Vocalist Mikaela Davis is shown behind the drum kit at a recent Grateful Shred show. The California-based Grateful Dead cover band will play at Belly Up Aspen on Thursday. It will be the band’s first appearance in the Roaring Fork Valley since 2022. Courtesy of Red Light Management

If you spend any time on a Grateful Dead fan-related chatroom, the inevitable question comes up: What is your favorite Grateful Dead cover band? The big three are Dead and Company, Dark Star Orchestra and Joe Russo’s Almost Dead (known as JRAD).

From there, the answers splinter off in many directions, to regional acts like Colorado bands Shakedown Street, Steely Dead and Easy Jim and on to some of the smaller touring bands like Dead Floyd, Dogs in a Pile and Grateful Shred.

Grateful Shred will play Belly U

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