Warren Haynes Honors The Grateful Dead In San Francisco

Last night, guitarist Warren Haynes brought his Ashes & Dust Tour in support of the album by the same name to The Fillmore in San Francisco. Warren and the Ashes & Dust Band featuring drummer Jeff Sipe and members of ChessBoxer worked in a pair of Grateful Dead covers and a tribute to Jerry Garcia in the Dead’s home city.

The show began with a cover of the Allman Brothers Band classic “Jessica” ahead of the original “Is It Me Or You.” Warren then sang a song he penned after Garcia’s death, “Patchwork Quilt,” in celebration the Grateful Dead frontman. Next up was “Beat Down The Dust” followed by Bob Dylan’s “One Cup Of Coffee” which segued into the evening’s first Dead cover, “Crazy Fingers.” The rest of the set featured a bevy of covers including Radiohead’s “Karma Police,” Little Feat’s “Skin It Back” and the Allmans’ “Blue Sky.”

For the first encore, Haynes led the group through just their second-ever rendition of the Garcia/Hunter ballad “Candyman.” A second encore featured a song Warren wrote for Garth Brooks, “Two Of A Kind/Workin’ On A Full House,” which transitioned into Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Pride & Joy” and back again. Next up for the band is a visit to Sacramento’s Crest Theatre tonight.

Watch last night’s “Candyman” captured by nowiknowuryder: