Fri, Apr 19
Grateful Shred Industries and Blues For Sallah Invite You to That Little Ole Festival from Highland Park: Shred 420

Grateful Shred

FEATURING
a very special pre-show reading by Eric Ernest Johnson and Friends,


DOORS 7PM | SHOW 8PM
ALL AGES
Grateful Shred
a very special pre-show reading by Eric Ernest Johnson and Friends

After a meteoric rise from obscurity to a national touring band, Los Angeles-based GratefulShred has made the most of its time in the spotlight. The lineup, featuring Dan Horne and Austin McCutchen alongside keyboardist Adam MacDougall woke the Grateful Dead cosmos with a unique laid-back harmony driven sound. The band literally went from playing the ShakedownStreet vendor area prior to Dead and Company shows to touring the United States.

The moment that sent the band’s popularity soaring is the “Busted at the Bowl” video, aYouTube video that features Shred members starting an impromptu set in the parking lot of theHollywood Bowl before a Dead and Company show in 2017. They don’t get too far before drawing so much attention that the police shut them down. Instantly creating Shred-cred, this was a bit of good fortune that doesn’t get past McCutchen. “We’ve been dealt some pretty good cards,” he states. “It’s been cool to roll with it and push forward and continually make stuff happen. Things have gone ourway. Even that video happened magically. It was put together at the last minute, and boom!”

The thing is, Grateful Shred manage to channel that elusive Dead vibe: wide-open guitar tones, effortless three-part vocal harmonies, choogling beats, and yes, plenty of tripped out, Shred ded solos. The look, the sound, the atmosphere. It’s uncanny. Far from being a historical re-enactment, Grateful Shred’s laissez faire vibe infuses the band with a gentle spirit, warmth, and(dare we say it) authenticity. From their killer merch game to their eminently watchableYouTube channel, they’re clearly having a rad time and spreading the love. Strangely enough, ina world overflowing with wax museum nostalgia and Deadly sentimentalism, we need the Shred, now more than ever.

Grateful Shred is: Austine Beede, Dan Horne, Alex Koford, Zeph Ohora, Adam MacDougall,Austin McCutchen, John Lee Shannon