Dead & Company at Moon Palace Beach Stage, January 19, 2020

CID Entertainment presents Playing in the Sand 2020 featuring Dead & Company
Moon Palace Beach Stage
Carretera Cancun - Chetumal KM 36.5, Cancún, QROO 77500 MEX
5:00 PM, Sunday, January 19, 2020

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PITS20 poster

[5:18 PM lights down, band out]

Jay Blakesberg shared a great first-set panorama

1. [5:19 PM] Playin' in the Band (BW) »
2. [5:28 PM] Uncle John's Band »
3. [5:39 PM] Dark Star: jam » [5:44 PM] 1st verse & chorus » jam »
4. [5:48 PM] Playin' in the Band reprise »
5. [5:51 PM] They Love Each Other (JM) >
6. [6:03 PM] Me & My Uncle (BW)
7. [6:08 PM] Samson & Delilah (BW)
8. [6:15 PM] Terrapin Station: Lady with a Fan (JM) » [6:25 PM] Terrapin Station (BW)
   [set ends 6:30 PM]

Jay Blakesberg's stage view from late in the first set

[7:16 PM lights down, band out]

1. [7:17 PM] Scarlet Begonias (BW) »
2. [7:28 PM] Fire on the Mountain (OB) > (vocal ending, no Scarlet Begonias reprise)
3. [7:39 PM] He's Gone (JM/BW)
4. [7:51 PM] China Cat Sunflower (BW) » (absolute train wreck of a transition)
5. [7:57 PM] I Know You Rider »
6. [8:08 PM] Drums: front line off, MH at beam, OB to back, then MH over for a drum pounding frenzy » [8:13 PM] OB, BK off, MH back to beam » [8:16 PM] MH off, but beam still resonating, [8:17 PM] OB solo bass, then JC too; [8:18 PM] add JM » [8:21 PM] add BW » [8:22 PM] add BK, then MH »
7. [8:22 PM] Althea (JM) >
8. [8:32 PM] Days Between (BW)
9. [8:45 PM] U.S. Blues (BW/JM) [set ends 8:51 PM]
   
   Encore
   [Bob and John out with acoustic guitars]
10. [8:53 PM] Ripple »
11. [8:57 PM] Not Fade Away (Weir swaps to electric after first minute or so)
    [show ends 9:03 PM; group pictures with Jay… then … fireworks!!]

setlist_photo

Dead & Company

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

Another PITS20 poster

[4 PM] seated inside, dead center, about 20 feet back from stage, thanks to Dave and Kaila. Ting was the relative winner for today's lottery, and it looks to me like she claimed a near rail spot: so much for her assertion, “I'm tired of being blocked by the monitors because I'm too close.” Hah!

Within 30 minutes, I'm summoned to the rail. Apparently folks there have decided they'll make room, and Ting demands it. Who am I decline such an invitation? So I say goodbye to Dave and the kids and pick my way up a little closer.

Tonight's show is really fun. Makes me glad to have dropped big bucks on a Mexican vacation. I can't imagine thinking this a few weeks ago, but as of right now, I'm looking forward to round four next year!

Jay Blakesberg shared a nice shot of the post-show fireworks

Fireworks after the show made for a grand finale. Unfortunately, our view was blocked by the stage-rigging, but a hundred meters' walk over towards the water fixed that problem in a jiffy!

Another good show! Sad to see that didn't write much during the show, and then compounded that by failing to make time to jot down my post-show thoughts that night or the next day. Must have been too busy having fun again! Dude, you're fired!

Actually, I think I may have written more, but things got screwed up with Simplenote … there were a couple places where my setlist was corrupted; I think I recovered OK, but I'm guessing that I lost a bit. Oh well. At least I have fading memories!

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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