While Phish, Gov’t Mule, Holly Bowling, and countless other guests were getting busy in NYC in the days leading up to the New Year, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead played a pair of shows in Brooklyn and then retreated to the Capitol Theater for a two-night run in Port Chester, NY.

JRAD started with a pair of old-school Dead classics, “King Bee” and “The Eleven” before launching into a full-fledged Grateful Dead 3-hour marathon. The two-sets started at 8:45 and ended well past midnight. Tedeschi Trucks Band vocalist, Alecia Chakour sat in with JRAD for the evening.

Some of the surprises of the evening included Joe Russo and Marco Benevento reprising their ‘Duo’ reunion performance from the week before with “Becky” in the middle of Uncle John’s Band and the debut of Wilco’s “Hoo Doo Voo Doo.”

Set 1 (8:45PM – 10:12PM):
01. King Bee Jam + ->
02. The Eleven @ (All) >
03. BIODTL # (SM) >
04. Feel Like A Stranger (SM)
05. Cumberland Blues $ (All)
06. The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (AC) ->
07. Estimated Prophet (SM) ->
08. Space ->
09. Bird Song Jam + ->
10. Day Tripper % (TH) ->
11. Bird Song ^ (TH) ->
12. King Solomon’s Marbles & ->
13. Bird Song Reprise + (TH)

Set 2 (10:49PM – 12:??AM):
01. Til The Morning Comes + (All + AC) ->
02. Passenger + (SM & AC) ->
03. Viola Lee Blues * (All) ->
04. Jam ->
05. Uncle John’s Band (All) ->
06. Becky @@ ->
07. Uncle John’s Band Reprise (All) ->
08. Viola Lee Blues Reprise (All) ->
09. Hoo Doo Voo Doo ++ (SM) ->
10. Lovelight * (AC) ->
11. Shakedown Street ## (TH) >
12. Throwing Stones $$ (SM)
Encore:
13. The Weight (All + AC)

AC is Alecia Chakour (Tedeschi Trucks Band) on Vocals
+ – First Time Played by Almost Dead
@ – With at Throwin’ Stones Tease (TH)
# – 30 Beat BIODTL for Dec 30th
$ – With Feel Like A Stranger & Hoedown (Aaron Copeland) Teases (MB) & a Lovelight Jam (Band)
% – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Beatles Cover, Unfinished, 2 verses were sung
^ – With a Day Tripper (The Beatles) Tease (MB)
& – Unfinished
* – With Cochemea Gastelum (Dap Kings) on Bari Sax
@@ – Benevento Russo Duo Cover, not played since 2015-10-03, a gap of 46 shows. Basically only Joe & Marco played on this song.
++ – Wilco/Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead.
## – With a MB Piano Solo, an On The Road Again Tease (Band), a “That’s All” (Phil Collins) Tease – I think, it might be something else (Band) & an unknown jam (Band) that I may be able to figure out.
$$ – With an Unknown Tease (TH)

Joe Russo – Drums, Vocals
Tom Hamilton – Guitar, Vocals
Scott Metzger – Guitar, Vocals
Marco Benevento – Keyboards, Vocals
Dave Dreiwitz – Bass

Thanks to Peter Costello & Eric McRoberts for the awesome SBD recording of the sold out show!

Photo credit: xxjdcohenxx