Electric Waste Band
October 21st @ 7:00 PM 

From the SDNews.com

For his part, Harvey questions whether they are really a tribute band. “Here’s where I question it – When the dead covered a song, they didn’t try to sound like the artist they were covering,” he pointed out. “Instead they brought out the particular aspects of the song they enjoyed, but it was clearly the Dead’s version of that song. Understanding this, we imitate the Dead by not imitating the Dead. So to answer the question, we play our interpretations of the songs and we are not trying for any exact recreation,” Harvey said. “Now, the marketplace seems to favor bands that sound very much like the Dead. But that seems to me to be very unDead like. It also seems very limiting. I want my guys to have the freedom to play whatever they feel like playing in the moment, and not having to contain themselves to fit within a particular part,” he continued. “When Mark and I go off on a double solo, and the drums are wailing away, the bass is digging deep and the keys are lifting the music toward the heavens, it’s not recreating the Dead. It’s what’s happening now, in this moment, in this venue, with this crowd and the combined energy of all involved. I like to think we’re not recreating anything from the past but creating in the moment in the present.”
After 28 years of playing in Ocean Beach, Harvey is clear on his favorite part of Electric Waste Band’s long run. “There’s the 26 years of Monday nights at the best venue in town,” he remarked. “But for me, it’s all the kind people, friends old and new, that have come into my life as a result of this band playing the music I love. We have an amazing crew of fans and fellow Deadheads who come to support and share in the music. The support and friendship, is something I can’t say enough about. I feel blessed,” Harvey said.