Looks like Deadheads will have a reason to be extra thankful this Thanksgiving Day (especially those in need of a tropical getaway).
Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, the last surviving original member of the Grateful Dead, has announced a three-day event called “A Very Grateful Thanksgiving” to be held this year at Kauai, Hawaii’s Porter Pavilion on Nov. 27, 28, and 29.
Performers will include David Rawlings, Gillian Welch, Holly Bowling and Sam Grisman, whose father played alongside Jerry Garcia in a ’90s ensemble.
“I still love seeing music, almost as much as I love playing it, and I miss my fallen brothers, and I miss being around all the Deadheads,” Kreutzmann told Rolling Stone.
“It’s a feeling that has left me overwhelmed with gratitude and thanks.”
View this post on InstagramDeadheads on Instagram were more than ready to pack their bags.
“Got plane, jeep and abode, just waiting on the tickets!! Fingers crossed gotta get in on this deal,” one person wrote.
“Mahalo Uncle Billy! Can’t wait!” a second fan commented, with a third pointing out, ‘Thankful Dead sounds awesome.”
As Kreutzmann explained, “A Very Grateful Thanksgiving” will also benefit the local community in Hawaii, where he lives.
“So for Thanksgiving this year, I wanted to throw a party and hear some of the musicians I’ve been digging lately take their turn,” he said. “But the part of Kauai that I live on really took a blow with the hurricane. The island is still recovering. So I decided to move my Thanksgiving party a couple miles over, to the Porter Pavilion, and make it a weekend-long celebration — with everyone invited. It’ll benefit my local venue (which took a hit from the storm) and it’ll be a coming together of the Deadhead community, including all these incredible musicians.”
“As we’ve all seen, these songs haven’t stopped just because the band did,” Kreutzmann added. “They were never meant to be presented as snapshots from the past, stuck in time — they’re still evolving in real time. There’s a great gift of renewal somewhere in there.”
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