We all loved singing before Alex Jordan joined the band. Weve had this opportunity at Terrapin to really hone our skills., Since then, hes been recording and touring with his own band, Midnight North, a rootsy quartet that kicks off the new year with a show Jan. 18 in Terrapins Grate Room concert hall. Grahame and I never pass up an opportunity to visit our friends in Alabama so of course we had to go and support their event! They also dive deep into the making of Midnight Norths new album, Theres Always a Story, and how it was a different process from how theyve done it in the past. They wrote many of the songs on their last album, Under the Lights, about their experiences touring for the first time as a fledgling band. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. I know my mom and her team put a lot of work into making it successful, he says. And so, here at Terrapin, all of us, including Midnight North, are trying to play music as much as we can. It wasnt really much of an issue.. For music licensing and all other inquires please contact: hello@midnightnorth.com. Technically Alex and I will switch off who is the lower part and Elliott will be the higher part, but even thats flexible. In its review of 2018s Peach Music Festival in Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone voted Midnight North best new act, saying the group takes the best parts of roots music and weaves them into a tapestry of rock and Americana., During the same week as the Terrapin concert, Midnight North will be in Allegiant Records studio in San Anselmo with producer David Simon-Baker, recording its fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2017s Under the Lights., Well probably try out some of the new tunes from the album at the show, Lesh says, sitting on a stool at a high table in the Grate Room, which is empty and quiet on an off night. #ClaireLesh #PhilLesh #GrahameLesh #MidnightNorth #PhilLeshandFriends #TerrapinFamilyBand #SanFrancisco #JillLesh #TerrapinCrossroads #Nashville #Thanksgiving #Mobile #JakePeavyFoundation #JerryGarcia #Guitar #Tiger #Giants #MLB #CentralAlabama #RyanDempsey #BobWeir #MihaliSavoulidis. His purest memory is of the avuncular Jerry Garcia. Then it became more singer-songwriter than any kind of jam bands and Grateful Dead influence that you would think of. It keeps the shows feeling fresh.. Its a really nice balance to have more than one front person, Peck says. We havent started to do that yet, because weve been trying to get established. Assistant Producer is Zach Brogan. Plus I got to learn the ropes from my mother-in-law and world's #1 tour wife, Jill Lesh (Phil's wife of 30+ years). RollingStone hailed Midnight North as the Best New Act in its review of 2018s Peach Music Festival saying the band takes the best parts of roots music and weaves them into a tapestry of rock and Americana.. In 2021 the band released "There's Always a Story", their most successful studio album to date, and toured throughout the country in support in 2021 and 2022 as the music industry recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. I still love it. The Peavys welcomed us all with open arms and a helluva meal. The majority of people were extremely supportive. Its a pretty phenomenal coincidence that you both opened venues in the same year. Time: Doors 8:30p | Show 9:00p. But in 2012, when his parents opened Terrapin Crossroads a bar, restaurant and live music venue in San Rafael the stage was set for him to enter the family business. As a founder and co-frontperson (with Elliott Peck) for Midnight North, Grahame has played hundreds of concerts around the country and released 4 studio albums, 3 live albums, and two digital EPs of original music since the band's inception in 2012. Maybe three shows a week instead of four. So far it has been absolutely great. The goal is to keep doing it and have a go of it as a group. You have some beautiful vocal harmonies in the band. - March 1, 2023 05:26 pm EST. All rights reserved. WebHumbly, Lesh contentedly blended into the five-man ensemble (as well as guest vocalist Nicki Bluhm), plucking out thick bass notes while sharing vocals with guitarists Grahame Les P: Thats the vision that we had originally. April 6 - 8, 2023 Showtimes: Thur - Sat @ 8 PM! It was pretty classic rock-focused, and then you just sort of open up. I liked the music, obviously, and I still do. Will the marriage of American I think Bobby was sounding great, and I loved Oteils playing, been a fan of his and knew him through his connection with Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes. Executive Producers are Christina Collins and RJ Bee. They are the proud parents of two sons namely Brian and Grahame. Reflecting on the time since their origin, Midnight North is ready to tell the world its story. I started playing music with two folks and sort of informally jamming with Connor and our original drummer Eric, and Conor brought in Elliott, whos our other singer. There's always another tour to look forward to! There is a community here with a lot of young people who used to be based in San Francisco and are now centered on Terrapin.. The title seems to embody the pragmatic attitude Lesh and band are taking as they look at building their audience and career. Always focused on the song and the groove, whether it be his or another's, Grahame's music stays rooted in the present while touching on all aspects of rock, folk, blues, soul, and more. Its a whole different attitude when you get a chance to meet all these different musicians who have similar goals, want the same things and are willing to work together instead of competing against each other.. Based in the musical hotbed of Marin County, California, Grahame Lesh is a guitar player and singer-songwriter for Midnight North, Phil Lesh & On this evening, hes wearing a Midnight North T-shirt, the creation of a fan. Join Grahame Lesh & Friends in the Foeger Ballroom for a woven tapestry of roots, rock, and Americana. Were trying to create whats cool to us, going back to the roots of what we like, blending it all together in our own way.. This talented musician originating from Berkeley, California, United States has a skinny body & diamond face type. Inside the Musicians Brain is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and Produced by Chris Pandolfi. He is going on over three weeks in the Mayo hospital ICU, checked into a rehab center, and is now back at the Mayo. It wasnt the right destination, but it was the right path. He is facing at least two months in a skilled nursing facility, once he is stabilized and released from the Mayo hospital. We had to pull over. I must have been 5 or 6 when I got into space and astronauts, so I really liked the (Garcia-Robert Hunter) song Standing on the Moon, he says. He also has an indelible memory of Garcias 1995 death, which shocked the music world and ended the 30-year run of the Grateful Dead. My dads still going and hes almost 80, he says. In its review of 2018s Peach Music Festival in Pennsylvania, Rolling Stone voted Midnight North best new act, saying the group takes the best parts of roots music and weaves them into a tapestry of rock and Americana., During the same week as the Terrapin concert, Midnight North will be in Allegiant Records studio in San Anselmo with producer David Simon-Baker, recording its fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2017s Under the Lights., Well probably try out some of the new tunes from the album at the show, Lesh says, sitting on a stool at a high table in the Grate Room, which is empty and quiet on an off night. Jay, VT 05859 Every band member had a little area backstage where their family and friends would hang out. P: If we can get the three of these entities [including Weirs nearby TRI Studios, featured in the July issue of Marin Magazine] working together, well have quite a little scene here. Grahame and I never pass up an opportunity to visit our friends in Alabama so of course we had to go and support their event! Wed go to a lot of first sets. Self-proclaimed water people, Alex and Petra, Snow in Marin?? He writes about Jerry Garcia connecting with you and playing to you as you watched. As a founder and co-frontperson (with Elliott Peck) for Midnight North, Grahame has played hundreds of concerts around the country and released 4 studio albums, 3 live albums, and two digital EPs of original music since the band's inception in 2012. I know my mom and her team put a lot of work into making it successful, he says. We want to involve everybody in the community and have them feel like this is a place for them to come hang out. The harmony Elliott sings back to me is never what I expect, and hopefully its the same for her.Elliott and I are songwriters first. The musician his starsign is Pisces and he is now 82 years of age. I think Im just trying to keep up, which is crazy. They are facing mounting long-term medical-related bills. How did you hone that? P: Theres another one that says, I will not forgive you if you will not take a chance. And then theres the one that says, Inspiration moved me brightly. Put all those together and this is what you get. J: Theyve been working on the Sweetwater for a long time. Host Lawrence Peryer takes listeners on a behind-the-scenes exploration of the past, present and future of modern culture and entertainment, through discussions with artists, musicians, thought leaders, industry pioneers, tech innovators and more. WebOn 15-3-1940 Phil Lesh (nickname: Phil) was born in Berkeley, California, United States. For Phil Lesh, 30 years with one of popular musics most celebrated groups was just the beginning. And if theyre searching for a role model, they need look no further than Leshs father. When I was in high school I got into Metallica a lot. We had to go through there. Us younger folks are like, how are you doing this? Phil Lesh is married to his wife Jill Lesh, and the couple has two children namely Grahame Lesh and Brian Lesh. Ive always been an incredibly big Ryan Adams fan and all 6,000 songs hes written or whatever (laughs). Across all of the tracks, when you think you have the band pegged for a style or a genre, all of a sudden a chorus, or a new solo or new instrument altogether, diverts the music boldly but smartly to a new sound and feel, said The Poke Around in their review of Under the Lights. The band began touring in June 2015, with the release of their second album Scarlet Skies. That began a five year run as a touring band, playing in 36 states in front of thousands of people across the country. It was kind of a coincidence that it all happened at the same time. "Friends, Wayne (Billy) has had a very rough run lately," the page reads. Grahame became buddies with Jake (who was the Giants' pitcher at the time) by bonding over Tiger, Jerry Garcia's guitar. As the world shut down in March and the band quarantined separately around the country, the album was finished remotely in California and Pennsylvania. You always hear the negative, but there were so many nice people in Fairfax. Phil Lesh & Friends and the TFB have welcomed guests like Sheryl Crow, Benmont Tench, John Scofield, Rick Mitarotonda, Nicki Bluhm, Dawes, Warren Haynes, Eric Krasno, Bob Weir, and many more onstage as they performed at venues and festivals around the world. You can try things and the audience is willing to go on that journey with you.. Graham is known for his time in WWE during the 1970s and 1980s. A mainstay in the scene that flowered from Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Grahame has joined such luminaries as The Mother Hips, Twiddle, Amy Helm, The North Mississippi All Stars, Neal Casal, Jackie Greene, Eric Krasno, ALO, and many more in singing, playing, and interpreting the American songbook. That, of course, didnt happen. Bart Wirtz and Emiel van Rijthoven of WAAN, Michael Kuelker on The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. Every band member had a little area backstage where their family and friends would hang out. He has a ginger beard and reddish-brown hair pulled back into a man bun. And I think the audience appreciates it because they get to hear different voices at different points during the night. On and off stage, he smiles easily and seems happy with his career choice, and with Midnight Norths musical direction. And thats working out pretty well, I think. Following an ill-fated attempt to open a venue in Fairfax, he and wife Jill, who live in Ross, bought the former Seafood Peddler restaurant along San Rafaels scenic canal in February and converted it within weeks into a warm, modern restaurant/venue called Terrapin Crossroads (Terrapin Station was the name of the ninth Grateful Dead studio album). you may not take any images or content from this site without written permission. At Stanford, Lesh dabbled in various bands, gaining practical experience recording in the universitys studio and performing the occasional frat party gig. They were playing these huge stadiums then, he says. Lesh credits his mother, Jill, with being the driving organizing force behind that aggregation. Its Marin, and there are so many people who are the kids of parents who were in music or other entertainment or were super-wealthy bankers, he says. As a high school kid, he was more into Metallica than the Grateful Dead, but now sees the Deads classic albums American Beauty and Workingmans Dead as influential in the country rock sound of Midnight North. To discover more podcasts that connect you more deeply to the music you love, check out osirispod.com. Im always stunned when we get to watch a band like Mother Hips or players like Jason Crosby. Ryan was sitting in with Midnight North, so of course during sound check Alex and I struck out into the city for pedicures and cocktails. My name is Claire, and I had the pleasure of meeting Alex when she and Ryan came out to visit San Francisco. years ago, when he was just growing into the great musician he is today. Your idea of creating a clubhouse like this goes back pretty far, doesnt it? When I was in college, I really didnt know what I wanted to do, he says. I was growing up at their biggest point. Grahame wasnt the only Lesh to join in on the fun, however. 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