American Beauty Project

ARTSWORLD FINANCIAL CENTER PRESENTS: The American Beauty Project, honoring the Grateful Dead's 1970 American Beauty + Workingmans Dead albums with two FREE concerts under the glass atrium of New York's World Financial Center Winter Garden, Saturday, January 20, and Sunday, January 21, 2007. Performing their own arrangements of songs from American Beauty + Workingman’s Dead were Jorma Kaukonen (Hot Tuna/Jefferson Airplane), Toshi Reagon, Jay Farrar (Son Volt/Uncle Tupelo), Sex Mob, Ollabelle, The Holmes Brothers, Dar Williams, Dan Zanes, La Cumbiana eNeYe, Mark Eitzel (American Music Club), Espers, Railroad Earth, Tim O’Reagan (The Jayhawks), The Jen Chapin Trio, Jim Lauderdale, John Leventhal, Catherine Russell, Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan/Phil Lesh & Friends), Teresa Williams, Rob Barraco, The Klezmatics, Andy Statman, Kerryn Tolhurst, Tony Trischka, David Spelman, Lee Hudson, Byron House, Lincoln Schleifer, and others. Production & Artistic Direction by the team that created the Bob Dylan "Blood on the Tracks Project" and the Bruce Springsteen "Nebraska Project." Special Thanks to our Media partners: WFUV Radio + WBJB 90.5 “The Night” as well as Brooklyn Brewery. All concert photos in slideshow © Jim McCarthy “A new life for a Dead classic… the concert lineup, produced by David Spelman, mirrored the eclecticism of the Dead and generally recast the songs.” (THE NEW YORK TIMES) :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: “Brought something of a back-porch feel to the canyons of Gotham's financial district. The perf's real fire came courtesy of acts that like to tear open the original structures of the source material and reassemble the parts afresh -- an approach well-suited to the honorees' legacy.” (VARIETY) :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: “If you know ‘Uncle John's Band’ isn't some relative's act, this sweet-as-a-sugar-magnolia event is for you!” (THE NEW YORK POST) :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: “A dream team of performers running through the Dead’s classic 1970 studio albums in sequential order. And, though the all-star ensemble largely shied away from the Dead’s trademark jams, the cast didn’t necessarily stick to their script either, exploring the range of styles the Dead’s music encompasses.” (RELIX) :: :: :: :: :: :: :: ::T-SHIRTS, CAPS, BAGS, STICKERS + other AMERICAN BEAUTY PROJECT GEAR for sale click here