DSO plays this Friday and Saturday, March 28 & 29, at the Boulder Theater at 9pm.ģ03: Dark Star Orchestra has reached a major milestone: after sixteen years of touring together (only about half as long as the Grateful Dead toured), you will soon be surpassing the outstanding amount of concerts that the Grateful Dead, themselves, had played: 2,318 shows. “Dark Star Orchestra often sounds more like The Dead than The Dead sometimes did.”ĭark Star Orchestra’s drummer, Rob Koritz, took the time to answer a few questions for 303 Magazine to preview this weekend’s upcoming Boulder shows. Dark Star Orchestra not only “covers” the Dead, but they do so with such honor and gusto that even the most dedicated of Deadheads (for example, my dad and his friends) have claimed that seeing Dark Star is even better than seeing any of the remaining members of the Dead (Phil, Bobby, Mickey, Billy and all of their ever on-going side projects and solo bands) play their own music these days. DSO carries the torch of the Grateful Dead‘s one-of-a-kind music on into the sunset for the post-Dead generations to enjoy and savor. They are the Holy Grail of “cover bands,” and I cringe to even refer to such talented musicians as such. That would be enough to drive any sane and sober person to tears.ĭark Star Orchestra isn’t just another cover band. But this comment stemmed from my time during college, bartending overtime in a jam-packed establishment full of hammered students and alumni rocking out passionately to which ever cover band that was covering “Livin’ On A Prayer” that week. I have often said that there is a special place in hell for cover bands.
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