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Dark Star Orchestra Fall 2024 Tour Features 7 NY Dates

Grateful Dead cover band Dark Star Orchestra (DSO) has announced their Fall 2024 tour which sees 11 dates in the northeast including 7 dates in NY.

Performing to critical acclaim for over 25 years and over 3100 shows, Dark Star Orchestra continues the Grateful Dead live concert experience. Their shows are built off the Dead’s extensive catalog and the talent of these seven fine musicians.

On any given night, the band will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead’s 30 years of extensive touring or use their catalog to program a unique set list for the show. This allows fans both young and old to share in the experience. By recreating set lists from the past, and by developing their own sets of Dead songs, DSO offers a continually evolving artistic outlet within this musical canon.

Honoring both the band and the fans, Dark Star Orchestra’s members seek out the unique style and sound of each era while simultaneously offering their own informed improvisations. DSO offers much more than the sound of the Grateful Dead; they truly encapsulate the energy and the experience. It’s about a sense of familiarity. It’s about a feeling that grabs listeners and takes over. It’s about that contagious energy…in short, it’s about the complete experience and consistent quality show that the fan receives when attending a DSO show.

Dark Star Orchestra Fall 2024 Tour Dates:

Nov 15, 2024 – The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY

Nov 16, 2024 – The Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY

Nov 17, 2024 – MJN Convention Center – Poughkeepsie, NY

Nov 20, 2024 – Rome Capitol Theatre – Rome, NY

Nov 21, 2024 – Broome County Forum Theatre – Binghamton, NY

Nov 22, 2024 – House of Blues Boston – Boston, MA

Nov 23, 2024 – College Street Music Hall – New Haven, CT

Nov 26, 2024 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh, PA

Nov 27, 2024 – Penn’s Peak – Jim Thorpe, PA

Nov 29, 2024 – The Paramount – Huntington, NY

Nov 30, 2024 – The Paramount – Huntington, NY

For more information on Dark Star Orchestra’s upcoming Fall 2024 tour and to purchase tickets, click here.

November 17, 2024
Newly Released ‘Grateful: The Music Plays The Band’ Features Covers from Friends New and Old

ALP has officially released Grateful: The Music Plays The Band, a new 17-track album that features classic Grateful Dead songs covered by many of their friends. It contains selections played by familiar names like Oteil Burbridge and Dark Star Orchestra but also ALO, Doom Flamingo, and more.

Proceeds from this LP will benefit The Grateful Guitars Foundation, a nonprofit charity that obtains world-class musical instruments for people who seek to carry on the tradition of jam band music into the 21st century and beyond.

Grateful features longtime and newcomer bands influenced by the music of the Grateful Dead, committed to expanding the group’s sound in various musical directions – from live grooves to Afrobeat to sultry synth-driven pop. But there’s also touches of vintage Grateful Dead as well, with a track from David Nelson Band, a former New Rider of the Purple Sage and longtime cohort. See below for a full track listing.

Founded by Andy Logan in 2019, the Grateful Guitars Foundation not only serves to put guitars in the hands of musicians in the community but also supports music instruction in schools to seed the next generation of talented players. To capture the tones of specific eras of Grateful Dead concerts, Logan worked with luthiers across the country to build a library of models of every guitar played by Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir from 1965-1995.

Logan then loaned these instruments out to bands doing recreation shows, most notably to Phil Lesh & Friends at Terrapin Crossroads in 2015 and 2016. Logan himself also owns two historic pieces of Grateful Dead memorabilia – “Alligator,” a Fender Stratocaster Garcia played by Jerry Garcia 1971 to 1973 (so-named because of a sticker on it), and the Martin D-28 with which he recorded “Ripple.”

“These instruments should be played, not mounted on a wall,” says Logan. “I wanted to share them with the fans and players who have loved the Grateful Dead, so that the jam scene is enlivened by their unique tones and historical significance.”

Grateful: The Music Plays The Band can be found on all streaming platforms here and to learn more about The Grateful Guitars Foundation visit gratefulguitars.org.

Grateful: The Music Plays the Band tracklist:

1. “Jack Straw” – Dark Star Orchestra

2. “Friend of the Devil” – David Nelson Band

3. “Peggy-O” – Alex Jordan & Friends

4. “Candyman” – Katie Skene & Andrea Whitt

5. “They Love Each Other” – ALO

6. “One More Saturday Night” – BERTHA: Grateful Drag

7. “Loser” – Michael James Wheeler

8. “Touch of Grey” – Doom Flamingo

9. “So Many Roads” – John Kadlecik

10. “Music Never Stopped” – Cubensis

11. “China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider” – La Horsa Bianca

12. “Stella Blue” – Oteil Burbridge

13. “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” – Unlimited Devotion

14. “Sugaree” – Brown Eyed Women

15. “See What Love Can Do” – Jerry’s Middle Finger

16. “Dark Star” – Afro Dead

17. “Morning Dew” – Dark Star Orchestra

View Grateful Dead shows from across the years in New York State with our interactive map below

June 9, 2024
Great South Bay Music Festival is Back with Another Stellar Lineup for This Summer

Long Island’s largest and longest running four-day music and art festival is back with another groovy lineup. The Great South Bay Music Festival will host their 16th anniversary at Shorefront Park in Patchogue, NY. The festival is sponsored by Voodoo Ranger.

The Great South Bay Music Festival in 2019

The elite festival will take place July 18 through 21 and will host a wide variety of artists of many genres. Contemporary and classic rock, jazz, jam, blues, Americana, ska, reggae, alternative and funk will be represented this summer with over 60 featured artists.

Also included in the festival are several draft beer and wine tents, along with a food court of diverse selections. A craft market will also be showcased. The fest will present four very different days of music, with a lineup of headline artists alongside cutting-edge rising stars.

Featured artists include blues-rock legend Joe Bonamassa, Jim Messina of Buffalo Springfield, and phenom guitarist Brandon “Taz” Niederauer. Saturday is Jam Day and continuing the Grateful Dead Live Concert Experience as no one else can, is Dark Star Orchestra. Newly added acts include Start Making Sense, Aqua Cherry, Funkin A, Enrose, Rob Europe, Chris Ruben Band, Lex Grey & Urban Pioneers, Stanton Anderson Band, Imposters, Drop The 4, Chloe Halpin, & IRIEspect.

The Disco Biscuits support with their brand of “Trancefusion”, bridging the gap between electronic music and jam bands. Also appearing is Asbury Park New Jersey’s famed quintet: Dogs In A Pile, Dopapod, psychedelic indie-rocker Karina Rykman and more.

Closing out the Great South Bay Music Festival is legendary rock group YES. Accompanying the Sunday stage is Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre, and Talking Heads Tribute: Start Making Sense.

Festival Times:

Thursday, July 18: Doors are at 3:00 pm, fest goes till 10pm.

Friday, July 19: Doors are at 3:00PM, music till 11pm,

Saturday July 20.: Doors are at 1:00pm, music till 11pm,

Sunday July 21: Doors are at 2:00pm with performances till 10pm.

Ticket price includes all concerts and entertainment. Food and beverages not included. Children under 10 are free. For more information on The Great South Bay Music Festival and tickets, click here.

February 21, 2024
Dark Star Orchestra Returns to The Stanley Theatre

Dark Star Orchestra has announced their only New York date of their upcoming tour, returning to The Stanley Theatre in Utica on Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m.

Dark Star Orchestra, photo by Filip Zalewski.

Recreating the sound, energy, and experience of The Grateful Dead, the renowned Dark Star Orchestra marks two decades and over 3,000 shows of musical excellence. Committing to authenticity and to the unique live experience, they have become a staple in the world of live performances. With seven talented musicians, the band brings the Dead’s music to life, using historical setlists and crafting their own unique sets locally and internationally.

Previous guest performances with Dark Star Orchestra include those of six original Grateful Dead members, including Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Bill Kreutzmann, and collaborations with artists like Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish, showcasing the band’s credibility and deep connection to the music community. “For us, it’s a chance to recreate some of the magic that was created for us over the years,” keyboardist and vocalist Rob Barraco explains. “We offer a sort of a historical perspective at what it might have been like to go to a show in 1985, 1978 or whenever. Even for Deadheads who can say they’ve been to a hundred shows in the 90s, we offer something they never got to see live.”

For nearly a century, The Stanley Theatre has brought the community together with live concerts, Broadway shows, musicals, ballets, movies, graduations, and recitals. Today, The Stanley Theatre operates as a not-for-profit organization run by the Central New York Community Arts Council, Inc. Originally built as a movie palace, The Stanley Theatre opened its doors in 1928 with 2,963 seats, a grand entry staircase that resembles the main staircase of the Titanic, a gold leaf interior and a terra cotta and tiled mosaic exterior.

Tickets for Dark Star Orchestra at the Stanley Theatre in Utica start at $33.50 including fees and go on sale Friday, January 19 at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are available either in person at the box office or by phone at 315-724-4000. Tickets will also be available online here.

January 17, 2024

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