Bill Kreutzmann Presents Dear Jerry

BILL KREUTZMANN’S BILLY & THE KIDS CONFIRM

“DEAR JERRY” PRE-PARTY AT WASHINGTON, DC’S 9:30 CLUB MAY 13

featuring: AN EVENING OF BILLY & THE KIDS WITH SURPRISE GUESTS AND SIT-INS

DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME

CONCERT EVENT TO BE HELD MAY 14

AT MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION

KREUTZMANN MEMOIR

MY THREE DECADES OF DRUMMING, DREAMS

AND DRUGS WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD

TO BE RELEASED MAY 5

Legendary Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann has announced that his band Billy & The Kids will perform at Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club as a pre-party to celebrate the next night’s sold out DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA, the once-in-a-lifetime concert event honoring one of the most influential musicians and cultural icons of our time. The show will feature performances by: Mickey Hart, Kreutzmann’s Billy & the Kids, Bob Weir, Bruce Hornsby, Buddy Miller, David Grisman, Eric Church, Greensky Bluegrass, Jimmy Cliff, Jorma Kaukonen, Los Lobos, Moe., O.A.R., Railroad Earth, The Disco Biscuits, Trampled By Turtles, Widespread Panic, Yonder Mountain String Band and Communion featuring Phil Lesh, Stu Allen, Grahame Lesh, Ross James, Alex Koford, and Jason Crosby.

“I miss him.  Every day,” says Kreutzmann. “Jerry’s memory is still a source of inspiration and strength. He was my friend.”

Tickets for the 9:30 Club show go on sale today, Thursday April 16, at 10am et via Ticketfly.

Keith Wortman is the creator and executive producer of DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA.  Grammy Award-winner Don Was serves as music director, and will lead an all-star band backing the performers at this incomparable concert event taping. Was and Wortman recently teamed to produce large-scale concert events, music releases, and broadcast specials honoring music icons such as Johnny Cash, Levon Helm, Dr. John, Gregg Allman, Mavis Staples and Emmylou Harris amongst others. DEAR JERRY: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF JERRY GARCIA will be filmed and recorded for multi-platform distribution throughout traditional and digital media. The event will be co-produced by the Jerry Garcia family.

Kreutzmann also recently announced a book tour in support of his soon-to-be-released memoir, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams and Drugs with The Grateful Dead (St. Martin’s Press; on-sale May 5, 2015; $27.99). The dates begin in Denver, CO, at the Cannabis Cup and end May 31 in San Francisco, CA, at The Chapel. Some of the signing events will include an exclusive “Bill Kreutzmann in Conversation with Benjy Eisen,” event followed by a Q&A and signing, while others will be signings only. “Bill Kreutzmann in Conversation with Benjy Eisen” events will be held at the same store in which the signings are taking place.

On April 20, for one night only, Billy & The Kids featuring Dominic Lalli from Big Gigantic and the String Cheese Incident’s Jason Hann, will perform at the Ogden Theatre in Denver, CO, performing a “Spring ’90 Revisited Show.” At this exclusive event, Kreutzmann and his band will revisit the catalog from the Grateful Dead’s famed Spring ’90 tour.

Immediately after the book tour is over, Kreutzmann will begin preparations for the biggest concert events of the decade with the reunited Grateful Dead for three nights at Chicago’s Soldier Field – joined by Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti – performing their final shows ever. The Dear Jerry pre-party at the 9:30 Club which will benefit the Rex Foundation will be Billy & The Kids’ last appearance before the Soldier Field dates.

The complete Bill Kreutzmann book tour dates are below:

April

18 – Denver, CO – Cannabis Cup #

May

6 – New York, NY – Barnes & Noble Tribeca #

7 – Ridgewood, NJ – Bookends *

8 – Madison, CT – R.J. Julia *

9 – West Chester, PA – Chester County Book Company #

11 – Philadelphia, PA – Barnes & Noble *

16 – Chicago, IL – Anderson’s Bookshop #

17 – Skokie, IL – Barnes & Noble *

18 – Los Angeles, CA – Barnes & Noble The Grove *

19 – Los Angeles, CA – Skylight Books #

21 – Portland, OR – Powell’s #

26 – Petaluma, CA – Zodiacs #

27 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall #

31 – San Francisco, CA – The Chapel #

# “Bill Kreutzmann in Conversation with Benjy Eisen” at the store

* Book signing only

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EVENT INFO:

4/18 at 3PM

High Times Cannabis Cup – Keynote (Tattered Cover preselling books)

Denver Mart, 451 East 58th Avenue, Denver, CO, 80216