Live Dead 69
Hall 2
The Sage
Gateshead

2018-02-09

A combination of "circumstances" and me "getting on the bus" relatively late meant I never got to see The Grateful Dead.  Definitely a "live" band.  The studio albums have their moments, but I often feel they were made more to tee up the live experience by providing new material to jam around with an audience.
For me, '69 through '71 was when they were at their most stimulating and exciting.  More a sensory experience than mere music.
So, all things considered I was delighted to have the opportunity to warm my hands on the embers of a "Great" band, with Tom Constanten and cohorts pulling up in "Toon".
It's a delight...start to finish, and whilst Tom's the only one to have been a part of the band, the others have "lived it" one way or another by association.  It matters to them and it shows.
Setlist appears to change every night, but from what I've seen it's always good.  There are moments...you can almost imagine being "back there"...almost.
Many highlights, and a long overdue reminder that I'm not listening to enough "Dead".
This is so much more than just a "tribute act".  It's got integrity, and opens up into a heartfelt celebration of something we'll never see the likes of again.
You know, I can't quite work out why the Grateful Dead's music is as good as it is.  On the face of it, there's nothing to it.  But, it's just sooo bloody good...
Now, where did I put that Complete Fillmore box set...?

S101 Tom Constanten Intro
S102 Rain & Snow
S103 Me & My Uncle
S104 Me & Bobby McGee
S105 Dark Star
S106 St Stephen
S107 The Eleven
S108 Turn On Your Love Light
S109 Death Don't Have No Mercy
S201 Not Fade Away-Mountain Jam
S202 Bertha
S203 Playin' In The Band
S204 The Other One
S205 Wharf Rat
S206 Encore Break
S207 We Bid You Goodnight

TOM CONSTANTEN
SLICK AGUILAR
MARK KARAN
RICHARD NEWMAN
TONY MORLEY


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S101 Tom Constanten Intro.flac:c10b2f9b37e54093fb1e3d0a41559941
S102 Rain & Snow.flac:c2f06cfc4f7720e4b7f9a333b8f212a9
S103 Me & My Uncle.flac:9e6bf1f6ba050bf3a5db326ee2babf4e
S104 Me & Bobby McGee.flac:ffeff145ec28ed66c3d7a43b52d5130d
S105 Dark Star.flac:504e12eda1b15662163c86336f3d6626
S106 St Stephen.flac:a9efcc33a632e5d43b214353c1f02866
S107 The Eleven.flac:f97541df579f17fcfe2d7bc7089774e4
S108 Turn On Your Love Light.flac:19deb88454c2b496755af3f45cdd4269
S109 Death Don't Have No Mercy.flac:271381872a24d03831c8df24c3a17121
S201 Not Fade Away-Mountain Jam.flac:e0c9d946d1fd8724a9308c26bdc25d81
S202 Bertha.flac:bde9a395837657e789b28cf29a7c1ab5
S203 Playin' In The Band.flac:00292014517b7583640c5d958e5c08f7
S204 The Other One.flac:29fcf71035e29e7651795144408ea7a8
S205 Wharf Rat.flac:0a6bfd3404eb4b1535e733fdf7001ee8
S206 Encore Break.flac:708e0d1da077cdaa7ee437754145867c
S207 We Bid You Goodnight.flac:140e6bb63dcc3dad6aeb0fcac254fbf6