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Phish – 8/13/09 – Darien Center, NY

{ August 13, 2009 @ 8:32 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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It has arrived. What promises to be a historic 4 night East Coast run to finish off their 2-leg summer tour begins tonight at Darien Lakes PAC. Few would argue with the fact that Phish has been steadily picking up steam, gaining momentum, and showing marked improvment show by show since their return this March. Expectations couldn’t be higher for what’s to come – a hometown run at some of the biggest name East Coast sheds: Darien, Merriweather Post Pavillion, and SPAC. Rumors and speculation of bustouts are everywhere – Forbin’s/Mockingbird, Tela, Harpua, Llama – anything’s possible. So, as Mickey Hart would say, strap in!

8/13/09

8/13/09

Phish
8/13/09
Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
Darien Center, NY

Set 1
Sample In A Jar
Dinner and a Movie
Wolfman’s Brother
My Friend, My Friend
Possum
Farmhouse
Sugar Shack
Brian and Robert
David Bowie
Bathtub Gin
How High The Moon (in memory of Les Paul)
Golgi Apparatus

Set 2
Drowned >
Prince Caspian >
Rift
The Horse >
Silent In The Morning
Sparkle
Run Like An Antelope
Suzy Greenberg
Fluffhead

Encore
Joy
First Tube

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Phil’s New Phriends?

{ August 12, 2009 @ 9:23 pm } · { Dark Star Orchestra, Phil and Friends, Rumors }
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The rumor mills are churning today with news that Phil Lesh is getting together a new band consisting of Bob Weir, John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra’s faux-Jerry), Joe Russo, and 2 other mystery members. The band is supposedly doing a short run at the Fox Theater in Oakland, September 18-20th. Bets are on as to the other members – likely Baracco, Segal, or Molitz on keys and a 3rd guitar player? We’ll just have to wait and see on the details, hopefully coming soon.

Phil Lesh: Then

Phil Lesh: Then

There are a lot of mixed feelings out there about Phil enlisting John K. but it’s hard to argue with his jedi-like mastery of the Jerry songbook. It sure will be interesting to see how John and Bob mix in the same band – I, for one, see a steam locomotive trainwreck, rolling down the tracks. Time will tell, and until it does let’s just rejoyce that Phil is making moves and keepin’ the music alive.

And Now

And Now

Tuesday Night Phish in Chicago

{ August 12, 2009 @ 9:13 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish
8/11/09
Bridgeview, IL
Toyota Park

8/11/09

8/11/09

Set 1
Kill Devil Falls
Sample In A Jar
Ocelot
Paul and Silas
Windy City*
The Curtain With
Train Song
Gumbo
Heavy Things
Time Turns Elastic

Set 2
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Carini >
Gotta Jibboo
Theme From The Bottom
Wilson
2001 >
Chalk Dust Torture
Harry Hood
The Squirming Coil

Encore
Loving Cup

* – First Time Played

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Limited Edition 8/11 Poster

Limited Edition 8/11 Poster

Good Vibes

{ August 11, 2009 @ 10:03 pm } · { Audio, Deep Banana Blackout, Festivals, Keller Williams }
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Let’s take a look back at some other noteworthy performances from this year’s Gathering Of The Vibes festival (check out coverage of the Levon Helm and Ratdog shows here). Thanks to the hard work of some tapers – special events like the Vibes live on long after the bands packed up and gone. Check out the following bootlegs from Deep Banana Blackout and Keller Williams.

Deep Banana raged the main stage friday night between P-Funk and moe.’s set (which was cut short due to intense lightning). I have to hand it to DBB – they were definitely the highlight of the evening. Vibes is a hometown show for DBB and they never dissapoint, this show is no exception. Highlights include a Jerry Garcia/Merl Saunders tribute performance of ‘Like a Road’ and a smoking rendition of Santana’s ‘Soul Sacrifice’, enjoy!

Deep Banana Blackout @ Vibes

Deep Banana Blackout @ Vibes

Deep Banana Blackout ~ GOTV 2009

Take The Time
Homo Lingo
Tijuana Mama
Getch’ All
Hear My Song
Family Groove
It’s A New Day
Like A Road
Tug ->
Breakfast At Volo’s
Soul Sacrifice

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Keller is a festival staple – you won’t find too many lineups out there without the one-man freak show these days. Over the years, Keller has worked up quite a staple of fan favorites and always brings his A-game, especially in prime-time early evening slots like at this year’s Vibes. Highlights from the show included a funky take on Phish’s ‘Birds of a Feather’, a nod to the Dead with a fun ‘Eyes of the World’ w/ Donna on vocals, and runs through some of his greatest hits like ‘Kidney In A Cooler’, ‘Freeker By The Speaker’, ‘Breathe’, and ‘Best Feeling’. All in all, a very solid showing and a fun, upbeat show, give it a whirl!

K-Dub @ GOTV

K-Dub @ GOTV

Keller Williams ~ GOTV 2009

Mullet Cut
Birds Of A Feather
Kidney In A Cooler
Troubled Mind ->
Breathe
Hypnotize
Hunting Charlie
Kiwi And Apricot
Doobie In My Pocket ->
Freeker By The Speaker
Eyes Of The World *
Best Feeling

* – w/ Donna Jean

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Phish at the Gorge – Night 2

{ August 9, 2009 @ 7:57 pm } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish ~ 8/08/09 ~ The Gorge

8/08/09

8/08/09

Set 1
The Mango Song
Chalk Dust Torture
Middle Of The Road
Tweezer
Driver
Twenty Years Later
Ya Mar
It’s Ice
Wolfman’s Brother
Character Zero >
Run Like An Antelope

8/08/09

8/08/09

Set Two
Rock & Roll >
Makisupa Policeman
Alaska
The Wedge
You Enjoy Myself
Backwards Down the Number Line >
Piper
Grind

Encore
Good Times Bad Time
Tweezer Reprise

Stream the show here

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8/08/09

8/08/09

YEW Tramp Gymnastics:

Wow

Wow

Phish at The Gorge – Night 1

{ August 8, 2009 @ 1:45 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish kicked off their highly anticipated weekend run at the beautiful and serene Gorge Amphitheater last night. Expectations were high, the weather was beautiful, and the band really delivered quite a showing, setlist and playing-quality wise. Should be quite a weekend ahead, the Phish train just seems to keep picking up speed, show by show. Keep it comin’!

8/07/09

8/07/09

Phish
8/07/09
Gorge Ampitheater
George, WA

Set 1
Down With Disease
Ocelot
Pebbles And Marbles
Possum
Sleep
Destiny Unbound
Stash
Sneakin’ Sally Through The Alley
Cavern

Set 2

The Moma Dance >
Light >
Taste
Fluffhead
Joy
Bathtub Gin >
Harry Hood

Encore
Slave To The Traffic Light

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Set 1 Download

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Today in Grateful Dead History

{ August 7, 2009 @ 6:08 pm } · { Audio, Grateful Dead, Today in GD History }
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Later released as Dick’s Pick 32, this gem of a show comes from Alpine Valley in 1982. Although the show was officialy released, the Audience recording bootleg is still heavily circulated. It was pretty cool to see the band transition from Music Never Stopped>Sugaree>Music. ‘Big River’ is always a treat and it made me boogie in my chair. ‘CC Rider’ was hot with funky and folksy Bobby vocal stylings and playing. I really appreciate ‘Let it Grow’ as a set 1 closer as it leaves the crowd energized and hungry for more.

GDDP32

China/Rider picked up right where ‘Let it Grow’ left off to start off set 2; ‘Woman R Smarter’ brought the house down and was paired up nicely with a ‘Ship of Fools’ that cooled the crew down. The band then launches into outer space with a Playin’>Drums>Space>Wheel>Playin’ (Reprise) sequence – the journey was interesting, to say the least. Finally, Jerry brings things back down to earth with a tasteful yet moving ‘Morning Dew’. Going out on a high note, ‘Saturday Night’ raged to close out set 2 and ‘U.S. Blues’ topped everything off nicely.

The Grateful Dead ~ 08/07/82 ~ Alpine Valley Music Theater ~ East Troy, WI

Set 1
The Music Never Stopped ->
Sugaree ->
The Music Never Stopped
Me And My Uncle ->
Big River
It Must Have Been The Roses
C C Rider
Ramble On Rose
Beat It On Down The Line ->
OnThe Road Again
Althea
Let It Grow

Set 2
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider ->
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Ship Of Fools
Playing In The Band ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
Playing In The Band ->
Morning Dew ->
One More Saturday Night

Encore
U.S. Blues

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This post comes courtesy of resident G-Dead expert Sauce, good looks!

Phish at Shoreline, 8/05/09

{ August 6, 2009 @ 11:35 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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Phish layed down another eclectic set last night featuring some tasty covers including the first 3.0 bust-out of ‘Oh Sweet Nuthin’ (Velvet Underground) and one of the only 3.0 ‘Cities’ (Talking Heads) and ‘Bold as Love’ (Hendrix) renditions taboot. The first set alternated between short rocking numbers like ‘Golgi’, ‘Chalkdust’, ‘Ya mar’ and ‘Suzy’ with longer and more complex tunes like ‘Divided Sky’, ‘Time Turns Elastic’, and ‘David Bowie’. Keeping true to form, the 2nd set really took off further into the jamosphere with explorations into ‘DWD’, ‘Maze’, and a dark Mike’s>Simple>Groove to close out the set. All in all, quite an evening in Cali, next stop: 2 nights at the beautiful Gorge amphitheater.

Phish ~08/5/09 ~ Shoreline Amphitheater ~Mountain View, CA

8/05/09

8/05/09

Set One
Golgi Apparatus
Halley’s Comet
Chalk Dust Torture
The Divided Sky
When the Circus Comes
Time Turns Elastic
Ya Mar
Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan
Suzy Greenberg
David Bowie

8/05/09

8/05/09

Set Two
Backwards Down the Number Line
Down With Disease >
Limb By Limb
Oh Sweet Nothin’
Cities >
Maze
Mike’s Song >
Simple
Weekapaug Groove

Encore
Let Me Lie
Bold As Love

Set 1 Download

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Shoreline From Above

Shoreline From Above

Gov’t Mule Jerry B-Day Show

{ August 5, 2009 @ 11:18 pm } · { Audio, Gov't Mule }
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Warren and co. busted out some special tricks in celebration of Jerry’s birthday last week over at Ives Concert Park in Danbury, CT. Warren gave a nod to the big man by opening the second set with a solo rendition of the quintessential Garcia ballad ‘Stella Blue’. He then welcomed the band back out for a run through the tune he penned about Jerry’s death and legacy – ‘Patchwork Quilt’. Keepin’ the Jerry love flowing, he ran through a rollicking ‘Sugaree’ and topped it all off with a ‘Morning Dew’ encore.

The Mule - 8/01/09

The Mule - 8/01/09

Gov’t Mule
8/01/09
Ives Concert Park
Danbury, CT

Set 1
Maggot Brain
Thorazine Shuffle
Don’t Step On The Grass Sam->
Mississippi Queen
Beautifully Broken
Devil Likes It Slow
Charles Ives Experiment (1st time played: Ray Charles’ ‘Georgia On My Mind’ & Burl Ives’ ‘Wayfaring Stranger’)
The Letter
Slackjaw Jezebel (w/ ‘The Letter’ Tease)

Set 2:
Stella Blue (Warren Haynes solo)
Patchwork Quilt
Sugaree
Like Flies->
Drums
The Sky Is Crying (with Junior Mack)
Bad Little Doggie
Blind Man In The Dark

Encore:
Morning Dew

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Warren - 8/01/09

Warren - 8/01/09

Phish Night 4 Red Rocks Close Out w/ Billy K

{ August 3, 2009 @ 7:57 am } · { Audio, Phish, Phish Summer Tour 09 }
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8/02/09

8/02/09

Set One
Roses Are Free
Wilson
NICU
Prince Caspian
Back On The Train
Reba
Grind
Beauty Of A Broken Heart
Sample In A Jar
Sugar Shack
Waste
Kill Devil Falls

Set Two
Boogie On Reggae Woman
You Enjoy Myself >
Undermind* >
Drums* >
Seven Below* >
2001* >
Waves* >
Character Zero*

Encore
Bittersweet Motel
Bouncing Around The Room
Slave To The Traffic Light

* – With Bill Kreutzmann on drums

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Video of Fish and Billy K. Drum Duel:

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