I watched the second Concert of The Grateful Dead ,A series of 5 shows to celebrate the 50th year since the Grateful Dead was formed in 1965. I watched the concert on a webcast, There was a bit of a controversy on who the guitarist who was going to be taking Garcia's spot would be , most recently ,in a group called Furthur, John Kadlicek ,from tribute group "Dark Star Orchestra.", had been playing with a mixture of dead and other musicians in a group called "Furthur". He could play guitar like Garcia and also sing like him. However for this big experience, The remaining original four Dead members, Weir, Lesh, Hart and Kreutzman decided to go with Bruce Hornsby on piano, Jeff Chiemento on keyboards and Trey Anastasia from the group Phish, a jam band who became popular after the Grateful Dead broke up.
He had played with Phil Lesh and friends for a while, Phil would get many sets of musicians together to play. Tonight was their second official concert together. The Webcast was done very well, and this group sounded great. They played approximately 2 two hour sets while taking an hour break in the middle. They had not originally planned on playing the Santa Clara shows, but this is where they got started as a band called The Warlocks 50 years ago. It was a real moving ending tonight with both band members and crowd members becoming tearful at end.
The first set was very slow moving but with members playing well, once in a while Lesh giving Anastasia a reminder or gesture. There were nine songs in first set. Some standouts were opener "Feels like a Stranger", sang by Weir. Hornsby sang a great version of "Brown Eyed Women". Weir sang a great version of "Loose Lucy" with a bit of a different guitar background melody by Anastasia. My favorite song of the set was a song I had not heard in awhile "Row Jimmy", sang by Weir, with some great guitar by Anastasia .
Trey Anastasia did a great job of playing and singing "Alabama Get Away."
The band finished set one with "Hell In A Bucket". Trey played a very creative lead which finally put a big smile on Lesh's face.
After the Break, they started the second set with "Mississippi Uptown", sang by Phil and Trey. Then they go into a slow jam, going into Weir singing "Wharf Rat." After Wharf Rat, they segue into a delightful "Eyes Of the World", Anastasia plays some great smooth jazzy like guitar. Then they do a quick break into "He's Gone" which was done well, but with some laughter because of people forgetting which verse was theirs, Trey sounded great singing and also playing this song. Well, soon after this it was time for the drums with Bill, Micky and another young man who was playing like a tom tom type drum. Great version of Sugar Magnolia which got the crowd going. Overall, thought they sounded great, though they kept it pretty mellow tonight. They did "Fare ye well" for an encore.
He had played with Phil Lesh and friends for a while, Phil would get many sets of musicians together to play. Tonight was their second official concert together. The Webcast was done very well, and this group sounded great. They played approximately 2 two hour sets while taking an hour break in the middle. They had not originally planned on playing the Santa Clara shows, but this is where they got started as a band called The Warlocks 50 years ago. It was a real moving ending tonight with both band members and crowd members becoming tearful at end.
The first set was very slow moving but with members playing well, once in a while Lesh giving Anastasia a reminder or gesture. There were nine songs in first set. Some standouts were opener "Feels like a Stranger", sang by Weir. Hornsby sang a great version of "Brown Eyed Women". Weir sang a great version of "Loose Lucy" with a bit of a different guitar background melody by Anastasia. My favorite song of the set was a song I had not heard in awhile "Row Jimmy", sang by Weir, with some great guitar by Anastasia .
Trey Anastasia did a great job of playing and singing "Alabama Get Away."
The band finished set one with "Hell In A Bucket". Trey played a very creative lead which finally put a big smile on Lesh's face.
After the Break, they started the second set with "Mississippi Uptown", sang by Phil and Trey. Then they go into a slow jam, going into Weir singing "Wharf Rat." After Wharf Rat, they segue into a delightful "Eyes Of the World", Anastasia plays some great smooth jazzy like guitar. Then they do a quick break into "He's Gone" which was done well, but with some laughter because of people forgetting which verse was theirs, Trey sounded great singing and also playing this song. Well, soon after this it was time for the drums with Bill, Micky and another young man who was playing like a tom tom type drum. Great version of Sugar Magnolia which got the crowd going. Overall, thought they sounded great, though they kept it pretty mellow tonight. They did "Fare ye well" for an encore.
