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24 Jun 2025

🎶✨ The Garcia Project – 2025 Days Between Tour ✨🎶Celebrating 15 Years of Keeping the Spirit Alive

This summer, The Garcia Project invites you on a musical journey through time with our 2025 Days Between Tour. We’re honoring 15 years of heartfelt devotion to preserving and performing the music of the Jerry Garcia Band — and this year’s tour is shaping up to be one of the most meaningful yet.

🕰️ We are the Jerry Garcia Band Time Machine — and our passion is delivering the authentic live JGB experience, with the same arrangements, tempos, grooves, and soul that Jerry and his band brought to life from 1976 through 1995. Every note we play is in service to that spirit.

🌟 TWO nights at The Katherine Hepburn Theater (“The Kate”) – July 29 & 30
Kicking off the tour: Join us in Old Saybrook, CT at this gorgeous, intimate venue for two completely unique and unforgettable nights. Each night will spotlight a different era of the Jerry Garcia Band, with an authentic setlist from that time — lovingly recreated with the passion and precision that The Garcia Project is known for. Whether you’re drawn to the late-‘70s soul or the early ‘90s power and polish, you’ll be transported. And you will receive a commemorative 12×18 art poster if you come both nights!
NIGHT ONE TIX: https://bit.ly/TGP_Kate_night1
NIGHT TWO TIX: https://bit.ly/Kate_Night_2

🎂 August 1 – Jerry Garcia’s Birthday Celebration – at The Stadium Theater in Woonsocket, RI
A show like no other. To honor Jerry’s birthday, we’re bringing out a very special and meaningful Jerry Garcia Band setlist that will fill the room — and your heart — with light and memory. This stunning venue is the perfect place to celebrate Jerry’s legacy together. This night is not to be missed. TIX FOR JERRY’S BIRTHDAY HERE: bit.ly/tgp15years

💫 Throughout the tour, we’ll be performing in a mix of intimate and welcoming stages and larger, vibrant theaters — each one a chance to connect, heal, and celebrate the music that continues to lift us all. There’s a reason people say our shows feel like walking into a real Jerry Band concert… it’s because we care deeply about getting it right — not just the music, but the feeling.

👇 Save the dates, invite your crew, and get your tickets while you can 👇

🎟2025 Days Between Tour Dates (Clink links for tickets)

7.29 – The Katherine Hepburn Theater, Old Saybrook, CT (Night One – Classic Era Setlist)
7.30 – The Katherine Hepburn Theater, Old Saybrook, CT (Night Two – Different Era, Different Vibe)
8.1 – The Stadium Theater, Woonsocket, RI (Jerry’s Birthday Celebration)
8.2 – The Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
8.3 – The Strand Theater, Hudson Falls, NY
8.6 – Prison City Outdoor Stage, Auburn, NY
8.7 – NBT Summer Concert Series, Norwich, NY
8.8 – River Street Jazz Cafe, Wilkes Barre, PA
8.9 – The German/American Club, Trenton, NJ (Jerry’s Memorial Show)
8.10 – The Monument, Winchester, VA
8.12 – Thunderbird Cafe & Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
8.13 – Woodlands, Columbus, OH
8.15 – Garcia’s, Chicago, IL
8.16 – Woodward Theater, Cincinnati, OH

🎟 Tickets for most shows available now! – come be a part of the magic.

💜 Let there be songs to fill the air… and the love to carry them forward.

28 Jun 2022

The Garcia Project announces their 2022 DAYS BETWEEN tour!

2022 Days Between Tour

The Garcia Project, the only nationally touring tribute to classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists, announces their highly anticipated annual “Days Between” tour. 

August 1, 2022 would have been Jerry Garcia’s 80th birthday. August 9, 2022 is the date that marks Jerry’s passing, 27 years ago. August 1 – August 9 is what we, Jerry’s fans, refer to as “The Days Between”.

For more than the last decade, The Garcia Project has celebrated the life and musical legacy of Jerry Garcia by performing full, classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists. Starting July 29, The Garcia Project will embark on a multi-state tour, taking the band and fans to Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Vermont.

Kicking off the tour at Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke, Massachusetts on July 29 & 30, The Garcia Project will give fans two nights of Jerry Garcia Band music, performing a different era each night. On August 1, the band and fans will celebrate the anniversary of Jerry’s birth and what would have been his 80th birthday at The Stone Church in Brattleboro, Vermont. On August 3, the band will take the stage at the beautiful Katherine Hepburn Theater in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. August 4 has the band traveling to Norwich, New York to perform a free, outdoor show at East Park, as part of the NBT Bank Summer Concert Series. For this show, The Garcia Project will be joined by very special guest Maria Muldaur for a classic JGB show recreation from 1978.  Maria was a member of The Jerry Garcia Band in 1978 and recorded on the classic “Cats Under the Stars” album. She is also the producer of and appears on The Garcia Project’s album “Spirit”. On August 5, the band returns to Massachusetts to perform at The Narrows Center in Fall River.  August 6 finds the band on Cape Cod at the Payomet Performing Arts Center in North Truro, Massachusetts. On the special day of August 9, The Garcia Project will perform a special set list at Jewel Music Venue in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Catskill Jubilee festival in East Durham, New York will be the next stop on August 11. The Garcia Project will kick off the fest with a full, two set Jerry Garcia Band show recreation starting at 4:20. Other acts on the bill include Dark Star Orchestra and The Disco Biscuits. The band will then head south to Wilmington, North Carolina where they will headline the 4th Annual Port City Jerry Day at Greenfield Lake Amphitheater on August 20. Finally, on August 22, The Garcia project will make its debut at Rams Head on Stage in Annapolis, MD to finish up the summer tour.

The Garcia Project’s 2022 “Days Between Tour” Dates:

7/29/2022 Soundcheck Studios, Pembroke, MA (Night 1)
Tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-garcia-project-night-1-tickets-327314555647

7/30/2022, Pembroke, MA, Soundcheck Studios (Night 2)
Tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-garcia-project-night-2-tickets-327330713977

8/1/2022 The Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
Tix: https://stonechurchvt.com/#/events?event_id=56562

8/3/2022 Katherine Hepburn Theater, Old Saybrook, CT
Tix: https://www.katharinehepburntheater.org/events/garcia-project/

8/4/2022 East Park, NBT Summer Concert Series, Norwich, NY
Tix: FREE & ALL AGES
More info: https://www.chenangobluesfest.org/summer-series.html

8/5/2022 The Narrows, Fall River MA
Tix: https://narrowscenter.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=364

8/6/22 Payomet Performing Arts Center, North Turo, Cape Cod, MA
Tix: https://tickets.payomet.org/ordertickets.asp?p=1446&src=eventperformances

8/9/22 Jewel Music Venue, Manchester, NH
Tix: https://www.azpresents.com/events/the-garcia-project

8/11/22 Catskill Mountain Jubilee, East Durham, NY
Tix: https://catskillmountainjubilee.com

8/18/22 The Canal Club, Richmond, VA
Tix: https://www.seetickets.us/event/The-Garcia-Project-Celebrating-Jerry-Garcias-80th-Birthday/494174

8/20/22 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater, Wilmington, NC
Tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-port-city-jerry-day-for-the-united-way-tickets-357570822957?aff=erelexpmlt

8/22/22 Rams Head On Stage, Annapolis, MD
Tix: https://www.axs.com/events/437332/the-garcia-project-tickets?skin=ramsheadonstage

The Garcia Project
Celebrating 12 years of touring the USA performing full, classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists from 1976-1995!

The Garcia Project’s performances are based on actual set lists performed by The Jerry Garcia Band. All of their shows are classic recreations of a Jerry Garcia Band set list from 1976 to 1995. For anyone that never had a chance to experience the Jerry Garcia Band or for fans that want to relive a classic show, The Garcia Project delivers.

With precise arrangements and the proper instrumentation and feel for the various eras, The Garcia Project faithfully channels and projects the feelings, emotions and music that propelled the Jerry Garcia Band and the fans through many years of musical bliss. It’s about family, soul searching, rejoicing, contemplating, celebrating, seeking truth and loving one another.

They recently released their new album called “Spirit: a tribute to Jerry Garcia and the spiritual songs he performed”, produced by Maria Muldaur and featuring Jerry Garcia’s bandmates Peter Rowan, Jacklyn LaBranch, Buzz Buchanan and Maria Muldaur. The CD and other merchandise will be available for sale at this show. The Spirit album and the digital download are also available now at www.thegarciaproject.com/spirit

WEBSITE: www.thegarciaproject.com

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/TheGarciaProject

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/garcia_project

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegarciaproject/

Praised by Dennis McNally (Publicist for The Grateful Dead), the press, and fans, The Garcia Project has been recreating classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists with stunning accuracy and detail across the country for the past 12 years. 

“I spent a lot of nights in a lot of places with the Jerry Garcia Band, and I’m here to say that I really enjoy what The Garcia Project does with those memories.  Mik’s guitar and his and Kat’s vocals stir up some very sweet vibes…some times they almost make me feel like I’m back in, say, 1992 at the Warfield.  Check ‘em out.” — Dennis McNally, former publicist for the Jerry Garcia Band

“With faithful arrangements and period-correct gear and a dynamic ensemble use of conversational dixieland-style improvisation, space, and crescendo and diminuendo, the Project brought the Electric Church treatment to an exceptional show originally played by Garcia’s band in Santa Barbara on February 5, 1977.  Kat’s vocals on “Stir It Up,” Dan’s loping bass solo on “Simple Twist of Fate,” Smiley’s keyboards, and Mik’s graceful channeling of the singing and playing of Garcia lifted up a roomful of new believers. Highly recommended. “ — MusicFest News

“For those of us who crave late 70’s (and through the 80’s and 90’s) Jerry Garcia Band, The Garcia Project scratches that itch for hearing live renditions of JGB shows from that period.” — Bob Minkin, legendary Grateful Dead and Jerry Band rock photographer

“The Garcia Project was on point with the whole experience and it didn’t seem like a cover band more like a mirrored band…they are just as real as the Jerry Garcia Band. “ – Buffalo FM Review

“The Garcia Project’s attention to detail on intonation and performance structure does set them apart as an authority on Jerry Garcia.” – NYSMUSIC

“If you close your eyes, you’ll swear you are at a Jerry Garcia Band show.”
– ecoLocal Magazine

“It was hard to tell that it wasn’t Jerry signing on “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” – NYSMUSIC

“In order for a tribute band to be successful, fans need to look at them as the authority on the artist they are emulating. The Garcia Project pulls it off effortlessly. Go see them live …The Garcia Project is the whole package.” – Upstate Live

14 Jul 2019

Jerry Garcia Birthday Show

Jerry Garcia Birthday Show

The Garcia Project will kick off their 3rd annual DAYS BETWEEN tour with a special Jerry Garcia Birthday show at Garcia’s at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY on August 1, 2019.

The Garcia Project pride themselves on their recreations of Jerry Garcia Band sets from 1976-1995.

And this celebratory Jerry Garcia birthday show – which falls on what would have been Garcia’s 77th birthday – will also include a StraxArt gallery of the guitarist’s artwork, with a special “Augmented Reality” feature.

There will be official prints for sale, and several works on display that “never before seen by the public.”

“In sharing his artwork, I get to share what his mind was like off of the stage; the kind of things he’d like to do to keep his hands busy,” Trixie Garcia, said of her father’s artwork. “I feel like artwork kept his mind challenged and stimulated.”

Tickets for A Jerry Garcia Birthday Celebration are available here.

Jerry Garcia Birthday Show

The Garcia Project

The only nationally touring tribute to the Jerry Garcia Band that performs full, classic set lists from 1976-1995

The Garcia Project’s performances are based on actual set lists performed by The Jerry Garcia Band. All of their shows are classic recreations of a Jerry Garcia Band set list from the 1976 to 1995. For anyone that never had a chance to experience the Jerry Garcia Band or for fans that want to relive a classic show, The Garcia Project delivers.

The Garcia Project has received rave reviews from the press and from fans. Touring nationally, The Garcia Project has made many Jerry Garcia fans extremely happy. 

With precise arrangements and the proper instrumentation and feel for any and all given eras, The Garcia Project faithfully channels and projects the feelings, emotions and music that propelled the Jerry Garcia Band and the fans through many years of musical bliss.

www.thegarciaproject.com

Press:

“I spent a lot of nights in a lot of places with the Jerry Garcia Band, and I’m here to say that I really enjoy what The Garcia Project does with those memories.  Mik’s guitar and his and Kat’s vocals stir up some very sweet vibes…some times they almost make me feel like I’m back in, say, 1992 at the Warfield. Check ‘em out.” 

— Dennis McNally, former publicist for the Jerry Garcia Band

“For those of us who crave late 70’s (and through the 80’s and 90’s) Jerry Garcia Band, The Garcia Project scratches that itch for hearing live renditions of Jerry Garcia Band shows from that period.”

— Bob Minkin, legendary Grateful Dead and Jerry Band rock photographer

“I first met Jerry Garcia in 1974 when he asked me to sing harmony with him on his second solo album and started recording and sitting in with The Jerry Garcia Band whenever possible. I became an official member of The Garcia Band in 1977 through 1979 recording, gigging and touring with them, and have many fond memories of that unique experience! Recently, I was asked to sit in with a wonderful band called The Garcia Project, who lovingly and reverently recreate different specific sets of the Garcia Band in their hayday.

They don’t merely recreate Jerry’s music, as far as I’m concerned, they are channeling it. Performing with them, I am moved and touched by how much the music moves the audience into a state of joyous community and rapture. The Garcia Project brings us all back to that special time and I’m excited and blessed to participate in giving new and old audiences alike, the chance to relive the Spirit & Magic of the Jerry Garcia Band.”

— Maria Muldaur

“If you close your eyes, you’ll swear you are at a Jerry Garcia Band show.” 

– ecoLocal Magazine, Albany, NY

“…it was hard to tell that it wasn’t Jerry signing on “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down….The Garcia Project’s attention to detail on intonation and performance structure does set them apart as an authority on Jerry Garcia.” 

– NYS Music

“In order for a tribute band to be successful, fans need to look at them as the authority on the artist they are emulating. The Garcia Project pulls it off effortlessly. Go see them live …The Garcia Project is the whole package.”

– Jim Gilbert, Upstate Live

“The Garcia Project was on point with the whole experience and it didn’t seem like a cover band more like a mirrored band…they are just as real as the Jerry Garcia Band. “

– Buffalo FM Review

27 Feb 2019

The Garcia Project on Tour in 2019

Here is a concise list of shows and ticket links for y’all!

March West Coast 2019 Tour:
 3/14/19 HopMonk Tavern, Sebastopol, CA – 1977-78 show With Maria Muldaur
3/15/19 Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley, CA – 1977-78 show With Maria Muldaur
3/16/19 Club Fox, Redwood City, CA
3/17/19 Miners Foundry, Nevada City, CA with support by Achilles Wheel Trio
3/21/19 The Good Foot, Portland, OR
3/22/19 W.O.W. Hall, Eugene, OR with The Psychedelic Express Light Show
3/23/19 Williams Grange Hall, Williams, OR with The Psychedelic Express Light Show
3/24/19 Williams Grange Hall, Williams, OR with The Psychedelic Express Light Show

April East Coast 2019 Tour:
 4/13/19 Cohoes Music Hall, Cohoes, NY
4/19/19 Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
4/20/19 Wall Street Theater, Norwalk, CT
4/24/19 Brooklyn Bowl, NYC
4/27/19 Tilden Arts Center, New Bedford, MA

May Mid-West 2019 Tour:
 5/4/19 Levon’s Barn, Woodstock, NY – With Maria Muldaur
5/18/19 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, OH

MORE DATES FOR 2019 COMING SOON!




15 Oct 2018

A Visit with Leo Elliott, Owner of Scarlet Fire Guitars and Builder of Mik Bondy’s Tiger Guitar

Mik Bondy and Dan Crea got a chance to visit with Leo Elliott at his Scarlet Fire Guitars workshop in Dallas Texas. Leo is the builder of Mik Bondy’s #007 Tiger Guitar that he plays exclusively with The Garcia Project. You can read about and see pictures of Mik’s Tiger guitar build here.

Here is a short interview with Leo, and some photos of our tour of the shop below:

Get a hold of Leo and you can order a guitar for yourself! WEBSITE:  Scarlet Fire Guitars

26 Jul 2018

The Garcia Project is heading out on a full USA tour From September through October 2018!

The Garcia Project is heading out throughout the USA to celebrate the Jerry Garcia Band experience! Tickets will be on sale soon and MORE DATES will be added as well. Please help spread the word to any friends that are in any of the stops we are hitting! If you want us to perform in a particular town or city, please let us know! AND, Thank you – Your kind support and requests to play in your city has inspired us to journey out on this cross-country trip.

9/13 Brattleboro, VT
9/14 Fall River, MA
9/15 Rochester, NH
9/20 Rochester, NY
9/21 Cleveland, OH
9/22 Covington, KY
9/23 St. Louis, MO
9/26 Denver, CO
9/27 Fort Collins, CO
9/29 Salt Lake City, UT
9/30 Boise, ID
10/3 Seattle, WA
10/4 Portland, OR
10/5 Euguene, OR
10/6 Private Party
10/7 Redwood City, CA
10/10 Phoenix, AZ
10/13 Dallas, TX
10/17 Birmingham, AL
10/18 Nashville, TN
10/19 Asheville, NC
10/20 Rocky Mount, VA
10/25 Wilkesbarre, PA
10/26 Cohoes, NY
11/23 Norwalk, CT

Tickets available here: http://www.thegarciaproject.com/tour-dates/

25 Apr 2018

The Garcia Project – Live at Stadium Theater, Woonsocket, RI on April 27, 2018

Looking for live Grateful Dead music in RI this weekend? Come check out the Nation’s top touring tribute to the Jerry Garcia Band. The Garcia project plays Jerry Garcia Band concerts in their entirety.

The nations only touring tribute to The Grateful Dead's frontman Jerry Garcia's band, The Garcia Project captures the spirit of the music.

The nations only touring tribute to The Grateful Dead’s frontman Jerry Garcia’s band, The Garcia Project captures the spirit of the music.

The band recreates classic JGB set lists from 1976-1995. Founded by long time Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band fans who have a special love, understanding, and dedication to the music, and the delivery of that music. The Garcia Project pays special attention to the arrangements and feel of the specific eras, including the instrumentation and vocal stylings. While not a note for note recreation, the spirit of the original always shines through, while creating with the audience a new live music experience, founded in the same spirit.

Come check them out at one of their only East Coast performances. This Friday at 8:00 p.m. at The Stadium Theater in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.

GET TICKETS NOW:  http://bit.ly/GarciaStadium

Acoustically Speaking (Kat & Mik from The Garcia Project) open the show with a set of soulful Grateful Dead.

“I spent a lot of nights in a lot of places with the Jerry Garcia Band, and I’m here to say that I really enjoy what The Garcia Project does with those memories.  Mik’s guitar and his and Kat’s vocals stir up some very sweet vibes…some times they almost make me feel like I’m back in, say, 1992 at the Warfield.  Check ‘em out.”  — Dennis McNally, former publicist for the Jerry Garcia Band

“For those of us who crave late 70’s (and through the 80’s and 90’s) Jerry Garcia Band, The Garcia Project scratches that itch for hearing live renditions of Jerry Garcia Band shows from that period.” — Bob Minkin, legendary Grateful Dead and Jerry Band rock photographer

“If you close your eyes, you’ll swear you are at a Jerry Garcia Band show.”  – ecoLocal Magazine, Albany, NY

“…it was hard to tell that it wasn’t Jerry signing on “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down….The Garcia Project’s attention to detail on intonation and performance structure does set them apart as an authority on Jerry Garcia.”  – NYS Music

“In order for a tribute band to be successful, fans need to look at them as the authority on the artist they are emulating. The Garcia Project pulls it off effortlessly. Go see them live …The Garcia Project is the whole package.” – Jim Gilbert, Upstate Live

“The Garcia Project was on point with the whole experience and it didn’t seem like a cover band more like a mirrored band…they are just as real as the Jerry Garcia Band. “– Buffalo FM Review

“”Deadicated“ to carrying on the music and vibe of Jerry that so many still carry in their hearts.” – Albany Times Union

26 Jan 2018

Maria Muldaur to join The Garcia Project in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The 1978 Cats Under The Stars Tour!

Maria Muldaur to join The Garcia Project in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The 1978 Cats Under The Stars Tour!

Maria Muldaur to join The Garcia Project in celebration of the 40th Anniversary of The 1978 Cats Under The Stars Tour!


Maria Muldaur to join The Garcia Project for a special recreation concert of a classic show from the 1978 “Cats Under The Stars” Jerry Garcia Band tour.

Maria Muldaur will join The Garcia Project on March 8, 2018 at Club Fox in Redwood City, CA for one special night to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Jerry Garcia Band’s “Cats Under The Stars” tour from 1978. “Cats Under The Stars” was Jerry Garcia’s favorite album and the tour was filled with great songs and energy. Tickets are available now here: http://www.thegarciaproject.com/tour-dates/

Maria Muldaur will be singing with The Garcia Project’s Kat Walkerson and Mik Bondy (guitar). They will be joined by band members Dan Crea (bass guitar), Bobby Belanger (drums) and Justin Lopes (piano).

Maria Muldaur is best known world-wide for her 1974 mega-hit “Midnight at the Oasis,”which received several Grammy nominations, and enshrined her forever in the hearts of Baby Boomers everywhere. She started recording with Jerry Garcia and sitting in with The Jerry Garcia Band in ’74, joining the band officially from fall 1977 through 1978. Maria has recorded over 40 albums, and continues to perform Blues, Jazz, and Gospel both in the States and worldwide.

The Garcia Project is the nationally touring, critically acclaimed tribute to The Jerry Garcia Band. The Garcia Project performs full, classic set lists from 1976 – 1995. The Garcia Project faithfully channels and projects the feelings, emotions and music that propelled the Jerry Garcia Band and the fans through many years of musical bliss. It’s about family, soul searching, rejoicing, contemplating, celebrating, seeking truth and loving one another. It’s The Garcia Project.

“I spent a lot of nights in a lot of places with the Jerry Garcia Band, and I’m here to say that I really enjoy what The Garcia Project does with those memories.  Mik’s guitar and his and Kat’s vocals stir up some very sweet vibes…Check ‘em out.” — Dennis McNally, former publicist for the Jerry Garcia Band

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: goo.gl/gqb4qc

More about Maria Muldaur:

http://www.mariamuldaur.com

More about The Garcia Project:

Web Site: http://www.thegarciaproject.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheGarciaProject

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/thegarciaproject

23 Jul 2017

Mik Bondy’s Scarlet Fire Tiger 007 – First Look

Leo Elliot of Scarlet Fire Guitars in Dallas Texas was hired in 2016 to build the closest replica of Jerry Garcia’s iconic Doug Irwin guitar, called Tiger for me (Mik Bondy, guitarist of The Garcia Project) as a gift from a loyal fan. Kat and I drove to Dallas in 2016 to get measurements of my hands, and to choose a neck and talk about electronics and frets and tone with Leo.

The tiger was delivered to me on 7-22-17, at a friend’s house in MA. Here is some information on the build:

• Mexican cocobolo
• set-neck configuration
• inlaid and outlined w/ 1/16th inch brass
• Tiger inlaid on an ebony oval, accented with brass
• Neck is curly maple, accented by a vermillion center stripe and accented with thin layers of vermillion and maple
• Gabon ebony fretboard is inlaid with the classic Tiger motif
• Rear of the guitar is a brass outlined, quilted maple and cocobolo oval -The maple oval has a 1/16th inch red, yellow and blue marquetry strip around its circumference. The cocobolo oval is inlaid with an art deco style flower of two types of abalone, MOP, and brass.
• Electronics cover is cut out of the same piece of cocobolo as the back and is outlined with brass.
• Pots are NOS military surplus. The volume pot is a 25k value with a logarithmic taper and the neck and bridge tone are controlled by a custom manufactured, 250k/500k value Allen Bradley style, dual Mod pot just like the original. The other tone pot is a 500k value linear taper.
• onboard effects loop (OBEL) that allows the output signal from the pickups to be sent to an effects chain and return to the instrument before the volume pot. This was a personal invention of Jerry’s that allowed his signal to remain consistent when using the master volume and it allowed certain FX, like the Mutron III to always see a full input signal no matter what the master vol. on the guitar was set on.
• Unity gain buffer circuit made by wald-electronics.com.
• DiMarzio single-coil pick-up in the neck and two DiMarzio superdistortion humbuckers for the middle and bridge. I cut a one-piece cocobolo surround to mount the single coil, neck pickup in to the humbucker sized hole on the triple ring.
• Kluson reproduction harmonica bridge
• Gold Schaller M6 tuners

Here is Mik Bondy performing on the “Scarlet>Fire Tiger” for the first time on Jerry Garcia’s 75th Birthday Celebration, Presented by The Jerry Garcia Family:

Here is the “unboxing” video:

 

The Tiger needed a battery, so I put one in and tuned it up. I had a small fender travel amp to try it with. Take a listen to the first song played on Tiger here:


I am looking forward to plugging Tiger into my rig. My current rig is a modded 1967 Fender blackface twin for my pre-amp, a modded 2100 Mcintosh solid state amplifier for my power, two well used JBL e-120 speakers in a handmade Hard Trucker style cabinet, and effects rack with a MuTron, Boss Octive, Boss Delay with tap tempo, MXR Phaser with rate foot pedal mod, Boss Turbo Overdrive, Tubscreamer, Boss OD-1, rack tuner and ground control loop and pedal board. The rig was built and designed by myself over the course of three years.

Here are some photos of Tiger. If you want to hear Tiger through my rig, come on out to a show! The first public show that I will be playing Tiger at is the Jerry Garcia Family official 75th Birthday Celebration on August 1, 2017 at The Brooklyn Bowl. [GET TICKETS HERE]  The Garcia Project will perform a full Jerry Garcia Band show and Andy Falco and friends will perform selections from The Pizza Tapes and more!

Here are the photos of the build of the guitar:

Want your own Tiger, Wolf or Rosebud? Get in touch with Leo Elliot here: http://www.scarletfireguitarsllc.com/tiger/

02 Jul 2017

Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Celebration feat. The Garcia Project, Andy Falco (of Infamous Stringdusters) & Friends performing The Pizza Tapes + more!

The Jerry Garcia Family and Brooklyn Bowl Present Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Celebration featuring The Garcia Project, Andy Falco (of Infamous Stringdusters) & Friends + more!

Brooklyn, NY, 8-1-17 – We are pleased to announce this special event concert to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s 75th Birthday. The event will be held at the popular NYC venue, The Brooklyn Bowl on August 1, 2017 with doors opening at 6:00 PM and showtime at 8:00 PM. The night will consist of a special performance by The Garcia Project of a complete classic Jerry Garcia Band set list from 1976-1995. The band will not announce what show it is recreating until the end of the night.

There will also be an amazing acoustic set: Andy Falco (of the Infamous Stringdusters) and friends do The Pizza Tapes Plus, featuring Jacob Jolliff (Mandolin, of Yonder Mountain String Band), Mik Bondy (Guitar, of The Garcia Project) and Patrick Falco (bass).

TICKET LINK: https://goo.gl/KDTTET

About The Garcia Project:

The Garcia Project is the country’s leading Jerry Garcia Band tribute and many fans have called them the “DSO of JGB”.  The Garcia Project’s performances are recreations of full, classic Jerry Garcia Band set lists from 1976-1995.

More than just a Jerry Garcia Cover Band, using thoughtful arrangements and the proper instrumentation and feel, The Garcia Project faithfully channels and projects the feelings, emotions and music that propelled the Jerry Garcia Band and their fans through the years.

For anyone that never had a chance to experience the Jerry Garcia Band or for fans that want to relive a classic show, The Garcia Project delivers.

Touring across the country, The Garcia Project has made many fans extremely happy. It’s about family, soul searching, rejoicing, contemplating, celebrating, seeking truth and loving one another.

The Garcia Project has received rave reviews from the press:

“The Garcia Project was on point with the whole experience and it didn’t seem like a cover band more like a mirrored band…they are just as real as the Jerry Garcia Band. “ – Buffalo FM Review

“The Garcia Project’s attention to detail on intonation and performance structure does set them apart as an authority on Jerry Garcia.” – NYSMUSIC

“If you close your eyes, you’ll swear you are at a Jerry Garcia Band show.” – ecoLocal Magazine

“The Garcia Project’s attention to detail on intonation and performance structure does set them apart as an authority on Jerry Garcia.” – NYSMUSIC

“It was hard to tell that it wasn’t Jerry signing on “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.”” – NYSMUSIC

“In order for a tribute band to be successful, fans need to look at them as the authority on the artist they are emulating. The Garcia Project pulls it off effortlessly. Go see them live …The Garcia Project is the whole package.” – Upstate Live

VIDEO LINK:  https://youtu.be/ySAUbJ8UlKU

AUDIO LINK: https://archive.org/details/TGP2017-04-15.cohoesmusichall

WEB SITE: http://thegarciaproject.com