Bill Kreutzmann Announces Mahalo Dead Livestream Premiere With ‘Just A Little Light’ Video

Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann celebrated his 79th birthday on Wednesday by confirming the livestream premiere of one of his Mahalo Dead concerts. A broadcast of Kreutzmann & Friends’ November 23, 2024 performance premieres on nugs.net on May 18 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT

Kreutzmann was joined by guitarists Daniel Donato and Jake Brownstein (Eggy), percussionist Jason Hann (The String Cheese Incident), bassist Reed Mathis (Billy & The Kids), keyboardist Adam MacDougall (Circles Around The Sun) and vocalist Kanika Moore (Doom Flamingo) for his run of three sold-out Mahalo Dead shows at Porter Pavilion on the North Shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai November 22 – 24, 2024. The drummer previewed the upcoming livestream special by sharing “Just A Little Light” video from the middle night.

Brent Mydland, the Grateful Dead’s keyboardist from April 1979 through his tragic death in 1990, co-wrote “Just A Little Light” with John Perry Barlow. The Grateful Dead performed the song featuring Brent on lead vocals over 20 times between 1989 and 1989. A studio version was releasd on the band’s final album, 1989’s Built To Last.

Bill Kreutzmann tapped Kanika Moore to channel Mydland on “Just A Little Light” to kick off the second set on November 23, 2024. Moore delivered a haunting vocal performance as Brownstein put an auto-wah effect to good use and Donato shredded effusive leads. Adam MacDougall added powerful swirls of organ and electric piano accents throughout.

Watch the Mahalo Dead performance of “Just A Little Light” below:

The Mahalo Dead livestream special is free for nugs.net All Access subscribers. Visit the webcast page to set a reminder to tune in on Saturday, May 18 at 8 p.m. ET.

Watch birthday greetings from Bill Kreutzmann’s bandmates: