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Hard Bop Messengers Play Grateful Dead at Blue Strawberry

Where

Blue Strawberry
364 N Boyle Ave.
St. Louis, MO
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When

Fri, April 7, 2023
7:00 pm

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Hard Bop Messengersโ€™ latest creative project focuses on jazz interpretations of the Grateful Dead.
John Covelli, a 38-year veteran of the St. Louis music scene, leads his Messengers into new territory at this special Blue Strawberry engagement. The group recently shared a preview of this new creative endeavor with audiences at their โ€œLive at The Last Hotelโ€ performances in St. Louis and Chicago. A medley of โ€œNew Speedway Boogieโ€ with an improvised segue into โ€œCumberland Bluesโ€ was a big hit with listeners and left the crowd asking for more.
Noting the Deadโ€™s 1970 release, โ€œWorkingmanโ€™s Deadโ€, those two songs appear back-to-back on the album but had rarely or never been combined into an extended jam. The Hard Bop Messengersโ€™ performance in Chicago exhibits this mashup of musical styles. ...

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