Anthony, Jason, and Tim Wish You A Real Good Time! See Ya in the VALLEY!
WHEN I DIE, BURY ME DEEP, PLACE SOME SPEAKERS AT MY FEET, PUT SOME HEADPHONES ON MY HEAD, AND FOREVER PLAY THE GRATEFUL DEAD!
"There Ain't Nothing Like A Grateful Garcia Gathering".
The Grateful Garcia Gathering just wouldn't be complete without a musical cohort and personal friend of Jerry's to be part of the festivities. Melvin Seals, the longtime vocalist and organist of the "Jerry Garcia Band" and "JGB", will perform for *TWO JAM'N NIGHTS* on Jerry Garcia's Birthday August 1st thu Aug 2nd 2008. Melvin Seals remained with the "Jerry Garcia Band" longer than any other keyboardist. He was with the band from 1980 until the untimely passing of Jerry in 1995. So don't miss the bus this summer!
The Grateful Garcia Gathering
Billy, Merl Saunders, and Melvin!
(The 3G's) is our most important interest, as we want to keep the flame burning for Jerry Garcia. We feel the torch is in our hands, and all of Jerry Garcia's fans have the matches so that it will never burn out!!! Grateful Garcia Gathering
The 3G's will celebrate and pay tribute to the life, art, and music of legendary guitarist Jerry Garcia on what would be his 66th Birthday!
We're having our 5th annual music & camping festival this summer! Its three daze and three nights of good vibes, camping, dancing, getting together with friends, and just relaxing under shade trees, and just having good 'ol outdoor fun! The 3Gs is going to be a blast! In case this is your first time here, every summer, we bring Deadheads and the kind folks like you, a truly Deadicated camping & music festival. Theres always crazy things going on, with great vendors, crafted handworks, arts, tie-dye stuff, awsome food vendors, and not to mention beautiful hempwear! This festival, in general is aways around the same weekend as Jerry Garcia's Birthday in honor to the music, life, and spirit of guitarist, Jerry Garcia! This is going to be a very deeply humble, and special time for camping and gathering with friends of old and new! The 3G's will be a mix of wonderful music by some of the best JamBands in the Midwest to rock your soul.
~Venue = Hey, we're talking Legend Valley here, where the Grateful Dead performed FIVE times, and Ratdog twice! (formerly Buckeye Lake Music Center)
~Vibe =Chill.
~Parking = Free.
~Re-Entry = No Problem.
~Camping = E-Z walk to and from main stage.
~Security = Very Kind.
~Vendors = Heady.
~Staff = Cool.
~Bands = Jammy!
~Memories = Priceless!
So don't miss the Bus this summer!
There will be plenty of awesome vendors on-site for you to check out, a kind and friendly atmosphere, and a stellar musical lineup for all to enjoy! In addition, there is going to be a memorabilia "Jerry Garcia Shrine" near the main stage. All attendees are encouraged to bring pictures, candles, ticket stubs, tie-dyes, old posters with Jerry's signature, any and all related items related to Jerry Garcia, or the Grateful Dead! You can place it at the shrine for all to enjoy! WE WILL BE HAVING A FOOD DRIVE, SO BRING A COUPLE OF CANS OF FOOD WITH YOU, AND MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY! STRANGERS HELPING STRANGERS IS LOVE AND KINDEST!
We Support Our Extended Family & Friends At Legend Valley ~~~Anthony Lee, Jason Butler, and Tim Sundog~~~
~Grateful Dead Stage Legend Valley~
Morning at Hookahville 28 2007!
~Anthony Lee, Steve Trickle, and Tim Sundog at Legend Valley~
~~Bob Weir & Ratdog at Legend Valley~~
~~~~~~Jerry Garcia~~~~~~
~Melvin Seals & JGB~
JGB Members are:
Melvin Seals- original Keyboards/vocals Jerry Garcia Band.
David Kemper- original drummer Jerry Garcia Band.
Stu Allen- Guitar/vocals.
Marty Holland- Bass.
Judith Coleman- Vocals.
Mary Holland- Vocals.
~Donna Jean and the Tricksters~
"Donna Jean and The Tricksters". The Grateful Dead's Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Mookie Siegel of the "David Nelson Band" (and formerly a member of both "Phil & Friends" and "Bob Weir & Ratdog"), Wendy Lanter of "Hope in Time", and Jeff Mattson, Tom Circosta, Klyph Black and Dave Diamond, all of the "The Zen Tricksters", now create music together as "Donna Jean and The Tricksters".
~Moonalice~
~Moonalice~
~Camping at Legend Valley~
"Moonalice", members include Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Jerry Garcia), Jimmy Sanchez (Dr. John, Roy Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Tom Waits, Boz Scaggs), G.E. Smith has played with the broadest possible spectrum of artists, from Red Buttons to Allen Ginsberg, from Desmond Child to Bob Dylan and all points in between,(10 years, 1985-1995, of fronting the Saturday Night Live Band, Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall and John Oates), Ann McNamee-Vocals, Percussion Flying Other Brothers, Roger McNamee - Bass, Guitar & Vocals Flying Other Brothers, Barry Sless (pedal steel and lead guitarist from the David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz, The Rowan Brothers (Peter, Lorin & Chris). Jack Casady - Bass Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna.(Jack will not be at this years Grateful Garcia Gathering due to other commitments)
~TWO STAGES TO ROCK YOUR SOUL~
~Let There Be Music To Fill The Air~
-Thursday July 31st 2008-
10:00am-11:30am ~Grateful Beth & The Volunteers~
12:00-01:30pm ~Lyle~
02:00-03:30pm ~Back Home~
04:00-06:00pm ~JiMiller Band~
06:30-08:30pm ~Professor Louie & The Crowmatix~
09:30-12:00pm ~New Riders of the Purple Sage~
12:30-00:00am -Late Night w/~BoomBox~
(Artists and timeslots subject to change without notice)
-Fri Aug 1st'08 Jerry Garcia's Birthday!
10:30-12:00pm ~David Gans~
12:00-01:30pm ~Covert Operations~
02:30-04:30pm ~Moonalice~
05:00-07:00pm ~Melvin Seals & JGB~
07:30-09:30pm ~Donna Jean and the Tricksters~
10:00-12:00pm ~Jackie Greene~
12:30-00:00am -Late Night w/~BoomBox~
(Artists and timeslots subject to change without notice)
-Saturday August 2nd 2008-
10:30-12:00pm ~In the Dark~
12:30-02:00pm ~Baghdad Scuba Review~
02:30-04:O0pm ~Waterband~
04:30-06:30pm ~Donna Jean & The Tricksters~
07:00-09:00pm ~Moonalice~
09:30-11:30pm ~Melvin Seals & JGB~
12:00-00:00 -Late Night w/~Splintered Sunlight~
(Artists and timeslots subject to change without notice)
~Jackie Greene~
The Grateful Dead Movie, Back Stage Pass, The Last Waltz, and Festival Express!
Festival attendees though the years have danced and shake their bones to the sounds of Melvin Seals & JGB featuring David Kemper original drummer of the Jerry Garcia Band, Bruce Spencer, plus Stu Allen, Judith Coleman, Mary Holland, Sam Howard, Marty Holland.
Donna Jean and The Tricksters, featuring Donna Jean Godchaux, Mookie Siegel, Wendy Lanter of Hope in Time, and Jeff Mattson, Tom Circosta, Klyph Black and Dave Diamond, all of the Zen Tricksters.
Moonalice, featuring Roger & Ann McNamee, Barry Sless (pedal steel and lead guitarist from the David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh and Friends, Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz, The Rowan Brothers Peter, Lorin & Chris), Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship, Hot Tuna, John Lee Hooker, Steve Kimock, Jerry Garcia), G.E. Smith (Bob Dylan, SNL, Hall & Oats), Jimmy Sanchez (Dr. John, Roy Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Maria Muldaur, Tom Waits, Boz Scaggs). Also, Boris Garcia, Boney Fingers, Waterband, The Jones Gang, Day Old Bread, Groovulous Glove, The Northern Pines, Eternity, The Green Situation, Floydian Slip, Bed, The Northern Lights, The Form, Minglewood, Strange Neighbors, Grateful Gary & Friends, Phix, Drew Scott, John Kadlecik of DSO, Del Mar, Fat Maw Rooney, The Weavils, Cosmic Railroad, The Green Situation, The Northern Pines Band, T.U.G.G., Bar Tab Band, UnderBelly, Baghdad Scuba Review, Groovulous Glove, Electric Medicine, Bowser, Grateful Beth & The Volunteers, Jana Holland, Covert Operations, Macyn Taylor, The Northwoods Band, Run Side Down, The CedarTown Boys, Bear! Our hats off to Mondo, Jason, and Anthony keeping it all together for the fans!
All our Volunteers! Our Music heroes are all these kind people (and bands) that have touched our life in some way or another! Jerry Garcia, Merl Saunders, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Billy Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan, Donna Jean Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Brent Mydland, Bruce Hornsby, Vince Welnick, Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Mark Karan, The Dead, The Other Ones, Phil & Friends, Jackie Greene, Melvin Seals & JGB, Moonalice, Donna Jean and the Tricksters, New Riders of the Purple Sage, BoomBox, The Rhythm Devils, David Peel & the Lower Eastside (Have A Marijuana), Professor "Louie" & The Crowmatix, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, David Nelson Band, Jorma Kaukonen, Jimmy Carl Black, Geronimo Black, Joan Baez, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Page, Jack Casady, The Band, Rick Danko, CSN&Y, Aerosmith, Steve Miller Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Steve Kimock, Credence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, David Crosby, David Grisman, Johnny Cash, Stevie Wonder, Peter Frampton, John Kay & Steppenwolf, The Who, Tracy Chapman, Third Eye Blind, Cheryl Crow, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hot Tuna, Pink Floyd, Phish, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, Woody Guthrie, Led Zeppelin, The Wallflowers, Queen, Tom Petty, Pete Seeger, Frank Zappa & The Grand Mothers, Zero, Little Feat, and on and on!
"There Ain't Nothing Like A Grateful Garcia Gathering".
~~Jackie Greene and Tim Sundog~~
Bruce Spencer above,(formerly drummer for Melvin Seals & JGB 2004), and now drummer for Jackie Greene's Band. Bruce is also Jackie's uncle! All in the Family! Bruce Spencer is also a singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known for his work with the rock and roll trio, The 77s. Aside from his work with the 77s, Spencer has also played the drums for artists like Wynona Judd, Charlie Peacock, Brent Bourgeois, Larry Tagg, Roger Smith, JGB, Agnes Stone (qwest), Zoppi(MCA), Chris Webster, Jackie Greene, and many others. Bruce is a creative media producer, singer and session musician, as well as drumming instructor, and clinician.
"I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone; I know you, rider, gonna miss me when I'm gone; Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms".