I first heard Bruce Hornsby when I was 10 years old, back when I would spend hours on end hanging around my father’s doomed retail store because he couldn’t afford a babysitter. His small leather goods business boomed in the early half of the 1970s, but by the turn of the new decade, the belts and purses he […]
Grateful Dead
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Grateful, not dead yet: The music keeps playing at rural Iowa bar Byron’s despite threat of condemnation
Byron’s Bar is one of those places where the tale of the tape doesn’t measure up: a Grateful Dead haunt in a tiny rural town in western Iowa. I had to check it out, especially now that its future is in doubt. More on that later. The dive sits on a mostly abandoned, rundown Main […]
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On the Beat: Summer listening guide
Summer in the Clubs! Live Music Venue GUIDE Iowa City is what is known in the biz as a ‘small market.’ Acts on national tours book shows in Iowa City based on it’s geographical position within a half-day’s drive of Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Kansas City—it’s a great place to shoehorn a show in […]
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Show Preview: The Dead's Kreutzmann Brings Cajun Jams With 7 Walkers at Englert on 3/24
In November, 2010 Grateful Dead drummer and founding member Bill Kreutzmann- who reportedly never missed any of those over-2300 shows- released the debut album for his latest project 7 Walkers which will be performing in Iowa City at The Englert on Thursday.
7 Walkers will be performing at The Englert Theatre in Iowa City at 8PM on Thursday night. It is General Admission. Tickets are $25 and $20 for students.
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Railroad Earth
Tuesday, March 29 – Englert Theatre Railroad Earth has long been a sought-after act on the roots, folk and jam-band circuits, though–much like their forbearers the Grateful Dead–none of those genres can claim the band as its own. The group’s dedication to Americana traditions and their love for the warm, natural tones of acoustic instruments […]
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Raising the Dead
June/July 2010~ The Grateful Dead need to be rescued. Rescued from paunchy, balding nostalgia, rescued from the tribute bands, rescued from the scumbags who sold drugs in the parking lot at their concerts. Most of all, they need to be rescued from their hyper-recorded live career, spinning the same fifty songs again and again like […]
