Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Shares Official Audio From Night 2 Of January Capitol Theatre Run

Tribute act Joe Russo’s Almost Dead began 2018 with a three-night stand at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York that spanned January 12 – 14. JRAD debuted three songs as part of the second show on January 13 and today have unveiled a crispy soundboard matrix recording of the Saturday night special.

Drummer Joe Russo, guitarists Scott Metzger and Tom Hamilton, bassist Dave Dreiwitz and keyboardist Marco Benevento opened the show on January 13 with a seamless run of “Scarlet Begonias” > “Sugaree” > “Fire On The Mountain” > “Good Lovin'” > “They Love Each Other.” Up next was the evening’s first debut as Russo handled vocals on “Pride Of Cucamonga.” The quintet then dug in for nearly 20 minutes on “Playing In The Band” to close the frame.

JRAD’s began the second set on January 13 at The Cap with “Row Jimmy.” Just when it appeared the group would work the improv out of “Row Jimmy” into “Terrapin Station,” they embarked on a more rocking jam before finally starting “Lady With A Fan.” The band wound up performing both “Lady With A Fan” and “Terrapin Station” from the suite that forms the title track of the Grateful Dead’s famed 1977 studio album. Metzger then led the group on a wild “I Need A Miracle” that evolved into an instrumental, truncated version of Led Zeppelin’s “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” the evening’s second debut.

Tom Hamilton stepped to the mic to front “Ramble On Rose” after JRAD’s brief but fruitful Zeppelin cover. Almost Dead concluded the second set with “The Music Never Stopped” and a sequence that tied together “Cats Under The Stars” with “Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad” and “We Bid You Goodnight.” Marco Benevento served as frontman for the beginning of the five-piece’s encore on January 13. He led the group on their version of Chuck Berry’s “The Festival” before the night came to a close with a rousing “I Know You Rider.”

Listen to official audio thanks to Peter Costello & Eric McRoberts:

Setlist (Compiled by Peter Costello)

Set One (9:00PM – 10:19PM): Scarlet Begonias -> Sugaree @ -> Fire On The Mountain # -> Good Lovin $ -> They Love Each Other %, Pride Of Cucamonga ^, Playing In The Band

Set Two (10:54PM – 12:40AM): Row Jimmy -> Jam & -> Lady With A Fan & + -> Terrapin Station & -> I Need A Miracle @@ -> Your Time Is Gonna Come ## -> Ramble On Rose, The Music Never Stopped $$, Cats Under The Stars %% -> GDTRFB ^^ -> We Bid You Goodnight &&

Encore: Marco Solo -> The Festival ** -> I Know You Rider ++

• @ – With an “I’m The Only One” (Melissa Ethridge) Tease & a Fire On the Mountain Tease (TH)
• # – With Sugaree Lyrics (TH)
• $ – With a short Fire On the Mountain Jam
• % – With a Shakedown Tease (Band)
• ^ – First Time Played by Almost Dead. JR vocals
• & – With Playin & Terrapin Teases (TH)
• * – I’m going to start labeling Terrapin part-by-part. “Lady With A Fan” goes from “Let my inspiration flow” to “ but he cannot be bought or sold“ and “Terrapin Station” goes from “Inspiration, move me brightly” to “and the whistle is screaming: TERRAPIN“. On this night, the second part of the “Suite” including “”Terrapin”, “Terrapin Transit”, “At a Siding”, “Terrapin Flyer” & “Refrain” was not played at this show
• + – With a Marco Solo
• @@ – with a “Dear Mr. Fantasy” (Traffic) tease (TH)
• ## – First Time Played by Almost Dead. JR vocals. Partial version of a Led Zeppelin cover, 1st verse & chorus were sung.
• $$ – With a Fire On the Mountain Tease (TH)
• %% – With a “Duo Jam” and a “Hey Bulldog” (The Beatles) Jam (Band)
• ^^ – With Mountain Jam Teases (TH & then MB)
• && – Traditional instrumental ending to GDTRFB, with a short Cold Rain & Snow Jam (Band)
• ** – Chuck Berry cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead. MB vocals
• ++ – With a Morning Dew Tease (TH)