Phil Lesh & Friends Pay Tribute To Grateful Dead 1975 At Terrapin

Phil Lesh & Friends continued a series of shows honoring each year of Grateful Dead last night at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, California. Lesh’s group paid tribute to Grateful Dead 1975 by re-creating the show the Dead played on August 13, 1975 at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall which was famously released in 1991 as One From The Vault.

[Image via Quinfolk]

On Monday night Phil was joined by guitarists Stu Allen and Grahame Lesh, drummers Cochrane MacMillan and John Molo, keyboardist Rob Barraco and vocalist Elliott Peck. The evening started with a conversation about 1975 led by Jay Blakesberg in which Phil gave a demonstration of his famed “Big Brown” bass. Lesh’s band was introduced by a gentleman imitating Bill Graham’s famed introduction of the Dead at the Great American Music Hall on August 13, 1975. From there, Phil and his ensemble barreled through the same setlist the Grateful Dead used on that fateful August night. The show included both Dead and Phil & Friends rarities “Stronger Than Dirt,” “Sage And Spirit” and “Blues For Allah.”

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Setlist (via Quinfolk)

Set One: Band Intros, Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower, The Music Never Stopped, It Must Have Been The Roses, Eyes Of The World > Drums > Stronger Than Dirt

Set Two: Around & Around, Sugaree, Big River, Crazy Fingers > Drums > The Other One > Sage And Spirit > Goin’ Down The Road Feelin Bad, U.S. Blues

Encore: Donor Rap, Blues For Allah, Band Intros