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About me:A band, a show, a song………….This is how I’m going to try and explain “Cosmic Railroad” to you. Although, it is almost impossible to do so if you haven’t experienced the band for yourself.

A Band

First, “Cosmic Railroad” is a jam band based out of southeastern Wisconsin. The band was born sometime in 1999 (give or take a year or two in either direction). As the story goes, all the guys in “Cosmic Railroad” were involved with their own respected bands. These bands would book shows together from time to time. You know, one band opening the night and the other band closing the night. On occasion they would hook up at the end of the show for third set jam session. The jam session consists of everybody from both bands at once. Sometimes you would have four guitar players, two bass players, two drummers, a percussionist and a whole slue of singers all at once, on stage, throwing it down. This is when the idea of “Cosmic Railroad” was conceived.

As word got out about the two bands doing a third set jam session it started to grow. At first, the bands would cover a lot of tunes from “The Grateful Dead, Phish, Dylan, etc” (which is where some of the tunes that they do today came from). Then, as things started to take off even more the bands thought it would be a good idea to learn each other's songs, so they didn’t always have to play cover tunes when they got together. Over time, they did away with the other bands and started just to book shows as “Cosmic Railroad”. This is where we are today.

The band has settled in on three guitars players, two drummers and one bass player now and looks like they are having fun with that line-up. As Patrick Fineran from the Journal Times puts it “if you like the Dead, Phish, older Dave Matthews and bands like that, Greg, Mike, Pete, Paul, Brandon and Shawn may be what you looking for”. He also adds that “the Cosmic Railroad has been laying down the deepest hippy groove since 1999 and it doesn’t look like its going to stop any time soon”.

“Cosmic Railroad” is: Brandon Shilts guitar & vocals, Greg Gierl guitar & vocals, Pete Rallo guitar & vocal, Mike White drums & stuff, Shawn Laurence drums & stuff and Paul Aceto bass & vocal.

A Show

A “Cosmic Railroad” show is an experience in itself. No one, not even the band knows what’s going to happen next. They are a true jam band to say the least. The band plays from the seat of their pants night after night. As Mike Fillipane from the Other Side says, “it’s so nice to finally see a quote un-quote jam band that can actually jam”.

The show will usually start with a crowd favorite just to get everyone moving or at least thinking that they’re moving. After that, who knows? The band leaves up the moment to pick the next song. This is where you can see their mastery. As the night moves on, they continue to pick up steam, and things really start to roll. A “Cosmic Railroad” show usually lasts up to three or four hours straight so when they hit their stride, it’s gone.

Some where in he middle of the show the songs let the drummers take over (hope you packed your flashback). Once done, it rolls into a solo song section done by one of the guitar players. This gives the drummers a little break to regroup. After a song or two the remaining band members start to move back into position. - - - All Aboard! Back on the train we go to the final destination.

A Song

“Cosmic Railroad” is considered an original jam band. Mostly, the songs that you would hear at a “Cosmic Railroad” show are just that, original. The band uses these songs as a jumping off points, sometimes taking them into very different directions from the last time it may have been played. Other times, who knows?

Member Since:January 17, 2003

Last Login:January 3, 2012

Location:Kenosha, WI

Birthday:January 18

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Date Artist Venue Location

02/15/12 Wed Umphrey's McGee Buster's Billiards & Backroom Lexington, KY
02/15/12 Wed moe. First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
02/16/12 Thu moe. The Pageant St. Louis, MO
02/16/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
02/16/12 Thu Keller Williams The V Club Huntington, WV
02/17/12 Fri Galactic Soul Kitchen Mobile, AL
02/17/12 Fri Keller Williams Ziggy's Winston-Salem, NC
02/17/12 Fri Umphrey's McGee Lifestyle Communities Pavilion Columbus, OH
02/17/12 Fri moe. The Cannery Nashville, TN
02/18/12 Sat moe. The Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
02/18/12 Sat Galactic Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA
02/18/12 Sat Umphrey's McGee The Fillmore Detroit (State Theatre) Detroit, MI
02/18/12 Sat The Big Wu Papa Charlie's Lutsen, MN
02/18/12 Sat Keller Williams Orange Peel Asheville, NC
02/19/12 Sun Umphrey's McGee Canopy Club Urbana, IL
02/19/12 Sun The Big Wu Papa Charlie's Lutsen, MN
02/20/12 Mon Galactic Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA
02/23/12 Thu Galactic 9:30 Club Washington, DC
02/24/12 Fri The Big Wu Quixote's True Blue Denver, CO
02/24/12 Fri Cosmic Railroad Whiskey Bones Roadhouse Rochester, MN
02/24/12 Fri Keller Williams WOW Hall Eugene, OR
02/24/12 Fri Galactic Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
02/25/12 Sat The Big Wu Quixote's True Blue Denver, CO
02/25/12 Sat Galactic Terminal 5 New York, NY
02/25/12 Sat Keller Williams Aladdin Theater Portland, OR
02/26/12 Sun Galactic House of Blues Boston, MA
02/26/12 Sun Keller Williams The Wild Buffalo Bellingham, WA
02/28/12 Tue Galactic The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
02/29/12 Wed Galactic Mr. Small's Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
03/01/12 Thu Keller Williams 560 Club Vancouver, BC
03/01/12 Thu Galactic Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
03/01/12 Thu moe. Higher Ground (Ballroom) Burlington, VT
03/02/12 Fri Keller Williams Dusty's Bar and Grill Whistler, BC
03/02/12 Fri Galactic Park West Chicago, IL
03/02/12 Fri moe. House of Blues Boston, MA
03/03/12 Sat Galactic Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
03/03/12 Sat moe. Palace Theatre Albany, NY
03/03/12 Sat Keller Williams Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
03/03/12 Sat Cosmic Railroad Cranky Pat's Neenah, WI
03/04/12 Sun Galactic The Vogue Theatre Indianapolis, IN
03/04/12 Sun moe. The Sherman Theater Stroudsburg, PA
03/06/12 Tue moe. Mod Club Toronto, ON
03/07/12 Wed Umphrey's McGee Belly Up Aspen, CO
03/07/12 Wed moe. The Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
03/08/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee Belly Up Aspen, CO
03/08/12 Thu moe. Stage AE Pittsburgh, PA
03/09/12 Fri Umphrey's McGee The Fillmore Auditorium Denver, CO
03/09/12 Fri moe. Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
03/10/12 Sat moe. Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
03/10/12 Sat Umphrey's McGee The Depot Salt Lake City, UT
03/10/12 Sat Cosmic Railroad Deep Blues Festival River Falls , WI
03/11/12 Sun Umphrey's McGee Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
03/11/12 Sun Cosmic Railroad Ashling On The Lough Kenosha, WI
03/14/12 Wed Galactic The Pageant St. Louis, MO
03/14/12 Wed Keller Williams
moe. Melkweg Amsterdam, NL
03/15/12 Thu Galactic Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
03/15/12 Thu Keller Williams
moe. Melkweg Amsterdam, NL
03/15/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee Silverton Casino Las Vegas, NV
03/16/12 Fri Umphrey's McGee House of Blues West Hollywood, CA
03/16/12 Fri Galactic Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
03/16/12 Fri The Big Wu Whiskey Bones Rochester, MN
03/16/12 Fri Keller Williams
moe. Melkweg Amsterdam, NL
03/17/12 Sat Umphrey's McGee Fox Theater Oakland, CA
03/17/12 Sat Galactic Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
03/17/12 Sat The Big Wu Rookie's Sioux Falls, SD
03/18/12 Sun Umphrey's McGee Harlow's Sacramento, CA
03/18/12 Sun Galactic Belly Up Aspen, CO
03/18/12 Sun moe. Harmonie Bonn, GER
03/19/12 Mon moe. Islington Academy London, GB
03/20/12 Tue moe. Le Bus Palladium Paris, FRA
03/20/12 Tue Galactic Knotty Pine Victor, ID
03/21/12 Wed Galactic The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
03/21/12 Wed Umphrey's McGee Ashland Armory Ashland, OR
03/22/12 Thu moe. Fabrik Hamburg, GER
03/22/12 Thu Keller Williams Port City Music Hall Portland, ME
03/22/12 Thu Galactic Domino Room Bend, OR
03/22/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
03/23/12 Fri moe. Malzhaus Plauen, GER
03/23/12 Fri Umphrey's McGee Roseland Theater Portland, OR
03/23/12 Fri Keller Williams Petit Campus Montreal, QC
03/23/12 Fri Galactic Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
03/24/12 Sat moe. Musiktheater Rex Lorsch, GER
03/24/12 Sat Cosmic Railroad Iowa City Yacht Club Iowa City, IA
03/24/12 Sat Umphrey's McGee Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
03/24/12 Sat Galactic The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
03/24/12 Sat Keller Williams Higher Ground (Ballroom) Burlington, VT
03/25/12 Sun moe. La Salumeria della Musica Milan, IT
03/25/12 Sun Umphrey's McGee The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
03/25/12 Sun Galactic Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
03/27/12 Tue Galactic Moe's Alley Santa Cruz, CA
03/28/12 Wed Galactic Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
03/29/12 Thu Galactic El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
03/30/12 Fri Galactic The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
03/30/12 Fri Cosmic Railroad The Brat Stop Kenosha, WI
03/31/12 Sat Galactic The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
04/01/12 Sun Galactic Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas, NV
04/06/12 Fri Keller Williams Belly Up Aspen, CO
04/12/12 Thu Keller Williams Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO
04/12/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee The Music Farm Charleston, SC
04/13/12 Fri Galactic
Galactic McDowell Mountain Music Festival
at McDowell Mountain Festival Grounds Phoenix, AZ