I usually don’t post enough on social media to recap every show or run, but last weekend was a really special one so I wanted to throw up some belated memories that my photographer friends captured of the weekend. I am so thrilled that I was able to bring this amazing Grahame Lesh & Friends band (@brashap@damiancalcagne@elliottmpeck@justinmazer@gnatdub ) to the East Coast and pack these rooms and theaters. We were able to weave our Grateful Dead favorites in with choice covers, Phil & Friends songs, a couple originals, and even debut two new songs that come from the Grateful Dead lineage. @damiancalcagne ’s “Mountain’s Other Side” was born (like “The Mountain Song”) out of musical fragments left to us by the legends at the PERRO sessions, and the Lesh family’s “The Shaman’s Song”, written mostly by my dad Phil and my brother Brian (with a few musical contributions thrown in by yours truly!) in 2021 & 2022.
Thanks to my band for rocking and to all of you who came to a show and let us spread out and explore this music <3 Setlists at my website if you dig a little!
Photos by @samwatson.co@_cassidy_rose_@ron_adelberg_photography@marcmillmanphotos
2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of our holiday release, and it also marks the 6-year anniversary of the passing of our dear friend and founding band member Josh Kay.
To celebrate both the music and Josh’s life, we are releasing Holidays with the Harry Bells on 12” vinyl, marked with a special “JK Edition” stamp on the back of the sleeve. Limited to 200 copies!
All profits will go to NMDP (formerly Be the Match) in his memory. Find out more below and at nmdp.org.
Order the vinyl now at bandcamp.com for $25 plus shipping (US only). Orders come with a free digital download of the music, so you can get in the spirit of the season before we even ship the records!
You will have the option to pay more, knowing that the extra donation will go directly to NMDP to help find cures and save lives for patients with blood cancers and disorders.
Don’t have a record player? All digital order profits through the end of December will also go to NMDP! /view/hwhb10/holidays-with-the-harry-bells-10th-anniversary-vinyl
Honored to join Grahame Lesh & Friends at The Heart of Town to celebrate 60 years of the Grateful Dead! See you soon at Pier 48 at Mission Rock in San Francisco. Tickets go on sale Monday at 10am PT! 🥁
