Joe Russo’s Almost Dead gave us a taste of their 2019 tour with a three-night run at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, NY a couple of weekends ago.

On night one JRAD debuted a Motorhead cover and on night three they closed the run with a pair of Neil Young covers. In addition to some Dead rarities like “My Brother Esau” and “Race is On,” JRAD snuck in plenty of teases and a killer cover of Springsteen’s “Atlantic City.”

Set 1
1. Stagger Lee @
2. My Brother Esau #
3. Race is On $ >
4. Help On The Way ->
5. Slipknot! -> Jam % ->
6. Mama Tried ^ 
7. Stella Blue &
8. Brown Eyed Women

Set 2
1. Blues For Allah * ->
2. St. Stephen + -> Jam -> St. Stephen Reprise ->Born Cross-Eyed Jam -> 
3.Truckin @@ -> Born Cross-Eyed Jam -> 
4. Atlantic City >
5. Casey Jones ##
6. One More Saturday Night $$

ENCORE:
7. Red Baraat March through the Crowd %% -> Drumz %% -> 
8. Not Fade Away %% -> Drumz %% -> Not Fade Away %% ->

@ – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2015-01-23, a gap of 163 shows 
# – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2017-03-17 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 72 shows 
$ – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2016-10-06 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 94 shows 
% – With Multiple Teases, including but not limited to Slipknot!, Jack A Roe, Lovelight, Mama Tried & others
^ – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2017-08-31 Red Rocks Park & Ampitheatre, Morrison, CO, a gap of 57 shows
& – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2018–03-08 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 33 shows
* – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2016-10-08 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 92 shows, With Jonathan Goldberger on Guitar
+ – With a Blues For Allah Tease (MB), a DD Bass Solo and with Jonathan Goldberger on Guitar
@@ – With Blues For Allah Teases (MB), a Mama Tried Tease (SM) and maybe a “Night in Tunisia” (Dizzy Gillespie) Tease (MB) 
## – – Not Played by Almost Dead Since 2018-05-05 Mardi Gras World Ballroom, New Orleans, LA, a gap of 25 shows
$$ – With a Casey Jones Tease (SM), and a “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” (Elton John) Tease (MB)
%% – With All of Red Baraat

Thanks to Yossi3080 for the recording.

Photo credit: Rob Schmidt