Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s spring tour entered it’s home stretch this week. Last night JRAD played at Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA, tonight they are in New Haven, CT before heading to my backyard in Montclair, NJ and then to Cleveland for the tour finale.

Last night, JRAD expertly weaved Black Sabbath’s “War Pigs” throughout the show with a tease in three separate songs. Russo and the gang also busted out “Loose Lucy” for the first time since New Year’s Eve, 2016 for a gap of 90 shows.

Set One:
01 Intro
02 Jam ->
03 Peggy-O
04 The Music Never Stopped @ >
05 Loose Lucy #06 Jam ->
07 Weather Report Suite: Prelude / Part One $ ->
08 Let It Grow %
09 Stella Blue

Set Two:
01 Man Smart Woman Smarter >
02 The Eleven ->
03 Let It Grow Jam ->
04 Easy Wind
05 Black Throated Wind ->
06 Going Down The Road Feeling Bad ->
07 We Bid You Goodnight ^ ->
08 Fire On The Mountain ->
09 Jam & ->
10 Lady with a Fan -> Marco Solo * -> Terrapin Station +

Encore: 
11 Big Railroad Blues

@ – With a “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath) Tease (Band) and a “Love Supreme” (John Coltrane) Tease (TH)
# – Not Played By Almost Dead Since 2016-12-31 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, a gap of 90 shows
$ – Instrumental, Not Played By Almost Dead Since 2017-11-09 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles, CA, a gap of 57 shows 
% – With a “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath) Tease (TH)
^ – Instrumental, With a Fire On The Mountain Tease (TH) 
& – With Terrapin Teases (Band)
* – With “No Quarter” (Led Zeppelin) Teases (MB)
+ – With a “War Pigs” (Black Sabbath) Jam

Thanks to Jeff Travitz and Keith Litzenberger for the recording!

Photo credit: _tyler_baltrusaitis_7