Disco Biscuits Team With Kreutzmann & Hart At Red Rocks

The Disco Biscuits kicked off the Red Rocks season last night with a three-set Bisco Inferno show that included a Grateful Dead tribute featuring guests Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Tom Hamilton in Morrison, Colorado. The show went on as snow fell on the venue and surrounding areas through the start of the third set. Last night’s concert was Hart’s first public performance of 2015, while Kreutzmann has taken the stage a number of times so far this year including a pair of Billy & The Kids gigs with tDB keyboardist Aron Magner, Hamilton and bassist Reed Mathis.

[Photo by Jeremy Williams]

The format for the show was a first and third set of Bisco along with the Grateful Dead tribute as the second set. “M.E.M.P.H.I.S.” opened the evening and led into “Basis For A Day.” A four-song first set concluded with “Caves Of The East” > “Spraypaint.” When the Disco Biscuits returned for the second set they were joined by Grateful Dead drummers Hart & Kreutzmann along with frequent collaborator Hamilton. Jon “Barber” Gutwillig handled most of the vocals on a set that only included Grateful Dead classics such as “Jack Straw,” “Terrapin Station” and the famed “Help”/”Slip”/”Franklin’s” sequence. The ensemble even embarked on a “Drums”/”Space” segment as found at Dead shows for most of the band’s career.

[Photo by Jeremy Williams]

Set Three saw the quartet play a pair of songs from the Dead’s repertoire -“I Know You Rider” and “Casey Jones” -without any guests. The final set of the evening also included a cover of “Fifth of Beethoven” and originals “Orch Theme” and “Magellan” (completing a version played the previous evening.) A “Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad” encore brought the night to a close. The Disco Biscuits conclude their visit to Colorado with a show at Denver’s Ogden Theatre tonight. If you can’t make it in person, you can watch the show via TourGigs. Kreutzmann brings Billy & The Kids to the Ogden on Monday featuring guests Dominic Lalli and Jason Hann.

Setlist

Set One: M.E.M.P.H.I.S.-> Basis for a Day, Caves of the East-> Spraypaint

Set Two -with Tom, Billy & Mickey: Jack Straw, Crazy Fingers-> New Speedway Boogie, Terrapin Station-> Space-> Wharf Rat, Help on the Way-> Slipknot-> Franklin’s Tower

Set Three: Fifth of Beethoven-> Orch Theme-> Magellan (completes 4/16 version)-> I Know You Rider, Casey Jones

Encore: Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad