We are super excited this week to have Rob Koritz of Dark Star Orchestra as our guest on No Simple Road as part of our lead up to Skull & Roses Festival! Rob was classically trained at the University of Arizona before realizing there was little career opportunity in classical percussion. After some travel time in Europe (including 1990 Dead Tour) he resumed his studies, getting a degree in Jazz Studies at Webster University in his hometown, St. Louis MO.

Over the next 9 years, his musical career including everything from original bands to Dead, jazz, classical, country, zydeco, a samba troupe doing corporate gigs, and way too many wedding gigs.

We jump right into it with Rob talking about:

• Rob's favorite cartoon as a kid.
• Why he created a podcast during the Pandemic and what he had to learn to make it happen.
• How he got turned on to The Grateful Dead
• What it was that pulled him from school to music.
• They way he saw the Dead scene explode when Touch Of Grey came out.
• How unexpected it is to be carrying on the musical legacy of The Grateful Dead through DSO.
• What his experience is like when the music plays the band.
• What the recent DSO Europe tour was like for him.
• How he has finally found equilibrium in a work/life balance.
• His perspective on why Grateful Dead music does what it does for people.

... and a ton more!

THIS WEEK'S OPENING MUSIC BY YOUNG & SICK

-Grab your tickets now for Skull & Roses Festival April 19th - 23rd at the hallowed grounds of the Ventura County Raceway! Performances by Phil Lesh & Friends, Dark Star Orchestra, Oteil & Friends, Melvin Seals & JGB, and many more! Tickets on sale now!

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