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Dark Star Orchestra is a Grateful Dead cover band formed in Chicago, Illinois. They serve now as an international touring tribute band to the rock group the Grateful Dead . Since 1997, the band has been "celebrating the Grateful Dead concert experience."
John and Scott both had similar ideas for the creation of a band which would play full setlists culled from the long career of the Grateful Dead. In late 1997, they started planning four shows which would introduce this format. On November 11, 1997, the first of these shows was held at the Chicago nightclub, Martyrs'.
The Grateful Dead performing at the Kinetic Playground in July 1969 The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago , Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968, as the Electric Theater [ 1 ] by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence).
The Grateful Dead concert at McGaw is well remembered for two reasons. First, the band took an unusually long set break of close to an hour. The second notable element was the startling visual of numerous silk parachutes strung across the vast ceiling. The silks were part of a plan that the band and Amazingrace created to "improve" the ...
In 1976 Davis revived the Uptown as a major concert venue after more restoration. Richard coordinated local and national acts (without fee) and booked the Grateful Dead three times between 1978 and 1981. [6] The J. Geils Band was the last band to play at the theater. [7]
Grateful Dead covers Song Original Artist "All Along the Watchtower" Bob Dylan "Are You Lonely for Me Baby" Freddie Scott "Around and Around" Chuck Berry "Baba O'Riley" The Who "Bad Moon Rising" Creedence Clearwater Revival "Ballad of a Thin Man" Bob Dylan "Beat It on Down the Line" Jesse Fuller "Big Boss Man" Jimmy Reed "Big Boy Pete" The Olympics
Tony Dellumo left to drum with the band Chester Brown. On May 29, 2013, the band announced that June 21, 2013 is the official release date for the new studio album, "Thread". The new album will contain 14 original songs, and will be available on-line and at the official CD Release Show at Martyr's in Chicago, IL
John Kadlecik (born June 28, 1969, in Council Bluffs, Iowa) is an American guitarist.He was a founding member as the lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead tribute band, Dark Star Orchestra, in 1997.