Beloved Grateful Dead tribute Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is heating things up for the end of 2016, with recently-announced runs at the Brooklyn Bowl, Capitol Theatre and more. The band has also continued to put out a constant stream of content, and the newest footage to be shared by the band does not disappoint!
Taken from the group’s July 2nd performance at the Belly Up Aspen, Almost Dead is firing on all cylinders as they work in debut covers of The Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog,” Led Zeppelin’s “No Quarter,” Bo Diddley’s “Hey Bo Diddley” and more! They also busted out “Touch of Grey” for the first time in 2016, and gave Marco Benevento a beautiful piano solo in “Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo.”
Thanks to JRAD and taper Eric McRoberts, we have full audio from the show to share with you. Enjoy!
Check out the full setlist below, as annotated by manager Peter Costello.
Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead at Belly Up Aspen, CO – 7/2/16
Set 1 (9:45PM – ~11:10PMish):
01. Jam ->
02. Here Comes Sunshine @ (TH) ->
03. Good Lovin’ (SM)
04. Hey Bulldog # (SM/TH) >
05. Viola Lee Blues (All) ->
06. Space ->
07. Bird Song (TH)
08. My Brother Esau (SM)
09. Brown Eyed Women (TH)
Set 2 (11:30PM – ???):
01. Jack A Roe $ (TH)
02. Sugar Magnolia/Sunshine Daydream (SM) >
03. Playing In The Band (SM) ->
04. No Quarter Jam % ->
05. Playing In The Band Reprise ^ (SM) ->
06. Mississippi Half Step & (TH) ->
07. Tennessee Jed (TH)
08. St Stephen (All) ->
09. Hey Bo Diddley Jam * ->
10. St Stephen (All) >
11. Touch of Grey + (TH)
Encore:
12. Big Railroad Blues (TH)
13. One More Saturday Night (SM)
@ – With “Fat Mama” (Herbie Hancock) teases, (MB)
# – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Beatles cover
$ – With “Hey Bulldog” (The Beatles) tease (TH)
% – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Led Zeppelin cover. Has been teased before, but this lasted long enough to note it as a jam.
^ – (And since we are noting “No Quarter” as a jam separate from Playing In The Band, this becomes the) first time played by Almost Dead for “Playin’ Reprise”.
& – ended with a Marco Solo that the band rejoined before the full segue into Tenn Jed
* – First Time Played by Almost Dead, Bo Diddley Cover. Might have some elements of “Mona”, another Bo Diddley Cover, which would make sense, since both originals were recorded on the same day – Feb 8, 1957.
+ Not played by Almost Dead since 2/15/15 at The Ogden Theater – 57 Shows