Fantasy” and “Hey Jude Reprise” in the same order the tunes appeared last night, marking a historic return to a long-forgotten paring of covers.
In the past, the band had performed “Dear Mr. The revival of the Lennon/McCartney penned epic also represented the first time that Weir played the sing-along in eight years. Last night marked the first-time Hart had played on the adored classic since 1990. The Traffic classic was led by Mayer and Weir, who held down the ambitious track from start to finish.Īnother ensemble first came next, when the band played The Beatles’ “Hey Jude Reprise,” a song typically led by Ron “Pigpen” McKernan during his tenure with the Grateful Dead during the ‘60s and early ‘70s. 20, 2014, Kreutzmann mused the song just last year, while it was the first time since Hart had dusted off the number since 2009. Fantasy,” – while individually the original members of the Grateful Dead had performed the epic tune, it was the first time this specific lineup of musicians had played it together– Weir last carried out the impassioned rock ballad on Jan. Then, Hart took over the groove during “Space,” applying the spirit of Plant Drum to his vehement delivery.ĭead & Company followed up with the debut of Traffic’s 1967 track, “Dear Mr.
A piece of 1978’s Shakedown Street was performed next when the band landed on “Fire on the Mountain,” which prefaced a mystic exploration of rhythm during Kreutzmann and Hart’s shared “Drums” segment, which included a Burbridge sit-in. “Jackstraw” came next, before the first set was capped with “Casey Jones.”Īfter the set break, Dead & Company returned to the stage to deliver the second half of their tour opener, which began with another taste of Go to Heaven on “Althea.” The ensemble followed with a Weir-led “Scarlet Begonias” ahead of a classic pairing of “China Cat Sunflower” and “I Know You Rider,” two tunes that were coupled long ago and never left each other’s side. Next, the group turned up the heat on a hip-shaking “Brown-Eyed Woman,” with Mayer holding down the storied lyrics. “Playing in the Band” segued into a take on “Feel Like a Stranger,” with Weir leading the vocals on the Go to Heaven tune, which proved the band was setting things up to be a “Long, long, crazy, crazy night.” Then, they slowed it down on “China Doll,” a soft number synonymous with Jerry Garcia’s impassioned vocals, which Burbridge carried out with aplomb. For the second song of the night, they hit a home run on “Playing in the Band,” which initially appeared on Weir’s debut solo album, Ace, in 1972, and went on to become a Grateful Dead standard. Prior to his untimely passing, Brent Mydland carried the lyrics on last night’s opening number, though it had been somewhat forgotten until a setlist return by Dead & Company at Citi Field in 2021. Saturday night’s show got underway with Sam Cooke’s seminal 1964 track, “Good Times Roll,” with Mayer, Weir and Chimenti sharing vocals on the cherished tune. Fantasy,” and The Beatles’ “Hey Jude Reprise,” both of which were covered with some frequency as a pairing during the Grateful Dead’s decades-long career. The troupe performed a peppering of best-loved ditties as well as some deeper cuts with the debuts of Traffic’s superlative number, “Dear Mr. The ensemble dug into two sets of music that touched on a sliver of the Grateful Dead’s vast catalog of music.
The six-piece – Bobby Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, John Mayer, Jeff Chimenti and Oteil Burbridge – opened up their summer tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Last night, Dead & Company made their grand return to the stage.
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