
When Joe Rosso’s Almost Dead took the stage in Port Chester, NY on Friday, January 17th, they not only paid tribute to the Grateful Dead, as they usually do, but they also paid tribute to David Lynch.
The group, formed as a Grateful Dead tribute band, played a show filled with Dead songs and traditional covers, but for the encore they added a cover of Angelo Badalamenti’s “Laura Palmer’s Theme.” The song, was part of the soundtrack for the 1990’s cult hit TV show Twin Peaks, which Lynch co-created. The multi-hyphenate artist died on January 15th at age 78.
This cover was performed solo by keyboardist Marco Benevento. However, the group did also work the theme into their last song, the Dead classic, “Eyes of the World.” (The video below is labeled as “Eyes,” but includes “Laura Palmer’s Theme.”
JRAD is next scheduled to play in Atlanta, GA in mid-February, before a stand at Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas, NC in April.