Phil Lesh Plays ‘Darkness’ Themed Setlist With Neal Casal, Jackie Greene & More

Last night marked the first of Phil Lesh’s “From Darkness To Light” series, with a show that has a “darkness” theme to open the two-night run. Playing with a group of friends that included Neal Casal, Jackie Greene, Cass McCombs, Adam MacDougall, and Mark Levy, the show featured a number of classic Grateful Dead tunes and rock covers, all centered around a theme of darkness.

The show opened, naturally, with “Dark Star,” and segued into Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse” on the Dark Side of the Moon album. “Mountains of the Moon” and CCR’s “Bad Moon Rising” came next, plugging away at the moon themed tunes before the Stones classic “Paint It Black.” The show featured a number of great songs throughout the night, as well as an acoustic encore, and you can see the setlist below, courtesy of Osty Gale.

Setlist: Phil Lesh & Friends “Darkness Show” at Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael, CA – 7/5/16

Set: Dark Star > Eclipse > Mountains of the Moon > Bad Moon Rising > Paint It Black, Comfortably Numb, I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain, Hurricane, Black Peter, Darkness Darkness, China Doll, Terrapin Station, Black Muddy River, Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

Encore (acoustic): Box Of Rain, I Shall Be Released, Bird Song, Uncle John’s Band