Full Show Audio | Bill Kreutzmann TryptoBand Soundboard

Last Tuesday night Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann assembled a bevy of talented musicians to perform under the moniker Bill Kreutzmann’s TryptoBand at Zodiac’s in Petaluma, California. Billy K was joined by David Nelson, Barry Sless, Reed Mathis and Jason Crosby in the quintet. Recently, a soundboard matrix recording of the show was posted to Archive.org thanks to taper Tim “Sound Dawg” Stiegler so we can all hear what went down at Zodiac’s.

[Photo by Ian Rawn]

Nelson and Mathis handled the vast majority of vocals on two sets and an encore worth of songs from the Grateful Dead and Dave Nelson Band live repertoires with one key exception. In the first set, Tea Leaf Green bassist Reed Mathis led the ensemble through a cover of Phish’s “Back On The Train.” A somber moment took place towards the start of the second set when Kreutzmann stopped “He’s Gone” to dedicate the song to his friend Bobby Keys, the longtime Rolling Stones sax man who died earlier in the day.

Setlist

Set One: C’est La Vie (DN), Mississippi Half Step (RM), Peggy O (DN), Back On The Train (RM)m Birdsong (RM), Friend Of The Devil> (DN) Wicked Messenger (DN), It’s A Different World> (DN) Cumberland Blues (DN)

Set Two: Willie And The Hand Jive> (RM) He’s Gone beginning> Stop and dedicate the song to Bobby Keys> He’s gone> (RM) Cut And Run (DN), The Wheel (All), Estimated Prophet> (RM) Rocky Road Blues (DN)

Encore: Ripple (DN RM), The Other One jam> Deal (RM)

Listen to Tim’s recording of Bill Kreutzmann’s TryptoBand: