WBLM Welcomes Dark Star Orchestra [VIDEO]

Tonight it'll feel like the Dead are in town! WBLM welcomes back Dark Star Orchestra to Portland at the State Theatre. According to the State Theatre website, DSO is

"continuing a long and strange trip since humble beginnings over a decade ago, Dark Star Orchestra’s determined commitment to ‘raising the Dead’ has drawn nationwide attention. Offering a continually evolving artistic outlet within the Grateful Dead’s musical canon, members of Dark Star Orchestra seek out the unique style of each performance era and offer their own interpretations and improvisations at each show. Using entire set lists from the Grateful Dead’s decades of touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra recreates song for song performances straight from the set list of these historic shows. Dark Star Orchestra isn’t a cover band. Its shows are not even meant as tributes. What Dark Star Orchestra tirelessly strives for and achieves is a continuation of the spirit of what has now become over forty years of the Grateful Dead’s timeless music."

 

Watch this terrific performance of Eyes of the World at Mountain Jam this past summer!