Deadheads and Phish-heads, take note. The central Pacific coastal town of Jacó Saturday night will host a benefit to promote environmental education with musical guests hailing from such legendary U.S. bands as The Grateful Dead and Phish.

Veteran Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, recently honored along with former bandmates for lifetime achievement at the Grammy Awards, will team up with Phish bassist and singer Mike Gordon as well as guitarist Scott Murawski of the band Max Creek.

The bands bridge two generations of peace-loving listeners, mastering a style of folk-fused rock that prizes live performance and lengthy, entrancing improvisation.

They are scheduled to take the stage at 8 p.m. and will play three sets of covers and originals at the Doce Lunas hotel, according to co-organizers the Jacó-based Central Pacific Chamber of Commerce.

It's not the first time Kreutzmann and Murawski share a bill. Fans of both the Dead and Phish – known as Deadheads and Phish-heads, respectively – found each other on the same tour circuit in 2006 following the Rhythm Devils, a band made up of Kreutzmann, Murawski and guitarist Steve Kimock.

The show is just one of the latest projects supported by the chamber of commerce to foment environmental awareness on Costa Rica's Pacific coast (TT, Aug. 24, 2007). A portion of the benefit's p roceeds will help fund environmental education programs in the schools in the canton of Garabito.

Tickets, $20 a head, are being sold online at

http://mikegordontickets.rlc.net/MikeGordon/calendar.aspx, or in person at the Central Pacific Chamber of Commerce or at the door.

-Tico Times