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The Upful LIFE Podcast 095 : OTIS McDONALD, DERRICK ‘Smoker’ FREEMAN [SOUL Brass Band, Shadow People Pod], PIET DALMOLEN

January 19, 2026January 19, 2026 B.Getz aloe blacc, atta kid, bassist, Bay Area, bob weir, derrick freeman, derrick smoker, drummer, eric krasno, eric krasno always, eric krasno and the assembly, eric krasno otis mcdonald, Hyde Street Studio, jazz mafia, joe cohen, king canyon, mickey hart band, music podcast, musician interview, New Orleans, nicholas payton, otis mcdonald, Piet Dalmolen, producer, san francisco, soul brass band, wil blades

Prolific San Francisco composer, producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist OTIS McDONALD is finally here. BG also checks back in with Derrick ‘Smoker’ Freeman [SOUL Brass Band, Shadow People Podcast]; and introduces rising NorCal guitarist/solo artist Piet Dalmolen.

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Splintered Sunlight On The Suwannee: A Look Back At Hulaween 2024 [B.Getz on L4LM]

November 11, 2024November 12, 2024 B.Getz black pumas, bob weir, chase & status, CloZee, dave tipper, DRO!D, Dumpstaphunk, eazybaked, Elephant Proof, funk, guavatron, House of Lost, hulaween, hulaween 2024, jamband, Jason Hann, justin jay, Killer Mike, L!GHTBRUSH, lettuce, Mike Dillon and Punkadelick, mildlife, mzg, nala, of the trees, ravenscoon, sauce pocket, say she she, SCI, Soukii, spirit of suwannee music park, String Cheese Incident, Sublime, suwannee hulaween, the ain't sisters, Tipper, Toubab Krewe

With a festival industry reeling on the heels of numerous cancellations, then not one but two massive hurricanes storming the southeastern U.S. inside of one month, Suwannee Hulaween was fortunate to survive these economic and environmental conditions to once again thrive in 2024.

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Mental Health, Music Culture, & Community Coalesce At Magical Park City Song Summit 2023 [B.Getz on L4LM]

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 B.Getz addiction, ben anderson, bob weir, bobby weir and wolf bros, bobby weir and wolf bros featuring the wolfpack, Brittany Spencer, celisse, Chuck D, danielle ponder, grandmaster flash, jay blakesberg, JD Souther, mental health, mental health awareness, park city song summit, Public Enemy, ramblin' jack elliot, recovery, Run DMC, self-care, Steve Parish, stevie wonder, talia keys

Only in its second year, Park City Song Summit is well on the way to redefining what’s possible for festival nation; cross-pollinating a multi-day music event with a mental health/recovery/wellness conference, all the while providing a mighty good time.

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PREVIEW: Park City Song Summit 2023 To Welcome Bob Weir & Wolf Bros, Eric Krasno, Danielle Ponder, & More [B.Getz on L4LM]

August 22, 2023August 25, 2023 B.Getz addiction, ben anderson, bob weir, bobby weir and wolf bros, cimafunk, danielle ponder, dopey podcast, eric krasno, Grateful dead, park city song summit, park city UT, recovery, wellness

After last year’s inspired, successful debut gathering, the Park City Song Summit is ready to level up, rolling out a multi-faceted slate of exciting events for 2023. The second iteration will be headlined by Bob Weir & Wolf Bros, as well as Eric Krasno, a Stevie Wonder tribute featuring Danielle Ponder, plus dozens of other eclectic artisans

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The Upful LIFE Podcast – Episode 025: ERIC KRASNO (Soulive, ex-Lettuce) / LEAH CONCIALDI (ATOMGA, Tnertle, Color Red Music)

December 4, 2019 B.Getz atomga, bob weir, brooklyn, circles around the sun, color red, Color Red Music, colorado, Denver, eric krasno, eric krasno band, Grateful dead, john mayer, kraz, leah concialdi, lettuce, los angeles, mickey hart, neal casal, paul reed smith, Phil lesh, silver sky, Soulive, tnertle

Episode 025 welcomes the legendary Eric Krasno to the show for a pretty sweet powwow on a number of salient topics from the guitarist/producer’s illustrious career. Co-founder of Soulive, co-founder and former guitarist of Lettuce, Kraz was in the Bay Area in late September for a quick run with E3- (Eric Krasno Trio)

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LETTUCE feat. Eric Krasno JGB Tribute at LOCKN (VIDEO/AUDIO)

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 B.Getz adam deitch, adam shmeeans smirnoff, Alecia Chakour, bob weir, Eric Benny Bloom, eric krasno, jesus coomes, jgb, john mayer, kofi burbridge, lettuce, LOCKN, Oteil Burbridge, Ryan Zoidis, ThanxShappy

Lettuce calls on old friend Kraz and members of the Dead community to pay tribute to JGB at LOCKN 2018

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Bonnaroo 2002- The Way it Should Be (B.Getz on JamBase collaboration)

June 27, 2002June 21, 2022 B.Getz Blind Boys of Alabama, bob weir, bonnaroo, Buckethead, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, dj logic, eric krasno, galactic, jam, jamband, Karl Denson, Les Claypool, Phil lesh, Soulive, Superfly Presents, trey anastasio, widespread panic

Bonnaroo…so much speculation was swirling around the largest music festival of the summer in Tennessee. With concerns about the amount of people, the heat and the history of big musical events in general, it surprisingly went off with out a hitch.