re: Dead and Company

Got Blaze should post more often

that's a hell of a 40th !

Enjoy bud! Sad to see the tour end.

On another note, buying my JRAD tickets for Red Rocks right now.

Definitely a jammin' show

1st:
Music Never Stopped
Bertha
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Let It Grow >
UJB (acoustic)

2nd:
Shakedown >
Wharf Rat tease > Dark Star >
St. Stephen
China Doll (Oteil on vocals)
Terrapin Station >
UJB
Drums > Space >
Standing on the Moon
Help > Slip > Franklin's

E:
Ripple
U.S. Blues

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You then pay in advance for a party bus ticket that will pick you up at a bar and drop you back off in Denver at an after party. You'll have to excuse me if you are a Red Rocks vet.

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This is good to know. I have plans to be in Denver in August and it just so happens that the Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Concert with Bob Weir and the Campfire Band will be at Red Rocks. I'm assuming there will be a lot of Dead stuff played. Anyone ever been to a Bob Weir show?

I'm reposting here what I posted on a dead & company fan page the other day:

Real talk from a JM fan now converted to GD fan and on the damn bus.

So my first knowledge of JM was in college and "Your body is a wonderland" song that came out strong throughout every college campus. My only GD knowledge throughout high school and college was the typical "Uncle Jonh's Band, Ripple, touch of grey, truckin, friend of the devil". But this was also when Dave Matthews was on fire and even though it wasn't hard for any girl with a good ear to hear there was more to Dave than just what what we got via radio/college shows, I didn't apply this to JM immediately. It took me catching wind of the John Mayer Trio to make me start going through his catalog of music that was NOT and will never be on radio. And so i fell into the JM hole and kept keeping up with him. Told my husband who is a huge GD fan, "this guy is a legit guitar player and I swear to you he is so much more than what the radio gives us." It took me begging my husband to go to NOLA to a JM show to make him believe.

So flash forward to the day it was announced "Dead & Company with John Mayer". This created immediate excitement for both of us. I knew without a doubt in my mind, this would be an outstanding chance for JM to show how versatile he really is and my husband was also excited bc he has been a GD fan since high school.

Boulder became our goal show. And we made it happen and I will tell you this right now...WSP and Phish can only wish they could ever emote all the feels that came through in Boulder this year. I found myself crying during some songs -not only at Boulder but also during streaming shows as well. I am now OBSESSED with GD and my husband is all in with JM being in the band. It works and it is a continuous work of art in motion at every show. If you actually get to go to a show and you are a true believer that the music never stops and you get to witness JM with the band (and let us not forget Oteil) you WILL feel it. I get it. All of it. I now understand how an entire subculture formed around this band. I get it. I speak directly to the GD fans who have been there from day 1. I get you. And I promise JM gets it and you can tell every show he progresses further and further and I can tell Bob is showing him the way. For those of you still on the fence, have faith. Believe. What a time to be alive! I know you miss Jerry, but I hope you can feel him through JM and Oteil and the whole band and feel Bobby showing them the way. I thought I went to church in Boulder, yall. Raising my hands in the air saying AMEN. Let us not be sad the tour is over, let's believe there is a next tour coming up on that next level that Bobby mentioned in that interview.

For those who are intrigued about John and genuinely want to know more about his music...i would recommend the John Mayer Trio first. Then, "Where the light is Live in LA", Also, search his live versions on youtube bc as he as aged he has "extended" his songs into much cooler jams live than what is on the released album. Examples of my favorites (live): Vultures, I don't trust myself, edge of desire, gravity, slow dancing in a burning room, I'm gonna find another you, all we ever do is say goodbye, wildfire, dear marie, on the way home. The guitar and lyrics in slow dancing, and i dont trust myself....?? but also lyrics of edge of desire..."I want you so bad I would go back on the things I believe"....if you can't feel that, you have never been in a crazy messed up relationship before.
Then, there was that time John dabbled in some country on CMT crossroads with this Keith Urban dude who I thought was a total bro country no talent hack until I witnessed this. What! That dude can play a damn guitar too. My favorite is "Till summer comes around". These two vocally and guitar on this song giving me all the feels. Then check out their version of gravity. I would also point you to them playing "Don't let me down" from the crossroads guitar festival. I should keep going but if you get nothing out of all the JM examples I just gave, you will never accept him. And I hate that for you. I'm so glad I found my way to GD through John and all I can do is smile and be grateful that I get to witness John go into this next bad arse phase of his musical career with Dead & Company. I hope the rest of you can or will feel it too.

I'll be at that red rocks show
bobs "campfire band" is incredible

Saw them at the saenger and was blown away

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soulless, a carbon copy

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Go see a show. I think you'll do a 180 on this.