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Weir sort of said as much in a Rolling Stone interview several years ago: Was there a point in a show or set, during a song, on the tour last fall when you realized Dead & Company had gone from being a good idea to something with a future? Yeah, there was. I had a little flash while we were playing one night. It was toward the end of the tour. I don’t remember what city it was in. We were getting into the second set, setting up a tune. We were all playing, but the tune hadn’t begun yet. We were all feeling out the groove, just playing with it. Suddenly I was 20 feet behind my own head, looking at this and kind of happy with the way the song was shaping up. I started looking around, and it was 20 years later. John’s hair had turned gray. Oteil’s had turned white. I looked back at the drummers, and it was a couple of new guys. I looked back at myself, the back of my head, and it was a new guy. It changed my entire perception of what it is we’re up to.

Saint of Circumstance?

It's a good time to be thankful for tapers: https://archive.org/details/dso2021-11-27 https://archive.org/details/dso2021-11-26.akgc414xlii.flac24

I didn't think I'd be able to live with myself if I missed this chance to catch a show with Barraco on bass, a mere 2 states away. What a blast! Small venue - 200 people maybe? The band seemed to be having a lot of fun, and that always makes for a good show. Nate from Cubensis had a big smile on his face all night. Barraco is just amazing - nice bass solo in Eyes, and Hard to Handle killed. Definitely wish there were 2 or 3 shows to fill out the weekend but so glad I made it, this place was hot. Half step Bucket Ramble Memphis blues Loser Cassidy Little light (Tom Ryan on vocals) Estimated > eyes > music China > Rider Hard to Handle (Rob Barraco on vocals) Truckin>TOO>Dew>NFA>GDTRFB>NFA Sugar mags Brokedown

The boys circa 1970. A friend of mine found these - fun stuff!

Hey! One of the rare times a taper was there. Those of us that weren't there get to hear Piece Of My Heart after all. https://archive.org/details/dso2021-09-04 And night 1 too https://archive.org/details/dso2021-09-03

I had the chance to catch the free live stream. Elective setlist - I really enjoyed the first set on this one. Cassidy>GDTRFB>Cassidy Unbroken Chain>Jack Straw>Tangled We Can Run It's All Over Now Loose Lucy Black Throated>Rider Eyes>GSET Gimme some Lovin Dark Star>D/S>Low Spark>Stella>Johnny B Black Muddy River encore

Looks like we had a taper there, at least for the last night: https://archive.org/details/dso2021-05-09 Betty was also there recording, I believe all 3 nights.

Check out 1991-08-16. Scarlet>Victim>Fire. And in 84 there were a couple shows with Scarlet>Touch>Fire

Amen, brother.

10.31.70 was the last Viola.

I just found this one on archive.org. Hooray for tapers! https://archive.org/details/dso2020-09-25.dso2020-09-25

All of this rescheduling keeps adding to the mystery of where and when show #3000 will be.

Looks like this one had a taper! https://archive.org/details/dso2020-02-15

You know that entering just a date in Google will give you a link to that show on archive as the first result. No need for "grateful dead" in your search.

@Island Bro was looking for Here Comes Sunshine - first song after you headed home to more rain

Not that I noticed, but with any luck, I'm just unobservant.

Monkey and the Engineer wasn't on the planned setlist. Some guy kept calling out for it, and at one point Eaton responded that they're playing that in San Francisco so they can't play it now. Then the guy's girlfriend claimed he left because they weren't going to play it, and Baracco said "he's gone? We should play it now"

Fixed seating and most everyone sat for the first set, other than a few dancing in the aisles. A girl in the front row got told to sit down when she tried to dance. At the beginning of the second set she made a pitch to get everyone to stand, and the room complied.

This was an amazing show. It blows my mind that they can pull such rare songs out of the catalog and play them as competently as they do everything else. Lisa on Chimes of Freedom is powerful stuff.

Usually in 3 nights I can pick either a favorite or least favorite, but not this time. Despite my feelings about the venues in Seattle and Portland, all 3 of these shows were grate for me. Looking forward to winding down with an acoustic show before heading home.

6-9-90 Filler: That's What Love will Make You Do Hey Pocky Way

Another amazing show! Mostly Jeff, some Skip on Wild Thing.

I had seen that too, and kept waiting for Dark Star.

Exactly what was going through my mind as he was talking.