A week back I posted an awesome video of Keller Williams’ Grateful Gospel crushing “Eyes of the World > Franklin’s Tower” at High Sierra. Luckily for us, a crisp FM recording of the entire set surfaced yesterday.

Keller Williams welcomed guitarist Stu Allen on guitar into the Grateful Gospel for the entire set.

Instead of opting for a straight Grateful Dead set, Keller chose tunes that fit into his Gospel theme with the beautiful back-ups vocals courtesy of Sugar Davis, Faye Rachel Moore, and Tanya Jackson. This made for a more interesting set of deeper Dead and Jerry Garcia Band tunes that aren’t heard much any more like “Midnight Moonlight” and “Palm Sunday.”

Keller did of course treat High Sierra to some classic Dead as well with covers of “Brokedown Palace,” “The Wheel,” and the “Ripple” set closer.

Setlist
Intro > Sisters & Brothers
Here Comes Sunshine
Midnight Moonlight
I’ll Be With Thee
Eyes of the World >
Franklin’s Tower
Brokedown Palace
Mighty High
Palm Sunday >
The Wheel >
St. Stephen
Who was John ? >
Feel Like A Stranger >
Samson & Delilah >
And We Bid You Goodnight >
Ripple

Notes
Keller Williams – guitar, voc
Stu Allen – guitar
EJ Shaw – bass
Toby Fairchild – drums
Benjy Ferengi – keys, B3
Sugar Davis – Voc
Faye Rachel Moore – voc
Sam Reed – voc
Tanya Jackson – voc

Thanks to Cindy and Jon Hart for the excellent recording!

Photo credit: stuartlevinephotography