The inaugural Grateful Guitars benefit concert featuring members of Dark Star Orchestra, Furthur and more will be livestreamed free exclusively for nugs.net subscribers. The show takes place at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall this Sunday, August 13.
August 13 marks the 48th anniversary of the Grateful Dead’s concert at the venue, one of just four GD performances in 1975, where they performed most of their then-yet-to-be-released album Blues For Allah. Grateful Guitars — who provide musicians with replicas and actual instruments played by GD members — is marking the occasion with their first benefit concert.
Performers at the event include Alex Jordan (Cubensis), Jeff Mattson (DSO), Rob Eaton (DSO), Skip Vangelas (DSO), Rob Barraco (DSO), Dino English (DSO), John Kadlecik (Furthur), Stu Allen (Phil & Friends), Garrett Deloian (JMF), Nate LaPointe (Cubensis), Brad Rhodus.(Cubensis), Scott Guberman (Phil & Friends), Sunshine Becker (Furthur), Elliott Peck (Midnight North), Zach Nugent (Dead Set), Danny Eisenberg (Mother Hips), Brian Rashap (Mother Hips), Jeremy Hoenig (Melvin Seals & JGB) and Roger Sideman (China Cats).
Grateful Guitars founder Andy Logan owns Jerry Garcia’s famed “Alligator” guitar, the D-28 Martin acoustic guitar he used on “Ripple” and Bob Weir’s Modulus Blackknife played in the mid-1980s. Additional collectors Jason Scheuner — who owns Phil Lesh’s Mission Control bass — and David Meerman along with Scott and Nate Bidner have teamed up with the Grateful Guitars Foundation.
“These instruments should be played, not mounted on a wall,” Logan stated. “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.”
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