Bands
318 acts from Ashkenaz regulars and Long Island stalwarts to Tampa Bay's Thursday-night church, the Cape, and the Catskills — and the touring bands that come through all of them.
24 bands tagged Reinterpretation
A Carny Vibe
1 upcomingReno, NV
Reno's Roger Scime and Rick Winfield plus guests, channeling the Dead's Summer of Love.
Guest-driven'60s soundReinterpretationBloom & Decay
1 upcomingPerkiomen, PA
Philadelphia-area jam band that bends Dead classics toward rock, blues, jazz and folk.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyJam bandCosmic Charlie
3 upcomingAthens, GA · since 1999
Athens, Georgia veterans who walk onstage with no setlist and take the Dead wherever it goes.
High energyImprov-heavyReinterpretationDead Floyd
7 upcomingFort Collins, CO · since 2009
Fort Collins veterans who braid the Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd catalogs into one unpredictable set.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyDead-adjacentDeadelijk
3 upcomingMilwaukee, WI
Five Milwaukee players who treat Dead tunes as launch vehicles rather than a set of covers.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationRegional touringDirty Dead
3 upcomingWilmington, NC · since 2016
Dead and Jerry Garcia Band tunes rebuilt with funk, reggae and jazz flute, now based in Wilmington.
Jerry Garcia BandFunkReinterpretationDread the Dead
1 upcomingPhiladelphia, PA
Philly band that plays Dead tunes, reggae tunes, and Dead tunes turned reggae.
ReinterpretationResidencyRegional touringFrankly Scarlet
1 upcomingAtlanta, GA
Atlanta Dead tribute that has climbed from brewery patios to the Variety Playhouse.
Full catalogReinterpretationRegional stalwartGrateful BRO
2 upcomingWhite Plains, NY
The Dead-set alter ego of White Plains' Blue Roadhouse Orchestra, built on feel rather than note-for-note.
Jam bandImprov-heavyReinterpretationGrateful Dads
1 upcomingLouisville, KY
Louisville's psychedacoustic Dead tribute, stripping the catalog to a rootsy acoustic core.
AcousticReinterpretationFestival actGrateful Gals
3 upcomingMinneapolis, MN
Three Twin Cities frontwomen trading leads on the Dead catalog over a crack backing band.
ReinterpretationFull catalogAll-starGrateful Shred
16 upcomingLos Angeles, CA · since 2016
LA six-piece that plays the Dead loose and harmony-heavy; now a national touring act.
National touringImprov-heavyReinterpretationJoe Russo's Almost Dead
10 upcomingBrooklyn, NY · since 2013
Brooklyn's muscular reinterpretation of the songbook — not a recreation.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyNational touringKC Bones
4 upcomingKansas City, MO · since 2019
Kansas City's improv-first Dead band, more interested in reinterpreting the catalog than copying it.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationRegional stalwartMiracle Ticket
1 upcomingDallas, TX
Dallas-Fort Worth Dead tribute with unusual arrangements and the odd original.
ReinterpretationImprov-heavyRegional stalwartNot Fade Away Band
2 upcomingContoocook, NH · since 2013
New Hampshire mashup specialists who weld the Dead's catalog onto Zeppelin, the Who and Pink Floyd.
High energyReinterpretationFestival actSteely Dead
24 upcomingDenver, CO · since 2019
Denver's fusion of the Grateful Dead and Steely Dan, on the road nationally since 2019.
ReinterpretationDead-adjacentNational touringSuggesting Rhythm
2 upcomingRichmond, VA · since 2015
Richmond six-piece recreating the Dead's catalog plus the covers the band made its own.
Full catalogReinterpretationRegional stalwartThe Deadgummits
1 upcomingTulsa, OK
A big Tulsa porch-pickin' band that plays the Dead on banjo, fiddle, mandolin and washboard.
BluegrassAcousticReinterpretationThe Storytellers
9 upcomingLos Angeles, CA · since 2017
LA bluegrass band that grasses the Dead, JGB and Old & In the Way instead of imitating them.
BluegrassReinterpretationLos AngelesTin Roof Cats
8 upcomingNashville, TN · since 2022
Nashville's high-energy Dead tribute, built by three players who spent two years learning the book.
High energyImprov-heavyReinterpretationTumbledown Shack
6 upcomingFort Collins, CO · since 2019
Fort Collins five-piece that improvises the Dead's catalog rather than recreating specific shows.
Improv-heavyReinterpretationHigh energyStrangers Stopping Strangers
No datesHoboken, NJ
Hoboken Dead band with folk-bluegrass roots; first act to play inside the Liberty Science Center planetarium.
North JerseyImprov-heavyReinterpretationThe Grateful Dread
No datesOak Bluffs, MA · since 2005
Dead tunes with a reggae groove, live from Martha's Vineyard for two decades.
Cape Cod & the IslandsReggaeReinterpretation