The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Dead to the Core is a collective of singer-songwriters and acoustic musicians who explore the musical world of the Grateful Dead—not through note-for-note recreations but by playing the songs their own way, with unexpected instrumental colors and lush vocal harmonies.

This show features the all-star Syracuse-based Dead to the Core band, with John Lennon Songwriting Contest winner Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers on guitar and Strumstick; Tim Burns (Two Hour Delay) on guitar and mandolin; Wendy Sassafras Ramsay (Starting Off Red) on accordion, flute, and clarinet; Josh Dekaney (Mary Fahl) on percussion/drum kit; and John Dancks (the Cadleys) on upright bass.

The band's repertoire spans classics and rarities from the Dead as well as Jerry Garcia Band, Garcia and Grisman, and Old and in the Way — sometimes mashed up with originals by Dead to the Core's own songwriters.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Jamie McLean Band is a triple threat. The group's energetic and captivating live show is undeniable. McLean's fiery guitar has joined the ranks of Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, and more on stages from Madison Square Garden to Japan's Fuji Rock. His blue-eyed southern soul vocals ooze real emotion. And his top-line songwriting chops have crafted profound, honest, and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing, dancing, and feeling like the song was written about you. Jamie McLean Band creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, middle Americana roots, Delta blues, and New York City swagger.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Mike Powell is a natural-born storyteller with a stage presence that's best described as "real".

His spontaneous nature and extreme comfort behind a microphone create a vibe that engages audiences in a way that only authenticity can. His songs are filled with powerful imagery and thought-provoking themes but a Powell performance is much more than just a concert – it's an exploration into the human heart. Seamlessly weaving hilarious tales of everyday life with heartbreaking songs of tragedy, loss & blue collar hardship. Pulling from his catalog of over 200 original songs he has become one of the "must-see" acts in Central New York.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Neil loves performing almost as much as he loves adventuring in solitude. Born, raised, and currently working in rural, upstate New York, Neil is a singer-songwriter and guitarist. He's on a never-ending search for the right sound, the right word, and the right story. Had he lived in another time, he might've been an explorer, returning only to share his findings with the world. Perhaps in some small way he's able to do this through his songs. He enjoys playing small listening rooms as much as he enjoys large stages and as a listener first, finds his purpose in making music that can give back some small sliver of the joy and meaning he's experienced from it himself.

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Richard Shindell lives as both an immigrant and emigrant, crossing thresholds that inform his illumination of the human experience through narrative song. Shindell has inhabited a Zen Buddhist monastery and busked in the streets of Paris. Originally from New York, now living in Buenos Aires, Shindell is a writer whose songs paint pictures, tell stories, juxtapose ideas and images, inhabit characters, vividly evoking entire worlds along the way and expanding our sense of just what it is a song may be. Meticulously recorded over three years in New York and Buenos Aires, his most recent release, Careless, offers an ambitious, luxurious, full-length statement. Shindell immersed himself in the studio, allowing the time and latitude to explore, experiment, take risks—to play—as each of these 11 songs was given form and substance.