![]() On pieces like "The Other One" on 7/2/71, the bridge between "Dark Star" and "The Other One" from the Harding Theater on 11/7/71, he tended to take off from the familiar confines of the melody into free form flights of rhythmic fancy. The solo drum passages from 1971-74 exhibit Kreutzmann's extraordinary fluidity, and his ability to switch tempos and styles in mid-stream. (Nhat V.Hart's departure at the beginning of 1971 certainly made things a bit tamer in the "Drums" department, but it did allow Kreutzmann to shine on his own, starting with his first 'solo' show at the Capital on 2/19/71. Summer 2023” concert at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, July 16, 2023. “Not Fade Away” Dead & Company’s, from left to right, John Mayer, Jay Lane, Bob Weir and Mickey Hart perform during “The Final Tour Dead & Co. Then it was time - one last time - for “Not Fade Away.”Īnd that lyric will continue to describe the relationship between these fans and this music long after the memory of Dead & Company’s final tour begins to fade away. (Jim Harrington/Bay Area News Group)ĭead & Company finished up the second set with a nicely meditative “Days Between” that led into a pair of high-octane numbers - “Cumberland Blues” and “Sugar Magnolia” - and then returned for an encore that included all-time favorites “Truckin'” and “Brokedown Palace.” A drone show during Dead & Company’s “The Final Tour Dead & Co. Yet, this “Space” trip resulted in one of the big treats of the weekend, as a massive drone show lit up the sky above Oracle Park and wowed the crowd by creating some amazingly precise images (most notably, the Grateful Dead’s signature “steal your face” skull). I’ve always felt that if you took a poll that half of the fans would say that they don’t actually enjoy “Drums”/”Space” - and that the other half would be lying. The trio of tunes definitely set the mood for “Drums” and “Space,” the exploratory percussion-and-noodling segment that has been utilized by generations of Deadheads as the right time to make a run to the bathroom. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)įollowing a short break, Dead & Company opened what would turn out to be a two-hour second set with “Help on the Way.” Having kept the jamming somewhat in check during the first half of the night, the group really opened up as it delved deep into “Franklin’s Tower,” “Estimated Prophet” and “Eyes of the World.” The group ended up taking the song into the stratosphere and then back down to earth for a joyous snippet of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” - the extremely satisfying “Na-na-na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na, hey, Jude” part - before settling into a set-closing “Bird Song.” Dead & Company perform during “The Final Tour Dead & Co. Fantasy,” with Mayer doing an outstanding job interpreting Steve Winwood’s career-highlight guitar solo. The highlight of Set 1 was the cover of Traffic’s soaring “Dear Mr. The mood changed with the up-tempo “Samson and Delilah,” which was notably one of the relatively few “Bobby songs” (songs that traditionally featured lead vocals from Weir, rather than Jerry Garcia) performed over the weekend. New Grateful Dead collection spotlights legendary show that ran nearly 5 hours The result was a nearly four-hour performance that had the third consecutive sold-out crowd of the weekend grooving and smiling throughout the night. The group gave a little extra to fans with this closing show, moving the advertised start time back by an hour (from 7 to 6 p.m.) so that they could let even more songs fill the air. Dead & Company’s Bob Weir performs during “The Final Tour Dead & Co. ![]() Truly, this is a relationship that is built to last. For their part, the fans showered their musical heroes with love from the first note of Night 1 to the closing bell on Sunday. Dead & Company used the last weekend of its final tour to show fans how much they’ve meant to the group during its 8-year run - as well as to thank them for the prior 50 years of support for its parent band, the Palo Alto-born Grateful Dead. Guess they wanted to drive home a point, one made abundantly clear by the (slightly altered) lyrics in this cherished cover of the Crickets’ 1957 classic:Īnd it goes both ways, for sure. Dead & Company opened its three-night final stand at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Friday (July 14) with “Not Fade Away.” Two days, and some 11 hours of live music, later, the band closed its touring career on Sunday by returning to the exact same song.
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