Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Tom T.C. Constanten will join the Reverend Tor Band for a string of northeast dates Memorial Day weekend, highlighted by a May 30 stop at the Second Annual Strange-Creek Campout. The keyboardist has collaborated with the western Massachusetts band on several occasions, including an appearance on Reverend Tors Jamazon CD. Constanten will also join the group at Cafacquor in Gloversville, N.Y., on May 27 and at The Peoples Pint in Greenfield, M.A., on May 28.
In other news, keyboardist Mark Mercier is slated to sit in with the Reverend Tor Band this Saturday at Kings Tavern in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Mercier, also a veteran of the Jamazon sessions, is best known for his tenure in Max Creek.