Dave Diamond: “I think about music through lens of drumming. I love to groove and I’m hyper sensitive as to how the feel is working. I’m always reading the energy in the room and trying to asses if the groove is translating with the band and to the audience. I want to make sure they’re all relating to it. “

There is something unique about Terrapin Crossroads and the performances that occur there that's worth exploring.  For me, a big part of it is that every day of the week a community of musicians gets up on that stage, "dusts off those rusty strings" and in earnest makes them shine again and again.   The other powerful thing for me about Terrapin Crossroads is that The Grateful Dead and all of the musical offshoots represent a spiritual place in one's mind. Terrapin Crossroads is actually a physical place that holds that same emotion.  You can tangibly touch it.