Playing Dead at Showcase Live, Foxboro, MA 8-7-10

Playing Dead is a Grateful Dead tribute featuring former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Slipknot!, and Uncle John's Band. Their marathon sets feature music and jams from the entire Grateful Dead catalog. Playing Dead faithfully recreates the experience of a live Grateful Dead concert. The music of The Grateful Dead is a complex stew of different styles of music including rock, blues, jazz, folk, bluegrass and more. Their improvisational style and large repertoire guaranteed that every musical performance would be unique. Every Playing Dead show is equally unique featuring different set lists each night and exciting improvisational jams.

Morning Dew (live 8-7-10)

Playing Dead at Harper's Ferry in Allston, MA 12-4-09

Playing Dead is a Grateful Dead tribute featuring former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Slipknot!, and Uncle John's Band. Their marathon sets feature music and jams from the entire Grateful Dead catalog. Playing Dead faithfully recreates the experience of a live Grateful Dead concert. The music of The Grateful Dead is a complex stew of different styles of music including rock, blues, jazz, folk, bluegrass and more. Their improvisational style and large repertoire guaranteed that every musical performance would be unique. Every Playing Dead show is equally unique featuring different set lists each night and exciting improvisational jams.

Black Throated Wind (live 12-4-09)

Playing Dead at The Regent Theater in Arlington, MA 

Playing Dead is a Grateful Dead tribute featuring former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Slipknot!, and Uncle John's Band. Their marathon sets feature music and jams from the entire Grateful Dead catalog. Playing Dead faithfully recreates the experience of a live Grateful Dead concert. The music of The Grateful Dead is a complex stew of different styles of music including rock, blues, jazz, folk, bluegrass and more. Their improvisational style and large repertoire guaranteed that every musical performance would be unique. Every Playing Dead show is equally unique featuring different set lists each night and exciting improvisational jams.

Samson and Delilah (live 1-22-10)

It Must Have Been the Roses (live acoustic 1-22-10)

Playing Dead performs Peggy-O at The Met in Pawtucket, RI on 10/6/18

The Met, Pawtucket, RI 10/6/18

Peggy-O (Live 10-6-18)

Playing Dead performs "Alligator" by The Grateful Dead live at Thunder Road in Somerville, MA on 4/27/19

2019-04-27 Thunder Road, Somerville MA (multitrack)

Alligator (live 4/27/19)

Playing Dead performs The Grateful Dead's "He's Gone" live at Thunder Road in Somerville, MA on 4/27/19... a nice improvisational jam follows the song!

He's Gone -> Jam (live 4-27-19)

Playing Dead opens set II at Thunder Road in Somerville, MA on 4/27/19 with a jazzy improve jam that winds it way into a rockin' Shakedown Street!

Improv Jam -> Shakedown Street (live 4-27-19)

Playing Dead performs The Grateful Dead's "Terrapin Station" live at Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, MA on 1/31/20

2020-01-31 Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham MA (multitrack)

Terrapin Station (live 1-31-20)

Playing Dead performs The Grateful Dead's "My Brother Esau" live at Amazing Things Art Center in Framingham, MA on 1/31/20

My Brother Esau (live 1/31/20)

Playing Dead is a Grateful Dead tribute featuring former members of Dark Star Orchestra, Slipknot!, and Uncle John's Band. Their marathon sets feature music and jams from the entire Grateful Dead catalog. Playing Dead faithfully recreates the experience of a live Grateful Dead concert. The music of The Grateful Dead is a complex stew of different styles of music including rock, blues, jazz, folk, bluegrass and more. Their improvisational style and large repertoire guaranteed that every musical performance would be unique. Every Playing Dead show is equally unique featuring different set lists each night and exciting improvisational jams.

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