Furthur was a rock band founded in 2009 by former

Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, ...

members

Bob Weir Robert Hall Weir ( ; né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead ...

and

Phil Lesh Philip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940) is an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career. After the band's disbanding in 1995, Lesh continued the tradition of ...

. The original lineup also included

John Kadlecik 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. From 2009 to 2014 he performed with original De ...

of the

Dark Star Orchestra Dark Star Orchestra is a Grateful Dead cover band formed in Chicago, Illinois. They serve as a tribute band to the rock group the Grateful Dead. Since 1997, the band has been "celebrating the Grateful Dead concert experience." Overview Dark Star ...

on lead guitar,

RatDog RatDog is an American rock band. The group began in 1995 as a side project for Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir. After the Dead disbanded later that year, RatDog became Weir's primary band. They performed some Grateful Dead songs, a mix ...

Jeff Chimenti Jeff Chimenti (born October 21, 1968) is an American keyboardist, best known for his ongoing work with former members of the Grateful Dead. Since May 1997 he has played with Bob Weir & RatDog, and has also played on every tour of The Dead (incl ...

on keyboards and

Jay Lane Jay Lane (born December 5, 1964) is an American drummer. He is a founding member of Bob Weir's RatDog, with Weir and Rob Wasserman, Wolf Bros, Furthur, Golden Gate Wingmen and Alphabet Soup. He was the 7th drummer to play in Primus, playing ...

on percussion, and Joe Russo of the

Benevento/Russo Duo The Benevento/Russo Duo (or The Duo for short) is an alternative jazz/ rock band from New York City, featuring Marco Benevento on keyboard instruments and Joe Russo on drums. History Benevento and Russo met while in junior high school in New J ...

on drums. Named after the famous touring bus used by

Ken Kesey Ken Elton Kesey (September 17, 1935 – November 10, 2001) was an American novelist, essayist and countercultural figure. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the hippies of the 1960s. Kesey was born in ...

and the

Merry Pranksters The Merry Pranksters were comrades and followers of American author Ken Kesey in 1964. Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters lived communally at Kesey's homes in California and Oregon, and are noted for the sociological significance of a lengthy roa ...

in the 1960s, Furthur was an improvisational

jam band A jam band is a musical group whose concerts (and live albums) are characterized by lengthy improvisational " jams." These include extended musical improvisation over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music which often ...

that performed music primarily from the extensive Grateful Dead songbook, as well as their own original music and that of several other well-known artists. In addition to the original members (with the exception of Jay Lane, who left the band in March 2010 to rejoin his previous band, Primus), the band's lineup included backup vocalists Sunshine Becker of the a cappella ensemble SoVoSó and

Jeff Pehrson Jeff Pehrson (born Jeffery Vernon Pehrson on February 21, 1967 in San Francisco, California) is an American singer-songwriter who performed backing vocals for Furthur, a band that included two former members of the Grateful Dead. Pehrson also c ...

of the folk rock bands

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and the Fall Risk.

History

Four months after

Jerry Garcia Jerome John Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician best known for being the principal songwriter, lead guitarist, and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence ...

's death in August 1995, the Grateful Dead officially disbanded. However, band members continued to perform over the subsequent years in other bands such as

Phil Lesh and Friends Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead. Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including gr ...

, the Rhythm Devils,

the Other Ones The Other Ones was an American rock band formed in 1998 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, along with part-time Grateful Dead collaborator Bruce Hornsby. In 2000, Bill Kreutzmann, another Grateful Dead alumnus ...

, and the Dead. After a four-year hiatus following their "Wave That Flag" summer tour in 2004, the Dead performed two 2008 shows supporting the Obama campaign, billed as "

Deadheads for Obama Deadheads for Obama is the name given to the February 4, 2008 reunion concert of three former members of the Grateful Dead at The Warfield in San Francisco. The show, performed one day before the Super Tuesday primary elections, was an act of su ...

" and "Change Rocks", as well at one of the Obama inaugural balls in 2009, ultimately giving rise to a 2009 spring tour. During this reunion, Weir and Lesh, who admitted having great fun playing together again, decided to form a new band. In August 2009, the musicians announced that they had formed a new band, Furthur, with Kadlecik, Chimenti, Lane, and Russo. The band was named after the 1939 International Harvester psychedelic multicolored bus used by novelist

and his

to tour America in 1964 when they attended the New York World's Fair for the debut of Kesey's second novel, '' Sometimes A Great Notion''. "Furthur" was the inscription on the destination placard of the bus and was also the name given to the multicolored bus. "In many ways, the 'Furthur' destination of the bus—piloted by

Neal Cassady Neal Leon Cassady (February 8, 1926 – February 4, 1968) was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s. He was prominently featured as himself in the "scroll" (first d ...

, inspiration for the character Dean Moriarty in

Jack Kerouac Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969), known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Of French-Canadian an ...

's ''

On the Road ''On the Road'' is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered a defining work of the postwar Beat and Counterculture generations, with its protagonis ...

''—represented the mind-set of the transition from

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culture to the more heavily drug-infused

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culture and the

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-based

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culture, with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead—all alumni of the

Acid Tests The Acid Tests were a series of parties held by author Ken Kesey primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area during the mid-1960s, centered on the use of and advocacy for the psychedelic drug LSD, commonly known as "acid". LSD was not made illeg ...

—as ambassadors and guides on that cognitive and conceptual journey". The Grateful Dead performed as the

house band A house band is a group of musicians, often centrally organized by a band leader, who regularly play at an establishment. It is widely used to refer both to the bands who work on entertainment programs on television or radio, and to bands which ...

for many of the Acid Tests, which ran from 1965 to 1966. Furthur retained much of the characteristic style and texture of the Dead. In addition to performing many of the songs regularly played in concert by the Dead, Furthur tried to "keep it fresh" by routinely adding new material to their setlists. This included many songs resurrected from the Grateful Dead's extensive songbook, including several rarely or never performed live, like "Alice D. Millionaire", as well as several cover songs from bands including

the Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...

the Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the gritty, rhythmically dr ...

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

, the Band,

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics an ...

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group comprised vocalist Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham. With a heavy, guitar-driven sound, they are ...

Ryan Adams David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown. In 2000, Adams lef ...

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

and

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. They also regularly performed some new, original material.

Performances

2009

The band debuted with performances on September 18, 19, and 20, 2009, at the Fox Theatre in

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. The band Vice (now known as Maiden Lane), featuring Phil's son, Grahame, opened for Furthur on Saturday, September 19. They then performed for a single night on November 20 at the 200-person-capacity 19 Broadway in

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, advertised only by a last-minute announcement, and with tickets available only at the door on a first come, first served basis. The Oakland debut shows were followed by five additional concerts in the Northeast (New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey) in December 2009, as well as live rehearsal sessions and two New Year's shows in

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, and San Francisco, respectively. During the New Year's Eve performances, the band introduced backing vocalists Sunshine Becker and Zoe Ellis, who remained in the lineup for the remainder of the winter tour. Furthur 20090918-01

2010

Additional live rehearsal sessions continued for the first half of January 2010 in Mill Valley. The band then toured the U.S. (primarily East Coast, with a few shows in Miami, Chicago,

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, and

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) from February 2 through March 8, 2010, and performed in San Francisco on March 12, 2010 to celebrate Phil Lesh's upcoming 70th birthday. On March 18, 2010, Phil Lesh posted on popular fansite PhilZone.com an announcement that drummer Jay Lane had left Furthur to rejoin his prior group, Primus. Zoe Ellis also left the group at this time to focus on her a cappella ensemble, SoVoSó. Backup vocalist Jeff Pehrson subsequently joined Furthur, debuting May 24, 2010. In February 2010, official announcements were released that the group would be performing at three music festivals in the summer of 2010, including the Nateva Music & Camping Festival in

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, on July 4, the

All Good Music Festival The All Good Music Festival and Camp Out was a weekend-long event held annually in July. Since its inception in 1997, it had been held at venues along the Mid-Atlantic, including Trip's Farm (Terra Alta) Masontown, West Virginia, Brandywine, Mar ...

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, on July 9, and the

Gathering of the Vibes Gathering of the Vibes (often abbreviated as GOTV) was an annual four-day music, camping and arts festival that celebrated the Grateful Dead and showcased a diverse variety of music. Over the course of the event, styles would often include funk, ...

festival in

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, on July 30. Additional stops on the tour, which ran from June 25 until July 30 and included 17 shows, included

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

, Brooklyn,

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, Mohawk, New York,

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(which replaced a canceled show in

Shelburne, Vermont Shelburne is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Located along the shores of Lake Champlain, Shelburne's town center lies approximately south of the city center of Burlington, the largest city in the state of Vermont. As of th ...

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, Philadelphia, and New York. In addition to the three festivals on the East Coast, Furthur resurrected the "Furthur Festival" at Mountain Aire in

Angels Camp, California Angels Camp, also known as City of Angels and formerly Angel's Camp, Angels, Angels City, Carson's Creek and Clearlake, is the only incorporated city in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 3,836 at the 2010 census, up ...

on Memorial Day weekend May 28-30th, 2010, at which they played six of their classic albums live. Following a performance on August 14, 2010 in

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at the

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, Furthur initiated their first West Coast tour, commencing September 16, 2010 in

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast. As of the 2020 United States Census, ...

, and ending September 26, 2010 in

Morrison, Colorado The Town of Morrison is a home rule municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 428 at the 2010 census. Red Rocks Amphitheatre is located nearby. History This small foothills settlement is named after George ...

, at

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Red Rocks Amphitheatre (also colloquially as simply Red Rocks) is an open-air amphitheatre built into a rock structure in the western United States, near Morrison, Colorado, west of Denver. There is a large, tilted, disc-shaped rock behind ...

. A short Midwest/East Coast tour followed, beginning on November 8, 2010 in Minneapolis and ending on November 21, 2010 at

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylv ...

in New York. Two New Year's shows concluded the year, with Furthur having performed a total of 77 shows and 18 live rehearsal sessions since their September 2009 inception.

2011

Furthur began 2011 with three shows at the Odeum Colorado in February 2011 (announced December 3, 2010), followed shortly thereafter by a 24-show East Coast tour (announced January 6, 2011) beginning on March 4 in Boston and ending on April 6 in

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. This tour featured several multi-night runs in mid-size venues including five nights at

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in New York, five nights at Tower Theater in

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(outside Philadelphia), and three nights at

Radio City Music Hall Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for ...

in New York. The 2011 summer tour (announced on April 8, 2011) began on June 3 at

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, and concluded on July 31 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in

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, with the bulk of the shows on the East Coast. A 2011 West Coast tour (announced on June 4, 2011) began on September 23 at Cuthbert Amphitheatre in Eugene, Oregon, and ended on October 8 at Monterey County Fairgrounds in

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. A 2011 East Coast/Midwest fall tour (announced on September 9, 2011) began November 3 at

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, and ended November 21 at Old National Center in Indianapolis. Due to "unforeseen production complications", the November 15 show at the

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, was canceled and replaced with a performance the same day at the

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. A three-show New Year's Eve run (announced on October 14, 2011) took place on December 29, 30, and 31 at

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in San Francisco.

2012

A 2012 East Coast spring tour (announced on December 9, 2011), which included only three venues, began on April 5 at

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in Boston and ended with an eight-night run at the Beacon Theatre in New York, including an April 7 show at Toyota Presents: The Oakdale Theatre in

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. Preceding the spring tour Furthur played two shows at the Wanee Festival in

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, on April 20–21. The band played a rare single "extended" set show both nights with no set break. For the April 21 show Jeff Chimenti did not play the Hammond B3 organ because of the rain. A warm up before the summer tour took place at Phil Lesh's Terrapin Crossroads June 27–30. A summer tour of the East and Midwest (announced on March 2, 2012) took place in July. The tour began at

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, on July 5 and ended at the

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in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on July 18. A West Coast Tour in September began with a 3-night run at

and ended on October 7 at the

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. Furthur's traditional New Year's Eve run took place on December 29, 30, and 31 at

2013

Furthur began touring in 2013 with four surprise shows at the tiny

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on January 16, 17, 18, and 19. They later booked a winter tour, on which they played at only two venues: the

Ogden Theatre The Ogden Theatre is a music venue and former movie theater in Denver, Colorado, United States. Located at 935 E. Colfax Avenue in the neighborhood of Capitol Hill, it was built in 1917 and has a maximum capacity of 1,600 for concerts. It is list ...

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on February 21, and the

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on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th. In April Furthur began a spring tour with ten nights at the Capitol Theatre in

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on April 15–25, a show at the

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on the 27th, originally culminating in an appearance at the

BottleRock Napa Valley BottleRock Napa Valley is an annual music festival held at the Napa Valley Expo in Napa, California. The initial BottleRock was a five-day event that took place May 8–12, 2013. The event featured three stages with 60 bands, including Jackson ...

Festival on May 9. The band withdrew from Bottlerock, due to injuries

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sustained after a fall on the final night of the Capitol Theatre run. Furthur has also announced a summer/autumn tour, starting at the

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in Brooklyn on July 11 and ending at the

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in Los Angeles on October 6. During this tour Furthur played at All Good music festival in Thornville, Ohio July 20 and 21. Furthur also began their early fall tour by headlining 3 nights (4 sets) at the firs
Lockn' Music Festival
in Arrington Virginia on September 6, 7 and 8. Furthur then played four nights at Red Rocks, in Morrison, Colorado, starting with the full moon show September 19 and concluding on Sunday, September 22 with guest Branford Marsalis.

2014

Furthur announced that they would be taking a hiatus in 2014 so that Bob and Phil might do some solo projects. On April 30, 2014 it was announced that Furthur would be playing their only set of 2014 at the Lockn festival in Virginia. This performance was to feature the original Furthur lineup consisting of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, and Joe Russo. This performance was later cancelled. On November 4, 2014, it was announced via their website that Furthur had broken up.

Special appearances

On Monday, August 9, 2010, the

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held a Jerry Garcia Tribute Night at

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, sponsored by

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, the

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, and the 8th Annual Jerry Day. The Giants played the

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, and the National Anthem was sung by Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Jeff Pehrson. Later that season, the Giants played the

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in the

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, and on Thursday, October 21, 2010 (Game 5 of the NLCS), the National Anthem was once again sung by Lesh, Weir, and Pehrson. The following year, on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, the Giants celebrated the 2nd annual Grateful Dead Night (on Jerry Day), playing the

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. The National Anthem was sung by Lesh, Weir, and Giants' 3rd base coach and singer-songwriter

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, and the 7th inning stretch was led by

Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman, September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 19 ...

and

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. On Tuesday, June 7, 2011, Furthur performed live at

Tamalpais Research Institute Tamalpais Research Institute, also known as TRI Studios, is a virtual music venue in San Rafael, California; it is the brainchild of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, currently of Dead & Company as well as Bob Weir and Wolf Bros. TRI is a state-of ...

(a.k.a. TRI Studios) in

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. TRI is a virtual music venue created by Bob Weir. The event, billed as "Furthur Experiments at TRI", was broadcast in real time over the internet in HD video with stereo sound and was available to those who ordered the pay-per-view event for $19.95. The performance included 13 songs (counting Terrapin Suite as one song), had no break, and lasted about two-and-a-half hours, beginning 6:00PM PDT. On December 23, 2011, TRI rebroadcast, without charge, the June 7, 2011 Furthur event, rebilled as "The Night Before the Night Before Christmas", at 4:00 PM PST and 7:00 PM PST. On December 25, 2011, TRI announced that RatDog will reunite for a free webcast on January 25, 2011 at 5:00 PM PST. On March 29, 2011, Phil Lesh posted a statement on the Furthur.net site community message board that he was planning to open a new live music venue in

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, California, in the near future. Said Lesh, "We're taking the first steps to make a long time dream—a permanent musical home—come true. We are purchasing a building in Marin, and plan on remodeling it to feel like an old barn; we're calling it Terrapin Landing. We will continue with Furthur while making music at Terrapin Landing when we are at home." On January 2, 2012 Lesh announced that the venue, now known as

Terrapin Crossroads Terrapin Crossroads was a music venue,, bar, and restaurant active from 2011 until 2021 in San Rafael, California, founded by former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh. Concept On March 29, 2011, Phil Lesh posted a statement on the Furthur.net site ...

, would be located at the current location of the Seafood Peddler in San Rafael. Furthur had done some rehearsal shows in their Palm Ballroom.

Members

Furthur

—rhythm guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014) *

—bass guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014) *

—lead guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014) *

—keyboards, backing vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014) * Joe Russo—drums (9/18/2009–1/23/2014) *

—drums, backing vocals (9/18/2009 – 3/12/2010) * Sunshine Becker—backing vocals (12/27/2009–1/23/2014) *Zoe Ellis—backing vocals (12/27/2009 – 3/12/2010) *

—backing vocals (5/24/2010–1/23/2014)

Guest performers

*Steve Molitz (

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)—keyboards (3/12/10, 3/13/10, 3/12/11) * Chris Robinson (

The Black Crowes The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1984. Their discography includes eight studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer Ge ...

)—guitar, vocals (3/12/10, 9/30/11) *

Jackie Greene Jackie Greene (born November 27, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He has a solo career and became a member of The Black Crowes in 2013, though the band broke up in 2015 before he could contribute any studio work. Early life ...

—guitar, vocals (3/12/10, 3/13/10) *

John Molo John Molo (born December 5, 1953, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American rock and jazz drummer and percussionist. He has played with a variety of bands, combos, and soloists. Best known for being the drummer for Bruce Hornsby and the Range, he has al ...

—drums (3/12/10) * Grahame Lesh—guitar (3/13/10) *

Larry Campbell Larry W. Campbell (born 28 February 1948) is a Canadian politician that served as the 37th mayor of Vancouver, Canada from 2002 until 2005 and since 2005 has been a member of the Senate of Canada. Before he was mayor, Campbell worked for th ...

—fiddle, guitar (5/29/10, 5/30/10, 3/27/11, 11/10/11) * Teresa Williams—vocals (5/29/10, 5/30/10, 3/27/11, 11/10/11) *

Kenny Brooks Kenny Brooks (born December 20, 1968) is the current head coach of the Virginia Tech women's basketball team. Career Brooks played his collegiate basketball for the James Madison Dukes basketball program. During the 2013–2014 season the James ...

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)—saxophone (6/26/10) *

Warren Haynes Warren Haynes (born April 6, 1960) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his work as longtime guitarist with the Allman Brothers Band and as founding member of the jam band Gov't Mule. Early in his career he was ...

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The Allman Brothers Band The Allman Brothers Band was an American rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman (founder, slide guitar and lead guitar) and Gregg Allman (vocals, keyboards, songwriting), as well as Dickey Betts (lead guita ...

, Gov't Mule, The Dead,

)—guitar, vocals (3/13/11, 7/15/11) *

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in 2020, and has twice been nom ...

—guitar, vocals (3/27/11) *

Diana Krall Diana Jean Krall (born November 16, 1964) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer known for her contralto vocals. She has sold more than 15 million albums worldwide, including over six million in the US. On December 11, 2009, ''Billboard'' maga ...

—vocals (3/27/11) *

Clarence Clemons Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American musician and actor. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for The E Street Band. Clemons released several ...

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E Street Band The E Street Band is an American rock band, and has been musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. For the bulk of Springsteen's recording and performing caree ...

)—saxophone (4/6/11) *

Al Schnier Al Schnier (born January 9, 1968) is a musician most noted for being one of two guitarists for the American jam band Moe. History Schnier was born on January 9, 1968, in Utica, New York. He attended New Hartford Central High School in Oneida ...

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moe. Moe (stylized as moe.) is an American jam rock band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Amico ( drums), and ...

)—guitar, vocals (4/6/11) *

Dickey Betts Forrest Richard Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. Early in his career, he collaborated with Duane Allman, introducing melodic tw ...

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)—guitar (6/30/12 ) * Jonathan Wilson—guitar (10/5/12, 10/7/12) * Lukas Nelson ( Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real)—guitar (10/5/12) *Jason Crosby (

Robert Randolph and the Family Band Robert Randolph and the Family Band is an American gospel band led by pedal steel guitarist Robert Randolph (Robert Jermaine Randolph, born August 8, 1977, Irvington, New Jersey). NPR has described the band as one with an "irresistible rock ' ...

God Street Wine God Street Wine (also known as GSW) is a jam band from New York City. Their music is an amalgam of rock, jazz, bluegrass, funk, psychedelia, pop, Americana, reggae, progressive, and more. The band broke up in 1999 and reunited in 2009. GSW play ...

)—fiddle, organ (2/24/13) *Andy Falco (

Infamous Stringdusters The Infamous Stringdusters are a progressive acoustic/bluegrass band. The band first emerged in 2006 with the limited release of a five-song extended play CD ''The Infamous Stringdusters,'' followed in 2007 by their first album ''Fork in the Road ...

)—guitar (7/20/13) *

Grace Potter Grace Evelyn Potter (born June 20, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who formed Grace Potter and the Nocturnals in 2002. Potter released her debut solo record ''Original Soul'' on 2004 via Grace Potter Music. Potter and her b ...

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Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are an American rock band from Vermont, formed in 2002 in Waitsfield by drummer Matt Burr, guitarist Scott Tournet, and singer Grace Potter. They began their career as an indie band, self-producing their albums a ...

)—vocals (7/20/13) *

Zac Brown Zachry Alexander Brown (born July 31, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and co-founder and lead singer of the country–rock Zac Brown Band, as well as electronic dance music group Sir Rosevelt. In 2019, Brown released a pop s ...

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Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini ( fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, ukul ...

)—guitar, vocals (9/6/13) *

Trey Anastasio Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 Phish o ...

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Phish Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended jams, blending of genres, and a dedicated fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike G ...

)—guitar, vocals (9/7/13) *

Susan Tedeschi Susan Tedeschi (; born November 9, 1970) is an American singer and guitarist. A multiple Grammy Award nominee, she is a member of the Tedeschi Trucks Band, a conglomeration of her band, her husband Derek Trucks’ and other musicians. Early l ...

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Tedeschi Trucks Band The Tedeschi Trucks Band () is an American blues and blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by married couple Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks. Their debut album, '' Revelator'' (2011), won the 2012 Gra ...

)—guitar, vocals (9/8/13) *

Jimmy Herring Jimmy Herring (born January 22, 1962) is the lead guitarist for the band Widespread Panic. He is a founding member of Aquarium Rescue Unit and Jazz Is Dead and has played with The Allman Brothers Band, Project Z, Derek Trucks Band, Phil Les ...

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Widespread Panic Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Duane Trucks, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and g ...

)—guitar (9/8/13) *

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ens ...

—saxophone (9/22/13)

Tour staff & crew

*Fred Cox—Road Manager *John Warren—Tour Manager/Accountant *Matt Busch—Co-Manager *Robbie Taylor—Production Manager; Backline Technician (Phil Lesh) *Chris Charucki—Stage Manager *Anthony Joseph "A.J." Santella—Backline Technician (Bob Weir & Jeff Chimenti) *Ross Lahey—Backline Technician (John Kadlecik, Joe Russo) *Preston Hoffman-Lighting Director *Chris Coyle—Lighting Crew Chief *Mark Hodgman—Lighting Tech *Derek Featherstone—FOH Engineer *Ian DuBois—Monitor Engineer *Josh Osmond—Audio Technician *George Bross—Merchandising *Peter Ammerall—Recording Engineer *David Raffarin—Recording Engineer *Mike Fisher—Lead Truck Driver *Jeff Rogers—Truck Driver

References

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's live music archive
www.tristudios.com
official website of Tamalpais Research Institute (TRI Studio)
www.terrapincrossroads.net
official website of Terrapin Crossroads {{DEFAULTSORT:Furthur 2009 establishments in California 2014 disestablishments in California Rock music groups from California Grateful Dead Jam bands Musical groups from San Francisco Bob Weir Musical groups established in 2009 Musical groups disestablished in 2014