The Thomaston Opera House to Host CT Grateful Dead All Stars

Press release

The Thomaston Opera House plays hosts to an all star tribute to America’s favorite jam band.

THOMASTON: CT Grateful Dead All Stars will be performing on January 13, 2024 at the Thomaston Opera House. They will be joined by special guest Rolling Stones sax player Crispin Cloe. The concert is a tribute to America's Favorite jam band. Featuring the best of the best of the Grateful Dead, performed by veteran players from some of the most established Dead Tribute Acts in the Northeast. Hosted by Matt Helm, formerly of Terrapin, featuring talent from Shakedown, Stella Blues Band, Bone Dry, Spadtastics, Brothers of the Road and more. Part of the proceeds will benefit the REX foundation. A non-profit organization created by the Grateful Dead family and friends in 1983.

This concert being performed in the Thomaston Opera House is sure to make this a one-of-a-kind musical experience. Noted for outstanding acoustics, the Thomaston Opera House is a historic performance venue and is part the Thomaston town hall complex. It was built in 1883-84, and is a good local example of Romanesque architecture. The theater has served as a performance, concert and film venue since its construction.

The Grateful Dead was a rock band that formed in 1965 in San Francisco, California from the remnants of another band, “Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions,” The Grateful Dead were known for their unique and eclectic songwriting style which fused elements of rock, folk music, bluegrass, blues, country, and jazz, and also for live performances of long modal jams. The group disbanded immediately after the death of singer/guitarist Jerry Garcia in 1995, although the surviving band members have since performed together under a number of other names, including The Other Ones, The Dead, Furthur, Dead & Company, and others.

One of the most notable things about the Grateful Dead is their duration. They were together for thirty years, stopping only upon the death of Jerry Garcia in 1995. Their output, comprised mainly of a vast number of recorded concerts, is unmatched by any other band. Their music lives on through many tribute bands as well as projects of the rest of the band.
Tickets are available at The Thomaston Opera House Box Office at 860-283-6250. Online at www.landmarkcommunitytheatre.org.

About the Rex Foundation

About REX foundation: The Rex Foundation aims to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, assist others less fortunate than ourselves, protect the rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere. Find out more information at rexfoundation.org