So What!

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About the EP

A couple years ago, I revived a little Casio SA-10 keyboard that I got when I was eight years old and figured it could probably turn out some killer drum machine sounds à la the Rhythm Ace unit employed by JJ Cale, Sly Stone, and more. I was right… and once I got it cooking and started using the drum loops to sketch out songs, I figured it might be fun to write a mini concept album about something, anything. Well, since I just happened to be binging a season of Rich Mahan and Jesse Jarnow’s amazing Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast, Dead culture began to osmosis-ize itself into my lyrics, and I ended up with three songs about a few things that make the Grateful Dead great. 

The Tapes
He’s picking out all the best.

“Latvala” is a tribute to the band’s obsessive concert archivist — and curator of the Dick’s Pick series — Dick Latvala.

The Philosophy 
Get on the bus. 

“So What” is a call to get out of yer ruts, named after the “So What Papers,” which were written by (now disgraced) manager Ron Rakow to convince the band to leave the traditional music distribution game and form their own record label.

The People
This train’s built to last. 

“Rollin’ Down the Line” is a meditation on how the world, the fans, and the band members carried on after Jerry Garcia’s death. Spot as many lyric references in there as you can!