Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann has returned to more active duty over the past year. In addition to his performance at the Change Rocks benefit with Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Warren Haynes and Jeff Chimenti, he has been gigging in the KBM trio with Oteil Burbridge and Scott Murawski. Kreutzmann is currently back in his home state of Hawaii and he will close out 2008 with shows on December 29 and December 31. The drummer will be joined by Papa Mali, Matt Hubbard (Willie Nelson) and James Hutch Hutchison (Bonnie Raitt) for gigs at Charley’s in Paia (Monday the 29th) and Voyage East at the Pauwela Cannery in Haiku (Wednesday the 31st).