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Our band, the indefatigable Big Daddy Lawman, is currently the only band in the south of Italy (to our knowledge) that is producing three part harmony country rock. We even have the sheer nerve to take on some Dead tunes - Don't Ease Me In, Know You Rider, Candyman, Ripple - as well as covers of Doug Sahm, Merle Haggard, Commander Cody, Neil Young, Byrds, Burritos, Gram Parsons,Townes Van Zandt, Gene Clark, Dylan, Band, Jayhawks & Buffalo Springfield. Our neighbours dig us the most, especially during our 4 hour Saturday rehearsals. Original material currently being polished for studio recording! Watch this space if you're still wearing your cowboy boots!

The obligations of having six children have been considerable, but in the last few years, ideas which were there in the background, i.e., there all along, have been getting kind of more coherent and insistent; and I realised that if I don't do anything about those dreams, nothing would happen; so I'm now writing, and it's happening very fast. The pieces I'm working on (Many mansions for 4 pianos and Memoria for string quartet, soprano, and tubular bells) are in certain ways connected with the Gulf war and the greed and sorrow that have precipitated it and followed it. I served as a soldier in the first war in the early 1990's and a lot of the things that happened emotionally in that time were difficult - and in many ways the music comes from the memories of that tension and conflict. If anyone wants to see what this stuff looks like, or ask me anything about it, or the war, drop me a message - mind you, the kids make my life difficult and complicated - but fun! so I might be a bit occupied. There are other pieces on the way, mostly influenced by Bartok, Debussy, Jacob Druckmann, and Dick's Picks No 5.. and gospel music from when I was a kid. I'm going to publish a few pages from each piece soon, probably on http://slugger.myfriendsreunited.com. Slugger was my army nickname... . "Anything can happen in the next half-hour!

Mark, what you are doing sounds fascinating and I'm sure I'm not the only one here who would love to hear it. "Folk rock for groovin families!" myspace.com/chipwithrow chipwithrow.com

Check us out at Joey G's in Madison Indiana 7/28 or Hippie Jacks Americana Festival in Crawford Co. TN on Labor Day Weekend. Available on Itunes and CD Baby. Peace in our time, J. Stockbridge Mundane www.thejimmymundanes.com

Mark, thanks for your sacrifice and I look forward to hearing your music. I dream of composing some pieces as well but as I can't read music or understand the theories of classical/orchestral composition so it may be quite some time-with the miracle of modern midi technology though I may slowly build up to some-guess I'll keep working on the rock and roll (a few of my songs are quite orchestrated come to think of it....). Rasta Billy there are some really terrific lyrics you have there. They are enjoyable just as a read and that is some feat to my mind; for a lyric to read as well as it sings! Well done!

Thanks for the feedback, there are about 16 tunes available for free listening : www.broadjam.com search:The Jimmy MundanesI am finding time to check out everyone's stuff and am impressed with the variety and commitment you all have in continuing the freedom of what is a mostly conservative art form. Peace in our time J. Stockbridge Mundane www.thejimmymundanes.com Kentucky Green Party

Howdy,I'm at soundclick.com/bandylou and myspace.com/bandylou. my music takes some inspiration from Aoxomoxoa/Workingman's era Dead, among other sources. The Dusty creaky folky side of things. Peace, Bandy Lou

Hey NowJust thought I'd post an update. I played last week with some old cohorts at the oregon country fair and an unexpected guest by the name of Billy Kreutzmann sat in on drums! I immediately whipped out my notepad that contained my list of "things to do before I die" and abruptly scratched off # 37, "Jam with Billy Kreutzmann" Just thought you'all would like to know. :-)

I just got back the mixed and mastered version of my first CD, and I'm looking for some help - from parents, mainly, but really from anyone who remembers what it's like to be a kid.What I'm looking for are short (1 paragraph or less) quotes about my music to go in my press kit. The CD is called Everyday Things, and it is family- and kid-oriented folk rock, but I've also seen some grownups without kids grooving to the songs when I perform them. In return, I'll send you some merchandise - right now we are doing t-shirts, stickers, toys, and CD singles. I'll be able to get some cool stuff out to you in about a month. What I'd like you to do is to go to my website, chipwithrow.com, or myspace.com/chipwithrow, and have a listen. Better still, if you have children, have them listen with you. Then, if you like what you hear, send me your short review to chipwithrow@yahoo.com. If you don't want me to use your name in the press kit, I'll just do something like first name or what part of the country you're from. Thanks, Chip "Folk rock for groovin families!" myspace.com/chipwithrow chipwithrow.com

...of 'A Tall Tale'.....just a bit of a remix.http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir

Will check it out ...pretty busy right now though.....keep on rockin'!

"Driven by the wind like the dust that blows around"

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I play percussion in an Ann Arbor, MI based band called Treetown Underground. All of our members have been influenced by the Dead in one way or another. We are a mix of jazz, bluegrass, folk, funk, samba, klezmer, and more. We begin recording our first album in September. If there's anyone in the Midwest (or anywhere else for that matter) looking to trade gigs, please let me know. myspace.com/treetownunderground If my words did flow........

My band is the Stringtown PIckers. We have been at it for about 7 years and 4 of us are pretty hard core heads. It is hard to find a good banjo player that gave up a decade to follow the dead and others, and we haven't found that guy yet. But, our guy can pick a little bit. We started out doing a lot of dead covers, but now we only do Friend, and even that is ripping fast. Hope you enjoy it.www.stringtownpickers.com www.myspace.com/stringtownpickers

I am interested in meeting Charlotte, NC area deadheads who are musicians and are interested in informal jamming. I have been playing electric/acoustic 6-string guitar with a little pedal steel for the past 40 years (which makes me an old man at age 53!) and frequently play outdoors in Freedom Park on Saturdays with a portable battery-operated rig. I'm no professional, but after 40 years how bad could I be? Contact me and maybe we can jam. Dave

I Just Play with one of my bands Hell69 In Kona Hawaii at LuLu,s it was so much for more info about My Music go to http://www.gnpmusic.com/ I just become friends with Sonic Youth.I guess Lee was a dead Head. I am also looking to helping other musicians and we should play as much as we can you call me at 707 528 3211. I can play most any thing I learned a lot for the the boys You know the Dead. thank you Hello from Joshua C. Digman

Hello everyone i', john i play bass in Jam and the Playground kids. We are a band based out of nort central illinois trying to spread our wings and start traveling spreading our music. Here is a paragraph describing JPK. Jam and The Playground Kids is a unique blend of crowd energy and original creativity. They use the crowd to fuel their artistic visions, making for an explosive experience for both the band and the crowd alike. This energetic mix opens the gates for improvasational music and intence spinning, jumping,and dancing that everyone gets into. There's always that excitement whenever they play and neither the band or the crowd knows what to expect next! Although the Band enjoys showing respect to all musicians and genre's who have influenced them, they concentrate mostly on original material and spreading good insight and love to everyone who witnesses them play. Come see this musical conconction and good time infusion for yourself! ENJOY you can check out where and what we played @ www.myspace.com/jamandtheplaygroundkids I hope to see some of you cats from the chicago area in our crowd thanx JPK247

19 year old guitarist (singer/songwriter) in Kansas City, MO Looking to form original sounding folk/bluegrass/psychedelic jam band Looking for rythm guitar, drums/percussion, bass, keys,possibly violin, banjo, mandolin, etc. Influenced by bluegrass,down home country,and spaced-out psychedelia: allman brothers, grateful dead, phish, string cheese incident, widespread panic, YMSB, HBR, Keller, Pink Floyd, STS9 etc. Must not have a problem with open-ended jamming/long improvisations (musical conversations) and GROOVIN. Also, NO BIG EGOS! I write lots of original material, but am not a control freak; I encourage absolute equality among bandmembers, collaboration and for others to bring material in with them if they'd like. If you'd just like to jam a few times to just see how it goes, maybe go from there, that's fine by me. Age doesn't matter, I'm 19 and I don't judge so I ask the same in return.

"..one good thing, one good thing, when it hits you feel no pain..." LISTEN UP! see www.rockmitzvah.com This is more than a band, it is a spiritual response to the dilution of the true meaning of 'rights of passage' for young men and women. Tired of the old T and A dancing chicks and dreadlocked pretty boy DJ's that characterize the overthetop party scene for youngsters in America...do something meaningful, challenging, and rocking!

Hey heads, I am a horn player-trumpet in West of Boston, Massachussets area...I have been working on my chops (had not played for 15 or more years!) and am getting good enough to at least sit in with a band that may cover Dead, J. Garcia Band, Santana, Gato Barbieri, Clapton etc. Oddly found a great niche playing to a lot of JGB blues based stuff..parroting and improvising of Jerry's voice and leads and parroting lots of Santana leads with improv...it actually sounds pretty amazing in my big ass living room... will record and post later...but I do Senor, Simple Twist of Fate, I Shall be Released, Masterpiece..hell I could probably sit in with Rat Dog as they have no trumpet....Bobby you reading this..if I get a reply I will bring it with me to Hampton Beach Rat Dog show in a Heart Beat (course I guess Hunter should be first on the list as well as Lesh as they BOTH Play the trumpet- Yep you have not been keeping up if you dunno that--Lesh most know but Hunter has it on his blog--heck he even wrote me once--i am not worthy!).. ..lets do Senor (tales of Yankee power) by Bob Dylan..one of my favs... Bruce "if the Thunder don't get ya then the lightning will!"- The Wheel "Gonna find out something only dead men know" - Silvio Class of Red Rocks '79... Life without the Dead is not life...and so we carry on...

Talented 17 year old guitarist. www.myspace.com/ldhamrock. Looking for serious musicians! Love the grateful deads wonderful music! LDHamrock

My name is Dave Kopec and I play lead guitar and sing for Franklin Turnpike. We've been jamming for many a long year. Our highlights include sharing the stage with Hot Tuna, Commander Cody, Tom Constanten, New Riders of the Purple Sage, God Street Wine, and the David Nelson Band. We can count Jason Crosby, Bernie Reilly, and Joe Russo as our jam-mates as well. With Jason's awesome band I have had the priviledge of playing with Richie Cannatta, Walter King, Shannon McNally, Derek Trucks, Jeff Sipe, Oteil Burbridge, and Dave Diamond, among others. I'm also playing 5 string banjo and madolin with my bluegrass band: The Ramapo Mountain Boys. The bluegrass bug has bit me hard and will never let go. We are based out of Bergen County in New Jersey so if you want to check us out, jam out, or hang out, contact me through www.myspace.com/franklinturnpike. Peace

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Hey I play in this band called Ultraviolet Hippopotamus. We're from Michigan, play the midwest. We just got a new recording on archive.org check it out, right a review if you got the time. Peace.http://www.archive.org/details/uvh2007-10-19.uvh2007-10-19.sbd.flac

I've been playing bass with these guys since May and while the summer was very very hectic, we're taking it kinda easy right now. However, look for more tours to both coasts in the spring and the summer will likely be more madness. www.greatamericantaxi.net We will be at the Emerald Cup in Humboldt in December as well as some other NoCal venues. If you do come by, please, please do say hello! Peace and good jams to all! Edwin

Me and my drum machine mixing board play couple of Grateful Covers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMtTmjWYzvk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI-qCXT2u5c PK

Check us out at : myspace.com/electronicvibrationsorchestra We have new lineup of musicians and will soon be changing our name, but the sounds will remain the same. Come groove with us...

"Coming together in 2006, the JFP is the melting pot for so many different styles of music. Rock, jazz, funk, soul, R&B, blues, folk, reggae...., it's all there." New Sounds Online Sept.'06 "We cover some of the greatest songs of all time.", says Jason Ferguson, guitarist and vocalist for the JFP. "And though we pay heavy homage to Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders in the way we arrange our material, it's really tough to pin us down to any one style. It's not hard to describe what we're actually doing, I say first and foremost, we're a rock & roll band." Besides covering songs by American and International artists such as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, The Rolling Stones, Marvin Gaye, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Cliff and Van Morrison, the JFP digs back deep into the catalogues of these greats to pull out their lesser known material. "We give the flops the royal treatment too.", says Gregory Smith, bassist and vocalist. Jason adds, "We're like a rescue and salvage operation. When I go to a record store looking for material I go into the back, or look under the shelves, you know what I mean?" With an equal blend of the jam sensibility of bands like The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers, and the lockstep tightness along the lines of Little Feat and The Funky Meters, the JFP brings back the obscure songs that built the foundation for today's popular music. Carefully crafting their interpretation of these songs has given the JFP a sense of freedom, and along with that freedom comes those magical musical moments where chances are taken, and where an old tune can sound brand new.....

Xmy husband and i have past experience with various bands in the tri state area currently we are experimenting with a repitior of dead and jazz standards sung by ladies like nina simone sara vhaun and billie worked out a nice arrangement of my favorite things but mastercard did a cheezy commercial and killed it for us song feels cheep now hopefully time will heel the wound and restore its original glory got old tour head friend from back in the jerry days on rhythm guitar that joins in on occasion

Wow hip forum topic! I've got some vids posted up on http://www.youtube.com/jkstraw of mainly Dead related cover tunes (acoustic). I'm not that great at guitar - but am woodshedding with a teacher right now and making some progress. Hopefully in the next year or so I will have some Electric attempts posted as well. http://www.youtube.com/jkstraw Always looking for constructive feedback and local heads to jam with.

I'm in a band named Hey You Guuuys...check us out! Ok, so it's just me... www.purevolume.com/heyyouguuuys P.S. If you like weasels and you like johnny cash you should check us (me) out BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE CLUB OF YAVNEH ACADEMY and our sponsors Art Vandelay Industries NORML The Human Fund

Greetings...all. July, 2007 marked the release of Will King's solo album, Come on in from the Cold. Featuring twelve Americana-twinged tracks, special guests include Grammy nominated John Cohen [The New Lost City Ramblers, and recently featured in Martin Scorsese's documentary on Bob Dylan, No Direction Home]. Cohen, who has been said to have served as inspiration for the Grateful Dead's "Uncle John's Band," plays mandolin and sings on the title track. John Ventimiglia [Artie Bucco, The Sopranos] co-wrote "28 Days," and sings on the title tracks refrain.Other guests include Drummer Doug Yowell [Suzanne Vega, The Dragonflys], bassist Saul Zonana [Ace Frehley, Luv Junkies] and vocalist RJ King. paste: http://cdbaby.com/cd/willking to check it out... For more information, please visit www.willkingmusic.com - click "music" to hear title track! Check out "Pathways to Freedom" page featuring new song recorded with drummer Aaron Comess [Spin Doctors]. If you can assist in any way [bookings/gigs - spreading the music/word] that would be great! Would be great to hear your thoughts on the album...drop a line... Many thanks....be well

Hi i have a few new tunes and remixes of the older ones on my page now. The tunes are all tributes to the Dead except for On the Road which is more of a breeze through the beat scene etc (brief and not in depth but I think catchy) and Memphis Hideaway is more inspired by the Dead scene that a tribute to the band. I hope you enjoy them. http://www.myspace.com/dcmuir Merry Christmas all!

nice tunes :)

hEY nOW! The band Covert Operations plays the Flint, Michigan area--these guys are a must see. Starting December 28 and every friday thru Feburary these guys will be rocking the Purple Moon on Dort Highway. Any Michigan heads within the area please do yourself a favor. I have never seen a group like this.

www.soundclick.com/bluewank You have been warned.

Hi Everybody, I'm new posting here, but I'll take a shot at it. Anyways, on Friday, February 15, 2008 there is going to be a charity concert for children in Nepal at 7pm at Fremont Junior High in Mesa, Arizona (see below for address). All proceeds go directly to a NGO in Nepal. They spend so little on anything but the children that they don't even have a website. My band, Bobby McGee and the Hippies (assuming that Bobby doesn't get pneumonia before the concert), will be playing Let it Be (Beatles)(I'm sorry it's not a Grateful Dead song, but we really liked let it be, or at least our Republican drummer did). We'd really appreciate any of you who are going to be in Mesa, Arizona to come down and support us, since it is for a good cause. Thanks. Here is the address: Fremont Junior High 1001 N. Power Road Mesa, Arizona 85205 "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, only then will the world know peace." -Jimi Hendrix

we gave it a good run from 1992-2002.. four albums, many shows, a hell of a lot of fun. we were even featured on KFOG's local anesthetic program as up and comers at one point. and then reality set in with jobs, kids, etc. www.myspace.com/theoriginalruleofthumb if you like what you hear, our last two albums ('wow and flutter' and 'fade to buzz' are available on iTunes, rhapsody, eMusic, etc.) thanks for listening! big microscope: live music and liberal rants

I live in the Chicago area/ suburbs, I am a drummer, looking for like minded souls to jam with. That good old jam band hippie rock. If your the one drop me a line. Even if your just coming through town. PEACE

My band is called the Red Eyed Rum Runners . . . it forms spontaneously at my Dad's gigs when they take a break and I get together with his crew and jam a couple of numbers. It's fun playing in the Bible Belt and the people are nice. It's no fun bein' an illegal aliuuuun.

Hey now! Check out our Chicago band called The Ultrasonic Project! Kind of funky like New Orleans, kind of jazzy like MMW, kind of rock like The GD! We are an instrumental 5-piece of guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, and DJ. Check us out, be our friend! We are inches away from releasing our new 2008 demo CD. Hope you like it http://www.ultrasonicproject.com http://www.myspace.com/ultrasonicproject http://www.sonicbids.com/TheUltrasonicProject

I can't breathe without music, so it was only natural that I began writing and performing my own songs starting about ten years ago. I have a backing band and, whenever we play live, we rely heavily upon improvisation and playing in the moment. In the studio, it's much harder. I'd love it if some of you checked out some of my music. I was influenced very heavily by Motown when I was a child, so that comes out in my vocals. The music itself is basically acoustic based folk-rock. www.myspace.com/calebbraudrick Peace, Caleb “Let there be songs to fill the air.”

Im just just a drunkin harp player searching for a songwaiting for my time just to play along. everybodies singing everybody dancing notes arent clean but the message clear have another shot of whiskey and savor that beer I play my harp and hold it near sometimes i even shed a tear I hear the sound of a lonely train the trip is long as it cries her name howling down the track of pain. chugga chugga chugga chugaa whooooooooo hooooooooo chugga chugga chugga chugga whooooooooo hooooooooo

Please check out my band at www.reverbnation/thepowergoats.comOur music is free to download - Thanks!

It's my first post here - how's it goin'?Just thought I'd chime in about the band thing. Isn't the interent neat? My band's at www.reverbnation/thepowergoats.com. I'm the 'frontman' I guess you could say. Our stuff is currently free to download. It's rock - Stonesy stuff since we used to be a cover group. I'm hoping, as we jam more, to get longer, looser stuff happening - but this is what we've got for now. Thanks! Jamie

Hey everyone, This is my first post and I must admit, I'm a bit nervous about looking foolish by posting in the wrong place or something. Anyways, I've been a fan of Garcia's brilliant guitar work (as I'm sure all of us are) since first learning to appreciate it. Over time, I've tried to emulate aspects of Jerry's musical expression by transcribing a few of his solos, right now I'm working on his solos from Franklin's Tower on the "One From the Vault" album (totally forgot what show that was from). Working Jerry's solos out has been by far one of the most difficult endeavors I've ever attempted musically, but it's so rewarding, and I'm sure a few of my fellow guitarists on here could probably handle the challenge with much greater ease. While considering this a few weeks ago, I thought of Charlie Parker's Omni Book, in which about 60 of his solos are transcribed. I think we could probably do the same for Jerry's solos, though considering the over 15,000 recorded hours we have of Jerry's guitar work, the project would be much larger than just a book. Originally I had the idea of putting a giant website together devoted to this task of cataloging transcriptions of Jerry's solos. Before even beginning however, I wanted the feedback of other heads out there, in many ways I wanted your approval, as I'm not sure how Jerry himself would've greeted the idea. Let me know what you all think and whether any of you would be interested in helping out.

I'm not a band, just a solo singer/songwriter, though I play almost all the instruments on my recordings (except drums). www.jimbalcerek.com myspace.com/jimbalcerek My new album, Playing Life by Ear, is available from the myspace page, the website, and iTunes. So far it's the best representation of the music that has been in my head, and I'm sure there's some Dead influence in there since I was practically raised on their music and have been playing it for as long as I have been able to play anything. I also sometimes play live solo acoustic and have slipped in some Dead tunes. But honestly I'm getting a little tired of playing solo. So if anyone in the greater Philly area is interested in getting together, just let me know.