The Music Plays the Band is a podcast from Dark Star Orchestra Drummer Rob Koritz about the influence of the Grateful Dead on the life and career of professional musicians from the jamband world and beyond. With the premise being musicians who like the Grateful Dead really love talking about the Grateful Dead, Rob has long form conversations with some of your favorite musicians about how they got turned on to the band and the impact it had on their life, music and careers. In addition to the feature interview, each episode will have three mini-segments:The Black Music Moment, highlighting the monumental influence of Black Music on the sound of the Grateful Dead. The Sarno Music Solutions Breakdown with audio guru Brad Sarno about ideas and techniques that shed light on the sonic secrets from the Grateful Dead audio world. There's a Grateful Dead Cover Band in Every Town features conversations with local Grateful Dead bands from around the country, discussing different approaches to covering the music and the communities that have developed around these scenes...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 2 days 15 hours 57 minutes
episode 11: Ep 11 Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
Rob talks with the legendary Jorma Kaukonen about the powerful influence the Grateful Dead had on his career. He talks about seeing the Dead when they were the Warlocks and how it inspired him to plug in and play with a band. Jorma also touches on the mystique of the San Francisco scene where the Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead pioneered their new psychedelic sounds...
episode 10: Ep. 10 Reed Mathis (Billy and the Kids, Tea Leaf Green, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and more)
Rob talks with bass virtuoso Reed Mathis about growing up in a non-Grateful Dead environment and catching on to it later in life...
episode 9: Ep. 9 John Molo (Phil and Friends, Bruce Hornsby, John Fogerty and more)
Rob connects with John Molo, drummer for many of the Grateful Dead family projects. John talks about his path as a musician, how the Dead had an influence on Bruce Hornsby and the Range and his later immersion into the Grateful Dead world. We pay tribute to Harry Belafonte in the Black Music Moment, get to know the famous Wall of Sound in the Sarno Music Solutions Breakdown, and head to Japan to talk with Shu-Hey, keyboardist for the Warlocks of Tokyo...
episode 8: Ep. 8 Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm, Phil Lesh)
Rob digs deep with Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams about their individual discoveries of the Grateful Dead to their eventual collaboration with surviving members. They talk about the influence of the Grateful Dead on Bob Dylan and how those two scenes collide...
episode 7: Ep. 7 Jeff Chimenti (Dead and Company)
Rob connects with longtime friend Jeff Chimenti, keyboardist for many of the Grateful Dead family projects. Jeff talks about his path as a musician and how the Dead world found him.We tribute Jesse Fuller in the Black Music Moment, talk microphone technique for acoustic situations in the Sarno Music Solutions Breakdown, and hear about the China Cats from Scott Cooper out of Santa Cruz, California...
episode 6: Ep. 6 Aron Magner (Disco Biscuits)
Rob talks with Aron Magner from the Disco Biscuits and learns how even the heavily electronica-based jam band has been inspired by the Grateful DeadWe tribute Willie Dixon in the Black Music Moment, talk with Brad Sarno about Jerry Garcia's Pedal Steel playing in the Sarno Music Solutions Breakdown, and learn more about The Barton Hills Choir from director/musician Gavin Tabone. Sarno Music SolutionsProducing the finest musical instrument audio gear, designed and hand-built in St...
episode 5: Ep. 5 Ben Kaufmann (Yonder Mountain String Band)
Rob checks in with bassist Ben Kaufmann of Yonder Mountain String Band. Ben talks about how he was exposed to The Grateful Dead, what inspires him about the music, and how Yonder Mountain String Band approaches covering Dead tunes We pay homage to Noah Lewis in the Black Music Moment, talk with Brad Sarno about the The Jerry Guitar enthusiast community in the Sarno Music Solutions and hear about the history of Jerry Saracini -Forgotten Space from Dallas, Texas...
episode 4: Ep. 4 Vinnie Amico (moe.)
Rob talks shop with old friend and drummer Vinnie Amico of seminal jamband moe. They go deep talking about drumming Dead, practicing rudiments during the pandemic, and how moe.'s songwriting and improvisation has been influenced by The Grateful Dead.We pay homage to Howlin' Wolf in the Black Music Moment, talk with Brad Sarno about the Jerry tone in the Sarno Music Solutions and hear about the history of Playing Dead from Boston, MA with Mark Munzer...
episode 3: Ep. 3 Kenny Withrow (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
Rob talks to Kenny Withrow, guitarist for Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians about his career path in music, his current pandemic music life and how the Grateful Dead influenced his approach to improvisation, guitar playing, and songwriting...
episode 2: Ep. 2 Keller Williams
Rob catches up with Keller Williams mid-pandemic and talks about the first Grateful Dead tunes he jammed on, as well as their broader influence. They discuss the evolution of Keller's style and look back on his long career in the music biz...