Loser | AIKO at ForumFest 2024 | Park City

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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 🧡

If I had a gun for every ace I have drawn
I could arm a town the size of Abilene
Don't you push me, baby, because I'm moanin' low
And you know I'm only in it for the gold
All that I am asking for is ten gold dollars
And I could pay you back with one good hand
You can look around about the wide world over
And you'll never find another honest man
Last fair deal in the country
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold money where your love is, baby
Before you let my deal go down
Go down
Don't you push me, baby, 'cause I'm moanin' low
And I know a little something you won't ever know
Don't you touch hard liquor, just a cup of cold coffee
Gonna get up in the morning and go
Last fair deal in the country
Last fair deal in the town
Put your gold money where your love is, baby
Before you let my deal go down
Go down
Everybody's braggin' and drinking that wine
I can tell the Queen of Diamonds by the way she shines
Come to daddy on the inside straight
Well, I got no chance of losing this time
Well, I got no chance of losing this time
Well, I no chance of losing this time

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.