We caught up with Rob Barraco from Darkstar Orchestra while we were at Northwest String Summit. He was so gracious with his time and sat with us for almost an hour so we figured this one needed to stand alone. Rob has played with so of our favorites like Phil Lesh & Friends, The Dead, Darkstar Orchestra, Chris Robinson and the new Earth Mud, The Zen Tricksters, and so many more!!!We sat and talked about his entire life's journey into the music world of The Grateful Dead, what it was like growing up in a musical family, falling in love with the music, discovering he loved the keyboards, and much, much more! We know you're going to enjoy this as much as we did!Music used in the commercials by and with permisson of:Circles Around The Sun - 'Tacoma Narrows' off 'Let It WanderMarco Benevento - 'Say It's All The Same' - off the forthcoming 'Let It Slide'The Higgs - 'Crazy Horse Jam' off 'Road Less Traveled, Vol 1:Live at Crazy Horse Saloon'***THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY THE AMAZING AND INCREDIBLE NUGS.NET, SHOP TOUR BUS & DEFYNE PREMIUM CANNABIS!!!!NUGS.NET:Nugs.net is THE live music app featuring over 15,000 shows from your favorite bands, on demand and ad free. You can listen to a show from last night, or from 40 years ago. You can download music to listen off-line, and create playlists to share with your friends.   As live music fanatics like us, the folks at Nugs.net are offering our listeners a free 30-day trial. Listen free for 30 days and cancel anytime. Visit nugs.net/nosimpleroad to get started. SHOP TOUR BUS:Visit shoptourbus.com or @shoptourbus on IG and pick up some wonderfully creative and beautiful Grateful Dead inspired shirts/hoodies. Use the code nosimpleroad for free shipping!!!!!!DEFYNE PREMIUM CANNABIS:Defyne Premium Cannabis here in Oregon with two locations to serving the most incredible premium cannibis around: HILLSBORO: 1775 SE Tualatin Valley Hwy. Hillsboro, OR. 97123 and FOREST GROVE: 3821 Pacific Ave. Forest Grove, OR. 97116Head over to defyne.life to learn about their products and get ahold of some sweet Defyne Premium Cannabis Swag!SHOW CREDITS:  Intro Music - 'No Simple Road' written and performed by 'THE HIGGS'Check them out at: thehiggsmusic.comOutro Music by: THE CHILLDREN OF INDIGOCheck out their website chilldrenofindigo.comcheck out this amazing video created exclusively for NSR!LOGO DESIGNS AND RELATED ARTWORKJust Elrod (NSR Hand Logo)@wickedawesome (NSR Skulls)@hairofthewolf (NSR Van Logo)Leave us a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Google Play so more of us can find out about the show and this thing grows into a juggernaut of love, and laughs, and exploration of this long strange trip we call lifeJOIN THE NO SIMPLE ROAD FAMILY! Become a Patron through Patreon.com You can give as little or as much as you'd like and earn our everlasting appreciation and assist in realizing the vision of our collective.No Simple Road is part of the Osiris podcast network. Osiris is creating a community that connects people like you with podcasts and live experiences about...Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.