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Colorado band Elephant Revival performs “The Garden” during their very first time headlining the nationally infamous Red Rocks Amphitheatre in 2016. The band is thrilled to share this experience with the world—an experience that every Colorado band dreams of and only some have the very special opportunity to achieve. For this concert, Elephant Revival was pleased to bring Josh Ritter and Rising Appalachia on as support at the Morrison venue. Accompanying Elephant Revival in this performance are spectacular aerialists and fire dancers from Colorado-based theatrical circus group Fractal Tribe. Guest musicians include Leah Song and Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia and Laurie Shook of the Shook Twins. “The Garden” was written by Daniel Rodriguez and has only previously been released as a live recording on Elephant Revival’s 2015 CD/DVD" Sands of Now."

Elephant Revival looks forward to their second year headlining Red Rocks, with support from The Oh Hellos and Mandolin Orange. Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 21st, 2017. Purchase tickets here: http://bit.ly/ERTGRR2017

“Lyrically, ‘The Garden’ is part of a larger poem that eventually become two songs. While ‘The Garden’ is upbeat and rocking, its counterpart, ‘Season Song’ off our album Petals, is soft and down-tempo.

Playing ‘The Garden’ live invites an exhilarating atmosphere, uninhibited, mysterious, with no looking back. And what a place to play it—at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre.

‘The Garden’ beholds one of my favorite lyrics that has fallen upon the pages: ‘The leaves become the soil, and then become the garden. In death how men do toil, a flower for the departed.’

Thanks for listening!”

—Daniel Rodriguez

Credits:

Guest Musicians: Leah Song & Chloe Smith of Rising Appalachia, Laurie Shook of Shook Twins

Dreamcatcher: Lunar Fire
Dreamcatcher Aerialists: Ariana Papousek, MaQi
Dreamcatcher Spinners: Ryan Hamity, Rykms Madson
Fire Dancers: Cassie Drew, Lani Gordon

Recorded by Colorado Sound Studio Mobile
Recording Engineers: Kevin Clock, Jesse O’Brien
Assistant Engineer: Kyle Dickey
Stage Tech: Robert Harris

Mixed and Mastered by Colorado Sound Studios
Mixed by Kevin Clock, Rob Gordon
Mastered by Tom Capek

Filming by Fabian Productions: Zac Fabian, Mark Santos, Desdemona Dallas

Editing & Post Production: Zack Littlefield, Nic Tapia, and Zach Newton