After a meteoric rise from obscurity to a national touring band, Los Angeles-based Grateful Shred has made the most of its time in the spotlight. The lineup, featuring co-founders Dan Horne and Austin McCutchen alongside Circles Around the Sun keyboardist Adam MacDougall and guitarist John Lee Shannon woke the Grateful Dead cosmos with a unique laid-back harmony driven sound. The band literally went from playing the Shakedown Street vendor area prior to Dead and Company shows to touring the United States. .