Last year, Bob Weir and his Campfire Band, John Mayer plus a super-JGB hit Red Rocks to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s 75th birthday. The mutant Jerry Garcia Band, dubbed the Jerry Garcia Birthday Band had such a good time, that they reunited this August for a pair of shows near the scene of the original crime in Vail, CO.
Most of the original Jerry Garcia Birthday Band reunited for the shows including Melvin Seals on keyboards/vocals, Tom Hamilton on guitar/vocals, Oteil Burbridge on bass/vocals, Duane Trucks on drums, Jackie LaBranch on vocals and Gloria Jones on vocals.
For night one, the Jerry Garcia Birthday Band put together what would pass for a bonafide classic JGB show. After two rip-roaring sets of Jerry tunes, the band came out for the icing on the birthday cake—a masterful version of “Shining Star.”
Set 1:
How Sweet It Is
Cats Under The Stars
Get Out Of My Life
Gomorrah
Tore Up Over You
Catfish John
Shakedown Street
Set 2:
I Second That Emotion
Run For The Roses
That’s What Love Will Make You Do
Uncle John’s Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Waiting For A Miracle
My Sisters & Brothers
Deal
E: Shining Star
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Jam Date: August 17, 2018Featuring: Duane Trucks, Gloria Jones, Jackie LaBranch, Melvin Seals, Oteil Burbridge, Tom Hamilton
Venue: The Gerald R Ford Amphitheater
Songs: Catfish John, Cats Under the Stars, Deal, Get out of my life, Gomorrah, How Sweet It Is, I Second That Emotion, My Sisters and Brothers, Run for the Roses, Shakedown Street, Shining Star, That's What Love will Make You Do, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Tore Up Over You, Uncle John's Band, Waiting for a Miracle
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