Jeff Chimenti Stories

This Month In Grateful Dead Covers - May 2017

This Month In Grateful Dead Covers is a monthly Tomorrow's Verse feature which takes a look at the diverse set of artists -- in the GD family and beyond -- who are diving into the catalog.1.Let's start with Bobby, but here he's not with any of his established bands.  ...

What A Difference A Weir Makes | Video From Los Muertos Con Queso

Shit happens.  Sometimes quite literally.Bob Weir had to sit out the first of two Los Muertos shows during the new group's debut at the Los Muertos Con Queso destination event in Mexico -- food poisoning the official explanation.It had to be disappointing for Deadheads making the trip down to the co-headlined (with...

Setlist / Audio / Video | Golden Gate Wingmen @ Martyrs' 8/19/16

Photo via rendi.v InstagramBy the way I count, the last time Jeff Chimenti performed in Chicago, he was standing in front of 70,000 strong at Soldier Field during the final Fare Thee Well on July 6, 2015.So the cozy confines of Martyrs' probably had a bit of different feel for him.Maybe not so much for...

You Can Fly Solo, But You Can't See Dead & Company Alone

By Carmel O'Farrell (@carmelocorn) | Photos: Adam Miszewski (Adjomi Creative)Sunday, July 10th started off just like any other day. I woke up that morning with absolutely no plans, but as the day progressed I started to develop an intense feeling deep inside my chest. It was FOMO.Dead and Company was playing just a...

Looking Back At Fare Thee Well One Year Later

 I was born in 1973. The Grateful Dead had already been an entity for 8 years, having travelled thousands of literal, and millions of psychic, miles by the time Id breathed my first.By the time I first saw Jerry Garcia he'd already faced down a diabetic coma, written just about all of his most impressive...