Dead Sometimes

About the band

Dead Sometimes

Portland, OR

Dead Sometimes is a Grateful Dead band out of Portland, Oregon, made up of Mac Brown and C.J. Mead on guitars and vocals, Curtis Waterbury on bass, Ben Skoch on keys and vocals, and Austin Stewart on drums and vocals. They describe the aim as keeping the Dead's sound alive for the next generation, pairing the singalong songs with the jams. The five have played together for more than a decade in various iterations, and several of them also work in other Portland bands including Five Fingers of Funk, Steely Dawn, Cow Paddy Stompers, Norwester Sky and the Austin Stewart Quartet. Their circuit is largely the McMenamins rooms — Al's Den, the White Eagle Saloon in Portland and the Spanish Ballroom in Tacoma — plus private events and the occasional festival. They keep a simple Weebly site with a year-by-year shows list.

The venue

White Eagle Saloon (McMenamins)

Portland, OR