Phil Lesh & Friends | 05.13 & 05.14 | SF

WOW

wow is right

WOW. What I would give to see/hear these guys play Workingman's Dead and American Beauty live. The amount of talent on that state is straight up massive.

^ on that stage*

Good Lord Have MErcy!!! looks Incredible!!! hopefully a sign to come with bob and phil playing together again!

Nice review! One note: Teresa Williams is Larry Campbell's wife.

Great, great pictures! Thanks!

I wanna go... I wanna go...

That band sounds amazing and with Karan too it had to be smokin'!!!

What a classy way to close out such a historic venue. Phil you are the man

I will sell all my worldly possessions to someone in exchange for tickets to the next three shows and plane ticket to Frisco. Someone make me an offer stat!

the picture with bob and phil hugging eachother is priceless....i'd love too see that as a poster... aged beauty

^ The hugs after each set drew the loudest applause from the crowd (I was at Wednesday's show.) It was great to see and feel.

Wish I was there so bad!!! Great review and great pics. Thanks!

Now THAT is something else. Nice pics and review. It's so great to see Phil & Bobby together and I can't wait to hear the tapes. I need to win a lottery so I can travel to these shows.

gotta love it. phil is in full stride. too bad they didn't play william tell. i've always enjoyed that part of the st. steve>the 11 seque.

wow, looks amazing. i really hope we get a review of the next 3 nights!

another WOW. wish i was in san fran right now... nice write-up too!!

yes , wow.... :-)

Damn! Damn that sounded like a great show!! I was in awe just reading it.

Ill get mine in June cause Weirs coming to town to jam with Ratdog.

Wow, this has been up for 24 hours++ and it hasnt deteriorated into a "that show would have been sweeter if trey was there" thread. Trust me, I thank you all for keeping your trey and sector 9 comments to articles that are about them. Whatever, I went on Tuesday and the Vibe was sick. Bobby received a louder ovation than anyone else on stage. Friday was Workingmans dead and American Beauty with Mark Karan. Closing the book on the name Warfield in style. The first two nites are up on the archive, thank you very much. Whats in store for the last two nites????

I hate everyone who lives in/near San Francisco right now (And I guess for the last 40 years while were at it)

Am i the only one who thinks that this Phil line-up is ridiculous. I love Phil for branching out, but how to you go from HAYNES/HERRING to CAMPBELL/GREENE. Jackie Greene is way too over-rated on this site. I saw him unfortunately a year ago and luckily his set ended early by a massive dust storm. Campbell's alright, but come on. If the Dead aren't getting back together again then get a better line-up. Get rid of that Particle guy too. Til then i'll go see Dark Star Orchestra. At least they know how to play the Dead the way it supposed to be played.

^^ Yes you are. However, I think I am not the only one that thinks you are a tool. I think Herring has a better gig right now. I also think Warren would probably rather play the great songs that HE wrote, with HIS band. You can continue to see DSO (cover band) all you want. I will continue to feel blessed to actually be able to see Phil perform live music. And if you're keeping score at home, like I know you are, Thats 48 hours for the first "the other guitar player is better" comments.

^^ You are a fool Phil has whipped this band into shape and they sound like fire right now. This looks so good . Yeah for Phil.

THIS TREND SHOULD CONTINUE, I'D LOKE TO BE AT THE SHAKEDOWN STREET AND/OR

IN THE DARK SHOWS!

And I thought first night only tickets would be the worst of the five. Not! Bobby sitting in for most of the show. First set highlights Cold Rain & Snow and Bob's three shots of whiskey during New Minglewood Blues. Second set highlights were Crypitical Envelopement>The Other One>Nobody's Fault But Mine>The Other One>Crypitical Reprise and the encore Not Fade Away being sang by the crowd for 30 seconds until the band ended it. Long standing ovation for Bobby was great. Phil & Bobby hugging was a special moment. Only bummer was I went out the back door and didn't get a free poster. Bill Kreutzmann sitting in with ALO after midnight new years night>Phil's Mardi Gra party in January>Mickey, Bobby & Phil Reunion for Deadheads for Obama in Febuary>Bobby & Mickey @ Green Apple SF in April>Bobby joining Phil & Friends for final Bill Graham Warfield run in May. It's been a good year already for this old head!

this is so bad ass>>>>>>>>>>et II with Mark Karan Live/Dead (1969): Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Lovelight > Death Don't Have No Mercy > And We Bid You Goodnight

E: King Bee

Holy Smokes! That's frickin HOT!! Miss you Jerry

Somebody post last nights set list. I'm dying here. Phil is the man!

From the Philzone folks:

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Warfield Theater,

San Francisco, California

Prior to 1st Set: Phil comes out and says “It’s going to be a long night, so settle in and get comfortable.” He then says there will be a lot of special guests and special music and they are not really sure what they are going to play, “just like the old days.”

1st Set (78 Minutes 9:17pm – 10:35pm)

Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, & John Molo

Come Together > (BW)

Dark Star > (Phil sang 1st verse, Bob sang 2nd verse)

Loose Lucy (BW)

West L.A. Fadeaway * (BW)

The Wheel > *

Not Fade Away *

* with Jeff Chimenti from Ratdog and Larry Campbell

Phil introduces Jeff Chimenti and Bob Weir, calling Bob “my prodigal brother.” Phil then says “Bob & John have been wanting to do that for a long time and I am glad you got to see it.”

2nd Set (29 Minutes 10:44pm – 11:13pm)

Acoustic Set w/Larry Campbell & Jackie Green

? Maureen ?

Sing Me Back Home

Deep Elem Blues (LC on lead vocals)

? Instrumental ?

The Warfield Waltz (as introduced by LC)

Love Please Come Home

Goodnight Irene

3rd Set (90 Minutes 11:40pm – 1:10am)

Phil Lesh & Friends

Shakedown Street >

Like a Ball & Chain

Big River (LC on lead vocals)

Mississippi Half-Step * >

Althea *

Mexican Girl *

Stella Blue (Instrumental) * >

Sugaree *

* with Mark Karan from Ratdog

4th Set (15 Minutes 1:15am – 1:30am)

"Skinny Singers" Jackie Green & Tim Bluhm

The Ballad of Spider John

Where The Rain Don’t Go

? Squeeky Wheel ? *

* with Nicki Bluhm on backing vocals

5th Set (90 Minutes 1:55am – 3:25am)

Phil Lesh & Friends

(Balloons drop from the ceiling)

Sugar Magnolia

Unbroken Chain >

Mountains of the Moon >

Inspiration >

I Know You Rider

Donor Rap, Band Intros

E: Jam > *

Truckin' > *

And We Bid You Goodnight *

* with Mark Karan from Ratdog

Here's Fridays Mindfuck, courtesy of Philzone:

Warfield Theater, SF, CA

May 17, 2008

Set 1 Skull $ Roses:

Bertha, Mama Tried

Big Railroad Blues

Playing In The Band

The Other One

Me & My Uncle

Big Boss Man

Me & Bobby McGee

Johnny B. Goode

Wharf Rat

Not Fade Away>

Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad

Set 2 Dead Set:

Samson and Delilah

Friend Of The Devil

New Minglewood Blues

Deal, Candyman

Little Red Rooster

Loser, Passenger

Feel Like A Stranger

Franklin's Tower

Set 3 with Henry Kaiser on guitar:

Donor Rap, *Rhythm Devils

*Fire On The Mountain

Greatest Story Ever Told

Brokedown Palace, Band Intros

*with Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum,

started as a duet with Molo then eventually became the full band

And just so you all know that Phil Lesh means business, here's what went down on Thursday:

Set 1:

Workingman's Dead

Uncle John's Band (JG, all)

*High Time (DN)

*Dire Wolf (JG)

*New Speedway Boogie (JG)

*Cumberland Blues (all)

*Black Peter (PL)

*Easy Wind (JG, DN)

Casey Jones (JG)

Sickness?

Oh yeah, you better believe it.

Here's the second set and the guests from Thursday:

Set 2:

American Beauty

*Box of Rain (PL)

*#Friend Of The Devil (DN)

Sugar Magnolia (JG)

Operator (PL)

Candyman (JG)

*%Ripple (DN)

$Brokedown Palace (JG)

+Til the Morning Comes (TW)

Phil Discusses Album Concept>

Donor Rap / Band Intros

E: +@Attics Of My Life (TW, PL, LC)

*Truckin' (JG, all)

*w/ David Nelson, +w/ Teresa Williams

Thanks Lex. I was not getting updates on Philzone. What a run! Glad I made it to at least one night. 5 sets Holy crap!

Well Ive always felt like the Dead was a sum of its parts. If someone asked me about Seinfeld I would say the same thing too. If I go see Phil show i really do enjoy but its not quite the same without the rest of the guys. Its the same way with Ratdog. I really do enjoy all of it though.

Jerry the man is always there in spirit and I always feel that whether I go see Bobby and/or Phil.

When I went to the last 2 of 3 shows during the 'Wave that flag' tour in 2004. They broke into L.L. Rain as the rain began (Idaho Center 7/3/4) to come down on the crowd. The timing was perfect!! I then went to the Gorge (7/5/80 for the last show on the west coast and then after Robert Hunter finished speaking they opened with Shakedown St and that was just icing on the cake for me. I have yet to go to two shows in a row that were as perfect as both of those.