Phil Lesh returned last night to the Cap with his first group of Friends for the final show in the first of three 3-show runs. Phil’s crew for the first run of shows is better known as The Q which includes John Molo, Rob Barraco, Jimmy Herring and Warren Haynes.

This show was my first time back at the Cap since the pandemic shut down live music last year. Phil and The Q came out swinging with a strong first set “Help on the Way > Slipknot!” Phil pocketed “Franklin’s Tower” for later in the second set and Warren lead the band in a raging cover of “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.”

The second set was pretty much all fire from the opening “Scar > Fire” to the set ending “Franklin’s Tower.” The Q reprised “Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys” from earlier in the run and sneaked in a cover of “I Am the Walrus”—the second Beatles tune of the evening. The standout from the set was Warren leading the band in a jaw-dropping rendition of “Stella Blue.”

1st Set
01 Celebration
02 Not Fade Away
03 China-Cat Sunflower >
04 New Potato Caboose
05 Help On The Way >
06 Slipknot! >
07 Lucy In The Sky

2nd Set
01 Scarlet Begonias >
02 Fire On The Mountain >
03 Scarlet Begonias Reprise
04 Unbroken Chain
01 Dark Star >
02 So What >
03 Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys >
04 Dark Star >
05 I Am The Walrus >
06 Wharf Rat
07 Stella Blue
08 Slipknot! >
09 Franklin’s Tower

Encore:
10 Phil Donor Rap
11 Patchwork Quilt
12 Band Introductions/Outro

Thanks to Z-Man for the recording and Phil Lesh and The Q for an awesome show!

Photo credit: me!