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Furthur (band)
Furthur
was a rock band founded in 2009 by former
Grateful Dead
members
Bob Weir
and
Phil Lesh
. The original lineup also included
John Kadlecik
of the
Dark Star Orchestra
on lead guitar,
Jeff Chimenti
of
RatDog
on keyboards,
Jay Lane
of
RatDog
on percussion, and
Joe Russo
of the
Benevento/Russo Duo
on drums. Named after
the famous touring bus
used by
Ken Kesey
and the
Merry Pranksters
in the 1960s, Furthur was an improvisational
jam band
that performed music primarily from the extensive Grateful Dead songbook, as well as their own original music and that of several other well-known artists. In addition to the original members (with the exception of Jay Lane, who left the band in March 2010 to rejoin his previous band,
Primus
), the band's lineup included backup vocalists
Sunshine Becker
of the a cappella ensemble SoVoSó and
Jeff Pehrson
of the folk rock bands
Box Set
and
the Fall Risk
.
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