Saturday, March 19 @ 8:30PM Chateau Lacombe Ballroom

BLUES OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD CLOSING JAM hosted by David Gans

Opening Act:

Front Porch Roots Revue presenting Up on Cripple Creek - Songbook of " THE BAND"

Closing Jam Featuring: David Gans, Joe Craven, Mark Hummel, Gary Vogensen, Kat Danser, Crawdad Cantera, Garth Kennedy, Dave Babcock, J.R. Shore, Barrie Nighswander, Dennis Meneely, Bill Hobson, Chris Brzezicki, Al Brandt, Maddie Storvold

David Gans: is a musician, songwriter and journalist. He is a guitarist known for incisive, literate song-writing. He is also noted for his music loop work, often creating spontaneous compositions in performance. David has also co-written songs with Robert Hunter, Peter Rowan and Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth, while members of RatDog, Phil Lesh & Friends, as well as David Grisman, and Darol Anger have played on David’s solo albums.

He is the co-author and author of many books including Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, and Conversations With The Dead. He’s host of the weekly syndicated radio show The Grateful Dead Hour and co-hosts Sirius XM's Tales from the Golden Road, a call-in show about the Grateful Dead. David’s has been involved in many facets of Dead compilations and re-issues, too many to name here, but he was one of the producers of the brilliant So Many Roads (1965-1995) Grateful Dead box set and the Jerry Garcia box, All Good Things. He has also co-written songs with Robert Hunter, Peter Rowan and Tim Carbone of Railroad Earth and members of RatDog, Phil Lesh & Friends, David Grisman, and Darol Anger have played on David’s albums.dgans.com

Front Porch Roots Revue

Up On Cripple Creek, “The Songbook of The Band”: this all-star troupe has been popping up at festivals, theatres and cabarets since 2012 and is a heartfelt tribute to the one of the greatest and most influential ensembles of the twentieth century.

Fans of The Band will hear tunes from Cahoots, Stage Fright, Music From Big Pink, Jericho, The Band, and Moondog Matinee, plus material from Levon Helm solo albums.

The Calgary Herald named Up On Cripple Creek “one of the best 15 shows of 2012”, and Alison Brock, of CKUA’s Wide Cut Country said, “it’s as if the boys in Front Porch are channeling The Band, it’s an incredible night”.

Up On Cripple Creek has played numerous festivals and concert halls including The Vancouver Island Music Festival, Capital Theatre in Nelson, Blue Frog Studios in White Rock, the Butchart Gardens Concert Series, North Country Fair, Salmon Arm Roots & Blues, Wild Mountain Music Festival, Festival Place, and Big Valley Jamboree.

Up On Cripple Creek boasts five strong singers, led by Calgary’s J.R. Shore and Doug Andrew from Vancouver’s Circus In Flames.

Rounding out the group are harmonica player “Crawdad” Cantera, bassist Ron Rault, drummer Thom Moon, keyboard ace Garth Kennedy, and the great Gord Matthews on guitars.