BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:555@jointherevolution.net DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231230T223000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231231T020000 DTSTAMP:20231026T212446Z URL:https://www.jointherevolution.net/concerts/oteil-friends-2/ SUMMARY:Oteil & Friends DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE ARTIST\n\n\nTwo-time Grammy winning bassist Oteil Bur bridge has been in the music business touring and recording for over three decades. His first step into the national spotlight came in 1991 when he became a founding member of the Aquarium Rescue Unit featuring Col. Bruce Hampton\, a cult classic that has stood the test of time. That led to his membership in the classic rock group The Allman Brothers Band. Since 1997\ , his work with the band has earned him two Grammy nominations for best ro ck instrumental\, in 2003 and in 2004. Over the years\, Oteil has shared t he stage with rock and blues legends such as Eric Clapton\, Carlos Santana \, Levon Helm\, Taj Mahal\, Buddy Guy\, Pinetop Perkins\, Hubert Sumlin\, Billy Gibbons\, Chuck Leavell\, Bob Weir\, Phil Lesh\, Johnny Winter\, Bon nie Raitt\, Sheryl Crow and Trey Anastasio. In 2012\, Oteil received a Gra mmy Lifetime Achievement Award for his 15 year contribution to the Allman Brothers Band as the longest running bassist in the band’s history.\n\nW hile touring and recording with the Allman Brothers over the years\, Oteil still found time to collaborate with many other musicians. He formed his solo group\, Oteil and the Peacemakers in 1998. From 1998 until 2007\, the group toured extensively and released three albums. In 2001\, Oteil joine d Phish’s keyboardist Page McConnell and The Funky Meters’ drummer Rus sell Batiste to form Vida Blue. He also founded an improv based trio with Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann and Max Creek guitarist Scott Muraws ki in 2008.\n\nOteil reunited on stage with his brother Kofi after ten yea rs of touring separately when Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi formed the T edeschi Trucks Band in late 2010\, featuring the Burbridge brothers in the rhythm section. The 11-piece super group released their first record\, Re velator\, in 2011 which won a Grammy in February 2012. The Tedeschi Trucks Band played Eric Clapton’s iconic Crossroads Guitar Festival in 2011. O teil’s original composition “Love Has Something Else to Say” was inc luding in the DVD release and on their Grammy-winning debut album. The Ted eschi Trucks Band released their second album (and first live album) in 20 12\, titled “Everybody’s Talkin.”\n\nOver the years\, Oteil has also recorded and shared the stage with jazz and jazz-rock fusion legends Herb ie Hancock\, Roy Haynes\, Randy Brecker\, John Scofield\, Jerry Goodman\, Bob Moses\, Lenny White\, Steve Smith\, Bela Fleck\, Jimmy Herring\, Howar d Levi\, Victor Wooten and Branford Marsalis.\n\nGrateful Dead members Bob Weir\, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart joined forces with John Mayer in 2 015 to form “Dead &\; Company” with Burbridge on bass and Jeff Chim enti on keys. Since its formation\, the band has completed six tours\, pla ying to more than 2 million fans\, and\n\nhas become a record-breaking sta dium act. Dead &\; Company has headlined iconic stadiums across the cou ntry including Folsom Field\, Autzen Stadium\, Citi Field\, Fenway Park an d Dodger Stadium. Additionally\, the band broke Wrigley Field’s all-time concert attendance record. In between tours\, Dead &\; Company hosts i ts annual “Playing in the Sand” all-inclusive Caribbean concert vacati on in Mexico.\n\nOteil’s fourth solo record\, “Water In The Desert” was released on October 27\, 2017. He assembled an all-star group of music ians for this record\, including brother Kofi on keyboards and flute\, Lit tle John Roberts and Sean O’Rourke on drums\, vocalists Alfreda Gerald a nd Mark Rivers\, Dave Yoke on guitar\, Miguel Atwood Ferguson on strings a nd producer David Ryan Harris. “Oteil &\; Friends\,” which features a rotating cast of all-star musicians (including Melvin Seals\, Eric Kras no\, John Kadlecik\, Neal Casal\, Jay Lane\, Jeff Chimenti\, John Morgan K imock\, Jennifer Hartswick\, Natalie Cressman\, Weedie Braimah and Alfreda Gerald) toured the northeast in November 2017 to support the record and c ontinued to tour through 2019\, with festival appearances in the works for 2020.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.jointherevolution.net/wp-content/upl oads/2023/10/REV_OT-4-X-6.jpg CATEGORIES:All Ages,Concerts LOCATION:Revolution Live\, 100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Lauderdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States GEO:26.121358;-80.1461974 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 SW 3rd Ave.\, Fort Laud erdale\, FL\, 33312\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Revolution Live:geo:26.121358,-80.1461974 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR