Local Summer!


It’s the most wonderful time of the year on the Jersey Shore, it’s warm, lots of beautiful days and most of the tourists have headed home. It’s called “local summer”. We had a fun gig at the Idle Hour last Friday and it was a pleasure to jam out with the electric trio for a few hours. Thanks to the local community that came out to hear some dead tunes. We went late and also played some cool Stick Figure and Slightly Stooped as the room started to get a little younger near the 1am mark.

Next up I’m playing at Toms River Brewing on September 30th and I have a couple private events before then to round out the weekends.

Grateful Dave live at Toms River Brewing September 2023

Two new songs are coming out this month! The first was a request from a fan that wanted a song to enter the wrestling ring to, he’s a self-described ‘psychedelic sweetheart’ that is spreading love through wrestling. Sounds crazy but he’s actually a cool dude! The song “Hug the World” drops Friday 9/15/23.

The second song is one that I spent a lot of time on and means a lot to me. It will be out on world peace day 9/21/23 on all platforms “Beautiful Moments”. Is also has a beautiful bit of artwork on the cover made by a good friend of mine Michael Brzozowski whose work I’ve admired and collected going back many years.

Beautiful Moments artwork single by Grateful Dave release date is September 21, 2023