Photos

 The following photos of Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, Pepper and Sassafras, and the Dead to the Core are available for editorial use. Click the images to download the high-resolution files.

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Pepper and Sassafras

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Pepper and Sassafras photo by Genevieve Fridley
Pepper and Sassafras photo by Genevieve Fridley

Dead to the Core with Jefferson Hamer and Steve Roy

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Dead to the Core full band

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Coming up on Saturday 9/26: the first-ever Dead to the Core trio show! Wendy Sassafras Ramsay, Tim Burns, and I will be paddling our way up to the Brewerton Center for the Arts, a lovely venue in a historic church. Can’t wait to fill that reson
Happy third birthday to Shakedown Sunday! In September 2023, Maureen Henesey helped us kick off this monthly series at @443socialclubcny as our first special guest. What a ride it’s been, with an amazing array of guest artists and 28 sold-out
A few snaps from an incredible last-blast-of-summer Dead to the Core tour with Jefferson Hamer, Steve Roy, and Wendy Sassafras Ramsay. What a joy to share music at @littledipperct @clubpassim and @thewordbarn — many thanks to our hosts and all
Packing up for a big New England weekend with Dead to the Core, and I’m getting the look from Ezma... (OK, I also was holding a piece of cheese.) Hope to see some of you at... 8.21 Brooklyn CT @littledipperct 8.22 Cambridge MA @clubpassim 8.2
Friday 8/14 I’m excited to join a bunch of great CNY songwriters for a celebration of homegrown original music at @theridgerocks in Chittenango NY.
What a sweet evening playing original acoustic music in this lovely backyard in Fayetteville. House concerts are the best! Thanks to our hosts John and Janet and all who joined us (and to the weather gods for smiling on us). #pepperandsassafras #hous
Fingers crossed for Saturday's weather. We love playing this backyard series! 8/8 Price Press Garden Concert, 104 Foxcroft Lane, Fayetteville NY, 6–8 pm. Suggested donation $15-$20. Bring a lawn chair. #pepperandsassafras #acousticduo #acousti
Sat. 7/11: Going to be a beautiful evening in the beer garden at @oncofermentations in Tully, New York. @deadtothecoreband will be playing a mix of GD-related tunes and songs of our own, 6 to 8 pm. 📷 Misse Fedele
The fabulous Liz Ingersoll is back for Shakedown Sunday at the @443socialclubcny on 7/26! Liz helped us kick off the series back in 2023, and she always lights up the music with her fiddle and singing. Every Shakedown is different, and this will be
Fun night seeing our friend and occasional Dead to the Core bandmate @mark.ettinger on tour with Lucy Darling @carisahendrix
On sale today: Dead to the Core returns to @clubpassim in Cambridge, Mass., on 8/22. It’s always a thrill to play this legendary club, where Dead to the Core actually got its start through a series of Jerry Garcia birthday celebrations. 🎟️ dea
Our special guest for Shakedown Sunday at the 443 Social Club on 6/28 is the powerhouse multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Chris Eves. On sale now and already going fast... 🎟️ bit.ly/shakedownsunday 📷 @this_is_yimmy @chrisnificenteves
Such a sweet time last night at the 443. Four premieres, two originals, a couple of Garcia and Weir clips from my interview archive, and a lot of shenanigans... I’m not sure why it took so long to do “Wharf Rat” and “China D