Dark Star Orchestra Recreates 1977 Dead Show At Peach Festival

The Peach Music Festival began on Thursday at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Thursday’s action was limited to two sets of Dark Star Orchestra on the Peach Stage and performances from Cabinet, TAUK, Zoogma and Deep Banana Blackout on the Mushroom Stage. DSO recreated a complete Grateful Dead show from 1977 with the help of a special guest.

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[Photos by Bill Grenfell]

Regular DSO keyboardist Rob Barraco did not perform with the band last night. Instead, Mookie Siegel (David Nelson Band, New Riders) sat-in for the entire DSO performance at the Peach Fest. Dark Star Orchestra recreated the show the Grateful Dead played at The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey on April 27, 1977. The group threw in a “Not Fade Away” > “Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad” filler for good measure after a pair of sets that included such fan favorites as “Scarlet Begonias” > “Fire On The Mountain,” “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo,” “Sugaree” and “Terrapin Station.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U90Fnv_FpM4

The Peach Music Festival continues today with sets from Warren Haynes & Railroad Earth, Gregg Allman, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Blues Traveler and many others.

Dark Star Orchestra Peach Music Festival Setlist

Set One: The Promised Land, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Looks Like Rain, Sugaree, El Paso, Row Jimmy, New Minglewood Blues, Loser, The Music Never Stopped

Set Two: Estimated Prophet, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Good Lovin’, Ramble On Rose, Samson And Delilah, Terrapin Station > Morning Dew

Encore: Johnny B. Goode

Filler: Not Fade Away > Going Down The Road Feeling Bad

Entire show with Mookie Siegel on keys