Article Contributed by Gratefulweb
Published on 2026-08-14
Photo Credit: Bob Sweeney
Tom Hamilton comes to the Fox Theatre in Boulder on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, with Colorado-based Rio Rosa, a band known for drawing from the Jerry Garcia Band and Grateful Dead catalogs alongside original material.
Tom Hamilton has made a career of pushing rock n’ roll boundaries. Since 2000, Hamilton has fronted a cadre of bands, including Brothers Past, American Babies and Ghost Light. He also sings and plays lead guitar in the juggernaut contemporary Grateful Dead cover band, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead.
It wasn’t until a series of personal and societal crises compelled the Philadelphia-based musician, songwriter and producer to reconsider his approach and finally forge ahead under his own name.
“When you're in a van on the road for 20 years, you live in your bubble, you think that your world is one way — and it's not. The pandemic break gave me the time to see that. Then my band broke up and my dad got sick. The only refuge I had was the studio.”
I’m Your Vampire, Hamilton’s most personal effort yet, is a 10-song suite wreathed in tattered-flannel rock & roll that encapsulates Hamilton’s salvation in isolation, as he sorts through the darkness to find a pinpoint of light.
“It takes effort to not just be jaded as we age — to not look at the world in a hardened way,” Hamilton says. “Yeah, it's a dark, dark fucking time, let's make some lemonade.”
His album I’m Your Vampire, co-produced by Hamilton and Alex Farrar (MJ Lenderman/Wednesday), is out now via AWAL/Relix.
Tom Hamilton with Rio Rosa
Fox Theatre
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Doors: 7:00 pm | Show: 8:00 pm
Tickets on sale now HERE
General Admission Tickets | Reserved Rail Seated Tickets
All Ages (under 16 with an adult)
