18+ show, ID required. "If Jerry Garcia and Bob Marley had put a band together, it would have sounded like The Grateful Dread." For years, The Grateful Dread have been packing clubs on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, enthralling sellout crowds with their unexpected hybrid of Grateful Dead songs played with reggae and ska grooves. A homegrown Martha’s Vineyard band, The Grateful Dread were as surprised as anyone to discover that the combination of Dead and reggae has amazing appeal, as evidenced by all the college kids, aging Deadheads, wistful Boomers, teenagers, and even little kids that started coming to their sold out shows, dancing like crazy, and making club owners deliriously happy.
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Nectar's MV
Nectar's MV
18+ show, ID required. | The members of the band have racked up substantial credits along the way as band members, sidemen, and session players, including stints with The Allman Brothers, Carly Simon, Mick Taylor, Delbert McClinton, The David Letterman Band, Bo Diddley, Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes, Susan Tedeschi, Patti LaBelle, Blood Sweat and Tears, Chuck Berry, and The Roches, and their drummer founded Entrain, the successful World Beat/Rock Band.
Venue Information:
Directions: Located mid-island, off the West Tisbury/Edgartown Road. Turn into the Martha's Vineyard Airport, take your first right, and Nectar's is the first building on the left. There is ample free parking around the venue.
508-693-1137
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