Ich würde sie auch gerne mal in Europa sehen. Auch ohne Jerry. Das Leben
geht weiter und The Music Never Stopped. Man braucht halt jemand, der
die „Jerry-Songs“ singt und Lead-Gitarre spielt. Und Warren ist ja kein Schlechter.
Die Band hat doch 2003 und 2004 schon ganz gut „funktioniert“. Und Barack
Obama war doch ein guter Grund, die Band wieder aufspielen zu lassen. Jetzt
folgt also eine Tour, die gestern abend wie folgt los ging:
The Dead
Greensboro, NC – 2009-4-12
(set 1)
The Music Never Stopped>
Jack Straw
Estimated Prophet>
He’s Gone>
Touch Of Grey>
I Need A Miracle>
Truckin‘
(set 2)
Jam
Shakedown Street>
All Along The Watchtower>
Caution>
Rhythm Devils>
Space>
Cosmic Charlie>
New Potato Caboose>
Help On The Way>
Slipknot!>
Franklin’s Tower
(encore)
Samson And Delilah
Kommentar von David Lemieux:
Set 1
What an opening, a Bobby trio of songs, Music Never Stopped>Jack Straw, Estimated Prophet, a fine bunch of tunes. The best part of the show, aside from the great music, is the reaction of 18,000 fans when Bobby, Phil or Warren sing a key, familiar phrase, or when the drummers kick things into overdrive, or Phil nails that perfect bass bomb in Jack Straw. Very cool. The lights look spectacular, the sound is pristine, and everyone’s having fun. Ending with another big batch of old school Weir tunes was a fine ending the first night’s first set. On to the second set…
Set 2
Second set opening with Shakedown Street seemed like an appropriate thing for a place like Greensboro. It’s a huge old building, very funky, and nothing like a funky Shakedown. Watchtower smoked, and Caution, as they say, beyond the pale. The crowd is going nuts, everyone, as you’d expect, dancing like it’s 1967. Two major things have been standing out, aside from the quality of the music: first, the huge number of children out here with their parents, who obviously saw the Grateful Dead and are bringing their children. There are babies, toddlers, ten year olds and teenagers who are being turned onto this music and the scene by their parents who had experienced it 15, 20 and 30 years ago. The other thing is the great number of people who have been coming by the booth to say hello, check out the archival recordings and just happy to be back. To all of those who have stopped by, thanks. A huge thanks.
Oh, lest I forget, the Rhythm Devils portion of the show is spectacular! Not only are Billy and Mickey playing their butts off, but the sounds they’re conjuring are stunning, primitive and way out there. Jeff sat in during this portion of the show and added loads of texture and interplay with the drummers. It’s pretty darn cool. Don’t miss it. The ending of the show’s setlist was nothing short of spectacular: Cosmic Charlie>New Potato>Help>Slip>Franklin’s, and what would Sunday show be without Samson and Delilah, played as the encore. The show was lots of fun, and the people had a blast. See you out here…
http://www.dead.net/4-12-greensboro-coliseum
http://twitter.com/grateful__dead
Die SBDs der Shows werden hier käuflich zu erwerben sein:
http://www.deadnetstore.com/Commerce/ProductCategory.aspx?CategoryGuid=486ebecc-8f9c-4a98-9d2e-2dfbcd6730e5
Und Taping/Trading sollte auch erlaubt sein, also öfter mal hierhin schauen:
http://bt.etree.org/
Update: 18:28 Uhr
Okay, der erste Mitschnitt ist up:
http://bt.etree.org/details.php?id=524216
Bin in meinem Urlaubsdomizil und muss irgendwie durch den Router
(Portweiterleitung). Mal sehen ob das klappt.
Morgen abend geht es weiter in Washington, DC.
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Free Jazz doesn't seem to care about getting paid, it sounds like truth. (Henry Rollins, Jan. 2013)