This weekend, Phil Lesh has invited a number of heavy-hitters to join him for a special three-night Phil & Friends run at his San Rafael, California venue, Terrapin Crossroads. Spanning from June 8th to June 10th, the first two nights of the run will serve as special “Dead Blues” performances before June 10th’s more-traditional Phil & Friends show. Last night kicked off the weekend with Luther and Cody Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars), John Medeski, Roosevelt Collier, Junior Mack (Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band), Grahame Lesh (Midnight North, Terrapin Family Band), Danielle Nicole and Elliott Peck.
Thanks to a free stream from nugs.tv, you can watch the full show below, which featured an energetic mix of Grateful Dead and blues standards, below:
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Tonight, Grahame Lesh, the Dickinson brothers, Medeski, and Collier will return to join the former Grateful Dead bassist, in addition to Tash Neal and JD Simo for the second night of “Dead Blues.” For the final night of the run, on Sunday, Phil Lesh will perform a special Phil & Friends set featuring the Dickinson brothers, John Medeski, Anders Osborne, and a special guest.
This three-night run comes ahead of Terrapin Crossroad’s Unbroken Train run, which will see Phil Lesh & Terrapin Family Band, Midnight North, and Twiddle team up in various configurations over the course of June 14th to 16th.
Setlist via JamBuzz: Phil Lesh & Friends | San Rafael, CA | Terrapin Crossroads | 6/9/18
I: Viola Lee Blues, Little Red Rooster, Howling wolf song?, Mr. Charlie, It Hurts Me Too, Big Boss Man, Nobody’s Fault but Mine, Death Don’t Have No Mercy
II : Come Together> Deep Elem Blues, Walkin’ Blues, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Let the Good Times Roll, Mystery Train. Tomorrow Never Knows>Smokestack Lightning, Truckin’, Donor Rap, And We Bid You Goodnight