Ryan Clackner’s Existential Dread

First envisioned in 2017, Existential Dread was born out of an attempt by guitarist/composer Ryan Clackner to conjure musically the open, eerie spaces of the Badlands and High Plains. Existential Dread utilizes an otherworldly blend of drone metal, free jazz and the Western side of country music along with unusual instrumentation such as baritone guitar and bass clarinet to achieve this windswept sonic and spiritual goal. This performance will feature four of Ryan’s originals along with a strong dose of improvising by Matt Nelson on upright bass, Jorge Variego on bass clarinet, Kevin Scott (Gov’t Mule/ Warren Haynes Band) on electric bass, and Hunter Deacon on drums.