'The final tour will go on as planned with Bill’s full endorsement and support.'
was poised to pitch its final tour with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead , the band announced today that drummer Bill Kreutzmann, a founding member of the Dead, would be bowing out.Dear Deadheads,Every day, things change. After many long discussions and some good old-fashioned soul searching, we are letting you know that our brother Bill Kreutzmann will not be joining us on our final summer tour. Bill wants you to know that he is in good spirits, good health and he is not retiring.
This is the culmination of a shift in creative direction as we keep these songs alive and breathing in ways that we each feel is best to continue to honor the legacy of theSee you at Jazz Fest!Last summer, Kreutzmann had to sit out a set on Dead & Co's tour after pulling a muscle at a previous show in Boulder, and only intermittently returned. “As most of you know, I had a back issue that suddenly appeared in Boulder, but I nipped it in the bud,” Kreutzmann wrote at the time.
He went on to assure fans that"I haven't thrown in the towel and I cannot wait for our joyful reunion. I love you all so much."Billy & the Kids , which is playing an upcoming New Orleans show with Molly Tuttle that will cover music from the Grateful Dead. That music will always be entwined with Kreutzmann; when Dead & Co's final summer tour was announced, the original Dead member wrote:
“The Grateful Dead always felt timeless from our very beginnings at the Acid Tests where ‘time’ did some funny things so we left it behind altogether. This music will always exist, always evolve, always be the soundtrack of our ever-changing lives. ... I have loved this chapter with Dead & Company, as we got to explore The Music with some new interpreters and different antennas, but we always knew it was just a chapter. The Music never stops.
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