Grateful Dub: a Reggae-infused tribute to the Grateful Dead

RoC (Roots of Creation) has taken on a unique new project: Grateful Dub: a Reggae-infused tribute to the Jerry Garcia & The Grateful Dead. Combining their longtime love for Reggae-Dub style music and the Grateful Dead, RoC reworked some of the world’s favorite Dead tunes into a new studio album. RoC had the pleasure of working in the studio with the legendary 5-time Grammy winner Errol Brown who was Bob Marley’s sound engineer for this project. Grateful Dub is also being performed live in its entirety at festivals, theatres, and clubs around the country, and features rotating live special guests that has included Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), Scott Guberman (Phil Lesh), Zach Nugent, RyMo, AG, & Paul W. (Slightly Stoopid), G. Love (G. Love & Special Sauce), Mihali (Twiddle), Dan Kelly (Fortunate Youth) and others. Grateful Dub captures the spirit and magic of the Grateful Dead, while laying it down Reggae-Dub style. 

Album Bio
The Album: Grateful Dub: a Reggae infused tribute to The Grateful Dead debuted at #1 on the Reggae Billboard charts and features guest performances by Stephen Marley, G. Love, Melvin Seals (Jerry Garcia Band), Marlon “Ganja Farmer” Asher, Hayley Jane, Andy “AG” Geib (Slightly Stoopid), Dan Kelly (Fortunate Youth), Billy Kottage (Reel Big Fish / The Interupters live bands), Jesse Wagner (The Aggrolites), Alex Brander (Big D & the Kids Table), & More!

All songs on the LP were engineered & mixed by legendary 6-time GRAMMY winner - Errol Brown (Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Rebelution) with Brendan Connors at studio.metronome in Brookline, NH. Additional mixing & pre-mastering by Pete “Boardz” Peloquin (Gov’t Mule, O.A.R, Allman Brothers). The album was mastered by 6- time GRAMMY-winner and 10-time GRAMMY-nominated mastering engineer Chris Gehringer (Chainsmokers, Rebelution, Rihanna) at Sterling Sound in NYC.

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Press quotes:

“...like bread and butter for your ears: RoC has cooked up the most wonderfully heartwarming hybrid of Dead songs to absolute perfection – delectable for the old & young alike!” - Top Shelf Reggae

““Few bands are as well-equipped as RoC to bring an album of Reggaefied Dead covers to life.”
- ThePier.org

““...the album is f’ing great.” - NC Music Magazine