| Band Name | Contact | Description |
| Black Muddy River Boys | Doug | (on hiatus) Bluegrass band that plays gd, oaitw, traditionals, etc. |
| Terrapin Flyer | Doug | Electric Dead covers. Playing at The Note (1565 N Milwaukee Ave in Wicker Park) |
| Dark Star Orchestra | www.darkstarorchestra.net | DSO is a group effort by local area musicians that enjoy playing the music of the Grateful Dead. They are now touring more frequently and playing the Park West (in Chicago) more frequently. They pick a show from a listing of the Dead's past performances found in Deadbase and play the show in it's entirety.
*DSO plays weekly on Tuesday evenings at Martyr's* |
| The Deadbeats | Jack Gallagher | Chicago based band performing original music and Dead et. al. covers. |
| New Speedway Boogie | Steven Sathern 312-816-9793 |
None |
| Ralph's Kind | Hotline: 312-458-9832 |
The do a pretty good show, and have their own venue (Split Apple Sanctuary) where they play regularly. Generally attracts a pretty chilled out, yet diverse, crowd. You see a lot of the same faces each show. Ralph's is a good band worth checking out if you're at all interested in phish. They not only cover Phish songs, but copy 2001 with the Star Wars theme...(submitted by: Aidan Biggins |
| We You They | John Sabal 773-862-2323 |
Chicago based band performing original, Dead et. al. and Phish. |
| Fat Banana | Hotline: 847-949-7138 |
Chicago based band performing original music, Dead et. al. and Allman Brother covers. Often play in the Wrigleyville Area. |
| Mr. Blotto | Unknown | None |
| The Mighty Pranksters | Danny Deckard Champaign |
"...good jam band that does lots of Dead (& ABB, Feat, Elvin Bishop, etc.) covers plus good originals. Their self-published CD includes one of the best farewell Jerry songs I've heard, "Chinacat Blues"..." - Mike Feldman |