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"Sapphire"

As any true devotee of the Grateful Dead knows, once you get on the proverbial bus, you’re going to be a rider for life. There’s no better way to explain the existence—heck, the enduring vitality—of Danceland, the Toronto neo-jam band that’s carrying the legacy of the Dead down bold new avenues of experimentation and excitement.

To singer/songwriter/guitarist Joe Ferland, the road to success with Danceland has been not only the long, strange trip you might expect, but one that’s brought him full circle to boot. While he cut his teeth on the Dead and their indelible brand of psychedelic Americana, his own career as a musician at first took him down a vastly divergent path. As a New Yorker in the 1990s, he found himself in the thick of that city’s vibrant rock and pop-punk scene, with more than one record contract to show for his efforts. He even met and played in a band with an artistically like-minded lady named Jale, who ended up becoming his wife.. more >>