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The American Beauty Project is a collaborative tribute concept conceived in 2007 by producer David Spelman to reinterpret the Grateful Dead’s Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty albums. Blending folk, bluegrass, country, and roots influences, the project features core performers like Ollabelle, Larry Campbell, Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Russell, and Aoife O’Donovan, with guests such as Jorma Kaukonen, Dan Zanes, The Holmes Brothers, and The Klezmatics.