Deal | AIKO at ForumFest 2024 | Park City UT

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Aiko40 was a blast and the band is so very grateful for our fans, old and new, who came out to help us celebrate 40 years of honoring the music of our forebears, the Grateful Dead.

Huge thanks to CVMA, Park City Mountain Resort, Mountain Town Music and all the amazing “special guest” musicians who just rocked our world: Eric Krasno, Anders Osborne, Stanton Moore, Jason Hann, Brad Walker, Wil Blades, Alex Wasily, John Michael Bradford and our newest Aiko member and trumpeter extraordinaire, Lewis Krasno!! Much love to all and see you next year for Aiko41.

Let there be songs to fill the air 🧡

Since it costs a lot to win and even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time wonderin' what to choose
Goes to show, you don't ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no
I been gamblin hereabouts for ten good solid years
If I told you all that went down, it would burn off both of your ears
Goes to show you don't ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no
Since you poured the wine for me and tightened up my shoes
I hate to leave you sittin there, composin lonesome blues
Goes to show you don't ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no
Since it cost a lot to win and even more to lose
You and me bound to spend some time wonderin' what to choose
Goes to show you don't ever know
Watch each card you play and play it slow
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Wait until that deal come 'round
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down
Don't you let that deal go down, no, no


AIKO is a band of musical brothers forged in Nashville Tennessee in 1984 in the spirit of the great jam band masters, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers. As with their forebears, AIKO fuses various elements of American rock, folk, psychedelia, country and bluegrass into lengthy instrumental jams. AIKO is made up of an eclectic group of musicians from around the country. The four original band members, Steve Ballenger (lead guitar/vocals), Ross Mason (drums), Ben Anderson (bass/vocals) and Ted Pattison (guitar/vocals) were joined in the late '90's by three additional musicians: Steve Krafft (lead guitar/vocals), Lance Deal (drums). Scott Fernandez (keyboards), Jessie Krafft and Michelle Yahn (vocals) joined the band after 2018. AIKO has played to crowds at bars, amphitheaters and festivals around the U.S. for the last 40 years.