Pro-Shot Video: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Nicki Bluhm & TXR Band Perform ‘Terrapin Station Suite’

One of the most highly anticipated sets at this past August’s Lockn’ Festival in Arrington, Virginia was a complete performance of the Grateful Dead’s Terrapin Station album played by Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Nicki Bluhm and The Terrapin Family Band. The ensemble ended the main stage action on the Friday night of the festival with a 27-minute take on the LP’s final track, “Terrapin Station.” Pro-shot video of the celebratory version in honor of the album’s 40th anniversary has surfaced on the Relix YouTube channel.

Phil, Bob, Nicki, Grahame Lesh, Jason Crosby, Ross James and Alex Koford worked through nearly all of the segments of “Terrapin Station” found on the 1977 album. However, the group also fit in a section entitled “Jack O’Roses.” Lyricist Robert Hunter penned the tune as the seventh segment of “Terrapin Station,” yet the Grateful Dead never played the song. In recent years Brian Lesh added his own music to Hunter’s lyrics and that was the rendition Lesh, Weir, Bluhm and The TXR Band went with.

Watch Phil and The TXR Family Band’s version of “Terrapin Station Suite”:

Bob Weir and Phil Lesh will team up for their first ever duo tour in March. The pair will play two shows a piece in New York City, Boston and Chicago.

JamBase celebrated the 40th anniversary of Terrapin Station with a medley performed by several of our favorite artists. Watch the finale of our Inspiration series: