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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of…
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Detroit jazz saxophonist to cover Grateful Dead songs during Colorado Springs show
A mysterious synergy happened to jazz saxophonist Dave McMurray a few years ago. He was sitting in with the band Wolf Bros, an off-shoot of The Grateful Dead that counts Bob Weir as one of its members, and heard some tunes (“Dark Star,” “Eyes of the World”) that fired him up. “I thought, man, this…
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Commodores musician, who found healing energy in Colorado Springs, reflects on fame and power of music
Thomas Dawson arrived in this world with music baked into his soul. His mother handed him a small electric toy organ when he was a toddler growing up in St. Francisville, La. It was December, and he tapped out “O Come All Ye Faithful” without a single lesson. “She said, ‘How can you do that?’”…