Young and Dead

jam band

Young and Dead is a Boulder, Colorado band that performs the music of the Grateful Dead. The group debuted in early 2024, its members all in their early twenties at the time. The lineup is Evan Natoli on lead guitar, Aiden Ribble on rhythm guitar, Caedon Kelly on bass, Jude Crescent on keyboards and William Spear on drums, with Natoli, Ribble, Kelly and Spear all singing. The band treats the Dead's catalog as living material rather than a fixed set list, describing the songs as meant to evolve with every performance, and its shows are built around improvisation and the spontaneous interplay that defined the source band. Arrangements and segues change from night to night, and the group draws on the full span of the repertoire rather than a single era. It has become a regular at Boulder's Fox Theatre, where its shows have been paired with visuals from the Liquid JPEG Light Show, and it also plays Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, the Sherbino in Ridgway, the Alibi in Telluride and Colorado festivals including Free Form Fest in Elizabeth. Its billing draws both longtime Deadheads and younger listeners meeting the material for the first time.

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