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Anytime Warren Haynes returns to his Asheville, NC hometown is cause for celebration. Usually, it comes around the holidays for Christmas Jam, which just celebrated its 33rd annual all-night benefit concert. In 2019, however, Haynes made a different trip back home, this time to debut his new Dreams & Songs symphonic show with the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Later this year, Warren Haynes will release recordings of that show as 'Dreams & Songs,' and today, he previewed the album with an orchestral take on the Grateful Dead‘s “Shakedown Street.”

Prior to the Asheville show, Haynes had toured with his Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, honoring the late guitarist by arranging some of his most cherished songs with orchestras across the country. Those shows planted the seed for Dreams & Songs, an all-new orchestral production combining the many songbooks Haynes has worked with throughout his storied career, including the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers Band, Gov’t Mule, and Warren’s own solo catalog.

To introduce his new show, Haynes recruited frequent collaborators John Medeski (keys), Oteil Burbridge (bass), Jeff Sipe (drums), and Greg Osby (saxophone), plus backing vocalists Edwin McCain and Jasmine Muhammad. Together with the 64-piece Asheville Symphony, they continued Haynes’ lifelong mission of breathing new life into classic songs, like on “Shakedown Street.”

The Dead’s catalog is rich with intricate instrumentation, like “Weather Report Suite,” “Terrapin Station,” and practically all of 1975’s 'Blues for Allah.' Though “Shakedown Street” is certainly a live favorite among ‘Heads, the Disco Dead track isn’t typically held up as an example of the band’s compositional prowess. For Haynes, that’s exactly why he included it in Dreams & Songs.

“A lot of people just focus on the groove and get lost in the rhythmic quality of it,” Haynes said. “The orchestra forces you to pay attention to it in a different way. It’s very dark and powerful and, I think, very effective. This song goes back to the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration, which was my first experience with an orchestra. That’s kind of what started this whole journey for me, which is still going on.”

06/01/2026

"Third times a charm.."
Catch the new supergroup in West Michigan here at thePhilmore for their third appearance, this Thursday, at 8pm.. Funky Experimental Jazz at a very profound level from these gentlemen. Brian Oberlin + Justin Wierenga + Steve Harris

Silveroot (Brian Oberlin + Steve Harris + Justin Wierenga) :: Live @ thePhilmore – thePhilmore, Thu Jun 4, 2026 - SILVEROOT A new power trio uniting some of Michigan’s most deft artists: Steve Harris on drums, Brian Oberlin on electric mandolin, and Justin Wierenga on electric guitar. Blending ...