Grateful Web

04/08/2025

Right off the bat, the excitement was palpable when, in the middle of the opening tune, “Uncle John’s Band,” Stephen Stills appeared onstage to play in the band. Stills’ joined the Grateful Dead to play his song “Black Queen” twice; once on December 10, 1969 at the Fillmore East, and again on April 16, 1983, at the Brenden Byrne Arena in East, Rutherford, N.J. Here, Stills joined with Grahame Lesh, the late Phil Lesh’s son; Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith (of Dawes); Holly Bowling; Samson Grisman; John Molo; Nicki Bluhm; and Elliott Peck. Grahame Lesh was the event’s music director and was onstage throughout, while the two dozen or so other players came and went. Each piece of music was exciting, delivered with pace and power.

A cavalcade of accomplished, like-minded musicians with connections to Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and/or Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads nightclub appeared in San Francisco on July 31 for The Heart of Town, a four-hour, all-killer-no-filler tribute to Garcia, “GD60,” and the spirit of San Francisco.

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photos by the incredible Rosie McGee, Photographer and Storyteller

04/08/2025

With largely returning personnel from the sophomore album, (aside from new drummer William “Bronco” Clark and the guest additions of fiddler Lillie Mae Rische and pedal steel guitarist Brett Resnick) Donato, keyboardist Nathan “Sugar Legg” Aronowitz & bassist Will “Mustang” McGee weave a vibrant tapestry of sonic bliss over fifteen tracks that have all been heavily road tested and expanded upon. Reigning in those expansive jams to album length was a feat in and of itself, but Donato & Co. pull off the task in brilliant fashion. It is also immediately evident that Donato’s songwriting continues to grow and evolve from previous works, as this is undoubtedly his most polished album to date. And the end result? This is so much more than just happy campfire jams. That sound you hear is pure, unfiltered Americana pumping out of your speakers and into your ear canals.

These days, it can often times be a daunting task for those of us who are fans under the ever expanding umbrella of the genre known as country music to sift through the seemingly endless mire of tired, overplayed & shallow subjects like red solo cups, truck tailgates and bikini clad girls on a river...

04/08/2025

Remembering Satchmo on his birthday!

What A Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong. (C) 1967 ABCLyrics:I see trees of greenRed roses tooI see them bloomFor me and for youAnd I think to mys...

03/08/2025

“Lancy!” The kids and I made the turn off the back roads of Oak Hill, NY, onto the Walsh Family Farm for Grey Fox 2025 and her name hit me. Returning after 7 long years away, as my wheels hit the welcoming hay fields of Grey Fox’s world-class bluegrass festival, the magic of the place whispered to me. Lancy. Her family and friends were the amazing folks we had camped with every year between 2012 and 2018 at Grey Fox and, now that I remembered her name, I wondered if they were all here. It didn’t take long for the magic to touch us again. Mid–tent set-up, I realized we didn’t pack a hammer for our tent’s stakes. I went to the campsite next to ours to borrow one. You guessed it: the site was Lancy’s. Something about Grey Fox.

Thursday

03/08/2025

Happy Birthday, Sierra Ferrell! - photo by moran