The world’s first Grateful Dead drag tribute band are playing a show in protest at the state of Tennessee’s controversial recent ban, which forbids "adult cabaret" acts from performing in front of children. Bertha – named after the track of the same name, from the Grateful Dead's 1971 "Skull and Roses" album – will play at Dee’s Country Cocktail Lounge in Madison, TN on April 29.
The band describe themselves as an "all-star collective of femme, queer and allied East Nashville talent," and the event will raise money for Inclusion TN, a local organisation supporting the LGBTQIA+ community. Tickets are $10 on the door, and the event will be hosted by popular drag country queen Marlene Twitty-Fargo.
