Crossing The Line

Crossing the Line represents a rare moment in the history of the music biz: it lives up to the decades-long hype that has been built up around it. Not many records released today benefit from the kind of perseverance Bill Cutler has shown in shepherding this project to the finish line. Simply put, Crossing the Line is a 'miracle' of modern music making, brought to life by a determined singer-songwriter, who has, for years, orbited within the Grateful Dead extended family universe. It's a fact of life, and rule of the music industry: When things appear too good to be true, they usually are. This is certainly not the case with Cutler's Crossing the Line, which features stars past, present and future, including Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead), Bob Weir (Grateful Dead, RatDog), Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane), David Nelson and Dave Torbert (New Riders of the Purple Sage), Jerry Miller, (Moby Grape), harmonica ace Matthew Kelly (RatDog, Kingfish), Michael Falzarano (Hot Tuna), Mark Karan (The Other Ones, RatDog, Mickey Hart's Planet Drum), pianist Austin deLone (Elvis Costello, Boz Scaggs), steel guitarist Barry Sless (Phil Lesh & Friends, David Nelson Band), and guitarist Scotty Quik (Sammy Hagar). Garcia's tracks may be the last unreleased studio tracks of Jerry's legendary career .