Bill Kreutzmann Joins Alex Bleeker & The Freaks At Outside Lands
By Andy Kahn Aug 9, 2015 • 1:00 pm PDT
On the 20th anniversary of former Grateful Dead bandmate Jerry Garcia’s death, drummer Bill Kreutzmann appeared with Alex Bleeker & The Freaks at the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Kreutzmann joined Bleeker and crew Sunday for “The Other One” and “St. Stephen” during their noon set at the Panhandle Stage inside the famed Bay Area park.
Billy took to his social media outlets to let fans know about his surprise appearance on Sunday, noting Golden Gate Park was the site of an emotional Jerry Garcia memorial event in 1995.
Watch a portion of “The Other One”:
Watch a portion of “St. Stephen”:
Alex Bleeker & The Freaks Outside Lands Setlist:
One Set: Scarlet Begonias, Dark Hollow > Mexicali Blues, He’s Gone, The Other One* > St. Stephen* > He’s Gone
* with Bill Kreutzmann on drums
No strangers to the Grateful Dead songbook, watch Alex Bleeker & The Freaks covering the Dead’s “It Must Have Been The Roses” as part of the JamBase Songs Of Their Own video series:
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