Phil Lesh & Friends Present Special Valentines Set At Terrapin

Phil Lesh & Friends continued a three-night stand at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, California last night that has found the Grateful Dead bassist joined by guitarists Stanley Jordan and John Kadlecik, keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and drummer John Molo. The ensemble celebrated Valentine’s Day by performing a special Valentine’s themed set as the second of three sets on Saturday night.

[Screenshot captured by JoeSchmeaux]

You can always count on Phil to come up with interesting setlists when Stanley Jordan is on hand and last night was no exception. The first set included a mix of Grateful Dead classics such as “Cosmic Charlie,” “Bird Song” and “Loose Lucy” with covers of The Beatles’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Here Comes The Sun” as well as an instrumental version of Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On.” The second set was the Valentine’s themed set and featured “Good Lovin’,” “How Sweet It Is,” “Not Fade Away,” “Turn On Your Lovelight” and an instrumental “Amazing Grace.” Terrapin Crossroads regular Alex Koford, who’s usually behind the kit at the venue, handled vocals on both “Good Lovin'” and “Loose Lucy.” Saturday night’s third set focused on songs from the Grateful Dead’s live repertoire with one major exception -Stanley Jordan sang and played on a cover of Sting’s “Fragile” in the middle of “Dark Star.” The ensemble said farewell for the evening with one more Beatles’ cover -“Yesterday.”

Phil Lesh & Friends conclude the run at Terrapin Crossroads tonight. A webcast of Sunday night’s show is available for purchase via the venue’s online store.

Listen to audio of last night’s show thanks to Quinfolk:

Setlist (via Joeschmeaux on PhilZone)

Set One: Cosmic Charlie, Strawberry Fields Forever > Here Comes The Sun, What’s Goin’ On, Stagger Lee, Birdsong, Loose Lucy (sung by Alex Koford)

Set Two: Good Lovin’ (sung by Alex Koford), How Sweet It Is, Not Fade Away > Turn On Your Lovelight, Amazing Grace

Set Three: Uncle John’s Band > So Many Roads, Unbroken Chain, China Cat Sunflower > Dark Star > Fragile > Dark Star > Fire on the Mountain

Encore: Yesterday