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The band also met and performed with Maria Muldaur.
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He realized that "Jerry Garcia is still with all of us and the music can and will carry on." Bondy snapped out of it right at the end of his solo to erupting applause and cheers. He had one of those out of body experiences were he actually blanked out on stage and had a vision that he was walking into the theater and the Jerry Garcia Band was performing as he walked up the aisle. 27 (near Albany).īondy recounts many great stories from previous tours like when they performed at Stadium Theater in Rhode Island. The tour winds up at Cohoes Music Hall on Oct. They will perform at some excellent venues like Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver W.O.W.
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After The Stone Church gig, the band travels to more than 18 states for a five-week run. The group's upcoming jaunt is its first cross-country tour of the United States. Visiting pianist Jason "Smiley" Engleson joins them on stage from time to time as well.
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Justin Lopes, a Hammond B3 master, and a skilled piano player built a full Hammond/B3 rig for the 1981 to 1995 shows and breaks out the piano for the 1976 to 1978 shows. Drummer Bobby Belanger uses his talents to turn the band on a dime during the jams and keeps the tempos for each era to the right beat. Crea has a collection of tribute basses that he uses for each era and has been building and perfecting his "John Kahn" bass rig for years. Bassist Dan Crea joined the band in late 2011. Seals also performed with The Garcia Project several times. Walkerson previously sang with Melvin Seals, keyboardist for Garcia from 1981 to 1995. Within a few months, the band was regional and within a couple of years, they were touring the Northeast and Northwest.īondy built a replica Jerry Garcia guitar rig including the same speakers, amps, mods, and anything else he could learn about to try and capture the tone and feel of what Garcia was doing. Then they did a couple of local shows and posted a video online which caught the eye of Kat Walkerson who joined the band in early 2011, bringing with her an extensive Jerry Garcia Band knowledge and incredible vocal styling's from all of the different eras. Bondy put something together for the event. It happened one day in 2010 in the Adirondacks when Mik Bondy got a call about a local hospital fundraiser which was in need of some live entertainment. One reviewer recently said that they are more than a tribute band, more like a mirror of The Jerry Garcia Band. The band's mission is to faithfully perform the same arrangements, styles, and sounds of The Jerry Garcia Band's setlists from 1976 to 1995 while not playing them note-for-note. BRATTLEBORO - The Garcia Project kicks off its first national tour in Brattleboro, Thursday, Sept, 13, 8 p.m.