You may have caught the news a while back that long-time collaborators Brendan Bayliss (Umphrey’s McGee) and Jeff Austin (Yonder Mountain String Band) recently formed a new project called 30db. They’ve got their first release, a full-length disc called One Man Show set to drop tomorrow and they just finished a few dates to warm up to the release. Our buddy Chris will be sending us some photos from the show they just played in Chicago, and I’ll likely be at Great American Music Hall when they roll through town in a week or so.

30db 2010 Tour Dates

May 19 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
May 20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 21 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
May 22 Portland, OR Berbati’s Pan
I’ll be sampling the album a bit and reporting back on how the project sounds from my ears. Jambands.com just reviewed the album and definitely liked what they were hearing…

Just for fun, here’s some bluegrass treatment of the Grateful Dead classic “Sugaree.”

30 db Sugaree [YouTube]