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The Amex presale was fun! Somebody, somewhere got something. It wasn’t me. We’re off again on the incredible journey that has been the resurrection of All Things Dead! The strategies employed by those in charge of strategies are always brilliant. First create and build a frenzy, then release some food a little at a time. In the case of Dead & Co, what better place to unleash the marketing machine than NYC? One show announced in the most visible city in the world to kick off the hysteria of this new adventure. We’re all sucked back into the vortex we escaped from 20 years ago.

I had some interesting conversations that came from unlikely sources located in unlikely places over the weekend. “Once in a while…” You know how it goes. I was told that Dead & Co have scheduled 21 shows across the country that wouldn’t be announced until after the on sales for MSG shows are completed. Maybe get ready for Hampton once again! Don’t hate on anybody for their strategies, just learn how to read them and don’t get too sucked into the madness that ensues. I was even told that Trey would be part of the Company for some of it. Not too hard to believe since his schedule is pretty open this Fall and he spent 6 months learning a ton of material recently. Trey obviously won’t be at Halloween since he’s playing at Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas but we might see him again real soon. Phish is KILLIN IT on their Summer Tour! Trey is obviously having the Summer of his life. Only time will tell if the info is legit.

The interviews released regarding the upcoming shows have been great and it’s hard not to get excited about the renewal of the bonds between our favorite musicians minus Phil. I don’t blame our favorite bassist for having no desire to live on the road at this time in his life. He’s got his own thing happening and that’s just fine by me. While you’re coming to NYC anyway, you can catch Phil and Friends at the Cap on the 30th or the 1st of November. While some shows are sold out, I’ve never had a big problem securing tix and with the announcement of Dead & Co I’d imagine tickets will loosen up a bunch. He’s there the following weekend as well and the Cap is a great place to visit if you’ve never been.

Billboard’s interviews with the guys that make up Dead & Company were great. It’s great to think of how little things in life make such a huge difference. John Mayer is swimming in his pool and catches Garcia’s lick on Althea. That’s all it took… One lick from the Master was powerful enough to cause the brother to get out of the pool and investigate what he was hearing. Not only investigate, but go full blown obsession. A hundred other things could’ve distracted him from that moment but nothing did. That’s the kind of shit that may have passed right by someone else that simply wasn’t called by the universe for the duty. He heard the call and answered it in a BIG way. We can all learn from that. It made me wonder how many times in life I may have received a similar call and did nothing about it. It’s probably happened for you as well. Not that our calls involved being part of The Dead but the calls that are made throughout our lives in an attempt to guide our actions if we only could get quiet enough internally and listen then have the presence of mind to act accordingly. Interesting thought… Some folks seemed upset by Mayer because he’s said some dumbass things through the media in the past. I have a question. At this point in our lives, who hasn’t said some dumbass things? Some of y’all do that every damn day on Facebook or Twitter. We all know how guilty I am… Regardless, JM answered questions in his interview with statements that came from a much deeper place. Be sure to read that if you haven’t already.

Mickey’s comments amused me the most by far. While legions of fans call for Garcia clones to step into the role of guitarist, Mickey said he’d rather drink 5 gallons of Clorox than play with them. That was some funny shit! Our favorite musicians are well acquainted with selecting talent and judging the type of characters they’ll choose to associate with. They’ve been through enough the past 50 years to make wise choices in the present as well as the future. We should all know that by now. I absolutely trust the judgement of this community’s leadership at this point. Weir’s comments about it being a little late but they’ll “try to put something together” were just as funny. What a Poker face! This stuff has been booked for a long time. I couldn’t be more excited to have a home town show with all of our favorite Music Makers throughout the NYC area this Fall as well as revisiting many of our old stomping grounds!

Don’t sweat the tickets my friends! They’ll be plenty out there and even more once the complete Tour is announced. Next stop will be Jazz Is Dead in NJ followed by Lockn that’s only a month away! This will probably be the greatest Lockn in history and will most likely be talked about for decades. I know I’m making the trip, Hope to see ya there!!! < That's for you Michael Dead To The Core, Dean

32 thoughts on “Dead & Company Set To Annouce More Dead And Additional Company”

  4. Richard May

    Any proposed tour dates you can share? I just bought tickets for NYC off of Stubhub for $125 for the second level….was okay with that as many are asking much more. The cheaper tickets are flying out of Stubhub.

    1. Brando

      NO NEED TO WORRY ABOUT TICKETS….and DO NOT BUY FROM STUBHUB! Be part of the Face Value Community at CashorTrade.org. Give it time for tickets to sell, and to be received and more and more will surface. We were so amazed and honored to see how many trades occurred for the Dead50 shows. There were a few thousand successful trades for the Santa Clara and Chicago shows and there will be many for this event as well. #embracetheface 🙂

  5. TheNunDrum

    Really great article… 100% took the words out of my mouth on just about everything surrounding the controlled chaos. Can’t wait to hear JM hit a groove with all these guys… I like JK, always have and always will, but the jerry clones playing with phil and bobby that don’t even get to sing the jerry songs are annoying at best…. the music doesn’t evolve with that kind of lineup. Furthur just sounded like GD cover-band orchestra. It wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t even that bad…. it just wasn’t doing anything except playing what seemed like the same songs in almost the same way with tired and often inaudible lyrics. Mickey and Billy have been saying this stuff for a while. If they’re confident in this — I am all in!

    1. Michael Leisure

      Thanks For Sharing Your Point Of View With Us NunDrum! Although, I THANK GOD We Have Furthur Festival! FARE THE WELL!!! LET IT GROW!!!

  6. Paul Dirks

    As I always say, since the whole point of Jerry’s playing was to have each take be unique and perhaps better than the previous one, the best way to emulate him is to NOT sound like him!

  8. Lore

    It was a slap in the face to those that choose to play Jerrys’ music, how would you feel if a member of a band that you LOVE, said they would rather drink clorox than be on stage with them. That was a VERY UNKIND statement to say the least, and I was was blocked on Mickeys page for calling him out on that, so much for freedom of speech. And please don’t say, oh, he’s was joking, words are powerful and that statement had a lot of malice attached to it for it to be just a joke. Buy the way any of you sycophants want my Unworn “Please Be Kind” shirt that I just received in the mail? It’s all yours, as I do not wear shirts with a hypocrites quote on it.

    2. Mike L

      I certainly understand your feelings about not wanting to wear the shirt. Personally, I would likely feel the same. Only, I could definitely use a new shirt as I’m not working now and seriously can’t afford to buy new shirts. If still available I’d love to have it.
      Be well, Mike

    3. brice

      Even if you disagree with his intents being human is it really hypocritical to fail at such a thing as being kind? Who doesn’t occasionally? Oh, and if you’re giving the shirt away…

  10. Marc

    Oh no! Going down like Brett favre’s career. Stop before it gets worse. This is sounding very undead. Jerry is rolling in his grave.

  11. Jack Straw

    We will see um in Denver, that’s pretty much a Givin… “This city’s got some heart you just gotta know where to poke around”
    Can’t wait….

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  13. Jabroni

    My friend spent time with Mickey . He basically said he is a 70 year old that smokes a 1/4 ounce a day , is all about his money even though he’s worth millions , and can be an asshole . If I smoked all day I would be an asshole sometimes too . The please be kind to I’d rather drink Clorox sums it up . Doesn’t make me mad though it’s rock star shit .

    I hope the shows come west to Sea , Pdx or if cows fly Boise .

  14. dd chapin

    Uh, who decided that this “Core 3 Combo” will be a big arena draw?
    Halloween show at the Garden, sure – lotsa interest. Multiple shows there? Let us know how that goes….
    (Imagine 3 nights at Radio City instead….)
    And so we will be very curious to see what other venues are booked across the country… Some people believe that the mania around the GD50/FTW shows has NOTHING to do with this “Ratdog and Friends”….
    Not trying to be negative, just saying…. Hubri$ can be a bitch.

  15. Jack Straw

    Since Jerry Died I’ve been with panic ALOT and when Michael Houser died, things changed they went from playing huge venues to smaller ones like RCMH and I can say first hand the small venues are more intament. I don’t think a core3 will draw as big as the Whole band =Jerry. They didn’t in 06….

    But, LET THE MUSIC PLAY, if it’s not full than the fans didn’t get off their ASS cuz after Chi town we know we still exist…. Th

  18. Jack Straw

    thought hang ups and addictions were pre recs 4 being a fan
    ?????????????????

    We are done, I guess u have never used a phone to send an email. Like I said welcome to 2015… Have a great day see you in Denver. I’ll look for that stylish jacket and all the ladies around you…

  19. ElLazyLightning

    The Chicago shows were something to celebrate, but this is not going the right way now. The fact that these shows will start the same night Phil plays 20 miles away is crazy. Isn’t anyone talking to each other? If this continues like this, it will end badly indeed.

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