Grahame Lesh & Jason Crosby October 30, 2022 Garcia's at The Capitol Theatre Port Chester, NY Taped by: Cam Keough Transferred by: Cam Keough Source: 4 Track Matrix Source 1: AKG 460/CK63-> Naiant Littlebox (IT)-> Tascam DR-70D (24/48) Source 2: Soundboard-> Tascam DR-70D (24/48) Lineage: Adobe Audition-> CD WAVE-> Find more great podcasts from Osiris Media, the leading storyteller in music. Its great. The TFB has welcomed guests like Sheryl Crow, Benmont Tench, John Scofield, Nicki Bluhm, Dawes, Warren Haynes, Bob Weir, and many more onstage as they performed at venues and festivals around the world. A GoFundMe pagehas been launched to help Graham and Valerie with medical bills. Ryan was sitting in with Midnight North, so of course during sound check Alex and I struck out into the city for pedicures and cocktails. Theyve also been influenced by the country-rock harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and especially Graham Parsons and Emmylou Harris. My dads still going and hes almost 80, he says. On and off stage, he smiles easily and seems happy with his career choice, and with Midnight Norths musical direction. Obligatory wedding picture with the whole Terrapin Crossroads crew. He also has an indelible memory of Garcias 1995 death, which shocked the music world and ended the 30-year run of the Grateful Dead. We were doing 2-part harmonies, 3-parts take it to the next level, for sure. disclosures. When I was in college, I really didnt know what I wanted to do, he says. On Saturday, Grahame Lesh teamed with Jennifer Hartswick, with help from Natalie Cressman, to sing Morning Dew.. Development & Design. We had to go through there. Really? Grahame Lesh, son of the Grateful Deads Phil Lesh, embraces these positives, and has made a name for himself with his band Midnight North. The band will then hit several other venues in the Northeast, including Brooklyn Bowl (Oct. 29) and Garcias at The Capitol Theatre on Halloween. WebThe first person that Phil brought on was Grahame Lesh, his son. I still love it. My dad dropped me off and later it was on the news. He seems himself as a part of a vibrant new music scene that has been built around the club, a kind of petri dish for young musicians to experiment and grow. Lesh credits his mother, Jill, with being the driving organizing force behind that aggregation. Hes kind of always been secretly an amazing player. We all loved singing before Alex Jordan joined the band. He also has an indelible memory of Garcias 1995 death, which shocked the music world and ended the 30-year run of the Grateful Dead. As a member of Phil Lesh's Terrapin Family Band and Phil Lesh & Friends, he has traveled the world, performing Phil's updated version of the Grateful Dead's sound everywhere from the famed Fuji Rock Festival in Japan to London to Newport Folk Fest to New York city. tour wife tour life. Wayne has lost 45 pounds in the last three weeks. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! https://sphinx.acast.com/insidethemusiciansbrain/grahamelesh/media.mp3, Snarky Puppy: Transmissions From Deep Ellum, Inappropriate Happiness with Karina Rykman & Isaac Slone, The Recovering Catholic with Katie Pruitt, Highway Butterfly: The Stories of Neal Casal, After Midnight: Phishs Big Cypress Festival. Grahame & Elliott both brought a repertoire of original music to this new project that was a perfect marriage once the band began performing in earnest. All rights reserved. 2021 and beyond is a new beginning, and while Midnight North longingly looks ahead, hand-in-hand with the rest of the world, Theres Always a Story will serve as a collective and reflective narrative. I was 8 when Jerry passed. Tickets: $20 Adult (18+) | Junior (7-17) $10. They released Under the Lights, their most successful studio album to date, in summer 2017. I'm so lucky that my parents love Grahame and the whole band - it really is a "family" band. How often do you anticipate performing at Terrapin Crossroads? Last year, she released a solo album, Further from the Storm, and had her CD release show at Terrapin. And of course we were back at it a couple of weeks later. Grahame and I never pass up an opportunity to visit our friends in Alabama so of course we had to go and support their event! Hosted and Produced by Chris Pandolfi. Grahame and I never pass up an opportunity to visit our friends in Alabama so of course we had to go and support their event! We started dating in college ten (?!) He seems himself as a part of a vibrant new music scene Ten stories told through song on their most polished album to date. Lesh took piano lessons as a boy and got into the guitar as a teenager, learning the rudiments pretty much on his own. As the months ticked by they let the rest of the newly written & recorded songs sink into their consciousness so that when work resumed on the album in June the entire album became even better than they could have hoped. Miss Manners: I shouldn't call because the phone scares people? P: Yes, thats definitely part of the program. And thats working out pretty well, I think. Ive already started that with my sons, so musicians their age will come in and play with musicians my age. When this place opened up, they needed local musicians to fill time in the bar, he says. Both Lesh and his brother went to the Branson School in Ross, where being the sons of a rock star was no big deal. I was growing up at their biggest point. Were not the kind of band thats going to go off on a crazy jam like the Grateful Dead, but were still living on the edge in a different way.. His father didnt play publicly for a couple of years after Garcias death, eventually enjoying renewed success with Phil and Friends, an ever-changing group that featured him with members of various name bands, including the Allman Brothers, Phish and Government Mule. Every band member had a little area backstage where their family and friends would hang out. In advance of the new album, Midnight North has released its first single, Long View, the bands entry into NPRs Tiny Desk Concerts contest. I think thats something thats more timeless than a single show. He has a ginger beard and reddish-brown hair pulled back into a man bun. Phil Lesh & Friends ft. Phil Lesh & Friends ft. Rick Mitarotonda, John Medeski, Grahame Lesh, Nicki Bluhm (3/17-19), James Casey, Natalie Cressman (3/15), Jennifer Hartswick (3/15), Katie Jacoby (3/17-19) + John Molo play for 4 nights on March 15, 17, 18 + 19. We had to pull over. They are the proud parents of two sons namely Brian and Grahame. He lives together in a house in Ross, California, United States. Grahame became buddies with Jake (who was the Giants' pitcher at the time) by bonding over Tiger, Jerry Garcia's guitar. We havent even begun to start bringing the variety of music that we want to bring in here. I remember that I drew Jerry in a picture of what was supposed to be him on the moon.. So its obviously time for it to happen. Phil Lesh & Friends and the TFB have welcomed guests like Sheryl Crow, Benmont Tench, John Scofield, Rick Mitarotonda, Nicki Bluhm, Dawes, Warren Haynes, Eric Krasno, Bob Weir, and many more onstage as they performed at venues and festivals around the world. Besides the Grateful Dead, who are some of the other musical influences the band members share? Now 72, Lesh retains an intense passion for music. We have a new live record out! The title seems to embody the pragmatic attitude Lesh and band are taking as they look at building their audience and career. Then it became more singer-songwriter than any kind of jam bands and Grateful Dead influence that you would think of. Based in the musical hotbed of Marin County, California, Grahame Lesh is a guitar player and singer-songwriter for Midnight North, Phil Lesh & Friends, & the Terrapin Family Band. In the post, which was shared last week, Valerie, who also contracted COVID-19, said that her husband has "developed chills, cough and nausea. (Editors note: Phil Lesh is 76 years old). My dads still going and hes almost 80, he says. My name is Claire, and I had the pleasure of meeting Alex when she and Ryan came out to visit San Francisco. But then, 30 years later, we have Bob doing the Sweetwater and this came up for us. Web20.2k Followers, 1,011 Following, 1,289 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Grahame Lesh (@grahamelesh) Im always stunned when we get to watch a band like Mother Hips or players like Jason Crosby. I mostly think I was just listening to Mars Hotel, and I really liked that song, and talking about how good the songs are; that crazy composition, great lyrics and melodies. Web Midnight North Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band Capitol Sun Rays Those two are a big influence for a guy and a gal singing together, and they definitely are for us, Lesh says. Following an ill-fated attempt to open a venue in Fairfax, he and wife Jill, who live in Ross, bought the former 830 Jay Peak Road Phil Lesh is married to his wife Jill Lesh, and the couple has two children namely Grahame Lesh and Brian Lesh. "Friends, Wayne (Billy) has had a very rough run lately," the page reads. A pivotal moment for the band came when Grahame met drummer Nathan Graham at a benefit show in Philadelphia in 2016. As a high school kid, he was more into Metallica than the Grateful Dead, but now sees the Deads classic albums American Beauty and Workingmans Dead as influential in the country rock sound of Midnight North. policies. Jake and his awesome team (shoutout to Sarah Lauren and Ben!) In 2021 the band released "There's Always a Story", their most successful studio album to date, and toured throughout the country in support in 2021 and 2022 as the music industry recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. It wasnt really much of an issue.. My brother and I would just run around from area to area, and eventually wed run into everyone.. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? On 15-3-1940 Phil Lesh (nickname: Phil) was born in Berkeley, California, United States. It keeps the shows feeling fresh.. Will the marriage of American He is facing a long period of rehab, and his insurance will only pay a portion of this. Im constantly moving around, trolling for musicians. Midnight North, which has become a fixture in the San Francisco Bay Area scene with frequent performances at venues like Phil Leshs own Terrapin Crossroads, kicks off an East Coast run this week at the River Street Jazz Cafe in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 26 and The Ardmore Music Hall on Thursday, Oct. 27. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Featuring The Devil Makes Three, Leftover Salmon, Yonder Mountain String Band, and many more. What does the new name mean to you? Who is Phil Lesh dating in 2023? I mean, this is my favorite place. By Brian Jones WebGrahame Lesh, Elliott Peck, & Connor OSullivan began playing together in San Francisco. It's always a little bittersweet to leave, so at least we have cuddly dogs waiting for us when we get home! His father didnt play publicly for a couple of years after Garcias death, eventually enjoying renewed success with Phil and Friends, an ever-changing group that featured him with members of various name bands, including the Allman Brothers, Phish and Government Mule. Copyright 2023 Jay Peak Resort. Grahame Lesh. His wife is the administer of the Unbroken Chain The majority of people were extremely supportive. J: We wouldnt have done this if we hadnt done Fairfax first. There's Always a Story represents a new chapter for Midnight North. I grew up in San Rafael, and you discover there are still plenty of younger folks moving to or living in Marin. A WWE legend is dealing with a serious Illness. Both Lesh and his brother went to the Branson School in Ross, where being the sons of a rock star was no big deal. Its Marin, and there are so many people who are the kids of parents who were in music or other entertainment or were super-wealthy bankers, he says. Midnight North's new live album "Selections from Levon Helm Studios", co-produced by Grahame, was released in May of 2022 to celebrate Midnight North's legendary show at Levon Helm Studios in November of 2019. For todays season finale of Inside The Musicians Brain, Chris is thrilled to welcome Grahame Lesh (Midnight North, Terrapin Family Band). "Wayne's wife Valerie is doing the best she can to work full time, while also doing all she can for her husband. J: It was actually a really positive experience, for the most part. A month later Nathan sat in with the band for a show, eventually joining the band for their longest tour to date in the Spring of 2017. Oh yes! Will you have an opportunity to host upand- coming Marin-based artists? Hope you enjoy and. As a boy, Lesh and his family would often go on tour with his dad and the high-flying Dead when the band was one of the top-grossing touring acts in the concert business, drawing record-breaking crowds across the country. Assistant Producer is Zach Brogan. People come up to me on the street and theyll say things like, Well, thank you for building that here, or, I havent come down yet, but Ive got to because everybodys talking about it. So I think people really know that its here and are interested and are planning to come down. Not really. "Superstar" Billy Graham was hospitalized inearly January due to an ear infection that spread to his skull and sent him into cardiac arrest, per Wrestling Inc. Plus were both in the zany sisterhood of tour wives! Keeping with the family theme is Alex Koford, a long time family friend whom Phil recruited to be his drummer. It was a really special trip for me because Grahame FINALLY played in Nashville, where my parents live. Were not a jam band, but we can jam, he says. You can try things and the audience is willing to go on that journey with you.. My dad dropped me off and later it was on the news. Tickets: $20 Adult (18+) | Junior (7-17) $10. 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