Joe Russo’s Almost Dead played at the famed Ryman Auditorium last night in Nashville, Tennessee. The Grateful Dead tribute band, continuously reinventing old tunes into new, is on the road this week, hitting Charleston’s Music Farm tonight, and two Florida appearances this weekend with the Sunshine Blues Music Festival in St. Petersburg and Boca Raton.
The southern run started off strong last night, with appearances from Nicole Atkins throughout both sets. The vocalist sat in on “The Music Never Stopped” and “Dancin’ In The Streets” during set one, and returned for “The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)” during the second set.
A few clips have surfaced on the Internet with from these YouTube and Instagram users, including this snippet of “Terrapin” and more!
Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | Ryman Auditorium | Nashville, TN | 1/12/17
Set 1 (7:51PM – 9:08PM)
Truckin’ (SM) ->
Tennessee Jed @ (TH) ->
The Music Never Stopped (SM & NA)>
Dancing In The Streets (SM & NA) ->
Brown Eyed Women (TH)
Set 2 (9:47PM – 11:30PM)
Help On The Way (TH) ->
Slipknot! $ ->
Throwing Stones % (SM) ->
Dark Star Jam ^ ->
Throwing Stones Reprise (SM)
The Stranger (Two Souls) (NA) >
Let It Grow & (SM) ->
He’s Gone (All) >
Terrapin Station * (TH)
ENC: GDTRFB (All with NA) ->
WBYGN (Instrumental ending)
@ – With unknown tease MB
# – With a “Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough” (Michael Jackson) Jam (Band)
$ – TH broke a string
% – With a Dancin Tease (TH)
^ – With a GDTRFB Tease (TH)
& – With a “Norwegian Wood” (The Beatles) Tease (SM) & a “Kashmir” Jam (SM & Band)
* – With Ruben & Cherise Teases (MB then Band) an “Eleanor Rigby” (The Beatles) Jam (TH & Band)
[photo via @doranseladams on Instagram]