Setlist & Videos: Phil Lesh & Friends Headline Terrapin Crossroads Spring Fling

Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh played the new Backyard outdoor space at his own Terrapin Crossroads venue in San Rafael, California on Saturday. Phil Lesh & Friends headlined the multi-band event with a pair of sets that saw Lesh joined by Chris Robinson, John Scofield, Scott Law, Tony Leone and Jason Crosby.

Sets from Alex Koford’s Colonel & The Mermaids ensemble as well as Lorin Rowan’s Rattlebox kicked off the festivites on Saturday afternoon. Phil Lesh & Friends opened their first set of the day with a cover of Hank Ballard’s “Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go” ahead of a Chris-sung “Mr. Charlie.” The rest of the first Phil & Friends set featured Grateful Dead gems “Bertha,” “Brown-Eyed Women” and “Mason’s Children” along with renditions of “Jesse James” and Leiber/Stoller’s “I’m A Hog For You Baby.”

Chris Robinson handled lead vocals for the vast majority of both Phil & Friends sets. The second set began with a “Shakedown Street” > “Hard To Handle” pairing followed by a cover of Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say.” Phil and his band then trotted out Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me” before “New Speedway Boogie.” Next up was a “St. Stephen” that saw Chris share vocals with Scott Law and Phil. The sextet eventually worked “St. Stephen” into “Franklin’s Tower” ahead of a “Turn On Your Lovelight” set closer. Phil Lesh & Friends said farewell with a “Minglewood Blues” encore. A similar lineup plays Terrapin’s Grate Room tonight.

Videos

[Minglewood Blues | Captured by lowplainsdrifter]

[Hard To Handle | Captured by lowplainsdrifter]

[Bertha | Captured by jshensa]

Setlist (Compiled by Rob Scalcione via Philzone)

Set One: Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go cr, Mr. Charlie cr, Jesse James cr, Bertha cr, I’m a Hog For You Baby cr, Brown Eyed Women cr, Mason’s Children pl cr

Set Two: Shakedown Street cr > Hard To Handle cr, What’d I Say cr, She Belongs To Me cr, New Speedway Boogie cr, St. Stephen pl cr sl > Franklin’s Tower cr pl, Turn On Your Lovelight cr

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Encore: Minglewood Blues cr, band intros