Elephant Revival - The Garden at Red Rocks Amphitheatre 2016

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: 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

[@breathetogether]

I have never been to an Elephant Revival show and this one looks the the cream of the crop with Rising Appalachia and probably some I don't recognize. So amazing.

[@bj0lly]

This show must have been incredible. Shook Twins! Rising Appalachia! Elephant Revival! Wow. We can only hope to see this again. So much love*

[@TheNaaf-ui6nl]

Fantastic show!

[@brucewearechange]

This is magical! Thanks for sharing the goodness..see ya May 21st!

[@mentalgiraffe7640]

Great performance! Love to see rising appalachia there too!

[@cvaagsgardenoflifeanimalsa2088]

All my favorite artists

[@Dalerob2006]

love the video and the dream catcher...

[@AraCod]

Red Rocks ❤

[@3VILmonkey]

This is my new favorite group. Their vibe reminds me of Caterwaul.

[@HE_HATE_ME]

killin it

[@mgoldsmith69]

I can weigh your heart with a feather Make blood from your bones Watching words turn to leather and Philosophize the stone Heyeah heyeaha The serpent circle slithers His venom spitting riddles He sheds his skin for hours Whose own tail end devours Heyeah heyeaha The leaves become the soil Then become the garden and death how men do toil a flower for the departed Heyeah Heyeaha From death comes life and so on Please don't stop it goes on Death comes life and so on Please don't stop You can weigh your heart with a feather Make blood from your bones Watching words turn to leather and philosophize the stone Heyeah Heyeaha From death comes life and so on please don't stop it goes on from death comes life and so on please don't stop From death comes life and so on Please don't stop it goes on From death comes life and so on Please don't stop

[@heathvarnell6812]

New grass.

[@elmoblatch9787]

The description says that Red Rocks is nationally "infamous" but what scandal are they referring to? What has made it infamous? I'd say that "famous" is more accurate.

[@pendoreilleoutdoors5014]

"... nationally INFAMOUS Red Rocks Amphitheatre..." lol

[@oceantoker]

Bye, Elephant Revival.....Sniffle.

[@Fasdaff01]

The theatrical group is cool and all but personally I don't think they really add anything to the experience and at worst serve as a distraction. I'd rather just watch the band play.

[@monoshock57]

Me to.

[@andylilyquist3151]

that's a wonderful opinion I sometimes share too but I love this band for how Family oriented and humble they are, they dont always have performance actors or painters, orchestra's lol but this was there first headlining show! I'm always delighted to see a band share the light with their close friends and family! you know how the band wants to perform and what type of Show their interested in. get to know the band a lil more personal something that's rare with music these years!

[@NightSkyIsATimeMachine]

I thought it was absolutely perfect.

[@ceeweedsl]

@@andylilyquist3151 Yep, agreed. I like it on that level. Kinda like the Dead used to bring in dancers etc at times. Artistically, would rather just focus on the music, but all good!

[@notubenick]

Poor elephant.

[@dianeh4794]

Music: Good. Maybe even VERY good. Theatrics: Silly.

[@t.d.9285]

Music's ok. The pole dancer's or whatever they are , are goofy.