After spending two nights in Brooklyn – one scheduled, and the other impromptu – Joe Russo’s Almost Dead made their way out to Port Chester, NY for the first of two nights at The Capitol Theatre. Almost Dead continues to impress fans with their one-of-a-kind take on the Grateful Dead. While the Brooklyn Bowl show on 12/29 focused more on the Dead’s material, the band took more liberties with the catalog and worked outside the box for a great performance.
Featuring special guest performances from Alecia Chakour, the band drilled through Grateful Dead classics, along with a rendition of “The Weight” by The Band, and debut cover of “Hood Doo Voo Doo” by Wilco/Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie. The band has shared the soundboard audio from this performance, which you can enjoy below:
Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | The Capitol Theatre | Port Chester, NY | 12/30/16
Set 1 (8:45PM – 10:12PM)
King Bee Jam + ->
The Eleven @ (All) >
BIODTL # (SM) >
Feel Like A Stranger (SM) >
Cumberland Blues $ (All) ->
The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion) (AC)
Estimated Prophet (SM) ->
Space ->
Bird Song Jam + ->
Day Tripper % (TH) ->
Bird Song ^ (TH) ->
King Solomon’s Marbles & ->
Bird Song Reprise + (TH)
Set 2 (10:49PM – 12:??AM)
Til The Morning Comes + (All + AC) ->
Passenger + (SM & AC) ->
Viola Lee Blues * (All) ->
Jam ->
Uncle John’s Band (All) ->
Becky @@ ->
Uncle John’s Band Reprise (All) ->
Viola Lee Blues Reprise (All) ->
Hoo Doo Voo Doo ++ (SM) ->
Lovelight * (AC) ->
Shakedown Street ## (TH) >
Throwing Stones $$ (SM)
ENC: The Weight (All + AC)
AC is Alecia Chakour (Tedeschi Trucks Band) on Vocals
+ – First Time Played by Almost Dead
@ – With at Throwin’ Stones Tease (TH)
# – 30 Beat BIODTL for Dec 30th
$ – With Feel Like A Stranger & Hoedown (Aaron Copeland) Teases (MB) & a Lovelight Jam (Band)
% – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Beatles Cover, Unfinished, 2 verses were sung
^ – With a Day Tripper (The Beatles) Tease (MB)
& – Unfinished
* – With Cochemea Gastelum (Dap Kings) on Bari Sax
@@ – Benevento Russo Duo Cover, not played since 2015-10-03, a gap of 46 shows. Basically only Joe & Marco played on this song.
++ – Wilco/Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead.
## – With a MB Piano Solo, an On The Road Again Tease (Band), a “That’s All” (Phil Collins) Tease – I think, it might be something else (Band) & an unknown jam (Band) that I may be able to figure out.
$$ – With an Unknown Tease (TH)
[Setlist via Peter Costello // Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Facebook]