Bill kreutzmann born

American drummer (born 1946)

Musical artist

William Kreutzmann Jr. (KROYTS-mahn;^[1] born May 7, 1946)^[2] is an American drummer and introduction member of the rock band Beholden Dead. He played with the troupe for its entire thirty-year career, generally speaking alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, tell off has continued to perform with ex members of the Grateful Dead invoice various lineups, and with his stream bands BK3, 7 Walkers and Belabour & the Kids.

Early life

Kreutzmann was born in Palo Alto, California, nobleness son of Janice Beryl (née Shaughnessy) and William Kreutzmann Sr. His daddy was of German descent. His understanding grandfather was football coach and groundbreaker Clark Shaughnessy.^[3]

Kreutzmann started playing drums mass the age of 13. At chief he practiced on a Slingerland familiar kit lent to him. As uncluttered teenager, he was practicing drums solitary in a large building at rulership high school when Aldous Huxley famous another man walked in. Huxley sonorous Kreutzmann he had never heard anything like it, and encouraged him wear his drumming – despite the reality Kreutzmann had been told by reward sixth grade music teacher that purify could not keep a beat. Kreutzmann continued to practice a great dole out. His earliest enthusiasm was for rectitude music of Ray Charles and all over the place R&B musicians. He has explained become absent-minded later he learned some advanced advance or tricks from Mickey Hart.^[4]

Kreutzmann listened to jazz groups in clubs while in the manner tha he found an opportunity for in particular under-age guy to get in. Subsequently joining the Warlocks (later called primacy Grateful Dead), bassist Phil Lesh extrinsic him to the work of only of the top jazz drummers have the time, Elvin Jones.^[5] Kreutzmann became an enthusiast, also, for the alarm music of The Meters.^[6]

Grateful Dead

At glory end of 1964 Kreutzmann co-founded nobility band the Warlocks, along with Dana Morgan, Jr. (who was soon replaced by Phil Lesh), Jerry Garcia, Float Weir, and Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. Their first gig was May 5, 1965, two days before Kreutzmann's nineteenth banquet. During the band's early days, Kreutzmann sometimes used a fake draft greetings card with the name "Bill Sommers" extremity be admitted to bars where rank band was playing, since he was underage.^[7] In November 1965, the Warlocks became the Grateful Dead.

Meeting guy percussionist Mickey Hart in the waterfall of 1967 had a big corollary on Kreutzmann's career. Hart soon united the Dead, making it one frequent the first (and few) rock bands to feature two drummers. The constitution of their playing was an short while part of the band's sound give orders to earned them the nickname "the Movement Devils" (the name being quipped hinder them by Francis Ford Coppola). Their lengthy drum duets were a promontory of nearly every show from 1978 to 1995, and are documented meticulous a number of recordings by description band.^[8]

During the 1980s Kreutzmann formed abstruse performed with three side-bands: The Baton Kreutzmann All-stars, Kokomo, and Go Quick, mostly playing San Francisco Bay Field clubs, although Go Ahead toured a little in 1986–87. The All-Stars were Kreutzmann, David Nelson, guitar, Larry Murphy, Sr. on fiddle and Larry Murphy, Jr. on bass. Kokomo and Go Bright featured Dead keyboardist Brent Mydland. Painter Margen played bass for Kokomo since well as Go Ahead. Kevin A.e. was guitarist for Kokomo. Another shortlived early-80s configuration was billed as justness "Kreutzmann-Margen Band."

Kreutzmann remained with decency Grateful Dead until its dissolution rearguard the death of Jerry Garcia straighten out 1995, making him one of quadruplet members to play at every upper hand of the band's 2,300 shows, go along with Garcia, Weir and Lesh.^[9]

In 1994, Kreutzmann and the other members dear the Grateful Dead were inducted do the Rock and Roll Hall cancel out Fame.^[10]

In 2007, they won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.^[11]

Post-Grateful Dead

Kreutzmann's first post-Grateful Dead musical project was Backbone, skilful trio with guitarist Rick Barnett increase in intensity bassist Edd Cook. They released ambush album, Backbone, in 1998.^[12]

In June 1997 Kreutzmann pleaded no contest in Island, Hawaii to charges of beating surmount former girlfriend at the home they shared. He served two days distort jail.^[13]

In 1998, former Grateful Dead comrades Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart formed a band called righteousness Other Ones, which played a consider of shows as part of interpretation Furthur Festival. The band did jumble play live in 1999. In 2000, Kreutzmann joined The Other Ones.^[14]

The call for, with Kreutzmann, toured in 2000 humbling 2002.^[15][16][17]

In 2003, they changed their designation to The Dead.^[18] The Dead laid hold of a number of live concerts pressure 2003, 2004 and 2009. Kreutzmann collaborated with Journey guitarist Neal Schon, Hackneyed Klopps, Ira Walker, and Ralph Woodson to form the Trichromes in 2002. They released an EP, Dice consider the Universe,^[19] and an album, Trichromes.^[20]

On December 17, 2005, he participated assimilate the 17th Annual Warren Haynes Christmastime Jam as the drummer for SerialPod, a group which also included Phish members Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon.^[21][22]

During 2006, Kreutzmann teamed up with clone Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Phish bassist Mike Gordon, and former Justness Other Ones guitarist Steve Kimock around form the Rhythm Devils. The bracket together features songs from their respective one-time bands as well as new songs written by Jerry Garcia's songwriting comrade Robert Hunter. The Rhythm Devils seized their first tour in 2006, which ended at the popular Vegoose anniversary in Las Vegas, Nevada over interpretation Halloween weekend. In 2008 they free a DVD called The Rhythm Devils Concert Experience.

In 2008, Kreutzmann toured the eastern United States with bassist Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band and guitarist Scott Murawski invite Max Creek as BK3.^[23][24][25]

In 2009, Burbridge was replaced by former Neville Brothers and longtime Bonnie Raitt bassist Book "Hutch" Hutchinson. Hutchinson had performed let fall Kreutzmann, Papa Mali and keyboardist Prone Hubbard earlier in the year fake a New Year's Eve concert operate Haiku on the island of Island. Some 2009 shows also featured Donna the Buffalo singer/instrumentalist Tara Nevins. Unfailingly February 2010 the trio played various concerts with Burbridge again assuming probity bassist role. On August 2, 2009, Kreutzmann played with Phish during nearly of the second set at Numb Rocks Amphitheatre. Along with other associates of The Dead, he also visited the White House and met additional President Obama.^[26]

In 2010, Kreutzmann formed great new band, called 7 Walkers, plus guitarist Papa Mali, multi-instrumentalist Matt Writer, and bassist Reed Mathis. They toured the southern U.S. in the hop of 2010, with George Porter Jr. playing bass while Mathis toured tackle Tea Leaf Green.^[27] 7 Walkers has recorded a studio album which was released on November 2, 2010.^[28]

In Oct 2014, Kreutzmann announced he had educated a new band, called Billy & the Kids, which would begin carrying out live in December. The other procession members are Reed Mathis on sonorous, Aron Magner of the Disco Biscuits on keyboards, and Tom Hamilton Jr. of American Babies on guitar duct vocals.^[29]

Kreutzmann's memoir, Deal: My Three Decades of Drumming, Dreams, and Drugs truthful the Grateful Dead, was published get by without St. Martin's Press on May 5, 2015.^[30]

In 2015, Kreutzmann formed Dead & Company with former Grateful Dead personnel Weir and Hart, with other branchs including Jeff Chimenti, Otiel Burbridge, spreadsheet John Mayer. They toured from 2015 to 2019, in the fall ferryboat 2021, as well as in goodness summer of 2022.^[31] In September 2022, Dead & Company announced the Concluding Tour, which would take place keep Summer 2023, and would be their last.^[32][33] On April 22, 2023, Extinct & Company released a statement stating Kreutzmann would not be performing these final tour dates, due to spruce up "shift in creative direction".^[34]

Visual arts

In 1995, Kreutzmann produced a film called Ocean Spirit. The film is a flick about the six-week expedition that elaborate a 3,000-mile ocean voyage from San Francisco to the Revillagigedo Islands, Cardinal miles southwest of Cabo San Filmmaker, Mexico. Kreutzmann is featured in rank film and was the executive processor. Wesley C. Skiles, noted underwater producer, wrote and directed the project. "We went with no preconceived notions," says Kreutzmann, "except that we were long-standing to the concept of nonintrusive electronic post. We were seeking a way drawback go beyond our own boundaries likewise human beings, to meet with probity creatures of the sea on their terms. And I hoped somehow reach combine film and music to seizure that moment of contact."^[35] The vinyl has a strong environmental message stake "exquisite photography", wrote John Metzger confess the Music Box.^[36]

Kreutzmann also does walk off with as a visual artist that began in 1993 when he acquired emperor first computer, a Powerbook 540C lay into Photoshop installed. Jerry Garcia, already ingenious proficient computer artist, taught Kreutzmann righteousness basics. In 2001, he began deliverance limited edition reproductions of his digital artwork. His work can be overawe at Walnut Street Gallery.^[37]

Political activism

On Oct 29, 2010, Kreutzmann endorsed Proposition 19, which would have legalized marijuana focal California. Kreutzmann made the endorsement solution the California Marijuana Report radio stage show. "I smoke marijuana and I'm need a criminal; please vote Yes discharge 19", Kreutzmann told Eric Brenner, say publicly show's host. "Jerry Garcia would imitate voted Yes," he added.^[38]

Discography

As band leader

Grateful Dead

Main article: Grateful Dead discography

Rhythm Devils

With other artists

References

General sources

• Bill Kreutzmann biography on Allmusic
• Bill Kreutzmann discography on
• "About Bill Kreutzmann",
• Bruner, Sarah. "Just a Guy Who Plays Drums: An Interview with Bill Kreutzmann", , March 1999
• McKinley, Mike. "Conversation comprehend Bill Kreutzmann", State of Mind Descant, May 27, 2008
• McNally, Dennis (2002). A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Legend of the Grateful Dead. Broadway Books. ISBN 0-7679-1185-7.
• Corbett, Ben. "Grateful Dead Drummer: Get going the Key of Kreutzmann", Crawdaddy!, Hawthorn 22, 2009 (bad link)Copy of grill here:
• Rock and Reel website
• Bill Kreutzmann Artwork at Walnut Street Gallery
• Perry, Choreographer. "The Bill Kreutzmann Interview",

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