Article Contributed by Gratefulweb
Published on 2026-07-10
See What Love Can Do performs live at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, CA, on Thursday, August 6, 2026. The show falls in the days between Jerry Week and celebrates the Jerry Garcia Band gospel sound with a Bay Area group dedicated to the JGB repertoire from 1985 to 1995.
Founded by guitarist/vocalist Jay Wilcox, who has been playing the music of the Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band since 1989, See What Love Can Do is built around a simple but powerful idea: hold true to the West Coast spirit while surrounding that music with the very best musicians the Bay Area has to offer.
The lineup for the August 6 show at Sweetwater Music Hall includes Lionel Dewitt Holoman Jr., Isa Chu, Maria Long, JP McLean, and Jerry Saracini. Together, the six-piece band brings something Garcia himself always sought out: real gospel soul. Three members come from gospel backgrounds, two as alumni of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. Their voices don’t just sing the songs — they lift them. It’s the gospel roots that give the material its weight, its warmth, its heart and soul.
Among the band’s Bay Area JGB custodians is JP McLean, who currently plays with Melvin Seals and JGB. With gospel-rooted voices and musicians deeply connected to the Garcia songbook, See What Love Can Do honors a beloved era of the Jerry Garcia Band sound while keeping the music alive in a soulful, community-driven setting.
See What Love Can Do
Thursday, August 6, 2026
Sweetwater Music Hall
19 Corte Madera Avenue
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Doors: 7:00 PM
Tickets and details are available at Etix and sweetwatermusichall.com.
More information on See What Love Can Do is available at jayguitar.com/projects/see-what-love-can-do.
