Joe Russo’s Almost Dead wrapped their brief run of shows throughout “The Lone Star State” on Saturday night with a performance at ACL Live at the Moody Theater in Austin, TX. The Grateful Dead-inspired rock outfit delivered a two-set performance which included the debut covers of The Kinks‘ “Waterloo Sunset” and Joe Walsh‘s “Rocky Mountain Way”, in addition to some notable bust-outs.
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The first set opened with “Black-Throated Wind”, which featured a jam very reminiscent of another popular Dead tune in “Jack Straw”, followed by their first cover of Chuck Berry‘s “The Festival” with pianist Marco Benevento on lead vocals since January 2017. The set continued with “Ruben & Cerise” and “St. Stephen” before transitioning into an incomplete instrumental cover debut of Joe Walsh well-known rock anthem “Rocky Mountain Way”. The music transitioned back to “St. Stephen” before the band grooved right into “Dancing In The Streets” and then “Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodeloo” to send the show into set break.
Watch the band’s set one opening performance below.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead – “Black-Throated Wind” – 9/14/2019
[Video: nugsnet]
The band returned to the stage to open the second set with another bust-out, this time being that of their first performance of “Alabama Getaway” in 146 shows (1/2/2016). The music continued right into “Shakedown Street” with mid-song teases of “King Solomon’s Marbles” throughout the jam. The second set kept rocking with “I Need A Miracle” and “Cassidy” before the band took the energy up another notch with the classic combination of “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider”, with the latter segueing right into the set-closing performance of “Not Fade Away”.
The band returned to the stage to deliver their debut cover of The Kinks’ “Waterloo Sunset” featuring drummer Joe Russo on lead vocals. The show came to an end with a fitting rendition of “One More Saturday Night”.
Watch the band’s bust-out performance of “Alabama Getaway” from Saturday below.
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead – “Alabama Getaway” – 9/14/2019
[Video: nugsnet]
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is back in action in a little over a week when they perform at The Met Philly in Philadelphia, PA on September 26th. Head to the band’s website for tickets and tour info.
Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | ACL Live at the Moody Theater | Austin, TX | 9/14/201
Set: Black-Throated Wind @ > The Festival # > Ruben & Cerise > St. Stephen > Rocky Mountain Way Jam $ > St. Stephen Reprise $$ > Dancing In The Streets % > Mississippi Half-step Uptown Toodeloo
Set Two: Alabama Getaway ^ > Shakedown Street & > I Need A Miracle * > Jam + > Cassidy %%, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider > Not Fade Away @@
Encore: Waterloo Sunset ##, One More Saturday Night
Notes:
@ – With a Jack Straw “esque” Jam
# – Not Played by Almost Dead since 2017-01-13 The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, a gap of 70 shows (Chuck Berry Cover, MB on lead Vox.)
$ – Instrumental incomplete version of a Joe Walsh Cover, first time played by Almost Dead
$$ – With a “Peaches” (Presidents of the United States Of America) Tease (Band)
% – With a “How Many More Times” (Led Zeppelin/Howling Wolf) Jam
^ – Not Played by Almost Dead since 2016-01-02 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, a gap of 146 shows
& – Unfinished, with a King Solomon’s Tease (SM) and Miracle Teases (MB & TH)
* – With a Saturday Night Tease (SM)
+ – With Jack Straw, China Cat and Cassidy Teases (Band)
%% – With a Let It Grow Jam
@@ – With an “I Want Candy” (Strangeloves) Jam
## – The Kinks cover, first time played by Almost Dead, JR lead vox