The Kind Buds, who play the Iron Horse this Saturday at 10PM, represent everything that is beautiful about the music of The Grateful Dead and the scene that grew up around the band.

Bud & Budd ~ The Kind Buds take the stage at The Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Ma for a special Rex Musical Caravan Event this Saturday, Sept 10, 2011 for a 10 PM show.  Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door.  The performance will also feature A.minor who will be projecting live video art behind the musicians.

The Kind Buds entertain their audiences with inspiring covers & incendiary originals, trading fiery-sweet licks on a roller coaster of tension & release. A truly acoustic duo, Bud and Budd perform raucous, intuitive, wide-open jams with stunning guitar interplay. Tight vocal harmonies compliment and complete their sound. No effects of any kind are used in live performances.

 

Coming off a busy East Coast Festival Tour including The Gathering of the Vibes, StrangeCreek, Bears Picnic, Bella Terra Fest, Sterling Stage and the Grateful Dead Fest at Warwick Wineries,  The Kind Buds are eager to share with thier fans new Kind Bud originals to be showcased at the Iron Horse Music Hall.

The Rex Foundation genesis was the Grateful Dead and today continues as part of that family and legacy.  Since 1984 the Rex Foundation has granted over $8.6 million to cover over 1,000 recipients.  The Rex Foundation aims to help secure a healthy environment, promote individuality in the arts, provide support to critical and necessary social services, protect rights of indigenous people and ensure their cultural survival, build a stronger community, and educate children and adults everywhere.

Other collaborating musicians with the Rex Foundation include: Bob Weir & Ratdog; Trey Anastasio. Dark Star Orchestra; The String Cheese Incident; David Gans; Steve Kimock; Warren Haynes;  Peter Rowan; Railroad Earth; New Riders of the Purple Sage; Bruce Hornsby; Mickey Hart.

Uncle Dave of the syndicated radio show "Dead Air" 88.7 WNCW out of Spindale, North Carolina says of The Buds, "The Kind Buds represent everything that is beautiful about the music of The Grateful Dead and the scene that grew up around the band."  They have opened for such greats as The New Riders of the Purple Sage; Jefferson Starship; Big Brother and the Holding Company; Tom Constanten and David LaFlemme of Its a Beautiful Day.   The Kind Buds were also a part of U-Mass @  Amherst’s Symposium on the Legacy of the Grateful Dead held in November of 07.

For more information, listen to The Kind Buds’s music and see pictures of this dynamic duo, please log on to http:www//thekindbuds.com or on Facebook log on to Bud & Budd ~ The Kind Buds.

Tickets are available at Northampton Box Office,76 Main Street. 413-586-8686 and online at IHEG.com