Tuesdays are so much better now that Peter Costello & Eric McRoberts have been dropping incredible Joe Russo’s Almost Dead AUD/SBD matrix recordings nearly every week on “Taper’s Tuesday.” The latest release is from the second of two shows last November at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, CA.

As with all JRAD shows, the delight is in the details. The extensive box score shows an incredible diversity of teases and segues throughout the show. From the Kinks to Rod Stewart, you never know what Joe Russo and the gang are going to sneak into their extensive Dead jams. The first set kicked off with a warm-up jam that headed into a massive 22 minute “Cumberland Blues” with a “Here Comes Sunshine” tease. Other highlights include Pink Floyd’s “Money” instrumental, “Viola Lee Blues” with a “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed” tease and a killer second set “Eyes of the World.”

Set One (9:02pm – 10:36pm):
01. Jam @ ->
02. Cumberland Blues # ->
03. Music Never Stopped ->
04. Money Jam ## ->
05. Music Never Stopped Reprise ->
06. Bertha $ >
07. Viola Lee Blues %
08. Wharf Rat ^ >
09. Not Fade Away $

Set Two (11:00pm – 12:31am):
01. Good Lovin * ->
02. Silvio ->
03. Ruben & Cherise ->
04. Eyes Of The World + ->
05. The Other One @@ >
06. Shakedown Street $$
Encore:
07. Ripple

@ – With “Victoria” (The Kinks) & “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” (Ada R. Habershon & Charles H. Gabriel) Teases (Band)
# – With a Here Comes Sunshine Tease (Band)
## – Instrumental, incomplete version of a Pink Floyd Cover
$ – With an Unknown Tease from Marco of a song the Duo used to play.
% – With a Throwin Stones Tease (TH), an In Memory of Elizabeth Reed Tease (Band?) and a “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” (Rod Stewart) Tease (MB)
^ – With a Dark Star Tease (TH) & a They Love Each Other Tease (TH)
& – With a “Duo Jam”
* – With “La Bamba” (Ritchie Valens) teases (MB)
+ – With Rubin and Cerise teases (Band), a “Head Over Heels” (Tears for Fears) Tease (TH), an Unknown Tease (MB then Band), a DD bass solo, played with the 1973 ending changes
@@ – With a tease of what I think was an early Metallica song (TH)
$$ – With Eyes (the 1973 ending part) Teases (SM & MB), a “Serpentine Fire” (Earth, Wind & Fire) tease (MB) and Casey Jones Teases (SM)

Thanks again to Costello and McRoberts for the great recording to sold out show #129!