High-energy tribute to the American jam-band tradition with improvisation and groove, drawing on the psychedelic spirit of the Grateful Dead, the precision funk of Phish, the Southern fire of the Allman Brothers and the modern jam renaissance.
Clyde's Electric Chalkboard are back at Rear End Gastropub & Garage on Friday, October 16, after a rainout a few weeks ago kept them off the stage. They're a high-energy tribute to the American jam-band tradition, and if you're not familiar with that, it's exactly what it sounds like: songs that stretch out, shift gears, and lean into the moment rather than sticking to a fixed arrangement. The set draws from the psychedelic spirit of the Grateful Dead, the precision funk of Phish, the Southern fire of the Allman Brothers, and the modern jam renaissance that's kept the whole thing going.
They treat every show as a new conversation, which is a good way to describe how they work. The setlists stay fluid, the jams run long, and they aren't afraid of deep cuts or unexpected segues that carry one song right into the next. It's the kind of gig where the songs serve as starting points rather than destinations. The band describes their live shows as the place where "the plan changes, the grooves stretch, and the night goes somewhere new."
They hail from Aspinwall, Pennsylvania, so this is a local band playing on their own turf. If you've been following them, you know the rainout left them with a date to make up, and this is it. The music sits in that jam-band pocket—part psychedelic, part funk, part Southern rock—and the whole thing is built around improvisation, so no two nights really sound the same.
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It's a Friday night show, and they're playing at Rear End Gastropub & Garage in Pittsburgh. The music starts at 6 PM.
