Bill McKay (of Derek Trucks Band & Leftover Salmon ) + Chris Thompson

Bill McKay is a powerhouse keyboardist, vocalist, and longtime fixture of Colorado’s jam band scene, best known for his work with the Derek Trucks Band, Leftover Salmon, and Coral Creek. With a musical career spanning more than four decades, Bill has toured and shared stages with legends including Gregg Allman, Warren Haynes, Phil Lesh, Phish, and Blues Traveler. His soulful blend of blues, rock, jazz, and Americana has taken him around the world, from touring with Derek Trucks to a decade with Leftover Salmon and six years recording and touring with Coral Creek. Bill continues to light up stages with Steely Dead, Very Jerry Band, The Other Brothers, and the McKay Brothers, bringing his signature Hammond organ grooves, soulful vocals, and improvisational fire to every performance.  www.billmckaymusic.com

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Chris Thompson is a Colorado-based songwriter and front-man of Americana/Jamgrass bands CORAL CREEK and Uptown Toodeloo (Grateful Dead tribute). Produced by newgrass greats, Bill Nershi (of String Cheese Incident) and Tim Carbone (of Railroad Earth), Thompson performs a diverse repertoire of original music spanning the genres of rock, country-bluegrass, blues, folk and island music, while engaging audiences with time-tested favorites from the Grateful Dead, The Band, CSN, Neil Young, Jimmy Cliff and more.

Thompson has released six albums of original music, receiving airplay across the US, UK and Europe; Free Dog (2018), Coral Creek (2015), Forty Years (2012), Watch Me Fly (2012 – w/Susannah), The Road Ahead 2010 and Livin On Vacation (2007 – w/Susannah). He has played campgrounds, beach bars, concert halls and festival stages across the US, Europe, Mexico and the Caribbean, sharing stages with many of his music heroes along the way.