Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Announces March 2018 Brooklyn Bowl Run

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, a project that just celebrated the fifth anniversary of its debut performance, will soon return to the venue where it all started. The five-piece has announced they will play Brooklyn Bowl in New York City March 8 – 10.

JRAD features drummer Joe Russo along with guitarists Scott Metzger and Tom Hamilton, keyboardist Marco Benevento and bassist Dave Dreiwitz. The band has played Brooklyn Bowl in March a number of times in the past. On Friday, February 2 at 10 a.m. tickets go on sale to the general public (3/8, 3/9, 3/10).

The group recently unveiled official audio of their November show at Oakland’s Fox Theater. Pete Costello and Eric McRoberts taped and shared the audio, which includes Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s debut performance of Garcia’s “Cats Under The Stars”:

Setlist (Compiled by Peter Costello)

Set One (8:10pm – 9:28pm): The Eleven @ -> Feel Like A Stranger, Jam # -> Candyman, Greatest Story Ever Told $ > Mississippi Half Step % -> Playing In The Band

Set Two (9:53pm – 11:28pm) Man Smart, Woman Smarter > Cats Under The Stars ^ -> Tell Me Momma -> Radar Love Jam & -> Tell Me Momma Reprise * -> China Cat Sunflower + -> I Know You Rider > Samson & Delilah

Enc One: Jam -> Vampire Blues ## -> Touch Of Grey $$

Enc Two: Loser -> New Minglewood Blues

• @ – Started with 11 hits a la BIODTL for 11.11, “Flipped” Version – Started on the lyrics portion & the intro jam ended the song as it transitioned into Stranger
• # – With a DD Bass Solo
• $ – With a Wheel Tease (TH)
• % – With a TH/MB Duo Jam
• ^ – Jerry Garcia Band Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead
• & – An Instrumental, incomplete version of a Golden Earing Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead
• * – First Split Tell Me Momma
• + – With a Tell Me Momma Tease (SM) and a Feel Like A Stranger Tease (TH)
• @@ – With a TH / SM Duo Jam
• ## – With a Unknown Tease (SM)
• $$ – With a Black Throated Wind Tease