Very few people may understand the title of this post. The title was actually something I came up with, combining two song titles together. The great blues song “Further On (Up the Road)” and the Grateful Dead’s “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad.” Although I’ve chosen a alternate spelling of the word “further”, which actually has to do with the Grateful Dead.
Furthur is actually a new jamband on the scene, featuring former original Dead members, Bobby Weir and Phil Lesh, as well as Jeff Chimenti (who has collaborated on a number of Dead-related projects), John Kadlecik (of Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead tribute band), Jay Lane (of RatDog, which is Weir’s band that creates their own spin on Dead songs as well as the solo work of Bobby) and Joe Russo (of the Benevento/Russo Duo, an instrumental drum and organ duo favored by the jamband community).
The Dead are actually taking a hiatus, after just playing a few shows over the past couple years, that included an Obama Rally and a headlining slot at this past summer’s Rothbury Festival. Furthur will be hitting the road next week, kicking things off in New York for a vert short tour during the month of December, which includes a two-night stand at the Billy Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on the 30th and New Year’s Eve. They’ll go back on the road in early February, where they’ll go out on another month-long tour, for the most part stopping up and down the east coast. Unfortunately for the Deadheads in the Cincinnati area, they won’t be stopping anywhere that close to here. Fortunately, us Cincinnatians have the Gov’t Mule show to look forward to, when they make a return to the Taft Theatre. Those tickets go onsale tomorrow morning.
Furthur Tour Dates
Dec 8 & 9 – New York City – Hammerstein Ballroom
Dec 11 – Wallingford, CT – Chevrolet Theater at Oakdale
Dec 12 & 13 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Park Convention Hall
Dec 30 & 31 – San Francisco – Billy Graham Civic Auditorium
Feb 5 – Miami – Bayfront Park Amphitheatre
Feb 6 – Orlando – Hard Rock Live
Feb 8 – Atlanta – The Tabernacle
Feb 9 – Asheville, NC – Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Feb 10 – Charlotte, NC – Bojangles Coliseum
Feb 12 – Hampton, VA – Hampton Coliseum
Feb 13 – Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
Feb 14 – Ithaca, NY – Barton Hall
Feb 15 – Bethlehem, PA – Stabler Arena
Feb 17 – Buffalo – Shea Performing Arts Center
Feb 18 – Manchester, NH – Verizon Wireless Arena
Feb 19 – Amerst, MA – Mullins Center
Feb 20 – Utica, NY – Utica Auditorium
Feb 22 – Newark, DE – Bob Carpenter Center
Feb 23 & 24 – New York City – Radio City Music Hall
Feb 26 - Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Feb 27 – Atlantic City – Trump Taj Mahal
Mar 2 & 3 – Chicago – Auditorium Theatre
Mar 8 – Portland, OR – Portland Memorial Coliseum
Gov’t Mule Tour Dates
Warren Haynes 21st Annual Xmas Jam
Dec 12 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Civic Center
New Years Eve Run
Dec 30 & 31 – New York City – Beacon Theatre
Island Exodus
Jan 15-19 – Negril, Jamaica
By A Thread Tour
Jan 20 – Ft Lauderdale – Revolution
Jan 21 – Tampa – The Ritz
Jan 22 – Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
Jan 23 – Mobile, AL – Saenger Theatre
Jan 26 – Charleston, SC – The Music Farm
Jan 27 – Oxford, MS – Lyric Theatre
Jan 28 – TBA
Jan 29 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
Jan 30 – Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room
Feb 2 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Feb 3 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Feb 4 – Champaign, IL – Canopy Club
Feb 5 – Chicago – House of Blues
Feb 6 – St Louis – The Pageant
Feb 9 – Davenport, IA – Capitol Theatre
Feb 10 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
Feb 12 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre
Feb 13 – Denver – Fillmore
Feb 14 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
Feb 17 – Tulsa, OK – Flytrap Ballroom
Feb 18 – Dallas – House of Blues
Feb 19 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s
Feb 20 – Houston – House of Blues
2010 Summer Festival Dates
Jul 24 – HullabaLOU – Louisville, KY – Churchill Downs