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Deadgrass
Matt Turk and C Lanzbom joined forces to form
Deadgrass, a string band jamgrass adventure through
Jerry Garcia’s musical world. Bassist Dave Richards,
banjo player Boo Reiners and fiddler Kensuke Shoji
complete this fine group of seasoned pros exploring the
life works of Jerry Garcia on the instruments that first
inspired him. Deadgrass celebrates and interprets the
music of Jerry Garcia, drawing from Old & in the Way,
JGB, Jerry’s Jug Band days and The Grateful Dead.
A seasoned recording artist and multi-instrumentalist,
Matt Turk is a veteran performer who has performed and
recorded with Pete Seeger, opened for Judy Collins,
The Doobie Brothers, Fiona Apple and the Grateful
Dead's Mickey Hart. He has performed at the
Clearwater Festival, Gathering of the Vibes, Atlanta's
Music Midtown, Jazz at Lincoln Center The Capitol
Theatre and The Beacon Theatre. Matt has recorded for
Warner Bros Records with Gaby Moreno & Matter
Music.
Grammy award winner C Lanzbom is a touring and
studio guitarist with producing, performing, writing and
engineering credits with Pete Seeger, Bruce
Springsteen, Crystal Bowersox, Shlomo Carlebach and
Soulfarm. C's studio, Sherwood Ridge, is a state of the
art recording facility just north of New York City. C has
numerous television and film song placements. His
affection and passion for Jerry Garcia’s music has been
a major influence.
Bassist Dave Richards performs in Hamilton on
Broadway and has recorded and performed with The
Indigo Girls, Rosanne Cash, Buster Poindexter,
Madeline Peyroux, Jewel and Richie Havens. He has
toured throughout Europe, Canada and the USA,
appearing at Ottawa Jazz, Toronto Blues festival, The
Hollywood Bowl and Austin City Limits. At the age of 17
Dave was playing jazz five nights a week in Orlando,
Florida with Billy Peebles, the drummer for Ray Charles
on many classic Atlantic recordings.
Banjo player Boo Reiners is a multi-instrumentalist who
has performed, recorded, filmed and toured with
Dispatch, Phil Lesh, Al Kooper, Pete Seeger, Charlie
Louvin, Steve Martin, Tony Trischka, Michael Moore,
Amy Poehler, Natalie Merchant, Martin Sexton, and
many others. In the studio and on tour with world music
pioneers The Klezmatics, he helped the group to win
their 2007 Grammy Award for "Wonder Wheel: Lyrics By
Woody Deadgrass Guthrie.”
Jazz violinist Kensuke Shoji was born in Gifu, Japan. He
joined his father's bluegrass band as a teenager. As a
young adult he moved to the U.S.A. to study jazz violin
with Berklee String Department chair Matt Glaser, and
world renowned violinist Christian Howes. Kensuke
moved to New York City in 2013 to play with Alex
Hargreaves, Barry Harris, Jacob Jolliff, Maria Muldaur
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