July's Theme At So Many Roads

For July, our theme is very simple - The Grateful Dead. As many of you may know, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead - Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzman - are reuniting for the last time for 2 "Fare Thee Well" shows in Santa Clara on June 27 & 28 and 3 in Chicago on July 3,4 and 5th.  These 5 shows will mark the original members’ last-ever performance together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti and Bruce Hornsby.

These 5 shows are symbolic in so many ways.  They mark the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The last 3 take place 20 years after the final Grateful Dead concert on July 9, 1995, at the very same venue, Soldier Field in Chicago.  They mark 2 decades since we lost Jerry Garcia in August 1995.

So in keeping with that spirit, So Many Roads will bring you all the following in July

1. More Grateful Dead shows than you can count, spanning the bands entire career from the 1960s to the 1990s.  We have shows from every year except 7: no soundboard tapes from July exist for 1965, 1967 and 1968 while the band did not play any concerts in July in 1975, 1977, 1991 and 1993.
2. Solo performances from Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter & Bruce Hornsby
3. Concerts from artists who have sat in with the Dead on stage, or vice versa.  While some may seem obvious - think the Allman Brothers or The Band  - you may be surprised at the broad range of acts who performed alongside the Dead or its members. In fact, we'll have over 20 of these posts and in each, we'll be sure to tell you all about when these folks played with the Grateful Dead.

So in July,  "Let There Be Songs To Fill The Air. "  Enjoy the tunz as we relive "the long strange trip" of "a band beyond description, like Jehovah's favorite choir, people joining hand in hand, while the music played, the band, Lord they're setting us on fire!"

And remember "THE MUSIC NEVER STOPS!" so "If you get confused, LISTEN TO THE MUSIC PLAY". 

Enjoy the tunz!