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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episode 1: Ep. 1 Rob Barraco (Phil Lesh Quintet, Dark Star Orchestra, Zen Tricksters)
For the inaugural episode, Rob gives an introduction to the concepts and segments for The Music Plays The Band. Rob's first feature interview is Rob Barraco, veteran keyboardist with the Phil Lesh Quintet, Zen Tricksters, and long-time DSO bandmate.We pay homage to the Henry Thomas in the Black Music Moment, talk with Brad Sarno about mic'ing the kick drum in the Sarno Music Solutions and talk with Dave Casper of legendary St...