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From www.darkstarorchestra.net
Following a brief pause in the music following the sudden, tragic loss of band
co-founder, keyboardist, and vocalist Scott Larned on April 24th, Chicago-based
Grateful Dead tribute act, Dark
Star Orchestra, has vowed that the ‘music never stop’ and plan
to continue as a nationally-touring entity.
Scott Larned by Sam Freidman |
Scott Larned
passed on from complications from heart failure during the last week of the
band’s Spring tour and cancelled six of the remaining shows that tour.
Dark Star Orchestra will resume touring with their May 27th Irving
Plaza performance with ‘special guests’ filling the keyboardist/vocalist
slot throughout the May and June tour. The band is currently auditioning for
keyboardists as a full-time, touring replacement only.
Qualified, serious, and interested applicants may email DSO band manager Norman
Gopin for more information.
A recent message from DSO band mate Rob Eaton (rhythm guitar, vocals) accurately
sums up the band's perspective and feelings:
The remaining band and crew have decided to continue and move forward playing
the music of the Grateful Dead. Scott would have wanted it that way. He worked
very hard to build the band to the place it is today and it would be an injustice
to him and the music to pack it in. One great way to honor his memory is to
play on. The music is bigger then any one of us and that's something Scott always
professed.
Will it be the same? It will be different but the music is the same and that's
what will get us all through. Our next tour will be a difficult one for us emotionally
and we hope our family and friends will be there to help us through. We will
start our next tour with "very special guests" filling in on keys
until we can find just the right person to join our family full time. Scott's
passing has brought us together in a way we never imagined. Scott will always
be with us at every show and at every turn.
Peace to everyone-
Rob Eaton
The Larned family has asked that anyone interested in offering donations or
contributions direct them to be made in Scott's name to the American
Heart Association or to Scott's favorite charity, the Rex
Foundation. Information about Scott’s life and further ways to support
him in memory are at www.darkstarorchestra.net.
Upcoming Dark Star Orchestra tour dates:
05/27/05 FRI Irving
Plaza New York, NY
05/28/05 SAT Irving
Plaza New York, NY
05/29/05 SUN Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
05/30/05 MON Toad's Place
New Haven, CT
06/01/05 WED Lupo's
Providence, RI
06/02/05 THU The Chance
Theater Poughkeepsie, NY
06/03/05 FRI Count
Basie Theatre Red Bank, NJ
06/04/05 SAT Electric
Factory Philadelphia, PA
06/06/05 MON Mexicali
Blues Cafe Teaneck, NJ
06/07/05 TUE Mexicali
Blues Cafe Teaneck, NJ
06/08/05 WED Northern
Lights Clifton Park, NY
06/10/05 FRI Somerville
Theatre Somerville, MA
06/11/05 SAT Hampton
Beach Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH
06/13/05 MON Higher
Ground Burlington, VT
06/14/05 TUE Higher
Ground Burlington, VT
06/16/05 THU The Tralf
Buffalo, NY
06/17/05 FRI Forward
Hall Erie, PA
06/18/05 SAT RippleFest
Bluffton, OH
07/15/05 FRI Fraze
Pavilion Kettering, OH
07/17/05 SUN All Good
Festival Masontown, WV
07/21/05 THU 10,000
Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
08/17/05 WED Veteran's
Park Amphitheatre Springfield, OH
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