Furthur (band)

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    Furthur was an American rock band founded in 2009 by former

    Box Set and the Fall Risk
    . After five years, Furthur disbanded in late 2014.

    History

    Four months after Jerry Garcia's death in August 1995, the Grateful Dead officially disbanded.[2] However, band members continued to perform over the subsequent years in other bands such as RatDog, Phil Lesh and Friends, the Rhythm Devils, the Other Ones, 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" 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.[1][3]

    The band was named after the 1939 International Harvester

    LSD-based psychedelic culture, with Ken Kesey, Neal Cassady, the Merry Pranksters, and the Grateful Dead—all alumni of the Acid Tests—as ambassadors and guides on that cognitive and conceptual journey". The Grateful Dead performed as the house band for many of the Acid Tests, which ran from 1965 to 1966.[4]

    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 Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, the Band, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Ryan Adams, Van Morrison and the Clash. They also regularly performed some new, original material.

    Performances

    2009

    Furthur performing their debut show at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA on September 18, 2009

    The band debuted with performances on September 18, 19, and 20, 2009, at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, California. The band Vice (now known as Maiden Lane), featuring Phil's son, Grahame, opened for Furthur on Saturday, September 19.[5] They then performed for a single night on November 20 at the 200-person-capacity 19 Broadway in Fairfax, California, advertised only by a last-minute announcement, and with tickets available only at the door on a first come, first served basis.[6] The Oakland debut shows were followed by five additional concerts in the Northeast (New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey) in December 2009,[7] as well as live rehearsal sessions[8] and two New Year's shows in Mill Valley, California, and San Francisco, respectively. During the New Year's Eve performances, the band introduced backing vocalists Sunshine Becker and Zoe Ellis,[9] who remained in the lineup for the remainder of the winter tour.[10][11]

    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, Broomfield, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon) from February 2 through March 8, 2010, and performed in San Francisco on March 12, 2010 to celebrate Phil Lesh's upcoming 70th birthday.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

    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 Oxford, Maine, on July 4, the All Good Music Festival in Masontown, West Virginia, on July 9, and the Gathering of the Vibes[15] festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 30. Additional stops on the tour, which ran from June 25 until July 30 and included 17 shows, included Rochester, New York, Brooklyn, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, Lowell, Massachusetts, Columbus, Ohio, Mohawk, New York, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (which replaced a canceled show in Shelburne, Vermont[16]), Ottawa, Lewiston, New York, 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 on Memorial Day weekend May 28-30th, 2010, at which they played six of their classic albums live.[17]

    Following a performance on August 14, 2010 in

    Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Furthur initiated their first West Coast tour, commencing September 16, 2010 in Eugene, Oregon, and ending September 26, 2010 in Morrison, Colorado, at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. A short Midwest/East Coast tour followed, beginning on November 8, 2010 in Minneapolis and ending on November 21, 2010 at Madison Square Garden 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.[5]

    2011

    Furthur playing at Jones Beach in Wantagh, New York on July 17, 2011

    Furthur began 2011 with three shows at the

    Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta, Georgia
    , 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

    Times Union Center in Albany, New York.[20] A three-show New Year's Eve run (announced on October 14, 2011) took place on December 29, 30, and 31 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.[21]

    2012

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

    Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on July 18. A West Coast Tour in September began with a 3-night run at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado and ended on October 7 at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, California.[23] Furthur's traditional New Year's Eve run took place on December 29, 30, and 31 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
    .

    2013

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

    Atlantic City on the 27th, originally culminating in an appearance at the BottleRock Napa Valley Festival on May 9. The band withdrew from Bottlerock, due to injuries guitarist Bob Weir sustained after a fall on the final night of the Capitol Theatre run. Furthur has also announced a summer/autumn tour, starting at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on July 11 and ending at the Greek Theatre 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 first 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 performed four consecutive concerts at the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico between January 20 and 23, 2014.[24][25] The band then began a previously announced hiatus so that Bob and Phil could work on some solo projects.[25][26]

    On April 30, 2014 it was announced that Furthur would be playing a set at the Lockn' Festival in Virginia. This performance was to feature the original lineup consisting of Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, and Joe Russo.[27] However, the 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

    7th inning stretch was led by Mickey Hart and Bill Walton.[32][33]

    On Tuesday, June 7, 2011, Furthur performed live at Tamalpais Research Institute (a.k.a. TRI Studios) in San Rafael, California. TRI is a virtual music venue created by Bob Weir.[34][35][36] 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.[37] On December 25, 2011, TRI announced that RatDog will reunite for a free webcast on January 25, 2011 at 5:00 PM PST.[38]

    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 Marin County, 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."[39][40][41] On January 2, 2012 Lesh announced that the venue, now known as Terrapin Crossroads, 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

    • Bob Weir—rhythm guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)
    • Phil Lesh—bass guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)
    • John Kadlecik—lead guitar, lead vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)
    • Jeff Chimenti—keyboards, backing vocals (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)
    • Joe Russo—drums (9/18/2009–1/23/2014)
    • Jay Lane—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)
    • Jeff Pehrson—backing vocals (5/24/2010–1/23/2014)

    Guest performers

    Tour staff & crew

    • Fred Cox—Road Manager
    • John Warren—Tour Manager/Accountant[58]
    • Matt Busch—Co-Manager[59]
    • 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)[60]
    • 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

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