Grateful Dead Records describes Wake the Dead's self-titled album and mesmerizing performances in this way: "As an expression of cultural joy, you can't top an Irish wake. And what is a wake but a celebration of appreciation, an expression of love and, most importantly, a damn good party? . . . Wake The Dead is a romp that flows seamlessly from rock grooves to hot Irish reels, and from haunting airs to achingly beautiful melodies familiar to Deadheads everywhere."

Comprising seven of the best-known and most respected players in Northern California, this is a landmark meeting of traditional Celtic tunes and Grateful Dead classics -- or, in the band's own words, "the world's first Celtic all-star Grateful Dead jam band." The eclectic group includes Maureen Brennan on harp, Cindy Browne on bass, Danny Carnahan on vocals, fiddle, octave mandolin, and guitar, Kevin Carr on uilleann (Irish bellows) pipes, fiddle, and whistles, Sylvia Herold on vocals, Paul Kotapish on mandolin, octave mandolin, guitar, and National steel guitar, and Joe Craven on percussion.

The Freight invites you to "come hear Uncle John's Band" performing such classic medleys of jigs, reels, and airs as "Banks of Lough Gowna/The Reunion/Friend of the Devil," "My Marianne/The Wheel," "Lord Inchiquin/Sugaree," and more. Wake the Dead recently completed a second album, Buckdancer's Choice.