Dead and Company at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, December 27, 2015

Another Planet Entertainment presents Dead and Company
2015-12-27
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
99 Grove St, San Francisco, CA .
7:00 PM, Sunday, December 27, 2015

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[7:41 PM lights down]

1. [7:42 PM] (formless, spacey noodling) » [7:44 PM] Truckin' (B) »
2. [7:54 PM] Cold, Rain & Snow (J)
3. [8:02 PM] Brown-Eyed Women (J)
4. [8:08 PM] Black-Throated Wind (B)
5. [8:17 PM] Standing on the Moon (J) »
6. [8:28 PM] Cassidy (B)
7. [8:39 PM] U.S. Blues (J)
   [set ends 8:46 PM]

[9:25 PM lights down]

1. [9:26 PM] Samson & Delilah (B)
2. [9:32 PM] Deal (J) »
3. [9:43 PM] He's Gone (B) » 9:55 jam »
4. [9:57 PM] Estimated Prophet (B) »
5. [10:10 PM] Eyes of the World (B)
6. [10:28 PM] drums » [10:39 PM] BK off, beamspace » [10:40 PM] add Chimenti, Mayer & Weir » [10:42 PM] add Oteil » [10:44 PM] add BK to the jam »
7. [10:48 PM] Black Peter (B) »
8. [11:01 PM] Going Down the Road, Feelin' Bad (B/J)
   [set ends 11:09 PM]
    
   First Encore (front line on acoustics)
9. [11:11 PM] Ripple
   [ends 11:16 PM]
    
   Second Encore
   [back in a minute with John Popper in tow]
10. [11:19 PM] Casey Jones (J)
    [show ends 11:26 PM]

Dead and Company

• Oteil Burbridge: bass, acoustic bass, drums, harmony vox;
• Jeff Chimenti: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Mickey Hart: drums;
• Bill Kreutzmann: drums;
• John Mayer: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox;
• Bob Weir: guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox.

• John Popper: harmonica;

Another fun night of Grateful Dead music. The crowd was pretty chill – especially compared with the craziness of Vegas last month. Good to be home with my norcal peeps! Happy to hang out with friendly folks before the show – makes the passing time that much more pleasantly spent.

Performance-wise, I thought tonight was pretty good, though not as high energy as the Vegas shows. And just a little short. Middle of the first set was pretty darn good, especially Bobby's masterful guidance leading the band from Standing on the Moon into Cassidy. Well done!

Things got considerably crazier on the floor during setbreak – ain't that always the case! – and that energy bubble seemed to spill over into the music too. Estimated » Eyes was especially fun tonight, but the jam coming out of drums seemed kind of odd to me. Not anything like a traditional space segment, so I didn't label it that way. More like a noodling, rocking bit that eventually morphed into the slow blues of Black Peter. GDTRFB could have been the hot closer, but I felt like they were way too sloppy with the arrangement tonight. Meh!

Ripple was nicely done, and when the lights stayed down after the band left the stage, I knew we were in for another treat. Thanks for taking us out on a rocking note guys!

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