Deadbeat was formed in 2005 when drummer Joe Pulitano answered a Craig’s List ad and joined former members of Tin Man Brian Stormwind, Gary Barth, Jay Hardikar and Dave Handrick to form a new band that focused on their mutual love of the music of The Greatful Dead and the Jam Band sound and experience. The newly formed DeadBeat played their first gig at The Kalena Club in Littleton, MA in late 2005. Feeling that the lineup worked well, they took early 2006 to focus on developing their sound, learning and growing together, and working towards their expressed goal of being a “live” act and their desire to share their music by playing out as much as possible.
By the fall of 2006 the band had jelled, and gigs included a hosting a fundraiser that raised $23,000 for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and an outrageous New Year’s eve party in Cambridge, MA. The rest, as they say, is history…
DeadBeat continues today, bringing the music of The Dead to life with our current bassist, Pete Jones and thrilling audiences with their love and passion for the jam band sound.
