FestivaLink.net presents The American Beauty Project (featuring: Jim Lauderdale, Ollabelle, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Catherine Russell & special guest David Gans)
On Friday November 16th, 2007, a celebration of music from The Grateful Dead, The American Beauty Project was performed in its entirety at the Fine Arts Center on the campus of UMass, Amherst.
In 1970, the Grateful Dead entered the studio to record two landmark albums, Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. These albums have become legendary in the annals of music history and mark a departure from the band's "original" jam sound toward an exploration of folk and bluegrass traditions.
Paying homage, a roster of acclaimed artists including Ollabelle, Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Jim Lauderdale, and Catherine Russell recreate and perform songs from both these works.
Mixed and Produced for the American Beauty Project by David Schnirman and Hear No Evil, LLC, Recording Engineer Rich Rothenberg
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow, Boulder CO
Players:
Jim Lauderdale
Ollabelle (Byron Isaacs, Tony Leone, Fiona McBain, Glen Patscha, Amy Helm)
Larry Campbell
Teresa Williams
Catherine Russell
David Gans
Wish I could have been there! some friends saw the show in NYC. I hadn`t thought about it much since, but here it is! I have just listed to the first set. I like what Jim Lauderdale brings to the son
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