Jake Peavy Guests On Grateful Dead Cover In San Francisco

Last night Tim Flannery & The Lunatic Fringe played before a capacity crowd at Slim’s in San Francisco, where they were joined by San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy for a portion of the show that included a tribute to the Grateful Dead.

Flannery used to coach Peavy and Jake credits Tim for hipping him to the beauty of music, playing guitar and the Grateful Dead. Late last month MLB.com posted a feature on Peavy in which he discusses his love of music and covers “Truckin’.” At Thursday’s show Jake contributed backing vocals to Lunatic Fringe’s take on “Friend Of The Devil” which included the “long-lost” verse Bob Weir has brought back to recent performances of the song. Check out fan-shot video of the cover captured by pnchordas:

Peavy came to the attention of Deadheads earlier this summer when he dropped $15,000 for a Fare Thee Well poster and attended the Santa Clara shows. When Jake heads to the pitching mound at AT&T Park “Truckin'” plays over the PA and when he steps to the plate for an at-bat “Shakedown Street” is his tune of choice.