The Dead
4/15/09 – Charlottesville, VA
John Paul Jones Arena
4/15/09
Set 1
New Speedway Boogie
Bertha
High Time
Mason’s Children
Big Boss Man
Doin’ That Rag
Standing On The Moon
Set 2
Playin’ in the Band >
Crazy Fingers>
Jam>
Space>
St. Stephen>
The Eleven>
Mississippi Half-Step (Uptown Todeloo)>
Playin’ in the Band (Reprise)>
Foolish Heart>
Encore
G-L-O-R-I-A
4/15/09
Set 1
Cassidy
Passenger
Pride Of Cucamonga
Easy Wind (Warren vocals)
Lazy River Road
Alabama Getaway (Warren vocals)
Big Railroad Blues
Set 2 (Mini Acoustic Set)
Peggy-O (acoustic)
Glory Road (acoustic)
A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall (acoustic)
Set 3
Jam>
Dark Star>
King Solomon’s Marbles>
Drums> (w/ Tipper Gore)
Space>
Come Together>
Dark Star>
Sugar Magnolia
Encore
Uncle John’s Band>
Ripple
Bobby and Warren
Mini Acoustic Set
Bobby and Phil
Let’s take a world tour of Funk with no other than P-Funk, Sly and the Family Stone, and Stevie Wonder.
Check out this triple-decker download of straight F-U-N-K:
Sly & The Family Stone – Holland -10/09/70
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1. Thank you
2. M’Lady
3. Simple Song
4. Stand!
5. Dance To The Music
6. I want to Take You Higher
Stevie Wonder – Brighton, UK – 4/04/73:
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1. Time of Confusion
2. Instrumental (Unknown)
3. Tease > Stevie Talking
4. Higher Ground
5. Superwoman
6. To Know You Is to Love You
7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)
8. Visions Tease > Stevie Talking > Visions
9. Visions Reprise
10. Sunshine Intro
11. You Are the Sunshine of My Life
12. Superstition
13. Lot of My Dreams
And last but not least, P-FUNK from the famous Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, VA:
P-Funk – Hampton, VA – 06/03/78
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1. Funkentelechy
2. MotherShip Connection
3. Cosmic Slop
4. Give Up The Funk
5. Maggot Brain
6. Bop Gun
7. Funk Gettin’ Ready To Roll
8. It Ain’t Illegal Yet
9. Flashlight
Make my funk the P-Funk
I want my funk uncut
Make my funk the P-Funk
I wants to get funked up
I want the bomb,
I want the P-Funk
I want my funk uncut
Make my funk the P-Funk
I wants to get funked up
The Dead’s spring tour kicks off today in Greensboro, NC, we’ll be bringing you LOTS of coverage here on Welcome To Now including live setlist and picture updates, videos, downloads, and more. Also, look out for 2 personal show reviews of the MSG show and 2nd night Spectrum. Let’s kick things off right and enjoy these live setlist updates and pictures from tonight’s show:
The Dead - 4/12/09
The Dead – Greensboro, NC 4/12/2009
Set I
Jam ->
Music Never Stopped ->
Jack Straw
Estimated Prophet ->
He’s Gone
Touch of Grey
I Need a Miracle ->
Truckin’
Set II
Jam ->
Shakedown Street ->
All Along the Watchtower ->
Caution ->
Drums ->
Space ->
Cosmic Charlie
New Potato Caboose ->
Help on the Way ->
Slipknot ->
Franklin’s Tower
Encore: Samson and Delilah
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Stage Set-Up at Greensboro - 7:00 PM
Music Never Stopped
Estimated Prophet
The Light Rig
Caution
Awesome Lightning Bolt Lights
Big Shout-Out to TaperRob over at the Zone for the updates.
For those of you that weren’t fortunate enough to catch any of the Phish reunion shows at Hampton Coliseum on March 6th, 7th, and 8th, enjoy these HD/SBD clips of some highlights from the historic run. I’ve sampled some of the best vids out there from each day of the run.
Fluffhead -3/6/09 Set I Opener
The Hampton Fluffhead opener will go down in phans record books as one of, if not the most historic moment in the band’s 25 year career. While I could write an essay on this, I’ll just let you decide what you think and enjoy the song’s “FLUFFHEAD!” peak and ensuing jam:
David Bowie – 3/6/09 Set I Closer
The climax of the David Bowie jam is one of the most sought after musical segments in Phish’s repertoire. This fan favorite from the band’s first studio album – 1988’s Junta – David Bowie is funky number with extremely complex composed segments. The composed section leads into a dark and building jam all leading up to the Bowie ‘peak’, exhibit A:
YEM Vocal Jam – 3/6/09 Set II Closer
Having witnessed this vocal jam personally, all I can say is ‘Wow’. Kuroda’s lights and the band are so synced, it’s downright scary:
Ghost Jam Segment – 3/7/09 Set II
Many fans point to the Ghost jam as the most experimental jamming of the weekend and taste of what’s in store for Phish 3.0. This starts out dark and slow and builds into a fantastic jam up around the 5 minute mark, enjoy:
Tweezer Reprise – 3/8/09 Encore (last song of the run)
The band decided to save the Tweezer Reprise (Tweezer was played on night 1, set 2) to close out the run at the end of the encore on the 8th. This vid is shot from the middle of the pit and really gives you a feeling of the insane energy abound in the Coliseum this weekend. If this vid doesn’t make you want to quit your job and go on summer tour, check your pulse:
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Last night’s late night party at Sullivan Hall saw the Indobox and Orchard Lounge each lay 
down extended
sets to a happy, dancey, and no doubt twisted crowd at the Greenwich Village jam hot-spot – Sullivan Hall.
Indobox played an intense and energetic 2 hour set with face-melting jams from the quartet flowing until 2:30. While it’s hard to deny this band is a Bisco rip-off, they do it well and definitely have their own unique style to add to the mix as well. This was my first Indobox show and I’d have to say I’d definitely catch these guys again:
The Indobox – Setlist
Gz and Hustlas ->
Graffiti ->
The Right Time
Huntington
Shanghai Baby
Ming Ming
Catch Her in the Red ->
Lighthouse (ending)
The headlining act – Orchard Lounge – emerged after a short break around 300 Am and delivered a jaw-dropping dance fest of music (complete with live on-stage painting) that raged past 4 in the morning. While I don’t have the setlist, the whole idea of a ‘song’ isn’t really that relevant when you’re talking about the interwoven electro-jam segments the band dabbles in. Let me just say the crowd was loving every minute, spirits were high, smiles all around, and feet were moving. What a great way to close out an amazing weekend of music here in the greatest city in the world!
Rage the Scene!
Let’s be honest – in life, not all friends are created equal. The same is true of Phil Lesh’s revolving door ‘Phil and Friends’ project. While any true head will point to the original Quintet (Lesh, Haynes, Herring, Molo, Baracco) as the ultimate lineup for this band, this head will go so far as to say the lineup featured at the Mountain Jam 07′ show is a close 2nd. This festival-closing performance saw John Scofeild and Warren Haynes on guitar, John Molo on drums, Steve Molitz on keys, and of course Mr. Lesh himself on bass.
The Band
This was Phil and Friends only summer festival appearance and it was clear they came out practiced, hungry, and with more than a few aces up their sleeve:
Playin' in the Band - Set I
Phil Lesh and Friends
Mountain Jam @ Hunter Mountain
Hunter, New York
June 3, 2007
Set I
Shakedown Street ->
Friend of the Devil
Althea
Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
New Speedway Boogie
Mason’s Children
Candyman
Scarlet Begonias ->
Eyes of the World ->
Fire on the Mountain
Set II
Unbroken Chain
Dark Star ->
Mountains of the Moon ->
Dark Star ->
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
Turn on Your Lovelight
Encore
Not Fade Away
Playin' in the Band - Set II
The first set was probably the longest Phil n’ Friends set ever clocking in at OVER 2 HOURS! I’m sure I wasn’t the only one worried they were going to do a 1 set show, but more likely they were playing an extended set in appreciation of the crowd’s undying love and enthusiasm while it had rained all day and continued to rain all through the show.
Some first set highlights include the Low Spark and Mason’s bustouts, the Scarlet/Eyes/Fire segment (look out for Scofield’s solo on Eyes), and the smoking New Speedway. The 2nd set was pure Phil magic and honestly one of the best Phil n’ Friends sets i’ve ever seen. The Lucy in the Sky was a real treat and both NFA and Lovelight feature earth-shattering riffing from Sco and Warren – these are MUST HEARS.
Enjoy!
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Take a Bow!
Lotus put on a solid showing last night at Bowery Ballroom, I’d break it down about like this:
Music – 8.5, Lights – 9, Crowd – 4
Lotus (w/ BLVD opening)
The Bowery Ballroom
April 10th, 2009
Set I
Jump Off
Behind Midwest Store Fronts
Juggernaut
Hammerstrike
Age of Inexperience
Set II
Flower Sermon
IACTMN>
Slow Cookin>
Sunrain
Spiritualize
Encore:
Suitcases and Sandwiches
All in all a good time but not quite my cup of tea. The crowd left more than something to be desired – the scenesters were out in full force showing off their flat-brims, sun glasses inside, and all that comes with that shtick. I can’t tell you how many times someone just strolled up into my dancing space and stopped dead – completely unaware of what they were doing. Please, have some decency people!
The 1st set was more jazzy and restrained with some euphoric moments and some nicely executed jams. The 2nd set showed a little bit dirtier and, at times, more rocking side of the band and there were some definite Untz’d out moments. All in all, good times had by all.
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Look for a more thorough review of my preferred jam-tronica choice of the Disco Biscuits, next Saturday 4/18/09 at the one, the only, Electric Factory in the city of brotherly love!
In the summer of 89′, the Dead delivered this monster show at the famous summer concert destination. Brought to you in video, streaming audio and for download:
The Dead at Alpine Valley, 89'
The Grateful Dead
Alpine Valley Music Theater
July 17, 1989
Set I
Let The Good Times Roll->
Feel Like A Stranger
Built To Last
Me & My Uncle->
Cumberland Blues
It’s All Over Now
Row Jimmy
When I Paint My Masterpiece
When Push Comes To Shove
The Music Never Stopped
Set II
China Cat Sunflower->
I Know You Rider
Playin’ In The Band->
Uncle John’s Band->
Standing On the Moon*
Drums
Jam->
The Wheel->
Gimme Some Lovin’->
Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad->
Not Fade Away
Encore
We Bid You Good Night
Johnny B. Goode
The show’s opening segment of Let the Good Times Roll-> Feel Like a Stranger is phenomenal. The juxtaposition of the two songs to open the show is the perfect invocation; and the perfect example of the Dead at their best: able to turn on a dime from melting hearts to melting faces:
The Stones classic ‘It’s All Over Now’ is one of many gems delivered in the first set. Brent really adds some color and a new found energy to this oft-performed cover:
The set II opener ‘I Know You Rider’ (of course emerging out of China Cat) is just smoking. Both Bobby and Jerry go big on the ‘I wish I was a headlight’ line, great stuff:
If you’ve never heard the Dead’s version of ‘Gimme Some Lovin’, check this one out. Brent’s take on this is a lot of fun, you have to love both his singing and keyboard playing here. His energy keeps the band on their toes and definitely encourages Jerry to keep things moving:
The show closing Chuck Berry cover – Johnny B. Goode – really brings things home on a high note, especially following the typical goodnight lullaby ‘Bid You Goodnight’. The Dead really go all out in this, even after hours of playing, and show why they are the only ones that can do what they do. Brent’s solo is incendiary, or dare I say – flame:
Enjoy!
There’s enough good music going in New York City this weekend that this calls for an extended preview:
Friday Night – 4/10/09
UM Guitar Duel
Umphrey’s McGee @ Nokia Theater Times Square – If you’ve been living in a hole for the past 5 years and still find Umphrey’s prog-Metal-Jam style fresh and interesting, then you’re in for a treat. They are likely to throw down 2 longs sets with classic cuts and fresh material off the recently released Mantis. Over/under on guitar duels between Jake and Brendan – seven.
Lotus
Lotus @ Bowery Ballroom – If I had to choose, this is the show to be at Friday night. Lotus delivers a jazzy yet poppy, electronica-laced sound that is fun and danceable. They avoid the at times over-untz’d Bisco sound and keep things 10x times more interesting than Sleep Tribe Sector 9, finding a happy medium somewhere in between. Go, dance, stalk.
Strange Design w/ the McLovins @ Sullivan Hall – This is the cheese-factor show of the night featuring two fun bands even if their existence probably stands to be questioned. For those of you not famililar w/ the McLovins – they are a group of 12 year olds, discovered on Phish Phantasy Tour, forced to change their name to ‘McLovins’ because PT heads couldn’t get over the uncanny similarities between the guitar player and ‘McLovin’ form SuperBad. Anyway, nuff’ said, just check out the YouTube vid above and you’ll see why they are opening for Strange Design.
Strange Design is a Phish cover band that, while technically strong, seems to be made for nerds who never saw a pre-hiatus show and have sat in front of their computers listening to botched versions of YEM since coventry. With Phish back, one questions why they don’t pack it in and go on Phish tour if they love the music so much.
U-Melt
U-Melt late night (post-UM show) @ B.B. King Blues Club – If you don’t enjoy a good melt from time to time, this show is likely not for you. U-Melt honed their sound in the parking lot of Phish shows and has come a long way to be headlining B.B King’s on a Friday night in New York City. They promise to keep the party going until early in the morning.
Saturday – 4/11/09
UM w/ Keller Williams
Umphrey’s McGee @ Nokia Theater Times Square – Show 2 of their 2 night run at Nokia. Have yourself a Dumph weekend holiday.
Lotus NYE 08'
Lotus @ Bowery Ballroom – Show 2 of their 2 night run at the Bowery.
Orchard Lounge
Orchard Lounge with the Indobox @ Sullivan hall late night (post-UM show) – Orchard Lounge is an innovative trip-hop electronica trio of DJs out of Chicago and Indobox is an up and coming east coast Jam Warrior favorite. This show promises to be the best late night party in the city. Be there or be, well, asleep earlier than 5.
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