As more and more OG members of the Grateful Dead slip off into the cosmos and out of this dirtball living on Earth, we are faced with the next generation of noodle-smiths married to the craft of playing the odd notes at the right time in between more conventional song structures and tunes. One of the older and more established acts in this wake of the flood is the Dark Star Orchestra, whose mission statement as a musical act leans more on pure replication rather than mutation. Either way, it’s a fun time for those who like this sort of thing and it can be had for $55 ($45 in advance) over at the Blue Lake Casino at 7:30 p.m. tonight. As is often tradition with these types of gigs, there’s a free afterparty at 9 p.m. in the Wave Lounge with the Grateful Getdown.
This article appears in The Humboldt County Fair is at a Crossroads.