On Friday evening, Dead & Company continued their fall tour following a brief Thanksgiving break with a show at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. After the group’s day off for holiday, it’s clear the band came charged up, offering up a particularly lively performance that saw the band’s debut of “Deep Elem Blues”. “Deep Elem Blues” was hands-down the standout moment of first set—however, the entire stacked first set did well at revving up Motor City from the show-opening “Dancing In The Street” onward.
“Dancing In The Street”
“Deep Elem Blues”
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After the band closed out set one with “Sugaree”, after a quick break, the group returned with yet another string of crowd-pleasers, starting off with the beloved and slinky “New Speedway Boogie”. By way of a powerful “Dark Star”, Dead & Company offered up two upbeat feel-good numbers—”Scarlet Begonias” and “Fire On The Mountain”—before landing in the traditional second set “Drums” and “Space”. To close out second set, the group covered Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” before “The Wheel” and crowd favorite “Not Fade Away”. To end the night in full, the band returned with “Casey Jones”.
“New Speedway Boogie”
“Fire On The Mountain”
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“Casey Jones”
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You can check out a gorgeous gallery of photos from last night below, courtesy of Phierce Photos.
Setlist: Dead & Company | Little Caesars Arena | Detroit, MI | 11/24/2017
Set One: Dancing In The Street, Jack Straw, Brown-Eyed Women, Ramble On Rose, Deep Elem Blues, Beat It On Down The Line, Sugaree
Set Two: New Speedway Boogie, Dark Star, Scarlet Begonias, Fire On The Mountain, Drums, Space, A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, The Wheel, Not Fade Away
Encore: Casey Jones
