Last night at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads venue, Lesh brought out Nicki Bluhm to sing some vocals with the band throughout the show. Bluhm and her band, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, spent three nights performing at Terrapin, and Bluhm stuck around the night after to sing with Lesh and his crew.
Bluhm made her first appearance on “How Sweet It Is” in the first set, but really shined in the second half, singing lead on “Shakedown Street,” “The Wheel,” a Gramblers original “Ravenous,” and returning to share vocals on “Morning Dew” with Stu Allen. She also closed out the show with some killer vocals on Neil Young’s “Helpless.”
You can stream the show in full, courtesy of Quinfolk, with the setlist and band lineup below:
Thursday March 26 ~ Terrapin Crossroads
Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
Nicki Bluhm – vocals, tambourine
Grahame Lesh – guitar, vocals
Stu Allen – guitar, vocals
Jeff Chimenti – keyboards
Ezra Lipp – drums
Set One: Mason’s Children pl gl sa , Deal nb, Althea gl, Loser sa, How Sweet It Is nb, Cold Rain & Snow sa > Eyes of the World pl > Fire on the Mountain nb
Set Two: Shakedown Street nb > The Wheel all > Stagger Lee sa, Ravenous nb, Jack Straw sa gl, Cryptical Envelopment sa > The Other One pl > Cryptical Envelopment sa > Uncle John’s Band all > Morning Dew nb sa
Encore: donor rap, Helpless nb