JERRY GARCIA & THE GRATEFUL DEAD: AN APPRECIATION
My earliest memories of the Grateful Dead are me being confused as to why people loved them so much. I didn't understand why, when I walked into a record store in Old Forge, Pa., on Aug. 9, 1995, the ...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2018: PHIL LESH, UMPHREY’S MCGEE, MICHAEL FRANTI and MORE
Photos by Sam Watson The seventh annual Peach Music Festival on Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA, wrapped up last weekend with an exciting blend of classic rock royalty like Grateful Dead and Allma...
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HOLLY BOWLING FINDS THE KEYS TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who knows the music of the Grateful Dead and Phish, inside and out, better than Holly Bowling. And that includes the members of those iconic bands themselves. T...
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UNBROKEN CHAIN: GRAHAME LESH CONTINUES FAMILY LEGACY WITH MIDNIGHT NORTH
When many Grateful Dead fans talk about the band and their fellow Deadheads, they use the word "family." For Grahame Lesh, though, it goes a bit deeper than that. Lesh, the son of the Dead bass...
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NEAL CASAL ON CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, PLAYING JERRY GARCIA’S ‘WOLF’ & BEING A GOOD LIEUTENANT
Guitarist-photographer Neal Casal is one of a handful of musicians who can lay a legitimate claim to having played one of the late Jerry Garcia’s treasured guitars in the decades since Garcia’s 1995 d...
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ERIC KRASNO FINDS HIS VOICE ON SOLO DEBUT
Two-time Grammy winner Eric Krasno still considers himself fortunate for his ability to play guitar a quarter century after he shattered his left elbow in a fall during a basketball game his freshman ...
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ROB BARRACO ON HIS FIRST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW, PLAYING IN THE BAND WITH LESH, SINGING WITH WARREN HAYNES AND MEETING BOB DYLAN
Late last year, we spoke with Rob Barraco in advance of a few Mattston/Barraco & Friends performances. Inevitably, the conversation with Barraco – a pianist, keyboardist, occasional bassist and vo...
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JUSTIN MAZER ON ‘ANTI-GUITAR’ and ‘MAKING SURE IT’S AWESOME’
Photos by Brittany Boote If it seems like guitarist Justin Mazer has been everywhere lately, it’s because that’s essentially the case. Whether touring with American Babies, the rising, impossible-t...
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ANDERS OSBORNE’S INTERCONTINENTAL MUSICAL ADVENTURE HITS ARDMORE & PORT CHESTER
By Michael Lester Photos by Jay Blakesberg Name a low-paying, manual labor job, and singer-songwriter blues-based guitarist Anders Osborne has probably done it during his well-traveled, adventur...
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JACKIE GREENE ADDS TRIGGER HIPPY TO ROCKING RESUME
By Michael Lester With career-catapulting stints performing as a member of Phil Lesh & Friends and the Black Crowes, it would seem logical to label Sacramento singer-songwriter Jackie Greene a yo...
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