd and the band entering- and a surprisingly steady shot and good sound for the whole opener: Alabama Getaway. Check this user backpackdave for tonnes of other great Bluesfest footage!
If you look closely you can see jay, Ocelot and Northern Wish in the bottom right hand- and for good stretches bouche is shooting photos from the pit in a nice normal Hawaiian shirt.
Check it out and get Casey'd!
furthur, grateful dead, live music, ottawa bluesfest, youtube in Video Remembering Brent Mydland
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 10:49AM Today is the 20th anniversary of Brent Mydland's last show with the Grateful Dead. He was found dead 3 days later. Do you think that he the Dead's greatest keyboardist ever on their payroll?
grateful dead, youtube in Video Furthur at Ottawa Bluesfest
Friday, July 9, 2010 at 1:45PM ;)
Bob Weir during Furthur's set at Ottawa Bluesfest.
by Dave Barrett
Photograph by Mike Bouchard
see the rest of the photos here
The various incarnations of bands incorporating the former members of the Grateful Dead have met with varying degrees of success over the years since 1995, however any doubts as to whether or not this latest assembly would prove to be the real deal were assuaged last night from the get-go. The lineup, featuring Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, John "Fake Jerry" Kadlecik of Dark Star Orchestra, Jeff Chimenti of RatDog on keyboards, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo on drums, is inspired and it was apparent throughout the show that they're very used to playing with one another and listen to one another very well. Kadlecik featured from the start, taking lead vocals for an Alabama Getaway opener which set the tone for the night (I thought Chimenti was a beast throughout this number). The pedigree of each band member was obvious and they made their tight, controlled virtuoso changes and jams seem effortless and natural. Russo in particular was grabbing the attention of many and his driving rhythms proved a refreshing change to the sometimes meandering approaches from some of his predecessors on older versions of the songs.
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