I saw Furthur play at Hammerstein last night and was feeling nostalgic for a time before I was born. Grateful Deadians Bob Weir and Phil Lesh led a great Dead cover band through a classic set, drifting from heavy blues to deep funk and utter confusion to euphoric resolution:
I: Truckin > Dire Wolf > Doin That Rag > Ramble On Rose > Reuben and Cerise > Looks Like Rain > Cosmic Charlie
II: King Solomon’s Marbles > He’s Gone > New Potato Caboose > The Other One > Days Between > Scarlet Begonias > Fire on the Mountain > Cold Rain and Snow
E: Touch of Grey
And of course, because the Dead always understood that fan taping is the absolute best form of promotion, there were plenty of mics in the air capturing the event for posterity and eternal enjoyment. Back in my day… these could be traded on tapes — always free but for cost of postage and tapes. The internet has made them truly free (but for the cost of a computer and internet!). They were selling instantly printed CDs of the show for $25 and I would bet that they made a nice profit on that operation, but if you want it for free you can have it for free.
And so it should be!
This has Four(!) different recordings of last night’s show, one of which you can hear here:
Here it is from my vantage point:
Furthur 12.08.09 from Supergood on Vimeo.
Long Live The Dead!