Oh yes! I think Bobby was sounding great, and I loved Oteils playing, been a fan of his and knew him through his connection with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Its cool to be part of a special moment. Its beautiful song. Copyright 2023 PopCulture.com. Truth be told, I don't think I knew what I was getting into! WebJoin Grahame Lesh & Friends in the Foeger Ballroom for a woven tapestry of roots, rock, and Americana. He made his 50 million dollar fortune with Grateful Dead & Phil Lesh and Friends. Were not a jam band, but we can jam, he says. On and off stage, he smiles easily and seems happy with his career choice, and with Midnight Norths musical direction. A mainstay in the scene centered around Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Grahame has joined such luminaries as The Mother Hips, Chris Robinson, Twiddle, Amy Helm, The North Mississippi All Stars, Neal Casal, Jackie Greene, Eric Krasno, ALO, and many more in singing, playing, and interpreting the American songbook. Tickets: $20 Adult (18+) | Junior (7-17) $10. We hit it off immediately- she is so kind and hilarious and really put me at ease, so it was impossible not to be besties by the end of the night. The San Ive always been an incredibly big Ryan Adams fan and all 6,000 songs hes written or whatever (laughs). As the world shut down in March and the band quarantined separately around the country, the album was finished remotely in California and Pennsylvania. Get the latest updates from Osiris straight to your inbox. I grew up in San Rafael, and you discover there are still plenty of younger folks moving to or living in Marin. Across all of the tracks, when you think you have the band pegged for a style or a genre, all of a sudden a chorus, or a new solo or new instrument altogether, diverts the music boldly but smartly to a new sound and feel, said The Poke Around in their review of Under the Lights. These Are The 15 Hottest Wives And Girlfriends Of Hollywood! I dont think when I was that age I understood the enormity of it all. A group of multi-instrumentalists with songwriting roots in Folk and Americana, Midnight North is a mainstay on the stages of the national touring circuit. Web Midnight North Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band Capitol Sun Rays United States. When this place opened up, they needed local musicians to fill time in the bar, he says. 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. After the Grateful Dead disbanded upon Jerry Garcias death in 1995, the bassist launched Phil Lesh & Friends, a group featuring revolving membership that he continues to perform with today. Theme music by Chris Pandolfi. Lesh's high tenor voice contributed to the Grateful Dead's three-part harmony sections in their group vocals in the early days of the band, until he largely relinquished singing high parts to Donna Godchaux (and thence Brent Mydland and Vince Welnick) in 1976 due to vocal cord damage from improper singing technique. Im not gonna break any news or anything, but he had his scare about a year ago, and it was just that, luckily. A WWE legend is dealing with a serious Illness. Assistant Producer is Zach Brogan. On and off stage, he smiles easily and seems happy with his career choice, and with Midnight Norths musical direction. Weve had this opportunity at Terrapin to really hone our skills., Since then, hes been recording and touring with his own band, Midnight North, a rootsy quartet that kicks off the new year with a show Jan. 18 in Terrapins Grate Room concert hall. 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. Were trying to create whats cool to us, going back to the roots of what we like, blending it all together in our own way.. And theres amazing music happening in the Bay Area with our scene. 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. I started playing music with two folks and sort of informally jamming with Connor and our original drummer Eric, and Conor brought in Elliott, whos our other singer. Touch of Grey came out when I was less than a year old, Lesh, 29, who plays guitar and sings in the band Midnight North, said during a recent phone interview. Those two are a big influence for a guy and a gal singing together, and they definitely are for us, Lesh says. Not really. 2012-2022 Midnight North. policies. Following an ill-fated attempt to open a venue in Fairfax, he and wife Jill, who live in Ross, bought the former Seafood Peddler restaurant along San Rafaels scenic canal in February and converted it within weeks into a warm, modern restaurant/venue called Terrapin Crossroads (Terrapin Station was the name of the ninth Grateful Dead studio album). What other band can do that when the most famous figure has been dead for 20 years? They were playing these huge stadiums then, he says. Will you have an opportunity to host upand- coming Marin-based artists? Sounds like youre pretty thrilled that youve landed here after all those decades of dreaming about it. Thats when they went from playing arenas to playing stadiums. "He coded, but God decided that it was not his time to go, and brought him back to us! We were on Highway 101 and had just passed Blithedale on the way to Sausalito when he got a call. How did you hone that? On 15-3-1940 Phil Lesh (nickname: Phil) was born in Berkeley, California, United States. P: I mean, Its my sandbox. They wrote many of the songs on their last album, Under the Lights, about their experiences touring for the first time as a fledgling band. Really? Bobby & In Midnight North, he shares songwriting and lead vocal duties with Elliott Peck, a transplanted Midwesterner regarded as one of the top female singer-songwriters on the Bay Area music scene. Luckily I love traveling so tour life suits me well. I recently decided to start this blog to give you all a look into the life of a tour wife - the highs, the lows, and EVERYTHING in between! We believe in synergy in the Grateful Dead world, so its a good thing. I listened to a ton of Grateful Dead and all the songs that they covered and played, like the Beatles, Dylan and the Rolling Stones. 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.. J: We wouldnt have done this if we hadnt done Fairfax first. Were more of a band now than a collection of musicians. Midnight Norths new album Theres Always a Story is available to buy or stream now! #ClaireLesh #PhilLesh #GrahameLesh #MidnightNorth #PhilLeshandFriends #TerrapinFamilyBand #SanFrancisco #JillLesh #TerrapinCrossroads #Nashville #Thanksgiving #Mobile #JakePeavyFoundation #JerryGarcia #Guitar #Tiger #Giants #MLB #CentralAlabama #RyanDempsey #BobWeir #MihaliSavoulidis. If Im 6 or 7 years old at the time, theres no way I understand that, but now Ive played it a bunch, and I get it. Time: Doors 8:30p | Show 9:00p. Hes kind of always been secretly an amazing player. P: Grateful Dead had a flash of trying to do that in the late 60s. As a founder and co-frontperson (with Elliott Peck) for Midnight North, Grahame has played hundreds of concerts around the country and released 4 studio albums, 3 live albums, and two digital EPs of original music since the band's inception in 2012. Theyve also been influenced by the country-rock harmonies of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and especially Graham Parsons and Emmylou Harris. By Brian Jones Grahame Lesh. We started dating in college ten (?!) It wasnt the right destination, but it was the right path. I must have been 5 or 6 when I got into space and astronauts, so I really liked the (Garcia-Robert Hunter) song Standing on the Moon, he says. Whats your take on the success of the place so far? We were going to find a place and plug into it and beam it up to the rock-and-roll satellite and send it all over the world. He's been a professional journalist for 20 years for outlets including the New York Post. Graham's wife, Valerie, gave an update on his health status and asked the fans to pray for him. My dad dropped me off and later it was on the news. After graduation, he and his wife, Claire, who works as a bookkeeper at Terrapin, moved to San Rafael. My Mom and Jill and I got up early to cook together while Phil and Grahame went to go pick out wine pairings. Last year, she released a solo album, Further from the Storm, and had her CD release show at Terrapin. And thats working out pretty well, I think. disclosures. Graham's wife, Valerie, gave an update on his health status and asked the fans to pray for him. All rights reserved. It wasnt really much of an issue.. Ive had experiences being in a band before Terrapin came about, and the difference of being in a band with Terrapins support and its music community behind you is just night and day, she says, speaking by phone from the East Coast while visiting family for the holidays. Plus, bonus points, we got to stay in a HAUNTED HOTEL ROOM! They are the proud parents of two sons namely Brian and Grahame. At Stanford, Lesh dabbled in various bands, gaining practical experience recording in the universitys studio and performing the occasional frat party gig. Graham nerding out over all the incredible MLB memorabilia at Jake's. Its amazing. WebPhil is in a blissful marriage with his wife Jill. I assumed Id always be playing music, but I figured it could be a hobby.. For Phil Lesh, 30 years with one of popular musics most celebrated groups was just the beginning. P: If we can get the three of these entities [including Weirs nearby TRI Studios, featured in the July issue of Marin Magazine] working together, well have quite a little scene here. Will the marriage of American It keeps the shows feeling fresh.. 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. Miss Manners: I shouldn't call because the phone scares people? P: Im ecstatic. After graduating from Stanford University in 2010 with a masters degree in music, Grahame Lesh, 33-year-old scion of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh, wasnt sure if he wanted to follow in his famous fathers footsteps, trying to make a career for himself as a professional rock musician. Shes the reason for that, other than the music.. That all changes too, similar to our influences. Phil Lesh is married to his wife Jill Lesh, and the couple has two children namely Grahame Lesh and Brian Lesh. You have some beautiful vocal harmonies in the band. The musician his starsign is Pisces and he is now 82 years of age. Everybody was really nice in Fairfax, I mean really lovely. Grahame Lesh, Elliott Peck, & Connor OSullivan began playing together in San Francisco. Tickets: $20 Adult (18+) | Junior (7-17) $10. copyright 2018. all rights reserved. We have a new live record out! One recent and especially fun trip was over the week of Thanksgiving for a three-show run with the Terrapin Family Band. "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. Last week I shared the story of my trip out to the West Coast to see Ryan play with Midnight North and special guests Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, and Mihali Savoulidis. It was then revealed on his official Facebook page that the 79-year-old has contracted COVID-19. But, the lifestyle of musicians on the road is nothing new to Lesh, who was a newborn when the Grateful Dead hit superstar status with the double-platinum In the Dark. Recorded in the Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium in San Rafael, it was the Deads only top 10 album, boosted by the bands one and only hit single, Touch of Grey.. Every band member had a little area backstage where their family and friends would hang out. The harmony Elliott sings back to me is never what I expect, and hopefully its the same for her. Besides the Grateful Dead, who are some of the other musical influences the band members share? Hosted and Produced by Chris Pandolfi. Lesh and Peck, bassist Connor OSullivan and drummer Nathan Graham spent a great deal of 2019 on the road, nurturing a growing fan base in New York and the Northeast, and making forays into the South and southwest, hoping to establish a national footprint. They also dive deep into the making of Midnight Norths new album, Theres Always a Story, and how it was a different process from how theyve done it in the past. And Im excited about having young musicians come in and play. The musician For todays season finale of Inside The Musicians Brain, Chris is thrilled to welcome Grahame Lesh (Midnight North, Terrapin Family Band). The musician his starsign is Pisces and he is now 82 years of age. 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! Lesh, the son of the Dead bassist Phil Lesh, grew up on the road with the band, bouncing from show to show in the mid 1990s, when the group was at its commercial peak. When this place opened up, they needed local musicians to fill time in the bar, he says. I was 8, and my dad was driving me to a summer science camp, he says. We had a wonderful dinner, and I was so grateful to have my biological family and my band family in one place! Ten stories told through song on their most polished album to date. Who is Phil Lesh dating in 2023? There's always another tour to look forward to! 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. Do you remember any of that? There is a community here with a lot of young people who used to be based in San Francisco and are now centered on Terrapin.. We tried again in the 80s; we were thinking about trying that approach at Rancho Nicasio, but that didnt work out. And word is getting out. 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. And so, here at Terrapin, all of us, including Midnight North, are trying to play music as much as we can. His wife is the administer of the Unbroken Chain My dads still going and hes almost 80, he says. Its kind of been a family affair. The band will then hit several other venues in the Northeast, including Brooklyn Bowl (Oct. 29) and Garcias at The Capitol Theatre on Halloween. I cant imagine anything that I could enjoy more than playing music down here. There's Always a Story represents a new chapter for Midnight North. ", earn about some of my favorite things. He made his 50 million dollar fortune with Grateful Dead & Phil Lesh and Friends. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? Technically Alex and I will switch off who is the lower part and Elliott will be the higher part, but even thats flexible. I was 8 when Jerry passed. 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-> 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. 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. Phil Lesh, Natalie Cressman, and Jennifer Hartswick Next, in Phil Leshs only turn at lead vocals on the night, he offered his whimsical Pride of Cucamonga, a kind of Grateful Dead cult classic that appeared on the bands From the Mars Hotel LP, but was never performed by the Grateful Dead. Production, Editing and Mixing by Chris Pandolfi. Our newest studio album TheresAlwaysaStory is out now on Americana Vibes! Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. P: Theres another one that says, I will not forgive you if you will not take a chance. And then theres the one that says, Inspiration moved me brightly. Put all those together and this is what you get. I want to have multigenerational bands. And so, here at Terrapin, all of us, including Midnight North, are trying to play music as much as we can. The majority of people were extremely supportive. Have you been keeping an eye on the local scene? I thought I knew good southern hospitality, but their crew takes it to a whole new level! 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