Billy & The Kids 2023-11-02
Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA
Set 1
Don't Ease Me In
I Am The Walrus >
Me And My Uncle
Cassidy
Lazy River Road
Eyes Of The World >
Baby Don't You Do It
U.S. Blues
I Am The Walrus >
Me And My Uncle
Cassidy
Lazy River Road
Eyes Of The World >
Baby Don't You Do It
U.S. Blues
Set 2
Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo >
Drums >
China Cat Sunflower
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
It Hurts Me Too
Foolish Heart >
Slipknot!
Encore :
So Many Roads >
Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band
Slipknot! >
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo >
Drums >
China Cat Sunflower
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
It Hurts Me Too
Foolish Heart >
Slipknot!
Encore :
So Many Roads >
Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band
Set 3
Comment
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT regarding tonight’s Santa Barbara Bowl show:
In show business they say the show must go on. In the world of the Grateful Dead, that’s never even been a question. Our community knows how to take lemons and make tie-dye lemonade. We know how to improvise and we know how to jam. And we know how to come together as a community and dance our way through twists and turns while the music plays the bands.
I’ll get right to it then - my wife and I both tested positive for Covid. I’ll be okay other than the immense disappointment and frustration that I’m feeling about having to sit out tonight — I was looking forward to this show since the minute we first talked about it. I’ve been wanting to play the Bowl for years.
I’m very lucky to have the Kids that I do, who have all rallied around me today. As I type this, they are on the stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl getting ready for the show.
As a surprise treat, we were going to have our friend Chris Tomson from Vampire Weekend come out to jam on drums with us for Drums->Space. Chris (“CTâ€) was already on his way to Santa Barbara when my covid diagnosis came back, and he felt the same way as the rest of the band — the show must go on.
We could have just canceled it outright but we’re all already here and the band and crew have all put so much work into making tonight special, so this is the time for us as Deadheads to come together, celebrate the holiday, and remember that life is precious - any time that we get a chance to honor it by gathering and dancing and singing and reveling, we must do that.
“Day of the Dead†is about spirits, so may the spirit of the Grateful Dead ride with us tonight while the Kids they dance and shake their bones.
For those who opt, full refunds will be issued at the point of sale. I appreciate everyone’s understanding and may the Great Spirit bless the Deadheads.
NFA,
Billy
In show business they say the show must go on. In the world of the Grateful Dead, that’s never even been a question. Our community knows how to take lemons and make tie-dye lemonade. We know how to improvise and we know how to jam. And we know how to come together as a community and dance our way through twists and turns while the music plays the bands.
I’ll get right to it then - my wife and I both tested positive for Covid. I’ll be okay other than the immense disappointment and frustration that I’m feeling about having to sit out tonight — I was looking forward to this show since the minute we first talked about it. I’ve been wanting to play the Bowl for years.
I’m very lucky to have the Kids that I do, who have all rallied around me today. As I type this, they are on the stage at the Santa Barbara Bowl getting ready for the show.
As a surprise treat, we were going to have our friend Chris Tomson from Vampire Weekend come out to jam on drums with us for Drums->Space. Chris (“CTâ€) was already on his way to Santa Barbara when my covid diagnosis came back, and he felt the same way as the rest of the band — the show must go on.
We could have just canceled it outright but we’re all already here and the band and crew have all put so much work into making tonight special, so this is the time for us as Deadheads to come together, celebrate the holiday, and remember that life is precious - any time that we get a chance to honor it by gathering and dancing and singing and reveling, we must do that.
“Day of the Dead†is about spirits, so may the spirit of the Grateful Dead ride with us tonight while the Kids they dance and shake their bones.
For those who opt, full refunds will be issued at the point of sale. I appreciate everyone’s understanding and may the Great Spirit bless the Deadheads.
NFA,
Billy
Sources
| SHNID | Date | Venue | City | State | Archive Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 166360 | 2023-11-02 | Santa Barbara Bowl | Santa Barbara | CA | |
| Flac16 Shure MV88 > iPhone (from seat) recorded by Harry McQuillen, mastered by Clinton Vadnais | |||||
Created At
Sat Nov 04 2023 12:56:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Updated At
Sat Nov 04 2023 12:56:38 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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