As part of their weekly Taper Tuesdays, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead has shared soundboard audio from their sold-out performance at the Boulder Theater from December 16, 2016. The quintet spent three nights in Colorado at three different venues, spreading the gospel of the Grateful Dead.
Thanks to taper McRoberts, you can stream the full show below, which features the debut of Almost Dead’s cover of Joe Lukasik, the debut of “The Wheel Jam,” and so many more special moments only capable by this powerhouse band. Enjoy!
Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | Boulder Theater | 12/16/2016
Set One (9:18pm – 10:28pm):
01. intro/crowd
02. Big Railroad Blues (TH) >
03. Feel Like A Stranger (SM)
04. Bird Song @ (TH) ->
05. The Other One # (SM)
06. Mississippi Half Step $ (TH) ->
07. Three Question Marks Jam % ->
08. Let It Grow^ (SM)
Set Two (11:04pm – 12:44am):
01. intro/crowd
02. Alice D Millionaire & (SM) ->
03. I Know You Rider (All)
04. Tennessee Jed (TH) ->
05. Becky Jam ->
06. Tennessee Jed Reprise (TH) * ->
07. The Wheel Jam + ->
08. Let It Grow Jam ->
09. The Wheel @@ (All) ->
10. They Love Each Other ## (TH) ->
11. Estimated Prophet $$ (SM) ->
12. Touch Of Grey (TH)
Encore:
13. Dancing In The Streets %% (SM) ->
14. Pork & Slaw ^^ ->
15. Dancing In The Streets (SM) ->
16. My Sharona Jam && ->
17. Dancing In The Streets Reprise ** (SM)
@ – With Cryptical Teases x 2 (TH)
# – With a “Hippie Dream” (Neil Young) Jam
$ – With a “Walk on the Wild Side” (Lou Reed) Tease (DD)
% – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Joe Lukasik Cover; not the entire song. Used to be covered by the Benevento Russo Duo.
^ – With an Other One Tease (Band), a Cryptical Tease (MB) & an Unknown Tease (MB)
& – Not played by Almost Dead since Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY 2015-01-23, a gap of 77 shows
* – Not played by Almost Dead since Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY 2015.10.3, a gap of 52 shows
+ – First Time Played By Almost Dead
@@ – Unfinished, with a “”Moonlight Mile” (Rolling Stones) Jam – may become a track, depending on length
## – With a “Shortnin’ Bread” (James Whitcomb Riley) Tease, a “Hamp’s Hump” (Lou Donaldson) Tease (JR), a West LA Fade Away Tease (MB) and a “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer” (Robert Lewis May) Tease (MB)
$$ – With a Uncle John’s Band Tease (SM) & an “Inspector Gadget Theme” (Unknown) Tease (SM)
%% – With a Feel Like a Stranger Tease (MB)
^^ – WOLF! cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead
&& – The Knack cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead
** – Not Played by Almost Dead since Summer Camp, Chillicothe, IL, 2015.05.23, a gap of 59 shows
Like seeing Joe Russo’s Almost Dead on the beach? Don’t miss their upcoming Fool’s Paradise event on March 31st and April 1st in St. Augustine, FL. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead will be join hosts Lettuce and bands like, The Floozies, The Motet, and more, with Antwaun Stanley and Oteil Burbridge as artists-at-large! More information can be found here.