Circle D Productions is excited to bring RIPPLEWOOD to The Rotunda * Innovative/ Unique Acoustic take on the music of The Grateful Dead * They will perform 2 sets * Set 1 will be the entire Anthem Of The Sun studio album, a classic piece of GD history * Set 2 will be an anniversary performance of The Dead at The fabled Fillmore East * June 14, 1968 * Artist bio below.
Steven Taylor, an OG member of the legendary Fugs, will open for Ripplewood. Steven will perform a set of original music solo and with members of Ripplewood * Artist bio is below.
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Doors 6:30 / Music 7:30
Tickets: $15 Adv / $20 DOS
Link: bit.ly/4jzcF8Y
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* Hot Food
* Artisan Crafts
* Silent Auction / Raffle ( Charity to be named)
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RIPPLEWOOD:
· Instagram __https://www.instagram.com/ripplewoodofficial/
· YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Hm83pa
· Main Webpage: https://bit.ly/3HpwWAm
· Promo Reel: https://bit.ly/3Hm83pa
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Doors 6:30 / Music 7:30
Tickets: $15 Adv / $20 DOS
Link: bit.ly/4jzcF8Y
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* Hot Food
* Artisan Crafts
* Silent Auction / Raffle ( Charity to be named)
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RIPPLEWOOD:
· Instagram __https://www.instagram.com/ripplewoodofficial/
· YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Hm83pa
· Main Webpage: https://bit.ly/3HpwWAm
· Promo Reel: https://bit.ly/3Hm83pa
Bass-Vocals:
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a seasoned bassist known for his work with the jam band Rainbow Full of Sound. With a career spanning over fifty years, he brings a deep understanding of the Grateful Dead's catalog and a masterful improvisational flair to the band's performances. His role with RFOS has involved extensive travel and notable shows at venues like the Fox Theatre in Boulder and The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton. In addition to his work with Rainbow Full of Sound, Jair-Rohm is involved in several other musical projects, including Doom Dogs (with Reeves Gabrels and Jonathan Kane) and Ripplewood, further showcasing his versatility and dedication to the jam band scene.
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Drums, percussion
Jair-Rohm Parker Wells is a seasoned bassist known for his work with the jam band Rainbow Full of Sound. With a career spanning over fifty years, he brings a deep understanding of the Grateful Dead's catalog and a masterful improvisational flair to the band's performances. His role with RFOS has involved extensive travel and notable shows at venues like the Fox Theatre in Boulder and The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton. In addition to his work with Rainbow Full of Sound, Jair-Rohm is involved in several other musical projects, including Doom Dogs (with Reeves Gabrels and Jonathan Kane) and Ripplewood, further showcasing his versatility and dedication to the jam band scene.
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Drums, percussion
Abe Speller is an experienced New York session drummer who has performed, recorded, and toured the world with renowned artists across multiple genres. His collaborators include singer Phoebe Snow, rock icon Pat Benatar, jazz pianist Lonnie Liston Smith, and Steely Dan guitarist Jon Herington. Speller also leads his group, the Abe Speller 3rio, which performs jazz standards and selections from the Great American Songbook.
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Guitar, vocals
Robert Musso is an American guitarist, producer, and composer, known for his wide-ranging work across experimental music, avant-garde rock, jazz fusion, and world music. He has collaborated with many prominent figures in these genres, including Bill Laswell, John Zorn, and Thomas Chapin. Musso is a key figure in the New York downtown music scene, having founded, together with Ripplewood bassist Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, the seminal NYC band Machine Gun in 1986.
In addition to his instrumental work, Musso founded MuWorks Records, an independent label that has released various avant-garde and experimental music projects. His contributions to music also include sound engineering, where he has worked on over 2000 recordings and projects as a producer and engineer, making significant contributions to the development of boundary-pushing music.
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Lead vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica
James Dalton is a performer, storyteller, musician, and giver. He's huffed it around, reaching audiences hard: one person at a time, on stages and subway platforms, in living rooms and radio studios. Stomping his feet, hootin' and hollerin', banging on guitars, and making mandolins weep. Sharing secrets and laughs, mixing breathtaking vocals with exciting harmonica playing
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Drums, percussion
Daniel Albi is a dynamic drummer known for his involvement in the East Coast jam band scene. In addition to Ripplewood, he also performs regularly with the bands Alembic Haze and Splintered Sunlight. Albi's drumming adds a driving, rhythmic pulse to the band's performances, showcasing his talents alongside other celebrated musicians. His collaboration with drummer Abe Speller in Ripplewood is marked by their synchronized rhythms and complementary styles, creating a robust and cohesive groove for the band's sound.
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Piano
David Dzubinski is a graduate of Temple University with a BM in Jazz Composition and Arranging. He continued his education in private study with renowned jazz composers/pianists Joanne Brackeen, Dave Burrell, and Edsel Gomez. Dzubinski's accomplishments include a solo piano recording; composer, arranger, and pianist for G. Calvin Weston's Phoenix Orchestra; the publication of two books of original compositions, originator and project leader for the Real Philadelphia Book (aka the Philadelphia Real Book), suites commissioned by Philadelphia University and Doylestown Health and Wellness Center; compositions for both The Society Hill Playhouse and The Wilma Theater; pianist on seven of jazz composer/vocalist Kaylé Brecher's recordings; a composition published by Freddie Hubbard's Hubtones; and performances with G. Calvin Weston, Doug Wimbish, Elliot Levin, Corey Glover, Darlene Love, Paul Pesco (Madonna), Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Mischa Machez, Jason Fraticelli, Anwar Marshall, Sarah Dash, Tim Motzer, Dawn Robinson, John Swana, Gary U.S. Bonds, Tom Spiker, Warren Oree, Frank Butrey, Kaylé Brecher, Chico Huff, Mutlu, Josh Lawrence, and others.
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Steven Taylor
.... is a member of the revived underground rock band the Fugs, described by critic John Rockwell as “the prototypical New York beatnik, art-rock group, the precursors of the Velvet Underground and, through them, the entire New York and international new wave rock culture.” Taylor has composed music for theatre, film, radio drama, and installations, and made over a dozen records with various artists. He has toured and recorded with poets Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Kenward Elmslie, and the New York hardcore band False Prophets. Of his work with the Fugs, NY Times critic Stephen Holden wrote: “Mr. Taylor, the quintet's most musically sophisticated member, is a proficient guitarist and composer whose style runs toward an austere, 1980's extension of 1960's psychedelic folk-rock.
https://youtu.be/2fB24sBEtbo?si=-Ery1rUkV_8ZjCch
Doors 6:30 / Music 7:30
Tickets: $15 Adv / $20 DOS
Link: bit.ly/4jzcF8Y
.... is a member of the revived underground rock band the Fugs, described by critic John Rockwell as “the prototypical New York beatnik, art-rock group, the precursors of the Velvet Underground and, through them, the entire New York and international new wave rock culture.” Taylor has composed music for theatre, film, radio drama, and installations, and made over a dozen records with various artists. He has toured and recorded with poets Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Kenward Elmslie, and the New York hardcore band False Prophets. Of his work with the Fugs, NY Times critic Stephen Holden wrote: “Mr. Taylor, the quintet's most musically sophisticated member, is a proficient guitarist and composer whose style runs toward an austere, 1980's extension of 1960's psychedelic folk-rock.
https://youtu.be/2fB24sBEtbo?si=-Ery1rUkV_8ZjCch
Doors 6:30 / Music 7:30
Tickets: $15 Adv / $20 DOS
Link: bit.ly/4jzcF8Y