The Dead Thing

The Dead Thing started in 1989 when Scott Parkin talked Club Dada in Deep Ellum into giving Dallas Deadheads a night, and through the 1990s it grew into a packed, vendor-lined institution before ending around 2002. Kenny Withrow of Edie Brickell & New Bohemians approached Parkin about reviving it, and it now plays as a rotating-cast tribute with Withrow alongside players such as Scott Johnson, Kenny Stearn, Reggie Rueffer and Matt Hubbard. Current dates run through Dallas-area rooms and bills including Deep Ellum Art Company, the Longhorn Ballroom and the Concert on Lake Grapevine.