Dead & Company: The Grateful Dead Is Resurrected (Again), This Time With John Mayer *

That seems reasonable

 

They did a standalone "Scarlet" though, they didn't play "Fire" at Wrigley.

 

and oteil sang that, right? I was a bit "relaxed" when playing last night.

 

But Bob sings it!

 

Yeah, Bobby sang "Scarlet". Oteil sang on "High Time".

 

They may have been trading off verses. The jam going into it on Saturday is where that Spanish Jam like sequence happened for sure.

 

I happened to just watch this one last night. Maybe this will help your memory.

 

I’ve got it up on nugs now. The visual is nice, I only got to the audio of the shows this past weekend. I may have jumped around from set to set and played some twice, it starts to blend together at some point.

 

It all rolls into one, and nothing comes for free...

 

They opened the second set with a standalone "Fire" at Deer Creek. Perhaps that is what it stuck in your memory.

 

I noticed something odd about the sound mix.l at the show.
First off, that was probably the best sound I’ve heard at Wrigley. Are they using a newer PA system?
It seems like they are aggressively adjusting the mix during each song. When the camera switched, that instrument was brought up in the mix. I don’t think I’ve noticed that before.
Anyone else?

 

Perhaps, I do recall listening to something yesterday from Chicago where Oteil was singing something that generally belongs to Bobby and it was a notable improvement.

 

I heard that recent FOTM posted on Youtube. It hit the note pretty well.

 

Beats the crap out of when Mickey used to sing it with The Other Ones (no offense Mickey!)

 

A very low point in the history of that song. Not even really singing, it was talking or as the kids call it "wrapping".

 

I was at the Friday and Saturday Wrigley shows too. Both were enjoyable with some nice highlights and I particularly liked Saturday which I'd describe as "good mellow" and well played. I agree that Slipknot was a highlight; in the moment I remember thinking that Mayer's playing has really evolved on songs like this over the past few years and it sounded really good.

Opening both nights with a "second set" song was fun, although on Saturday it would've been cool to hear the opening notes of Terrapin Station (that would have gotten a huge roar) vs. heading straight into the lyrics. I suppose there is also a reason why songs like The Other One typically came later on when they were more in the groove, but I'm all for variety in set placement so good for them. And The Other One (verse 1) > Half Step was certainly a fun start to the weekend.

To Lay Me Down was a nice debut.

I'll also give JM props for the bluesy Pigpen numbers like It Hurts Me Too and Mr. Charlie. Those are certainly in his wheelhouse and he does them well. And it's always good to get an Althea.

 

"Looks Like Rain" by DeadCo previous to this year:
11/6/2015 Washington, DC (MCI Center)
11/20/2015 St. Louis, MO (Scottrade Center)
12/28/2015 San Francisco, CA (Bill Graham Civic Auditorium)
6/17/2016 Noblesville, IN (Deer Creek Music Center)
7/13/2016 Burgettstown, PA (Star Lake Amphitheatre)
6/3/2017 Mountain View, CA (Shoreline Amphitheatre)
6/20/2017 Saratoga Springs, NY (Saratoga Performing Art...)
11/21/2017 Washington, DC (Capital One Arena)
2/15/2018 Riviera Maya, Mexico (Barcelo Maya Beach)
6/13/2018 Hartford, CT (Meadows Music Theatre)
7/11/2018 Albuquerque, NM (Isleta Amphitheatre)

 

Mickey wrote the song, and sang the original version on the 'Area Code 415 Sessions.' The fire was on a mountain across from his Rucka Rucka Ranch.

Wrong was Billy what you standing there for,
Get up! Get up! Get out of the door...

 

I don't disagree that Mickey's authorship gave him the "right" to sing the song after Jerry joined The Choir Invisible. But that didn't make him sing it any BETTER.

 

I saw him sing it once or twice with The Mickey Hart Band and it was great. Maybe the lower expectations, and the setting, helped it come off so well.

Nobody was ever seen sporting a T-shirt that read "Let Mickey Sing!"

 

Went back to the Deal/Viola Lee from the Gorge. Played at 1.1x speed, it sounds killer!

 

Geez, I've never fiddled with the speed on a YouTube video before. You might as well have given me free crack. The video looks weird and unnatural, but the music ... yeah, kind of spot on.

 

More great Mickey singing... I remember seeing them do this in 2003 or 2004.

 

Yeah, he sang a lot on that tour. "FOTM", the two that made the album, and "Down the Road Again" (the Jerry tribute).

 

That's interesting; I didn't notice that myself so unfortunately I can't add anything.