Well, probably not: Dark Star Orchestra: Call it rock ‘n’ roll archaeology
Over the course of its 15-year career, Dark Star Orchestra has made a living re-creating the music of the Grateful Dead.
Naturally, it’s easy to call this orchestra a tribute or cover band hyperfocused on the music of hippiedom’s most iconic jam band.
The members of this seven-piece group, which plays The NorVa on Monday night, prefer a different descriptor.
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The orchestra transcends the tribute band tag by becoming, in a sense, cultural archaeologists performing exact set lists from the Dead’s catalog of nearly 2,500 live performances.
What does a Deadhead say when he’s not high?
“Hey, man, this band really sucks.”
To be honest, I don’t think I’ve ever heard the Dead while high. Can’t say the same for some other people at the one show I’ve been to though. I’ll have to see Dark Star Orchestra’s show. I love me some musical anthropology.
Comment by Shari Maria Silverman — August 2, 2012 @ 10:20 pm