Terrapin Moon: Grateful Dead Tribute

Charlie is a self taught musician. He has played guitar for about 35 yrs., but spent 12 yrs. as a drummer in an original rock band called Six Cents. A native of the Springfield Ohio area, he was exposed to live music at the age of 8, by a musician that was a family friend (Steve Eldridge), a drummer for several local garage bands in the mid-sixties. Spending much of his adolesent yrs. going to as many rock concerts as possible, he developed a variety of influences. Starting a family in his early 20’s, he put playing music on hold until the late 80’s when Six Cents was formed. Having no drummer, Charlie decided to give it a try. With a fair amount of success learning the drums, the band went on to write many tunes & recorded 3 albums. After being enlightened by a close friend, he began to listen to the Grateful Dead, whereupon he became quite obsessed. Charlie spent the yrs. between 1988 & 1995 taking in as many shows as was financially possible until the death of Jerry Garcia in ’95. This was an extremely depressing time, as it was for many Deadheads. To get through it, he turned to playing the music of the Dead on his guitar, leading to the formation of what would become Terrapin Moon. Now, as a grandfather, he hopes to pass the tradition on to the 3rd generation of his family through the performance of the uncountable numbers of songs in the GD’s vault.   

Growing up in Dayton Ohio, Randy started playing guitar in high school, and played in various rock bands in the 80s and 90s. His first live Grateful Dead show was Buckeye Lake 1993. In 2000, he and Bob Petty formed Skeleton Crew, a Dayton-based jam band playing the music of the Grateful Dead, as well as their own original music. Skeleton Crew played throughout the Ohio area from 2000-2012, with reboots in 2013-2014 and 2019-2020, playing many festivals such as Ripplefest and Harvest Jam, and released one album, Butterflies, in 2005. Randy is delighted to join Terrapin Moon in 2022 to continue to celebrate the music of the Grateful Dead!

Versatile and Intuitive, Connor is a self taught drummer from Dayton, Ohio and joined Terrapin Moon in 2022. This is his first project playing the Grateful Dead.

From Dayton Ohio, Butch has many years of experience playing the Grateful Dead as a member of Terrapin Moon and Arrows of Neon. He started in an original band called Critical Mass in the 90s, playing music by Phish, Widespread Panic, and the Grateful Dead. Before playing bass, he played drums, piano, guitar, and mandolin - eventually deciding to play bass. Now with 30+ years of experience, he brings innovative bass lines to every show.