Truckin' To The Symphony Dig out that tie-dyed tux. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will delve into the psychedelic world of The Grateful Dead on what would have been Jerry Garcia's 66th birthday.
The BSO will perform the world premier of Lee Johnson's "Dead Symphony No. 6" August 1 at the city's Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall.
The symphony, more than ten years in the making, is the first orchestral tribute to The Grateful Dead ever composed.
For the performance, the lobby of the symphony hall will be transformed into a counterculture museum featuring Dead and other rock 'n' roll memorabilia from the '60s and '70s. (...)
Tickets range from $20 to $60 and are available at BSOMusic.org. (...)
The symphony dedicates separate movements to Dead hits "Saint Stephen," "Here Comes Sunshine," "Mountains of the Moon," "Blues for Allah," "Sugar Magnolia," "To Lay Me Down," "If I Had the World to Give," "Bird Songs," "China Doll," and "Stella Blue," which includes a symphonic jam session.
