re: I am at my 1st Dead Show - it’s really happening!!!

It was a fantastic experience. As you know, this was my first show so I have nothing musically or venue to compare it to but what can I say. Its was the longest single band show I ever saw with the 1 hours break so whoever said t pace myself was 100% right!

The pre-concern atmosphere/parking lot was wonderful accumulation of sights sounds, smells and most important cool people. Dropped about 2 hundred on merchanise that was slightly overpriced but these folks needed the money so it was well worth it. Wasn't eating no cheese sandwich though!!

Music - They played some of my favorite including Here Comes Sunshine to open the 2nd set. TBH my seats in 105 were too far left of the stage and after one song I could tell the sound was off so we ending up renting chairs and sitting dead center in the grass. The moon was out, the cool wind was blowing and the sound was so much better once it was balanced left and right.

Set 1
The Music Never Stopped
Easy Answers
Dire Wolf
El Paso
Row Jimmy
Jack Straw
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo

Set 2:
Here Comes Sunshine
Truckin'
St. Stephen
William Tell Bridge
The Eleven
Drums
Space
Milestones
Days Between
U.S. Blues

Encore:
Black Muddy River

About half way through my wife says "they dont really play songs they play music" I said kind of just song to song to song. She didn't know they didn't have "radio songs" but thought she had heard Trucking before.


I actually loved the slow version of Truckin' live...very bluesy.

I want to go to another show soon so we shall see.