Terrapin Flyer Night 1

For the past 25 years Terrapin Flyer has been touring with the finest in the Grateful Dead community of musicians and has become a fixture of the national music scene, playing regularly at venues around the country and appearing at music festivals. The band has a dedicated following among fans of the Grateful Dead and other jam bands, and is known for their authentic interpretations of rare and classic Dead songs.

It started in 1999 at the Boulevard Cafe in Chicago as a Grateful Dead jam night and soon became a touring Grateful Dead band featuring legends. In 2001 TF began touring with Vince Welnick. In 2004 they toured with Melvin Seals (Hammond organ in the Jerry Garcia Band), and in 2006 with Tom Constanten. Some tours included first-ever lineups with Melvin Seals, Tom Constanten and Mark Karan from Ratdog. These were long-term bonds: for 15 years TF toured with Melvin Seals while he also played with Melvin Seals & the JGB. With Constanten they were mentioned in Rolling Stone's "Guide to the Grateful Dead" for their many years of touring with him. Many fan-recorded shows are archived here: https://archive.org/details/TerrapinFlyer

Terrapin Flyer has evolved over the past quarter century and currently features musicians who have toured many years with members of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band. At its core Terrapin Flyer is a band of deadheads committed to attempting to recapture the spirit and essence of the Grateful Dead by incorporating the roots music of jazz, blues and bluegrass into jams and bringing the music to new and similar places.

Current lineup:
- Josh Olken — lead guitar
- Wavy Dave — bass
- Jon Reed — drums
- Michael Cole — keyboards
- Doug Hagman — rhythm guitar