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<v Speaker 1>Something you should go.

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<v Speaker 2>Genesis goold ir dot com. Excited a visit right now

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<v Speaker 2>with Rob Koritz with Dark Star Orchestra. He's one of

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<v Speaker 2>three Robs in the band. They're going to be in

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<v Speaker 2>town tomorrow. Rob, How in the world did that happen?

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<v Speaker 2>Is that a prerequisite to be in the band? You

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<v Speaker 2>got to be a Rob?

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<v Speaker 1>No? But actually at one point our road manager was

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<v Speaker 1>Rob too, So we have four of us on. It

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<v Speaker 1>gets a little confusing, but you know, we handle it.

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<v Speaker 2>There you go. Now, you're going to be in Soue

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<v Speaker 2>Falls tomorrow, September second, at the District in Sioux Falls,

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<v Speaker 2>And I've got a lot of folks that are super

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<v Speaker 2>excited to see you, and I've not had a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to see you guys yet, so this will be a

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<v Speaker 2>first for me. But I've been told that it kind

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<v Speaker 2>of reminds people of like a Grateful Dead experience. Is

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<v Speaker 2>that by design or it just kind of happened?

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<v Speaker 1>No? I mean that's what we do, you know, putting

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<v Speaker 1>out the trying to recreate the experience the best you can,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, playing the music just true to the phone

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<v Speaker 1>as we can give people a little taste of what

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<v Speaker 1>it was like. Excited to come to Sioux Falls. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>this will be our first time in South Dakota and

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<v Speaker 1>this will be the final state we need to play.

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<v Speaker 1>This is number fifty, so we're pretty excited about that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that's awesome. So tomorrow night is the night. That's

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<v Speaker 2>really cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, looking forward, it's going to be a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 2>So how long have you been performing with Darkstar Orchestra?

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<v Speaker 2>When did all this come together?

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<v Speaker 1>The band started in nineteen ninety seven, really, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>only well, technically none of those original members are left.

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<v Speaker 1>I started in nineteen ninety nine, a couple of us did,

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<v Speaker 1>so I've been there twenty six years.

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<v Speaker 2>That is awesome. And is this something that you always

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<v Speaker 2>kind of thought you'd do, Like when you're a little kid,

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<v Speaker 2>did you go, this is what I'm going to do

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<v Speaker 2>with a bunch of other robs?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, No, I mean I knew. I knew

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<v Speaker 1>from very early on that I wanted to be a

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<v Speaker 1>musician for a living and playing music. I happen to

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<v Speaker 1>love the Grateful Dead. I did a lot of other stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>as all of us and the band did a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of other stuff. But along the way, we were all

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<v Speaker 1>playing Dead tubes at the same time as we were

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<v Speaker 1>doing our original bands and jazz gigs and whatnot, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this came. This was kind of a happy

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<v Speaker 1>synchronistic thing that we all found each other and were

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<v Speaker 1>able to perform this music as well as we do

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<v Speaker 1>together and you know, keep it together for going on,

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<v Speaker 1>coming up on thirty years. So it's we've been very lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>And The Grateful Dead was an amazing band. And the

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<v Speaker 2>thing that's interesting is they did things kind of their

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<v Speaker 2>own way. They marched the beat of their own drum,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't they.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, they certainly did, and in every aspect of it musically,

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<v Speaker 1>business wise, the way they toured, the way they treated

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<v Speaker 1>their crew, the way they treated their fans. They let

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<v Speaker 1>people tape their shows, which is like a huge no

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<v Speaker 1>no in the rest of the industry. Yeah. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they were definitely a unique animal, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I had the opportunity to read a book. It was

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<v Speaker 2>called Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead, and I mean

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<v Speaker 2>just the title alone. The title alone made me go, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to read this and it was like a

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<v Speaker 2>tied I'd cover. It was just a fascinat ever heard

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<v Speaker 2>of the book before, but it was a fascinating.

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<v Speaker 1>I read it and I've read it.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't it great?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah? I mean there's so much, especially now with Debt

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<v Speaker 1>in company, which is the surviving members and John Mayer

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<v Speaker 1>and all that keeping it alive as well. But the

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<v Speaker 1>Grateful Debt is so it's its own cottage industry, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just yeah, the marketing aspect, the business aspect, the

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<v Speaker 1>musical aspect, the merchandising aspect, it's the communal aspect, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the most important part. It's it's it's really its

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<v Speaker 1>own little cottage industry for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>And you had mentioned the taper section that they had

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<v Speaker 2>and they would let people come and record, but they

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<v Speaker 2>had like a special area to do it because they said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>if you set up over here, it's going to sound

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<v Speaker 2>the best. Like a lot of shows you go to.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're recording, you get kicked out. I mean, how

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<v Speaker 2>crazy is that. It's so different.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean they wanted, you know, the Garcia Jerry

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<v Speaker 1>Garcia said it best. You know, I played the music

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<v Speaker 1>and once I'm done with it. Once I play that song,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done with it, So leave it out there for

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else. They were always like that, you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>they knew people tape and they liked it that this

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<v Speaker 1>was happening because it's spread the music even sure, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>to have more people. So they said, well, if they're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it, let's help them out. And they

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<v Speaker 1>set up the taper section right in front of the soundboard,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, respected the people that we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do that and help them. People music widespread across the

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<v Speaker 1>world for everybody to.

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<v Speaker 2>Hear, and a lot of the recordings that are out

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<v Speaker 2>there today are taper recordings that you know, some person

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<v Speaker 2>somewhere set up a recorder. And how how grateful are

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<v Speaker 2>the grateful dead fans that that music lives on because

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<v Speaker 2>of that?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my gosh. Yeah, I mean it's a it's a

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<v Speaker 1>phenomenal resource, you know. I mean, that's how out of

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<v Speaker 1>high school, that's how I got turned on. There is

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<v Speaker 1>people trading tapes and going, hey, you got to listen

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<v Speaker 1>to this. You know, these famous live recordings that got circulated. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I you Julie Well got me into it.

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<v Speaker 2>Rob Koritz one of the three Robs with Dark Star Orchestra.

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<v Speaker 2>They'll be in town tomorrow night, and I encourage you

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<v Speaker 2>if you don't already have a ticket, get a ticket,

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<v Speaker 2>come out and join us. It'll be a fun time.

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<v Speaker 2>It's at a place called the District in Sioux Falls,

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<v Speaker 2>and Rob, You're going to love this place. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>great venue and there's like an upper deck and a

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<v Speaker 2>lower deck and people no matter where you are, you

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<v Speaker 2>got a good seat, if you're upstairs or downstairs, all

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<v Speaker 2>all very good seating. And I'm excited to see the show.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's going to be really fun. Thank you

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<v Speaker 2>very much for chatting with me, and thanks for coming

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<v Speaker 2>to Sue Falls tomorrow night.

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<v Speaker 1>Our pleasure. We'll see you tomorrow, Thanks so much again.

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<v Speaker 2>Darkstar Orchestra in Sioux Falls at the District tomorrow night.

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