![]() ![]() This past pandemic year, McCutchen and Horne decided to shake things up. Singer/guitarist McCutchen had a residency at The Griffin in Atwater Village his band was out of town, so he drafted some friends to play a set of Dead covers, and the band, in one form or another, have been together ever since. “We end up sounding almost more like the Dead because we approach it in this free-spirited way.”įounded one night in 2016, the band came about almost by accident. “It’s more of a ‘take’ on the Dead than a tribute band,” says bassist Horne. The thing is, Los Angeles-based Grateful Shred manage to channel that elusive Dead vibe: wide-open guitar tones, effortless three and four-part vocal harmonies, choogling beats, and yes, plenty of tripped out, Shredded solos. They don’t get too far before drawing so much attention that the police shut them down. The moment that sent the band’s popularity soaring is the “Busted at the Bowl” video, a YouTube video with nearly 500K views the video features Shred members starting an impromptu set in the parking lot of the Hollywood Bowl before a Dead and Company show in 2017. ![]() The band literally went from playing the Shakedown Street vendor area prior to Dead and Company shows to touring the United States. ![]() The initial lineup alongside Shred core two Austin McCutchen and Dan Horne, woke the Grateful Dead cosmos with a unique laid-back harmony driven sound. After a meteoric rise from obscurity to a national touring band, Grateful Shred has made the most of its time in the spotlight. ![]()
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