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Connecticut · est. 2023
Mystery
Train
the music of Jerry Garcia
Connecticut's Jerry Garcia Band project
When Jerry wasn't with the Grateful Dead he built a second life onstage: Motown and reggae, Dylan and The Band, gospel, country, and his own songs with Robert Hunter. Mystery Train plays that book.
The group formed in the fall of 2023 and has been working rooms across western Connecticut ever since — breweries, VFW halls, patios, and late clubs. Seasoned players. We are not a Dead cover band. We ride the Jerry Garcia Band catalog, and the covers he loved enough to make his own.
On the rails
Upcoming shows
From the Facebook events. From the Facebook events page — refreshed at midnight, Eastern.
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A 2027 residency
Notch 8, first Saturday
Mystery Train is proud to be playing Notch 8 the first Saturday of every month in 2027 — plus a special Sunday, August 1, for Jerry Garcia's birthday. Come join us for great new songs and tasty jams. Dates and flyers are in Upcoming shows.
1 Front St · Bethel, CT · All aboard
This day
This day in Jerry history
A documented fact about Jerry Garcia or the Jerry Garcia Band, every day.
A new fact at midnight, Eastern
The book
Songs Jerry chose
Garcia's solo band was a jukebox with a conscience — The Band, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Wilson Pickett. Motown next to Hunter, a Junior Parker train song pulling out of the station. This is the country we play in.
From the JGB book
Setlist, more or less
Not a promise. A map of the country.
Garcia / Hunter
- Cats Under the Stars
- Mission in the Rain
- Sugaree
- Deal
- Rubin and Cherise
- Gomorrah
- Midnight Moonlight
Dylan
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Simple Twist of Fate
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door
- Tough Mama
Soul, Motown, reggae
- How Sweet It Is
- The Way You Do the Things You Do
- Second That Emotion
- In the Midnight Hour
- The Harder They Come
- Stop That Train
- That's What Love Will Make You Do
The Band, Beatles & the train
- Mystery Train
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Dear Prudence
- Don't Let Go
- Let It Rock
- I'll Take a Melody
- Tore Up Over You
On tape
Recent nights
Milestone, November 2nd — the playlist as it stands. New clips land here when they hit the feed.
All aboard
Book the band
A few dates remain in 2026. We are booking 2027 now — clubs, halls, breweries, patios, and private rooms in western Connecticut, Westchester, and nearby.
Write the inquiry below. It opens an email to [email protected].
