Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros at Moon Palace Beach Stage, January 12, 2024

Playa Luna Presents presents Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros with the Wolfpack, and special guests!
Moon Palace Beach Stage
Carretera Cancun - Chetumal KM 36.5, Cancún, QROO 77500 MEX
7:30 PM, Friday, January 12, 2024

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6:00 PM – 7:00 PM ♦ Orebolo
7:30 PM – 10:30 PM ♠ Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros with the Wolfpack
11:00 PM – 12:30 AM ♥ Mickey Hart's Noche de Ondas

Dead Ahead promo poster

[7:24 PM] {lights down, Weir out alone on acoustic guitar}

1. [7:25 PM] Easy to Slip
   [7:33 PM] {add JL & DW – who is playing electric bass this weekend instead of contrabass}
2. [7:33 PM] When I Paint My Masterpiece
   [7:40 PM] {add JC}
3. [7:40 PM] Brown-Eyed Women
   [7:49 PM] {add SS, BS}
4. [7:49 PM] Big River
   [7:57 PM] {drop SS, add Wolf pack (different violin player than Mads Tolling)}
5. [7:58 PM] Greatest Story Ever Told
6. [8:04 PM] WRS Prelude »
7. [8:05 PM] WRS, part one »
8. [8:11 PM] Let It Grow
   [8:27 PM] {set ends}

[8:48 PM] {lights down, performers out}

1. [8:49 PM] Two Djinn
   [9:02 PM] {add RM}
2. [9:02 PM] New Speedway Boogie
   [9:13 PM] {drop RM; add DT}
3. [9:13 PM] Playing in the Band » {verses done 9:16, time to jam!} » the Winners teases » {BW special transition} »
4. [9:25 PM] He's Gone
   [9:38 PM] {drop DT, another awkward BW transition}
5. [9:38 PM] Lady with a Fan » [9:53 PM] At a Siding » Terrapin Flyer »
6. [10:04 PM] Stella Blue »
7. [10:15 PM] Sugar Magnolia
   [10:23 PM] {set ends; very short pause for Bobby to swap to acoustic guitar}
   
   Encore
8. [10:24 PM] Ripple
   [10:29 PM] {show ends; bow at 10:30 PM, then all off}

Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros

• Jeff Chimenti: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Jay Lane: drums, percussion;
• Barry Sless: pedal steel guitar;
• Don Was: bass;
• Bob Weir: guitar, acoustic guitar, vox.
  
  with the Wolfpack
• Sheldon Brown: alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute;
• Alex Kelly: cello;
• Brian Switzer: trumpet;
• Adam Theis: trombone;
• TBD (not Mads Tolling): violin.

• Rick Mitarotonda: guitar, vox;
• Sturgill Simpson: guitar, vox;
• Derek Trucks: guitar, slide guitar.

Having watched a few of the fall tour streams, the pattern of adding players at each tune of the first set wasn't entirely unexpected, and I enjoyed it for bringing variety to the sound palette as the set progressed. Greatest Story was the first real rager of the night, yum! If Bobby introduced the new violinist, I didn't notice, but I was more distracted than usual tonight – must have been those Mayan elves playing tricks on me.

It was good to chill with show pals over set break, and to set my psychic roots into the sand before the musical storm ahead. Two Djinn was a great way to restart the party: lead on, strange hero! I was really glad to have Rick Mitarotonda join the band for New Speedway Boogie, and even more pleased when Derek Trucks swapped in for him on Playing in the Band » He's Gone. It was clear that Derek had prepped for the sit in – that was a sweet half-hour! The full Terrapin Station suite came next, but I was kinda discombobulated by this point, and I failed to make note of most of the transitions between movements. The rest of the show was also good fun, and then it was time to rest before the premiere of Mickey Hart's Noche de Ondas.

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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