They Loved Each Other

Dead and Company hit NYC after their gig at Gillette Stadium outside of Boston. As the saying goes, never miss a Sunday show.

After laying down an absolutely epic setlist in Boston, Mayer treated NYC to a different kind of treat. On loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Play It Loud exhibit, Mayer had the opportunity to play Jerry Garcia’s legendary guitar Wolf.

I’m not sure whether it was Wolf, a shitty PA system or the music, but Dead & Co busted the sound system a couple of times during their sets. NYC’s setlist stood toe to toe with Boston and almost act as a companion. Set two included both “Terrapin Station” and a “Scar > Fire” with a melt-your-face “Morning Dew” closer.

Set One:
01 St. Stephen
02 Cold Rain and Snow
03 Sampson and Delilah
04 High Time
05 They Loved Each Other
06 Ramble on Rose
07 Sugareee
08 Jack Straw

Set Two:
09 Terrapin Station >
10 Althea >
11 Scarlet Begonias >
12 Fire On The Mountain >
13 Drums >
14 Space >
15 The Wheel >
16 The Other One >
17 Morning Dew

Encore:
18 Brokedown Palace

Thanks to Jeff Travitz and Keith Litzenberger for the recording.

Photo credit: jayblakesberg

After an almost Joe Russo’s Almost Dead performance last weekend at the Green River Festival with Jeff Chimenti and Jon Shaw subbing in on the keys and bass last weekend, Dave Dreiwitz and Marco Benevento were back with JRAD to kick off their two-night Capitol Theater run.

Nugs.net was streaming the show last night and shared a tune from each of the sets for free. Luckily for us, Sean Roche was there to capture a lot more of the action.

After a “Dark Hollow” opener, JRAD took the Grateful Dead classic “Althea” to task. You’ll notice from the pro-footage how tight and precise this band is. Despite each playing in a variety of other bands and fitting in JRAD shows here and there, these guys know the Dead inside and out and more importantly are perfectly in-sync with each other. Scott Metzger and Tom Hamilton each have their turn courting “Althea” with blistering solos and take the decades old tune to new heights.

JRAD went old school to open the second set with “Deep Elem Blues > Hard Wind.”

Easy Wind