Michael Franti and members of Spearhead came to the stage to jam on “I Know You Rider.” Things got interesting in the second set when Dead and Company invited a rare guest to the stage. Other highlights from the first set includes an “Easy Wind” that Mayer absolutely slays, “Sugaree” and an Weir/Mayer acoustic “Ripple.” Whenever the night kicks off with a 19-minute “Shakedown Street” you know you’re in for a wild night. After an emotional night one, Dead and Co was all business on night two.
Thanks to Jeff Travitz for the phenomenal recording!įebru| Cover, Dead | 1,558 Listen to Dead and Company and Friends at Night Two of Playing in the Sand – Full Show AUDĭead and Company continued their run in Riviera Maya, Mexico at the Barceló Maya on Saturday night after a night off. While Dead and Company’s summer tour doesn’t kick off until May 30th, Dead and Company heads to the Southeast this weekend for three make-up dates from last year’s tour.
Blues” and the “Brokedown Palace > Playing In The Band (Reprise)” encore. Highlights from the third show include a gorgeous “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo,” a nearly 20-minute “Birdsong” to close out the first set, a second set “U.S. The tempo may be slow for some Dead heads, but the band is tight, the jams are blistering and Bobby can sill belt out the classics. Half the band may be in their 70s, but you would never know from listening to the recording. The first two shows at Barceló Maya were stellar and the third show was fantastic as well. | Cover, Phish 3.0 | 614 Listen to Dead and Company’s Finale in Riviera Maya, Mexico – Full Show AUDĭead and Company came out blazing in Riviera Maya at Playing in the Sand for what appears to be another banner year for the band. Thanks to for the setlist and thanks to Phish for treating us to a taste of paradise.
Possum, Carini, David Bowie, and Harry Hood contained Shipwreck quotes. The Little Drummer Boy was teased in Ghost.
SET 2: Down with Disease -> No Men In No Man’s Land > Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley -> Possum > Carini > David Bowie, Harry HoodĮNCORE: Slave to the Traffic Light > Tweezer Reprise SET 1: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Simple -> Tweezer > Roggae, Nothing, Ghost > Ya Mar, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Rift > Fluffhead The third show of the 2017 annual run lived up to the ‘Never Miss a Sunday Show’ maxim.Īfter a jam-packed first set, Trey turns on the afterburners for the second set. Phish gave a head nod to Cinco de Mayo with a Taco Tuesday recipe and an archival release of Phish: Riviera Maya in Quintana Roo, Mexico.īarceló Maya Beach was the home to Phish’s annual excursion from 2016 through 2019. It’s good that a few things in this world are clear to all of us.” But with lines like Krazy Kat peeking through a lace bandana/ like a one-eyed Cheshire/ like a diamond-eyed jack / A leaf of all colors plays / a golden string fiddle / to a double-e waterfall over my back, it may be wishful thinking to say that that the words were really “clear to all of us.” To this day, numerous faithful still debate the meaning of the lyric, as seen on a number of websites devoted to discussing the song.Phish is back with their 7th installment of Dinner and a Movie. People seem to know exactly what I’m talking about. In his outstanding anthology A Box of Rain, Hunter wrote, “Nobody ever asked me the meaning of. One of Hunter’s most abstruse pieces, which became a staple of the Grateful Dead’s legendary hours-long concerts, was “China Cat Sunflower.” It was recorded for the band’s 1969 studio album Aoxomoxoa, and later released on the live Europe ’72 triple album set in a mash-up with the old blues number “I Know You Rider.” The two songs segued together perfectly, and the Grateful Dead performed the combination well over 500 times in live performances. Most of the band’s classics are songs that Hunter wrote the lyrics for, like “Truckin’” and “Friend of the Devil.” Even 1987’s “Touch of Grey” became part of the fabric of life for so many counter-culturalists, some of whom actually were grey by the time “Touch of Grey” was recorded.