From The Road

Global Drum Project: 2008 Tour Dates

frogstorm — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:52:22 -0500

Date	City, State	Venue
8 Oct	Davis, CA	Mondavi Performing Arts Hall
9 Oct	Los Angeles, CA	Royce Hall
10 Oct	San Diego, CA	Stephen & Mary Birch North Park Theater
14 Oct	Wassau, WI	Grand Theater on Artsblock
15 Oct	Iowa City, IA	Hancher Auditorium
16 Oct	River Falls, WI	North Hall
17 Oct	Minneapolis, MN	The O'Shaughnessy
18 Oct	Chicago, IL	Old Town School
19 Oct	Houston, TX	Cullen Theater

More Dates TBA

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Donna Jean & the Tricksters Fall Tour Dates

almanac — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:42:51 -0500

SEPTEMBER
14        Sterling, NY        Sterling Stage Kamphitheater
18        Northampton, MA    Iron Horse
19        Plains, PA        River Street Jazz Cafe
20        New York, NY        Knitting Factory
25        Philadelphia, PA    World Cafe Live
26        Fall River, MA        Narrows Center for the Arts
27        Teaneck, NJ        Mexicali Blues

OCTOBER
10        Greenville, SC        Gottrocks
11        Charlotte, NC        Double Door Inn
12        Horse Shoe, NC    Loki Festival
17        Charleston, SC        Pour House
19        Atlanta, GA        Smith’s Olde Bar
23        Live Oak, FL        Magfest @ Suwannee Music Park
24        Bradenton, FL        Ace’s
25        Delray Beach, FL    City Limits

Further info at www.donnajeanandthetricksters.com

Ratdog Fall Tour Dates

ccasal — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:57:08 -0500

October

Thu 10/30/08 Westbury, NY Capital One Bank Th. At Westbury

Fri 10/31/08 Westbury, NY Capital One Bank Th. At Westbury

November

Sat 11/01/08 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Music Hall

Mon 11/03/08 Richmond, VA The National

Wed 11/05/08 Washington, DC Warner Theatre

Thu 11/06/08 Washington, DC Warner Theatre

Sat 11/08/08 Boston, MA Orpheum Theatre

Sun 11/09/08 Bridgeport, CT Klein Memorial Auditorium

Tue 11/11/08 Wilkes-Barre, PA F.M. Kirby Center For Perf. Arts

Wed 11/12/08 Newark, NJ New Jersey Perf. Arts Center

Fri 11/14/08 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre

Sat 11/15/08 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre

Sun 11/16/08 Greensboro, NC War Memorial Auditorium

Tue 11/18/08 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall

Wed 11/19/08 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Cafe / Hard Rock Live

Fri 11/21/08 Fort Myers, FL Barbara B. Mann Perf. Arts Hall

Sat 11/22/08 Boca Raton, FL Centre For The Arts At Mizner Park

2nd Annual Philathon in NYC & Phil & Friends Tour Info

ccasal — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500

Phil Lesh & Friends 2008 Tour Dates

With The Allman Brothers Band:

September 30 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD

October 1, 2008 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA

October 3, 2008 Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, Raleigh, NC

October 4, 2008 Verizon Wireless Am theatre, Charlotte, NC

October 7, 2008 Verizon Wireless Music Center. Pelham, AL

October 8. 2008 The Amphitheatre @ The Wharf, Orange Beach, AL

With The Black Crowes:

October 5, 2008 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Alpharetta, GA
Tickets On Sale Now at all Ticketmaster Outlets:
www.ticketmaster.com/search?tm_link=tm_header_search&keyword=phil%2Blesh
For more information please visit: www.phillesh.net

2^ndAnnual Philathon at the Nokia Theater in New York City

October 31 & November 1 • 2 • 3 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 11 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 18

Following their 10 night sold-out run in 2007, Phil Lesh & Friends will be back in NYC to perform for an historic 14 nights this fall at NOKIA Theatre Times Square. The Grateful Dead bassist is set to hit the stage with Americana music sensation Jackie Greene (guitar, keyboards, vocals), multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm), electronica keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle), and drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby & The Range)..

Tickets and VIP packages for the 2nd Annual Philathon are On Sale Now at www.phillesh.net and www.gdtstoo.com

Phil Lesh & Friends - 5 Night Run at Warfield Theater

For up to date information please visit: www.phillesh.net

RatDog and Phil & Friends Tour Updates and Setlists

Jonathan Lane — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:09:21 -0500

Warren Haynes, Mark Karan and Bob Weir at the
San Jose Performing Arts Center, July 10.
Photo: David W. Clark © 2008

Well, Dead Heads across the land have certainly had copious opportunities to see the former Grateful Dead members play live lately. Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & RatDog, the Bill Kreutzmann Trio, the Mickey Hart Band and Donna Jean & the Tricksters were all truckin’ down that Golden Road in the late spring and into the summer, sometimes crossing paths at festivals, and all making some fine music along the way.

One of the coolest developments of recent months has been the continuing emergence of iclips.net as a reliable source for music fans everywhere to catch bands like these (and many others!) on the Internet: All but RatDog made one or more appearances on iClips; Phil & Friends were on three times in July alone.

For Phil & Friends, the momentum created at their amazing five-night run at the Warfield in San Francisco (you can read about that here) carried over to their shows up and down the East and Midwest. Several of the songs they’d broken out for the “album shows” at the Warfield found their way into the summer concerts, and an added treat was the ongoing presence of singer Teresa Williams (guitarist Larry Campbell’s wife), who offered assured vocals on a variety of tunes, including “Dancing in the Streets,” “China Doll,” “Till the Morning Comes,” “High Time” and others. Levon Helm and a horn section joined the group for a rousing version of the Band classic “W.S. Walcott Medicine Show” at the group’s New Hampshire show, and there was also one new Jackie Greene breakout on the tour—“When You Return,” a tune from his Giving Up the Ghost album.

Jackie will be on a Western tour with his own band from mid-August to mid-September (for details go to http://jackiegreene.com), with a Phil & Friends show at the Slow Food benefit in SF at the end of August, in the middle of all that. Then Phil & Friends pick up again in early October for a six-pack of shows with the mighty, mighty Allman Bros., one with the Black Crowes, and finally, beginning on Halloween, a 14-show run (dubbed the Philathon) at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. For all Phil-related info, go to http://phillesh.net.

Meanwhile, as we write this is mid-August, RatDog is on the road for a 13-date tour, with 12 of those shows billed with the Allman Bros., sure to be a great night of music! The ’Dog has had a great year so far, with Mark Karan comfortably back in the fold and playing better than ever. On their late June/early July tour, they played many dates with Government Mule opening, and to no one’s surprise there was lots of cross-pollination between the two bands, with Bob and other members of RatDog often joining the Mule for a song or two, and then Warren Haynes (and often Mule keyboardist Danny Louis) coming on during RatDog’s set. The result was some great, spirited jamming. So it was no surprise, either, that there has been some inter-band action between the 'Dog and Allmans, too, on the current tour. For RatDog info, go to the band’s official site at http://www.rat-dog.com, or the excellent fan site http://www.ratdog.org.

What follows are the Phil & Friends and RatDog set lists from the late spring and summer tours.

Phil & Friends Set Lists

06/12/08 Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, Columbus, OH
New Minglewood Blues> Doin' That Rag, Gone Wanderin', Dire Wolf, Mama Tried, Cumberland Blues> Bertha

Passenger> Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind, High Time, St. Stephen> The Other One> The Wheel> Scarlet Begonias, Sugar Magnolia / Cold Rain and Snow

06/13/08 Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago
The Golden Road, Jack Straw, Mexican Girl, Viola Lee Blues> Big Boss Man> Viola Lee Blues>About Cell Block #9> Viola Lee Blues

Help on the Way> Slipknot> Wharf Rat> Eyes of the World> China Cat Sunflower> The Eleven> I Know You Rider, Mason's Children> Franklin's Tower / Brown-Eyed Women, Ripple

06/14/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, CNN Tent, Manchester, TN
(acoustic performance by Phil, Larry, Jackie and Teresa Williams)
Friend of the Devil, Gone Wanderin’, Till the Morning Comes

06/14/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Which Stage, Manchester, TN
One More Saturday Night, Uncle John's Band, Feel Like a Stranger, I'm So Gone, Bird Song, Born Cross-eyed, New Speedway Boogie, Loser, Fire on the Mountain, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Dark Star> Unbroken Chain> Stella Blue> Dark Star> Sugaree / Truckin'

06/15/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, This Tent, Manchester, TN
(acoustic performance by Phil, Larry, Jackie and Teresa Williams) Friend of the Devil, Deal, Gone Wanderin’, Deep Elem Blues, Drifting Too Far from the Shore, Texas Crap Shooter, Cry Yourself Dry, Sing Me Back Home, Till The Morning Comes, Lorena, Peggy-O, Tell Me Mama, Ripple, Brokedown Palace / Dire Wolf

06/17/08 Innsbrook Pavilion, Glen Allen, VA
Jam> Shakedown Street> Like a Ball and Chain, This Wheel's On Fire, jam> Althea, Candyman, Cosmic Charlie, Loose Lucy

Jam> China Cat Sunflower> New Potato Caboose> Dupree's Diamond Blues> Mountains of the Moon> Terrapin Station (Inspiration)> All Along the Watchtower> Goin’ Down the Road / Box of Rain

06/19/08 Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA
Big Railroad Blues, Deal *, Easy Wind > Cold Black Devil, Alligator, Dancing In The Streets *

(acoustic set) Friend of the Devil, Gone Wanderin', Deep Elem Blues, Drifting Too Far from the Shore, Big Mon, Ripple

Samson & Delilah *, Till The Morning Comes *, High Time *, Playing In The Band> A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Cryptical Envelopment> The Other One, Good Lovin', Midnight Hour / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

06/20/08, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
Sittin' On Top of the World, Tennesee Jed *, Mexican Girl, Bird Song, Peggy-O *, When You're Walking Away, Cumberland Blues

Uncle John's Band, Lazy River Road *, Scarlet Begonias * +> Fire on the Mountain, St. Stephen> Not Fade Away> St. Stephen> The Eleven, Rosemary * > Morning Dew * / One More Saturday Night

* with Teresa Williams on vocals
+ with Greg Osby on sax

6/21/08 Bank of America Pavilion, Boston
Bertha*, Dire Wolf*, Me & My Uncle, Pride of Cucamonga, Loser*, So Hard to Find My Way*> Lovelight

Here Comes Sunshine*, Eyes of the World, The Wheel, New Potato Caboose, Revolution, Unbroken Chain, Wharf Rat> jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower* / I Know You Rider, Attics of My Life

*with Teresa Williams on vocals

06/22/08 Cellular Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford, NH
Playing in the Band> Mississippi Half-Step, W.S. Walcott Medicine Show +, Alabama Getaway*, Big River*, Gone Wanderin'*, Loose Lucy

Shakedown Street*> jam> Jack Straw, Like A Ball And Chain*, Viola Lee Blues> jam> Dark Star> China Doll*> Dark Star> Mason's Children> Sugaree*, Truckin'* / Dancin' In The Streets*

+Levon Helm on drums and vocals, Jay Collins and Eric Lawrence on saxophone, Steven Bernstein on trumpet, Jimmy Vivino on guitar and vocals
* With Teresa Williams on vocals

07/03/08 The Pageant, St. Louis
Bass solo> The Other One> Truckin' ^> Next Time You See Me, This Wheel’s on Fire, Alabama Getaway *, When You Return *> Casey Jones

^Here Comes Sunshine *> Doin' That Rag, Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind *, Mason's Children> He's Gone *> Black Peter> All Along The Watchtower> Midnight Hour * / Cosmic Charlie, Brokedown Palace *

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/4/08 Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI
Shakedown Street*, Pride of Cucamonga, Me & My Uncle, Gone Wanderin’*, Sittin’ on Top of the World, Loser, Bertha*

The Golden Road*, Don't Let Me Down, St. Stephen*> The Eleven> Wheel tease> Wharf Rat> The Eleven, Scarlet Begonias*> I Know You Rider*, Sugar Magnolia* / Ripple*

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/5/08 Grandview Park, Sioux City, IA
Friend of the Devil*, Deal*, Like a Ball and Chain*, Peggy-O, Cumberland Blues> So Hard to Find My Way*> The Wheel> Bird Song> Chest Fever> jam> Caution> Cold Rain and Snow / Box Of Rain

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

07/6/08 Rothbury Festival at Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury, MI
Here Comes Sunshine*+ > Althea+ > China Cat Sunflower+ > Mexican Girl+, Dire Wolf*, About Cell Block #9, Sugaree*

Help on the Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower*> Eyes of the World> Uncle John's Band, Mountain of The Moon> Unbroken Chain, New Speedway Boogie> Fire on the Mountain* / Dancin' In The Streets*

*with Teresa Williams on vocals
+ with Warren Haynes on guitar

7/8/08 Charlottesville (VA) Pavilion
Jam> Alligator, Beat It on Down the Line, Tennessee Jed *, When You're Walking Away, Brown-Eyed Women, Loan Me a Dime, The Weight

Passenger, Mississippi Half-Step, Tell Me Mama, New Minglewood Blues, Casey Jones, China Doll *, Midnight Rider, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Truckin' / Good Lovin'

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/9/08 House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Big River*, Like a Ball and Chain, Pride of Cucamonga*, Loose Lucy*, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down*, Bertha*

Sittin' On Top Of The World> Deal*, Doin' That Rag> Mason's Children*> Wharf Rat*> Cosmic Charlie*> A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*> Midnight Hour* / Stella Blue

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/11/08 All Good Music Festival at Marvin's Mountaintop, Masontown, WV
Feel Like a Stranger> Til the Morning Comes*> Loser, Ripple*, Gone Wanderin'*, Goin’ Down the Road*

TheGolden Road *> Viola Lee Blues> New Potato Caboose> Revolution> The Elevator> Jack Straw*, Not Fade Away* / Brokedown Palace

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/12/08 Highland Bowl, Rochester, NY
Saturday Night, Cumberland Blues*, Me & My Uncle, Brown Eyed Women*> Operator, Cosmic Charlie*

New Speedway Boogie> He's Gone*, Candyman*> That’s it for the Other One> Morning Dew, Help On The Way> Slipnot!> Franklin's Tower* / Truckin'*

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

7/13/08 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY
Playing in the Band *> Bird Song, When You're Walking Away *, The Wheel> Mountains of the Moon> Uncle John's Band, Sugar Magnolia

Jam> China Cat Sunflower *> Fire On The Mountain *> Sugaree *, St. Stephen> jam> The Eleven, Unbroken Chain> Dark Star> Born Cross-Eyed> Dark Star *> I Know You Rider * / Attics Of My Life *> Playing reprise

* with Teresa Williams

7/26/08 10,000 Lakes Festival at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, MN
Shakedown Street #, Alabama Getaway #, Like a Ball and Chain #, New Minglewood Blues #, Beat It on Down the Line #, Althea #, Cosmic Charlie #

Casey Jones, Don’t Let Me Down> Eyes Of The World> This Wheel’s on Fire> Masons Children> Viola Lee Blues> Deal> Viola Lee Blues> Bertha> Viola Lee Blues / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

#entire first set with John Scofield, guitar

8/2/08 Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT Here Comes Sunshine* > Good Lovin'*, Gone Wanderin'*, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Loser, Cold Rain and Snow

Scarlet Begonias> All Along the Watchtower*> He's Gone*> Goin’ Down the Road*, Wharf Rat> The Elevator> The Eleven> I Know You Rider*, Not Fade Away / Box Of Rain*

* with Teresa Williams on vocals

8/31/08 Slow Foods Rocks Festival, Great Meadow at Fort Mason, SF
Playing in the Band> Bertha, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Deal, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider, Sugaree, Uncle John's Band> jam> Help On The Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower> Sugar Magnolia / Box Of Rain

Entire show with Mark Karan on guitar and vocals, instead of Larry Campbell

RatDog Setlists

(* indicates acoustic songs)

05/31/08 Hampton Beach (NH) Casino Ballroom
Jam> Shakedown Street> Maggie's Farm, Jus’ Like Mama Said> Tomorrow Never Knows> Hell in a Bucket, She Says> Liberty, Eyes of the World

You Win Again*, Lazy River Road*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Ashes and Glass> Iko-Iko> stuff > Dear Prudence, Throwing Stones / One More Saturday Night

06/01/08 Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain, NY
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot> Easy Answers, She Belongs to Me+, Money for Gasoline, Loser#, Loose Lucy, Two Djinn

Masters of War*, Friend of the Devil*, Mississippi Half Step > Sampson and Delilah > solos > Lady With A Fan > Terrapin Station > Terrapin Flyer > Sugar Magnolia / Ripple

#with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+with Levon Helm on drums

6/20/08 Cuthbert Amphitheater, Eugene, OR
Jam> Shakedown Street> Maggie's Farm, Loser, Money for Gasoline, Loose Lucy, Catfish John, Masters of War*, West L.A. Fadeaway*, Iko Iko*> stuff> Come Together> Touch of Grey

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

6/21/08 Wa-Mu Theater, Seattle
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!> Jack Straw, Little Red Rooster+, Bird Song#> Big Railroad Blues#, You Win Again*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, She Says, Two Djinn > Stuff > Standing on the Moon > One More Saturday Night E: Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower

+ with Danny Louis on keyboards
+ # with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

6/23/08 Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> New Minglewood Blues, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, Tomorrow Never Knows> Playing in the Band, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, Me and My Uncle*, Cream Puff War> Scarlet Begonias> stuff> Black Peter> Goin’ Down the Road #

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

6/24/08 The Depot, Salt Lake City
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger> Casey Jones #, All Along the Watchtower#, Weather Report Suite, Peggy-O*, Mexicali Blues*, Quinn the Eskimo, Silvio/Tequila> Ashes and Glass> stuff> Wharf Rat> Throwing Stones / Not Fade Away

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

6/27/08 Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA
Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> Cassidy> Lazy River Road, Victim or the Crime*, Juke *^, West L.A. Fadeaway ^+#> October Queen^> The Deep End^> The Other One> stuff> Dear Prudence> Johnny B. Goode / Ripple

^ with Matt Kelly on harmonica
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ With Danny Louis on keyboards

6/28/08 Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> Easy Answers, Senor, Loose Lucy, Brown-Eyed Women, The Winners*, El Paso*, Truckin> The Wheel> stuff> Stella Blue, One More Saturday Night / Touch of Grey

06/29/08 (Sun) Greek Theatre - Los Angeles
Hell in a Bucket, Easy to Slip> Dark Star> Bertha#+, Black Throated Wind*, Friend of the Devil*, Mississippi Half-Step> Samson & Delilah> stuff> Morning Dew / Goin’ Down the Road

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ With Danny Louis on keyboards

7/1/08 Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay, San Diego
Jam> Shakedown Street> Big River, Money for Gasoline, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl> Althea, K.C. Moan*, The Weight*+, Bird Song#> He's Gone#> stuff#> Sugaree# , Johnny B. Goode#

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ with Danny Louis on keyboards

7/2/08 Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay, San Diego
Jam> I Need a Miracle> Big Boss Man> Lucky Enough, Tennessee Jed#, Estimated Prophet, Jack-A-Roe*, She Belongs to Me*, Eyes of the World> stuff> Looks Like Rain> Touch of Grey

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

7/3/08 The Joint, Las Vegas
Tomorrow Never Knows> Playinh in the Band> Jus' Like Mama Said> Playing jam> Deal, K.C. Moan*, Corrina*, The Last Time, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Black Muddy River> St. Stephen> The Eleven / Brokedown Palace

7/5/08 High Sierra Music Festival at Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy, CA
Jam> The Golden Road> Jack Straw, Dark Star> Little Red Rooster, Big Railroad Blues, Blackbird*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Liberty, Two Djinn> stuff+> Days Between> Dark Star+> One More Saturday Night+ / U.S. Blues+

+ with Mitch Marcus on sax

7/6/08 Britt Pavillion, Jacksonville, OR
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> New Minglewood Blues> Queen Jane Approximately, Lost Sailor> Saint of Circumstance, Book of Rules, Dire Wolf, Bertha

You Win Again*, Me and Bobby McGee*, Masters of War*, Ramble on Rose, Uncle John's Band> stuff> Ship of Fools> Not Fade Away / Ripple

7/9/08 San Jose Center (CA) for the Performing Arts
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!, It's All Over Now> She Says, Greatest Story Ever Told, Iko Iko#, Peggy-O*, Me & My Uncle*, Truckin> The Other One> stuff+> To Lay Me Down> China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider / Johnny B. Goode

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ with Brian Melvin on percussion)

7/10/08 San Jose Center (CA) for the Performing Arts
Casey Jones, Easy to Slip> Dark Star+> Odessa+, Dark Star jam+> All Along the Watchtower, Catfish John*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Money for Gasoline+> Shakedown Street+#, stuff+#^%$> Morning Dew+#^, Throwing Stones+ / Franklin's Tower+#

+with Brian Melvin on percussion
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
^ with Danny Louis on keyboards)
% with Matt Abts on drums
$ with Andy Hess on bass

8/10/08 Up North Music Festival at Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, Hiram, ME
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger> New Minglewood Blues, Mission in the Rain, Casey Jones, Dark Star, Big Railroad Blues, You Win Again*, Lazy River Road*, Dark Star Jam> The Other One> Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> stuff, Standing on the Moon> Dark Star jam> Samson and Delilah / Good Lovin

8/12/08 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> Easy Answers> She Belongs to Me, Mama Tried> Truckin’, Jackaroe*, Mexicali Blues*>Brown-Eyed Women> He’s Gone> stuff> Black Peter, Two Djinn / Goin’ Down the Road

8/13/08 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantaugh, NY
Jam> help on the Way> Slipknot!> It’s All Over Now, She Says> Liberty, Corrina, Peggy-O*, Masters of War*, New Speedway Boogie#, Mississippi Half-Step#> stuff> Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door> Slipknot!> Franklin’s Tower

#with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

8/15/08 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Jam> Cassidy> Bird Song, Dire Wolf, Even So> October Queen> The Deep End> Shade of Grey, Hell in a Bucket> Milestones> stuff> Days Between> Bird Song reprise> Cassidy> reprise / U.S. Blues

8/16/08 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> Maggie’s Farm, Money for Gasoline> Dark Star> Little Red Rooster> Odessa, A Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Dear Prudence> Dark Star> One More Saturday Night

8/19/08 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Jam> Tomorrow Never Knows> I Need a Miracle> Playing in the Band> Big Boss Man> Playing in the Band> Might as Well, The Winners*, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, Cream Puff War, Scarlet Begonias> stuff> Sugaree, Two Djinn> Foolish Heart / Johnny B. Goode

8/20/08 New England Dodge Center, Hartford, CT
Jam> Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> Jack Straw, All Along the Watchtower, Weather Report Suite, K.C. Moan*, Victim or the Crime*, Tennessee Jed, Uncle John's Band> stuff > Knockin on Heaven's Door> Touch of Grey> At a Siding#> Terrapin Flyer#> Uncle John's Band (reprise)

# with Warren Haynes

8/22/08 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger, Casey Jones, Easy to Slip> Supplication Jam> Easy to Slip, Big Railroad Blues, Catfish John, Corrina*, Althea, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Black Muddy River, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider / Revolution

8/23/08 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Jam> Shakedown Street, Loose Lucy, Queen Jane Approximately, Money for Gasoline, Eyes of the World, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Bird Song> The Other One> stuff, Morning Dew, Bird Song (reprise)# / One More Saturday Night#

# with Warren Haynes

8/25/08 Star Pavilion, Hershey, PA
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> Big River, She Belongs to Me, Lucky Enough> Deal, Blackbird*, Friend of the Devil*, Estimated Prophet> The Other One> stuff> Stella Blue, St. Stephen# > The Eleven#

#with Warren Haynes

8/27/08 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> New Minglewood Blues, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Jus' Like Mama Said, Tomorrow Never Knows, Dark Hollow*, Black-Throated Wind*, Lost Sailor> Saint of Circumstance> stuff> Black Peter, Goin’ Down the Road / Ripple

8/28/08 Charter One Pavilion, Chicago
Jam> Playing in the Band> Ramble On Rose, Cold Rain and Snow, Even So> October Queen> The Deep End, You Win Again*, El Paso*, Brown-Eyed Women, Mississippi Half-Step> stuff> Dear Prudence, Sugar Magnolia / Attics of My Life

8/30/08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!> Loser^ > Bird Song# > Loose Lucy #> Bertha#, Looks Like Rain*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*%, West L.A. Fadeaway> Ashes and Glass> stuff> Morning Dew / Not Fade Away

^ with Derek Trucks on guitar

# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals

% with Susan Tedeschi on vocals

Bob Weir and Ratdog - Summer Tour 2008

almanac — Sun, 25 May 2008 16:07:08 -0500

After starting out with a quick little hop East for shows in New Hampshire and upstate New York, Bob Weir and RatDog hit the road for real late in June, first with a bunch of dates out west (most of them in tandem with Gov't Mule). Then in August the 'dog reconnects with old pals the Allman Brothers Band to rock the Northeast and Midwest, ending up at the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado.

MAY
Sat 31 Hampton Beach, NH Casino Ballroom

JUNE
Sun 1 Hunter, NY Mountain Jam

Fri 20 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre*
Sat 21 Seattle, WA Wamu Theatre*
Mon 23 Boise, ID Idaho Botanical Garden*
Tue 24 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot*
Fri 27 Murphys, CA Ironstone Amphitheatre*
Sat 28 Indio, CA Fantasy Springs Casino
Sun 29 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre*

JULY
Tue 1 &
Wed 2 San Diego, CA Humphrey's Concerts By the Bay*
Thu 3 Las Vegas, NV The Joint*
Sat 5 Quincy, CA High Sierra Music Festival
Sun 6 Jacksonville, OR Britt Pavilion
Wed 9 &
Sun 10 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery*

AUGUST
Sun 10 Hiram, ME Up North Festival
Tue 12 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center for the Arts†
Wed 13 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater†
Fri 15 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center†
Sat 16 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center†
Tue 19 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga PAC†
Wed 20 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center†
Fri 22 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC†
Sat 23 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center†
Mon 25 Hershey, PA Hershey Star Pavilion†
Wed 27 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre†

Thu 28 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island†

Sat 30 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre†

* with Gov't Mule

† with the Allman Brothers Band

Phil & Friends Complete Historic Warfield Run

Analise Dubner — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:37:15 -0500

Gather ’round all you young’uns and I’ll tell you a crazy story about the old days. See, when I was comin’ up as a Dead Head, back in the fall of ’69, all we had were vinyl albums to listen to. Sure, I learned much later that there were tapers here and there back then, but I sure as hell didn’t know any of ’em; neither did any of my friends. (I seem to recall getting my first Dead tapes in ’71, when the band generously decided to broadcast a number of their shows. I also bought my first Dead bootleg album outside Gaelic Park in the Bronx in August 1971. Wow, was I happy!) Anyway, I played my Grateful Dead albums constantly, much to the annoyance of my high school and then college mates. I knew every microsecond of each one of their albums. Of course they were completely different from the way the band played live, but I loved the albums for being weird and wonderful in their own ways. As the years went by and I began to accumulate more and more (and more!) tapes, I listened to the commercial recordings less, but I never abandoned ’em; I always thought they were pretty damn good and had merit.

Now flash forward a few decades (man, I am old) and Phil Lesh & Friends are booked to play five nights at the intimate and homey 2,200-seat Warfield Theatre in San Francisco for what may well be the last time: The venerable venue is closing for major renovations of some sort and then will reopen under the auspices of the entertainment/sports promoter AEG, whereas P&F and others in the Dead camp have for eons been comfortably associated with Bill Graham Presents and the behemoths that absorbed that company following Bill’s death.

The band comes out the first night and opens with “The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion),” not an unusual opener for the group. “Beat It on Down the Line” is next, with Larry Campbell on lead vocals, followed by the Jackie Greene rearrangement of “Good Mornin’ Little Schoolgirl.” Nice. But all of a sudden, it starts to dawn on some of the people there: “Hmm, that’s the first three songs from the first Dead album. I wonder…” And, indeed, the next tune is a fantastic version of “Cold Rain and Snow.” Yep, for the first time ever, a member of the Dead was playing a complete album live onstage! How cool is that! Bob Weir came out for a raucous version of Garcia’s “Cream Puff War” (accompanied by sultry go-go dancers onstage and in the side balconies) and then stayed on for the closing numbers, “Morning Dew,” “Minglewood” and a very jammed-out “Viola Lee Blues.” Can I hear you say, “wah-hooooo!”?

Now, this was not just an exercise in nostalgia—the group wasn’t trying to sound like the albums. Instead they used the structure of the album sequence as a form within which to re-explore those songs in the group’s current context. There were no doubt many (most?) in attendance who probably had no idea what the sequence of tunes on that album was, so as it unfolded it still had some mystery. For others it became a game of anticipation and expectation, which some might argue runs contrary to the Grateful Dead experience, but hey, at least it was something different, special and fun, and I think you’ll find few complaints among those lucky enough to attend any of the “album” shows.

When Set Two of Night One began, with Bobby still part of the band as they glided into Anthem of the Sun’s opening track, “Cryptical Envelopment,” the next piece of the puzzle was revealed: They seemed to be playing complete albums, in order, no less. Again, with the exception of “Born Cross-Eyed,” these are all songs that are or have been part of the P&F repertoire, but it was still tremendously exciting to hear it presented in that way, with long connecting jams. (It would’ve been nice to hear Bob sing “New Potato Caboose,” as he does on the album, but it’s Phil’s tune and he sings it with P&F, so I suppose it was one less “new” arrangement to work out.) Bob sounded tremendous in the instrumental mix and he and Phil both seemed to be having fun re-visiting old places in a new way. There was one twist, too: Bob tucked a short version of the Blind Willie Johnson blues "Nobody's Fault But Mine" into the middle of "The Other One."

Needless to say, word spread fast about the “concept” of the first show, and by Night Two there was a tremendous buzz in the old place. Sure enough, there was “St. Stephen”—track one of the Dead’s third album, Aoxomoxoa—opening the show. Jackie handled “Dupree’s Diamond Blues” with his characteristic swagger, but the little-performed “Rosemary” is worth a special mention here: Singer Teresa Williams (wife of P&F guitar ace Larry Campbell) materialized in one of the boxes above the left side of the stage and, illuminated by golden light that made her look like a fairy princess, sang the song so beautifully, with spare accompaniment from Larry on bouzouki and from the others; very classy! Of course, if they’re playing Aoxomoxoa that meant that the incomparably strange “What’s Become of the Baby” would have to be played. Yikes! Run for your lives! It ended up being pretty cool, too, with Williams again up in her perch, trading off verses with Phil, who was onstage but directing all his energy towards her, like a long distance duet. Unfortunately, the crowd was so noisy (I chalked it up to nervous excitement after the destructo "China Cat") it was very difficult to hear the subtleties of the arrangement, but I thought I heard sort of an electronic tamboura drone in the background, and other assorted dreamy weirdness. (We’ll have to hear the soundboard version, I suppose, to get the full effect.) “Mountains of the Moon” has been a cornerstone of P&F from the beginning and it continues to evolve in a fascinating ways. There were parts of it that sort of reminded me of In a Silent Way-era Miles, others that had an early '70s Pink Floyd vibe; both very good places to go. An ultra-sproingy “Cosmic Charlie” was the perfect capper for the set—as it is to the album.

The Vegas handicappers were busy between sets Night Two trying to figure out if the band would next tackle Live/Dead (which followed Aoxomoxoa chronologically), or skip it because they’d already played “St. Stephen” in the first set, and maybe they were only going to cover the studio albums. (Life is so complicated, isn’t it?) Well, Live/Dead it was, and it smoked! It opened, as it must, with “Dark Star”—RatDog guitarist Mark Karan sat in for the entire set, and added tremendously to every song. He and Larry Campbell seem to have a great musical rapport—both are such assertive and melodically inventive players, they feed off each other’s ideas easily and naturally, and you already know that Phil is going to be right in the thick of things with his bass. This “Dark Star” went in many fascinating directions over the course of about 45 minutes (!), and when it eventually gave way to “St. Stephen,” it didn’t feel like some repeat from the first set—in the new context, and with Karan in the mix and Jackie now playing electric instead of acoustic guitar, this was the kind of big bopping “St. Stephen” that gets that Warfield balcony a-shakin’! For some reason, the band elected not to sing the “William Tell” bridge (Unforgivable! Five points from Griffindor!), but instead they launched into some completely different, but still compelling, jam which eventually led to “The Eleven,” “Lovelight” (first verse by Jackie, the rest, including a minor Pigpenesque “pocket-pool” rap, by Mark K), and then Jackie did a bang-up job on “Death Don’t Have No Mercy,” one of the highlights of the night. He was also strong on the encore, a slithering “King Bee,” more Slim Harpo than Pigpen, but just right.

So if we’re going through the recorded canon in order, that must make Friday’s show Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, right? Correctemundo! Talk about your can’t-miss setlist! Most of these tunes are cherished by nearly all Dead Heads, and many of them turn up frequently in sets by this version of Phil & Friends—Jackie and Larry seem to have a special affinity to a lot of this folkier, more country-oriented material. Helping out this time was good ol’ David Nelson (who played a little on each of the original albums)—as warm and comfortable as a favorite pair of shoes (or Birkenstocks); always nice to see (and hear) him! Besides pickin’ some nice gee-tar, he sang the plaintive lead on “High Time,” handled "Friend of the Devil," and shared vocals with Jackie on “Easy Wind.” This repertoire also gave Larry the chance to break out the fiddle, pedal steel and mandolin (all of which he plays with great skill and impeccable taste), and once again Teresa Williams brought her golden pipes to the affair, adding luster to both “Till the Morning Comes” and a truly haunting and majestic “Attics of My Life,” which had a lone guitar as accompaniment. A Jackie-sung “Truckin’” then sent the crowd home dancin’.

Saturday night, and the question hangs in the air like the smell of fine sinsemilla…oh, wait, that was the smell of fine sinsemilla. Anyway…will it be Wake of the Flood and Mars Hotel, or will they play “Skull & Roses” and/or Europe ’72? Again, the answer comes quickly: They charge out of the gate with a dynamite “Bertha”; “Skull & Roses” it is! Right away we knew we were in for an interesting set because that (double-) album is a stylistically varied collection of cover tunes and just a few Dead songs. One of the neat things about this particular version of P&F is that Jackie and Larry don’t necessarily refer back to the way the Dead played their covers, so what we get is usually something a little different, maybe a little fresher. F’rinstance, their version of “Mama Tried” was clearly based directly on the Merl Haggard version (with that distinctive guitar riff that opens and closes it), rather than Weir’s take. “Big Boss Man” was closer to Jimmy Reed than Pigpen. And “Me and Bobby McGee” was considerably faster than the Dead’s. Though on “Skull and Roses,” the early version of “Playing in the Band” was only about four and a half minutes, this one was artfully extended and eventually segued into another careening, tire-squealing version of “The Other One” (quite different in feel from Tuesday’s Anthem version—again, context is everything!) Larry handled the lead vocal on a scorching “Johnny B. Goode” (end of disc three of the original album, so an interesting spot in the show for what became a traditional set-ender/encore), and Jackie sang “Wharf Rat,” which was powerful despite a narrow escape from some mid-song quicksand. And to show they were paying attention to the source album, the closing “Not Fade Away> Goin’ Down the Road” ended as the album did—with the instrumental statement of “We Bid You Goodnight,” instead of returning to “Not Fade Away,” as was normally done.

Set Two of Saturday broke the consecutive albums streak by presenting an album I think it’s safe to say no one expected them to perform: the 1981 live album Dead Set. There was some method to this particular madness—the album (along with Reckoning) was largely recorded at the Warfield Theatre during the band’s epic 15-night run in 1980. Though it’s stacked with “first set” tunes one normally wouldn’t expect to hear in a second set, it gave the group the opportunity to play a number of songs they don’t normally perform, such as “Samson & Delilah,” “Loser,” “Little Red Rooster” (which was shorter and peppier, more Stones-style), “Feel Like a Stranger” and “Greatest Story Ever Told,” as well as P&F favorites like “Friend of the Devil,” “Deal” and “Franklin’s Tower,” the last a wild end to the second set. After a short break, they picked up with side four of Dead Set: a drum segment, which had John Molo and talking drum titan Sikiru Adepoju trading rhythms, before avant-guitarist Henry Kaiser came out for an extended “space” that was appropriately out there, his bizarre axe making sounds you just don’t expect to hear out of a guitar. That then led into “Fire on the Mountain,” with Henry, Larry and Jackie all wailing, followed by “Greatest Story” and a lovely “Brokedown” to close. Schweet.

The final night, Sunday, was a tough, tough ticket to come by—everybody wanted to be there to say good-bye to the Warfield (and to see what the hell the band would pull out of their hats next). Large plastic sacks of balloons arched across the ornate ceiling, so clearly there was going to be a celebration at some point, adding to the excitement and anticipation. Then, around 9:10 (an hour and ten minutes after the supposed starting time), Phil came out and announced that they had no idea what they were going to play that night (OK, so much for the album concept) and that there would be a bunch of different configurations onstage, and that the show was going to go real late (a Phil & Friends specialty since 1999!) Finally around 9:30, the house lights dimmed and a trio consisting of Bobby, Phil and John Molo hit the stage. This was gonna be interesting!

And it was. Opening somewhat tentatively with “Come Together” (the first song not covered by the Dead during the whole run), things began to gel in the jam after the song, as the trio locked in and really started to find their group groove. Surprisingly, the jam segued into “Dark Star” and that evolved into a very cool piece of music, with Bob and Phil darting in and out of each other’s lines, answering and accenting, each driving it forward as Molo continually challenged them with his propulsive rhythm. Without a “lead” instrument in the mix, it was fascinating to listen to the trio do their thing, filling in the spaces with unusual touches and ornamental flourishes. It was certainly one of the highlights of the run for me. However, the “Loose Lucy” that followed sounded a little thin, and when RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti sat down at Steve Molitz’s rig about two-thirds of the way through “West L.A. Fadeaway,” followed moments later by Larry Campbell, the sound filled out nicely, and it was a rockin’ band that took the set into the third “Not Fade Away” of the series. At the set break, Phil explained that playing with Bobby in that sort of configuration had long been a dream of his. It’s always fun to shake it up!

After a very short break, the lights went down again and Jackie and Larry came out together and played an excellent seven-song set of acoustic old-time music that included Jackie’s take on “Sing Me Back Home,” “Deep Elem Blues,” a fiddle romp populariuzed by the Sons of the Pioneers called “Texas Crapshooter,” a lovely, slow “Goodnight Irene” and even an instrumental tune Larry wrote for the occasion: “Warfield Waltz.” The intrepid duo often plays tunes like these on the tour bus and in hotel rooms, so it was a treat to get to see it onstage!

The first true Phil & Friends set of the night was gimmick-free: just a rock-solid collection of tunes performed with an almost unbelievably high level of energy. Personally, I found it liberating not knowing what they were going to play again (though I wouldn’t have traded the earlier “album” concept for anything), and I couldn’t have picked a better set list, from the crashing “Shakedown” opener, to one of the finest “Althea’s” you’ll ever encounter, to two of my favorite Jackie tunes (“Like A Ball and Chain” and “Mexican Girl”), the sublime Larry Campbell pedal steel instrumental version of “Stella Blue,” and yet another awesome “Sugaree.” I thought it was the best- played set I saw; obviously YMMV. Once again, Mark Karan was a stellar attraction on the back half of the set.

Set four was another, shorter acoustic offering, this time featuring the Skinny Singers, a.k.a . Jackie and his friend Tim Bluhm of the Mother Hips. They have their own repertoire apart from their solo and band ventures, and if these songs were typical, it’s good stuff—rich with melody and featuring great harmonies. I’ll definitely make a point of seeing them next time they play around SF.

The next P&F set started after 1:30 a.m. (that’s okay, Phil, none of us has a life, or anything to get to on Monday morning!) with a triumphant “Sugar Magnolia.” I’d totally forgotten about the balloons, so when they started drifting down from the ceiling it was a great surprise, and all of a sudden it was like New Year’s Eve, any year you’d care to name, all over again. This band really kicks ass on that tune; it was sheer jubilation from the pit to the back row of the stately old theater. I could’ve gone home a happy man after that (or into the medical tent for some fluids and new bionic legs), but you know Phil—he never tires! So we were treated to a spectacular version of “Unbroken Chain” (truly one of the best I’ve seen), another spacey “Mountains of the Moon,” one of those hang-onto-your- seats speedy versions of “Terrapin Station” (beginning with “Inspiration…”), an over-the-top “I Know You Rider,” and the last encore: a jam into “Truckin’” and then “We Bid You Goodnight.” I stumbled onto Market Street at about 3:20. Inside, though, a bunch of Warfield/BGP employees, some of whom are losing their jobs, partied and reflected and cried until well past dawn. Bill would’ve loved these shows. His spirit was all over them.

(For lots more photos, check out J.C. Juanis’ excellent work HERE, Bob Minkin's work HERE and Dave Clark's work HERE.)

SET LISTS

05/13/08 Warfield Theatre, SF

The Grateful Dead (first album): Jam> The Golden Road, Beat It On Down the Line, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Cold Rain and Snow, Sitting on Top of the World, Cream Puff War *, Morning Dew *, New Minglewood Blues *, Viola Lee Blues *

Anthem of the Sun: That's It For The Other One> Nobody’s Fault But Mine> New Potato Caboose> Born Cross-Eyed, Alligator> Caution / Not Fade Away,

* and entire second set with Bob Weir.

05/14/08 Warfield Theatre, SF

Aoxomoxoa: St. Stephen> Dupree's Diamond Blues, Rosemary *, Doin’ That Rag, Mountains of the Moon> jam> China Cat Sunflower, What’s Become of the Baby*, Cosmic Charlie

Live/Dead: Dark Star> St. Stephen> jam> The Eleven> Turn on Your Lovelight> Death Don't Have No Mercy> Feedback> We BidYou Goodnight / King Bee

* Teresa Williams on vocals from the side balcony.

Mark Karan on guitar for entire second set.

05/16/08 Warfield Theatre, SF

Workingman’s Dead: Uncle John's Band, High Time*, Dire Wolf *, New Speedway Boogie *, Cumberland Blues *, Black Peter *, Easy Wind *, Casey Jones

American Beauty: Box of Rain *, Friend of the Devil*, Sugar Magnolia, Operator, Candyman, Ripple *, Brokedown Palace, Till the Morning Comes + / Attics of My Life+, Truckin' *

*with David Nelson, ^ with Teresa Williams.

05/17/08 Warfield Theatre, SF

Grateful Dead (“Skull & Roses”):Bertha, Mama Tried, Big Railroad Blues, Playing In The Band> The Other One> Me & My Uncle, Big Boss Man, Me & Bobby McGee, Johnny B. Goode, Wharf Rat> Not Fade Away> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad

Samson and Delilah, Friend of the Devil, New Minglewood Blues, Deal, Candyman, Little Red Rooster, Loser, Passenger, Feel Like A Stranger> Franklin's Tower

Drums*> space+> Fire on the Mountain+, Greatest Story Ever Told+, Brokedown Palace+

* Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum; + Henry Kaiser on guitar.

05/18/08 Warfield Theatre, SF

#1: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and John Molo: Come Together> jam> Dark Star> Loose Lucy, West L.A. Fadeaway*, The Wheel*, Not Fade Away*

* Jeff Chimenti on keys, Larry Campbell on guitar

#2: Jackie Greene and Larry Campbell (acoustic): Lorene, Sing Me Back Home, Deep Elem Blues, Texas Crapshooter, Warfield Waltz, Love Please Come Home, Goodnight Irene

#3: P&F Set One: Shakedown Street> Like a Ball and Chain, Big River, Mississippi Half-Step*> jam*> Althea*> Mexican Girl*, Stella Blue*> Sugaree*

*Mark Karan on guitar

#4: The Skinny Singers (Jackie Greene and Tim Bluhm): The Ballad of Spider John, Where the Rain Don’t Go, Squeaky Wheel*

*Nicki Bluhm on backup vocals

#5: P&F Set Two: Sugar Magnolia, Unbroken Chain> jam> Mountains of the Moon> Terrapin Station (“Inspiration”)> I Know You Rider / jam> Truckin', We Bid You Goodnight

And for all you listomaniacs, here are the shows that preceded the Warfield run on the P&F spring tour….

05/08/08 The Fillmore, Denver

Loose Lucy, Like a Ball and Chain, Mississippi Half-Step> Doin' That Rag, Chest Fever, Scarlet Begonias> Fire on the Mountain

Truckin', Gone Wanderin’, Eyes of the World> The Eleven> Caution> Cryptical jam> The Other One, Loser, Help on the Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower / Cold Rain and Snow

05/09/08 The Fillmore, Denver

Jam> Brown Eyed Women, Mama Tried, Alligator, Gone Wanderin’, Bird Song, High Time, Casey Jones

Feel Like a Stranger> Sittin’ On Top of the World, Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind> Playing in the Band> Dark Star> New Potato Caboose> Dark Star> The Golden Road> Uncle John's Band> Sugar Magnolia / Dire Wolf

5/10/08 Branson School Scholarship Benefit, Corte Madera (Calif.) Recreation Center

One More Saturday Night, Me & My Uncle, Bertha, Sittin’ on Top of the World, Friend of the Devil, The Weight, Pride of Cucamonga, So Hard to Find My Way, Deal, Not Fade Away / Sugaree

5/11/08, Greek Theatre, Los Angeles

Shakedown Street> Friend of the Devil, Bertha, Like a Ball and Chain, Beat It on Down the Line, Cumberland Blues, Sugaree

New Speedway Boogie> Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind, Jack Straw, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider, Unbroken Chain> The Wheel> Franklin’s Tower / Box of Rain

Bill Kreutzmann, Oteil Burbridge & Scott Murawski Kick Off Tour May 28, 2008

ccasal — Mon, 05 May 2008 18:08:45 -0500

Legendary drummer Bill Kreutzmann, bassist Oteil Burbridge (Allman Brothers Band) and guitarist Scott Murawski (Max Creek) have joined together to form a POWER trio sure to capture the interest of music lovers of many genres of music.

Kreutzmann and Murawski were introduced in Costa Rica at a meeting facilitated by none other than PHISH bassist Mike Gordon. Their musical chemistry was limitless and compelling. Shortly after, Burbridge joined the band and it became obvious that the trio should pursue further musical adventures. The trio is currently working on a debut release slated for the fall of 2008. In the meantime, KBM is hitting the road this summer where fans can capture the MAGIC of this electrifying combination. Confirmed tour dates thus far:

Wed, May 28-Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel- Providence, RI

Thurs, May 29-State Theater- Falls Church, VA

Fri, May 30-New Alhembra Arena- Philadelphia, PA

Sat, May 31-Recher Theater- Towson, MD

Sun, June 1-Rocks Off Concert Cruise- New York, NY

Tues, June 3-Tupelo Music Hall- Londonderry, NH

Thurs, June 5-Roxy- Boston, MA

Fri, June 6-Toad’s- New Haven, CT

Sat, June 7-Higher Ground Ballroom- S. Burlington, VT

Sat, Aug 2-Gathering Of The Vibes Fest- Bridgeport, CT

Sat, Oct 25-Magnolia Fest- Live Oak, FL

Information about tickets may be found on-line on the websites of the individual venues.

Mickey Hart Band Featuring Steve Kimock & George Porter Jr. Confirm Summer Run!

Analise Dubner — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:51 -0500

Grateful Dead drummer and percussionist Mickey Hart will launch a 20 city tour this summer including appearances at many of the nations premiere festivals. The outing comes on the heels of the Shout! Factory releases of The Mickey Hart Collection out this spring. The Mickey Hart Band will feature Steve Kimock on guitar, George Porter Jr on bass, Jen Durkin on vocals, and talking drum master Sikiru Adepoju. After headlining appearances at Harmony Festival in Santa Rosa on June 6 and Wakarusa on June 8, the group will head out on an 18 city trek beginning July 3 at the Rothbury Festival and continuing through July 24 at 10K Lakes Festival. The shows will feature the Robert Hunter penned songs debuted by the Rhythm Devils in 2006 including Fountains of Wood, The Center, and Your House, in addition to Grateful Dead staples such as New Speedway Boogie and Fire on The Mountain.

This spring, Shout! Factory will release The Mickey Hart collection which includes the Grammy winning Planet Drum in addition to At The Edge, Diga Rhythm Band, Superlingua, and Mystery Box. Hart’s Planet Drum won the first ever World Music Grammy and still stands as one of the genre’s benchmark albums. Mickey reunited with some of his Planet Drum band mates including tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, to form Global Drum Project in 2007 and released a record to critical acclaim followed by an extensive tour.

Mickey has kept quite busy over the past few years including tours with Hydra, Rhythm Devils, and Global Drum Project in addition to continuing his work with the Library of Congress. He also performed at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s inauguration in 2007 and more recently appeared at the “Deadheads For Obama” event along with fellow Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. On April 20, Mickey will headline Golden Gate Park with a mass drum ensemble in celebration of Earth Day as part of the Green Apple Music Festival.

Fans will also be treated to a new Rhythm Devils DVD this summer filmed in Chicago during their fall tour in 2006. TheDVD will be available this summer on The Mickey Hart Band Tour and online at various outlets.

The summer run will take the band to festivals, theatres, and outdoor events across the east coast and Midwest beginning July 3^rd at Rothbury Festival and continuing on to Milwaukee’s Summerfest, Lakeview Music Festival, and Nelson Ledges rounding out July 4^th weekend. East Coast stops include Great South Bay Festival on Long Island, Penn’s Peak in PA, and Thursday in the Park in Buffalo . Select tour dates will offer pre-sale and VIP tickets which include a special after-show meet and greet with Mickey. Check out the new www.mickeyhart.net website for all tour dates and on-sale information.

June 6-Santa Rosa , CA-Harmony Festival

June 8-Lawrence, KS-Wakarusa Festival

July 3-Rothbury, MI-Rothbury Festival

July 4-Garretsville, OH-Nelson Ledges

July 5-Chicago, IL-Lakeview Music Festival

July 6-Milwaukee, WI-Summerfest

July 9-Alexandria, VA-Birchmere

July 10-Morristown, NJ-Morristown Community Thr.

July 11-Jim Thorpe, PA-Penn’s Peak

July 12-Patchogue, NY-Great S Bay Music Festival

July 15-NY, NY-Fillmore NYC

July 17-Buffalo, NY-Thursday in the Park

July 18-Binghamton, NY Magic City Music Hall

July 19-Pittsburgh, PA-Palace Theatre

July 20- Baltimore , MD -Ram’s Head Live

July 24-Detroit Lakes, MN-10k Lakes Festval

www.mickeyhart.net

www.myspace.com/mickeyhartmusic

www.myspace.com/rhythmdevils

Bob Weir & RatDog: Getting Out the Vote With HeadCount

almanac — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:16:38 -0500

The RatDog spring tour is underway, with Mark Karan back on board and the band, by all reports, right back at the top of its game. And while Bob Weir is out there gettin' the job done, as he has for more than 40 years, he's taking the time to do some work he finds equally important: encouraging members of his audience to make their voices heard as participants in the democratic process. Bob is a member of the Board of Directors of HeadCount, a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to registering voters, with a special emphasis on outreach to live-music fans. In this historically pivotal election year, HeadCount has launched its most ambitious effort to date, with a stated goal of adding as many as 200,000 new names to the voters' rolls. Bobby and RatDog, along with numerous other bands, are doing their part by inviting HeadCount volunteers to set up voter registration and information tables at their concerts.

When RatDog visits the Baltimore/Washington, DC area for a pair of shows in April, Weir and Jay Lane will also participate in a private, intimate event to benefit HeadCount. It's an invitation-only affair, but the organization has set aside a handful of spaces for fans. Those few spots will surely be grabbed fast, so if you'd like a chance to attend, visit the HeadCount site now, or directly contact events@headcount.org

Phil Lesh & Friends - 5 Night Run at Warfield Theater

Analise Dubner — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:39:37 -0500

Phil Lesh & Friends Announce Unique 5 Night Run at Warfield Theater to Celebrate 29 Years of Grateful Dead History

(San Francisco) Phil Lesh and Friends have announced that they will be performing a Spring tour beginning May 8th & 9th at The Fillmore in Denver, CO, May 11th at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles and will conclude with five unique evenings at The Warfield Theater in San Francisco that will celebrate 29 years of Grateful Dead history in that hallowed theater. Phil Lesh & Friends have also signed on for Bonnaroo Music Festival, the Rothbury Festival, The All Good Festival, the 10K Lakes Festival, and the Gathering of The Vibes ~ with more summer dates to be added soon. Joining the former Grateful Dead bassist will be a world class band consisting of: Americana music sensation Jackie Greene (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell, (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm), electronic keyboardist Steve Molitz (Particle), and drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby & the Range). Tickets for this tour are on sale now through Phil Lesh Ticketing and GDTS-TOO.

Phil Lesh & Friends will play the following places.

May 9-10 The Fillmore ~ Denver, CA

May 11 The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA

May 13 -14, 16-18 Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA

For more information:

www.phillesh.net

http://www.philtickets.musictoday.com/PhilLeshFriends/calendar.aspx

www.gdtstoo.com

Donna Jean & The Tricksters Celebrate New CD With Rex Benefit, Live Sirius Broadcast

almanac — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:34:28 -0600

Photo: Susana Millman

Donna Jean and the Tricksters celebrated the release of their self-produced, self-titled debut album in style, before a packed house at New York's Knitting Factory. The release party, which officially kicked off a lengthy tour in support of the CD, also served as a benefit for the Rex Foundation. A splendid time was had by audience and band alike, for a great cause.

Just before the event in New York, DJ and the gang stopped in Philadelphia, for a live broadcast on public radio station WXPN at World Café Live. The performance has been archived for your listening pleasure here.

Next up: a live in-studio appearance on Sirius Satellite Radio's Grateful Dead Channel, on Monday, March 3rd at 9 pm.

For all Donna Jean and the Tricksters tour dates and info, visit the band's official website.

Bob Weir & RatDog Spring 2008 Tour Dates (P.S. - MK is BACK!!!)

almanac — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:26:55 -0600

It's about that time again: Bob Weir and RatDog take to the road beginning March 21st, cutting a swath through the Midwest and Northeast before finishing off down Florida way.

UPDATE

This happy news got to us shortly after we first posted the tour dates: As we've all been hoping, our dear pal Mark Karan has been given a clean bill of health and will be back on the bus for spring tour!

Details here.

Note also the newly added date in South Carolina (April 11)

The Dates:

MARCH

FRI 21 St. Paul, MN O'Shaughnessy Auditorium
SAT 22 Milwaukee, WI Riverside Theater
MON 24 St Louis, MO The Pageant
TUE 25 Covington, KY Madison Theatre
WED 26 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
FRI 28 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Theatre
SAT 29 Syracuse, NY Landmark Theatre
SUN 30 Upper Darby, PA Tower Theatre

APRIL

TUE 1 Stroudsburg, PA Sherman Theater
THU 3 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
FRI 4 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
SAT 5 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
TUE 8 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
WED 9 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
FRI 11 N. Charleston, SC North Charleston PAC
SAT 12 Live Oak, F Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park
(Wanee Festival)

MAY

Sat 31 Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH 6:00/8:00
PM $34.00 General Admission

AND LOOKING AHEAD TO SUMMER...

JUNE

SUN 1 Hunter, NY Hunter Mtn. Ski Area
(Mountain Jam Festival)

Sun 29 The Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA 5:30/6:30 PM $54.00
Pit & General Admission
$44.00 Bench Seats

JULY

Tue 1 Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay San Diego, CA 5:00/6:00 PM
$76.00 Reserved

Wed 2 Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay San Diego, CA 5:00/6:00 PM
$76.00 Reserved

SAT 5 Quincy, CA Plumas/Sierra County Fairgrounds
(High Sierra Music Festival)

AUGUST

Sat 8/16/08 Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA 6:00 PM Show
w/ Allman Brothers Band

Sat 8/23/08 Tweeter Center @ The Waterfront Camden, NJ 7:00 PM
w/ Allman Brothers Band

Details at:

www.rat-dog.com

www.ratdog.org

Ticket info at:

www.gdtstoo.com

New Show Dates from Phil Lesh & Friends

Analise Dubner — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 11:35:45 -0600

Phil Lesh & Friends

Phat Phriday 1/25/08 -- Phillmore, San Francisco
Mardi Gras Ball 1/26/08 -- Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco
Crystal Ballroom 1/28 & 29/08 -- Portland

More Info:
phillest.net
Phat Phriday

Bob Weir & Ratdog

"The Music Never Stops" A Rex Foundation Black Tie-Dye Ball - December 15, 2007
Warfield Theatre, San Francisco

For more info:
The Music Never Stops

Hot Nights in NYC: Phil & Friends Complete Their Marathon

blairj — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:04:11 -0600

Well, the New York City Marathon is over, and for a change the winner wasn’t a Kenyan runner—it was Phil Lesh & Friends’ fans, who reveled in the group’s just concluded ten-night marathon at the new Nokia Theatre on Times Square.

On this last leg of their fall tour, the band pulled out a number of new tunes, and also welcomed a couple of special guests along the way: Ryan Adams played at two different shows (11/2 And 11/5); singers Amy Helm (of Ollabelle) and Theresa Williams turned up on 11/2, and Los Lobos keyboardist/saxophonist Steve Berlin (who is also Jackie Greene’s producer) laid down some cool riffs on the first set of 11/5. The cavalcade of new tunes began with the wild Halloween show, which included Jackie’s “Don’t Let the Devil Take Your Mind,” Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ menacing “I Put A Spell on You,” Phish’s “Story of the Ghost,” The Who’s “Boris the Spider,” Jimi’s “Voodoo Child,” the Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” and, of course, Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London” (which was also the encore at RatDog’s show the same night!). Other songs introduced at Nokia were a new Jackie tune called “Like A Ball and Chain,” the Louvin Brothers’ “Lorene,” the Stones’ “Dead Flowers” (the last two during the acoustic set 11/2), Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse,” Jackie’s “Downhearted,” The Band’s “Chest Fever,” The Beatles’ “Revolution,” Bill Monroe’s “Jerusalem Ridge” and a bunch from the Dead repertoire—“Beat It on Down the Line,” "Peggy-O," “One More Saturday Night,” “Till the Morning Comes” and “Attics of My Life.” Wow—good times!

A slew of MP3 and FLAC downloads are available for sale from phillesh.net, and you can audition audience recordings of most shows from the tour at archive.org. Next up for Phil & Friends: Jackie Greene’s Birthday Celebration at the Warfield Theater in SF on November 27!

SET LISTS

10/31/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Shakedown Street> Loose Lucy, Don't Let The Devil Take Your Mind, Candyman, I Put A Spell on You> jam> Story of the Ghost> Casey Jones

Jam *> Cryptical Envelopment> Boris The Spider> Caution (Do Not Stop On the Tracks)> Voodoo Chile> The Other One> Cryptical Envelopment> New Speedway Boogie> Fire On The Mountain, Sympathy For The Devil> I Know You Rider, E: Werewolves Of London

* Offstage, Phil reads from Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum”

11/01/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Friend Of The Devil, Gone Wanderin’, Deep Elem Blues, Ball & Chain, Deal, Seven Jealous Sisters, Alabama Getaway

Jam> China Cat Sunflower, Althea, I’m So Gone> Cumberland Blues> Uncle John's Band> Don't Let Me Down, Help On The Way> Slipknot> Franklins Tower, E: Ripple

11/02/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Jam> Birdsong> About Cell Block #9, Dire Wolf, Midnight Rider, Passenger

(acoustic) Friend Of The Devil, Lorene, Cry Yourself Dry, Big Mon, Dead Flowers, Mama Tried

Wharf Rat> Franklin's Tower> Stella Blue> Fire On The Mountain> Dark Star> Eclipse*> Terrapin Station> Sugar Magnolia / Feedback jam> Darkstar> Box of Rain

Third Set with Ryan Adams. * with Amy Helm and Theresa Williams, vocals

11/03/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Good Lovin'> Downhearted, Pride of Cucamonga, This Wheel's on Fire, Mississippi Half-Step> So Hard to Find My Way, Big Boss Man

Playing in the Band> Spots of Time> The Wheel> Loan Me a Dime> Jack Straw> Unbroken Chain> St. Stephen> The Eleven> Lovelight / Casey Jones

11/5/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC
Brown Eyed Women , The Golden Road+ ,Viola Lee Blues*> Operator*> Viola Lee Blues*> Next Time You See Me*> Viola Lee Blues*> Chest Fever*> Sugaree*

+ Steve Berlin on keyboards

* Steve Berlin on saxophone

Happy Birthday Ryan, Eyes of the World> Scarlet Begonias> China Cat Sunflower>
Bird Song> Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad> Ripple> I Know You Rider> Uncle Johns Band> Dark Star> Franklins Tower> Dark Star / Wharf Rat

Set two with Ryan Adams

11/06/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Bertha, Deal, Big River, Gone Wanderin', Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Cosmic Charlie

Brown Sugar, Shakedown Street, Revolution, Beat it On Down the Line> Cryptical Envelopment> The Other One> Death Don't Have No Mercy> The Other One, Brokedown Palace / Not Fade Away

11/08/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Passenger, I'm So Gone, Mexican Girl, Pride of Cucamonga, Deep Elem Blues, Bird Song, Alabama Getaway

Playing in the Band> Althea, Cold Black Devil, Caution (Do Not Stop On The Tracks)> New Speedway Boogie> Jam> Unbroken Chain, Scarlet Begonias> Fire on the Mountain / A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

11/09/07 Nokia Theatre, NY

Loose Lucy, Mississippi Half-Step, So Hard to Find My Way, Cold Rain and Snow, Tell Me Mama, Loan Me A Dime, Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad

Ball and Chain, Next Time You See Me, Lovelight, Down in the Valley Woe, Don't Let Me Down, Mountains of the Moon> Terrapin Station> Viola Lee Blues> Mason's Chidren / Johnny B. Goode

11/10/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Good Lovin', Friend of the Devil, Spots of Time, Dire Wolf, Operator, Beat It On Down the Line, Shakedown Street

China Cat Sunflower, Jack Straw, The Wheel> Eyes of the World, China Doll, St. Stephen> The Eleven> Help on the Way> Slipknot> One More Saturday Night> Franklin's Tower / Box of Rain

11/11/07 Nokia Theatre, NYC

Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion, Chest Fever> Brown Eyed Women, Candyman, Bird Song> Sugaree

(acoustic) Attics of My Life, Till the Morning Comes, Jerusalem Ridge, Deep Elem Blues, Ripple

Peggy-O *, Cumberland Blues> Uncle John's Band> Cryptical Envelopment> Dark Star> Morning Dew> I Know You Rider> The Other One> Cryptical Envelopment> Dark Star> Sugar Magnolia / Unbroken Chain

* with Theresa Williams, vocals

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With The Black Crowes:

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For more information:

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