Phil Lesh & Friends Continue Birthday Run At Capitol Theatre

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh played his second of three Phil Lesh & Friends shows at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York on Thursday night as part of a celebration of his 77th birthday. Phil led a band that included guitarists Stanley Jordan and John Kadlecik, drummer Mark Levy, vocalist Joan Osborne and keyboardist Jason Crosby through two sets focused on songs from the Grateful Dead’s live repertoire.

The band opened with “The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion),” an early Dead song from the band’s self-titled studio debut – which came out 50 years ago today. Osborne then belted “Samson & Delilah” and “Althea” before Phil handled lead vocal duties on “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo.” The set rolled on with a “Good Lovin” sung by Joan and John before Kadlecik fronted the group on “Dire Wolf.” Thursday’s opening stanza came to a close with “Cosmic Charlie.”

Last night’s second set began with “Scarlet Begonias” featuring lead vocals from Joan Osborne. The band then treated the audience to “Uncle John’s Band” ahead of Jordan leading them through an instrumental “Somewhere Over The Rainbow.” From there, Phil Lesh & Friends trotted out “Fire On The Mountain” and “Death Don’t Have No Mercy.” Osborne stepped into the spotlight for a take on The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” before the set concluded with the “Help On The Way” > “Slipknot!” > “Franklin’s Tower” trifecta. The band said farewell with a “Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad” encore. Lesh and his mates return to The Cap tonight to end the run. A webcast is available via nugs.tv.

Phil Lesh’s birthday took place on Wednesday and The Capitol Theatre has shared video showing just how the venue celebrated the occasion as well as the group’s “Turn On Your Lovelight” encore, watch:

https://vimeo.com/208731493

Full Show Audio (Taped by Z-Man/Shared by nognuisagoodgnu)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_ZgNNcHDo

Pro-Shot Videos

[The Golden Road]

[Scarlet Begonias]

https://www.facebook.com/TheCapitolTheatre/videos/1388896504502306/

Fan-Shot Videos (Captured by Sean Roche)

[Somewhere Over The Rainbow]

[Gimme Shelter]

[Uncle John’s Band]

[Cosmic Charlie]

Setlist (Compiled by Quinfolk)

Set One: The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Samson and Delilah, Althea, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Good Lovin’, Dire Wolf, Cosmic Charlie

Set Two: Scarlet Begonias, Uncle John’s Band, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Fire On The Mountain, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Gimme Shelter, Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower

Encore: Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad