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Wake the Dead
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Celtic all-stars Grateful Dead jam band
Door 7:30 P.M., Music 8:00 P.M. | WE ARE SOLD OUT OF ADVANCE TICKETS FOR THIS SHOW

Grateful Dead Records describes Wake the Dead's self-titled album and mesmerizing performances this way: "As an expression of cultural joy, you can't top an Irish wake. And what is a wake but a celebration of appreciation, an expression of love and, most importantly, a damn good party? Now, seven of the best-known and most respected players in Northern California have created Wake The Dead, a landmark meeting of traditional Celtic tunes and Grateful Dead classics. Wake The Dead is a romp that flows seamlessly from rock grooves to hot Irish reels, and from haunting airs to achingly beautiful melodies familiar to Deadheads everywhere."

The eclectic group includes Maureen Brennan on harp, Cindy Browne on bass, Danny Carnahan on vocals, fiddle, octave mandolin, and guitar, Kevin Carr on uilleann (Irish bellows) pipes, fiddle, and whistles, Sylvia Herold on vocals, Paul Kotapish on mandolin, octave mandolin, guitar, and National steel guitar, and Brian Rice on percussion.

The Freight invites you to "come hear Uncle John's Band" performing such classic medleys of jigs, reels, and airs as "Banks of Lough Gowna/The Reunion/Friend of the Devil," "My Marianne/The Wheel," "Lord Inchiquin/Sugaree," and more, with the spotlight on tunes from their soon-to-be-released third album, Blue Light Cheap Hotel.

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