Original Listing Description

An ORIGINAL Rare poster from the band Kokomo which was led by two members of the Grateful Dead, Brent Mydland and Bill Kreutzmann in 1985. This is the poster for the August 10th show at the Metro in North Brunswick, New Jersey. This poster is hand SIGNED by all 4 members in pen, from left to right, Brent Mydland from The Grateful Dead, Dave Margen from Santana, Bill Kreutzmann from the Grateful Dead, and Kevin Russell from 707. There is NO other poster like it, and this will be your only chance to buy this piece of American music history.Setlist for this exact show was:A Girl Like You, Is It Silver Or Gold, Tons Of Steel> Up In Smoke, Never Trust A Woman, Tell Me No Lies, Love Me Right, Not Fade Away, For You, Dear Mr. Fantasy> Hey Jude> Dear Mr. Fantasy, Keep On Growing, Jam> Dark Star> Drums> Jam, Look On Yonder Wall, Maybe You KnowEncore: Casey Jones, Let It RainPoster dimensions are 23'' x 28.75''. Poster has staple holes on all four corners. The top left corner has a 1'' diameter hole with the piece of paper from the hole barely holding on. Poster has been stored rolled up, and will be shipped rolled up. There is wrinkling creasing throughout the poster and areas of discoloration. Please review all the images closely! There is a pen mustache drawn on Dave Margen, not sure if that was from one of the band-mates or a creative addition afterwards by the previous owner. Edges of the poster are also bent/minor small tears. This is an exceptionally rare, one of a kind poster. Some history about the Russell-guitar, vocalsBrent Mydland keyboards vocalsDavid Margen-bass, vocalsBill Kreutzmann drumsBrent Mydland was always in the shadow of the other members of the Grateful Dead, because he was always "the new guy." One of the many interesting aspects of the Grateful Dead was that fans could see the musical interests and abilities of the individual musicians in their various side projects, and then see how those sounds were integrated or excluded from the Dead's sounds. Most Deadheads, however--and I am certainly including myself--paid little attention to Brent's individual activities outside the band because they were too busy following Garcia or Weir.Certainly, if you were a Bay Area resident, and you had a chance to see Jerry Garcia or Brent Mydland in a club, you would generally pick Jerry. Also, like most Dead fans I liked many kinds of music, and being fortunate enough to see the Grateful Dead regularly, I made a point of seeing other groups rather than the spinoff bands. As a result, Brent Mydland projects tended to be quite obscure. Kokomo was a group that only existed for the Summer of 1985. Although all the players are recognizable, I know of no circulating tapes, no reviews, don't know anyone who saw the band and can only guess exactly what they played. I'm not suggesting that the band was world changing, or even any more than a solid bar band, but one of the purposes of this blog is to document little known performances of the Grateful Dead and its members.Kevin Russell had been in an "arena rock" band called 707 from 1977-83. They had a hit called "I Could Be Good For You" on Casablanca Records, and three albums on Casablanca and Boardwalk. Despite some success on tour opening for larger acts like REO Speedwagon, the band broke up in 1983. Kevin Rusell, originally from Detroit, had moved from Southern California to Marin County during his time in the band.David Margen was a Berkeley musician had played bass for Santana for several years (1977-82), as well as playing bass in a variety of other groups.

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