Warren Haynes, Mark Karan and Bob Weir at the
San Jose Performing Arts Center, July 10.
Photo: David W. Clark © 2008
Well, Dead Heads across the land have certainly had copious opportunities to see the former Grateful Dead members play live lately. Phil Lesh & Friends, Bob Weir & RatDog, the Bill Kreutzmann Trio, the Mickey Hart Band and Donna Jean & the Tricksters were all truckin’ down that Golden Road in the late spring and into the summer, sometimes crossing paths at festivals, and all making some fine music along the way.
One of the coolest developments of recent months has been the continuing emergence of iclips.net as a reliable source for music fans everywhere to catch bands like these (and many others!) on the Internet: All but RatDog made one or more appearances on iClips; Phil & Friends were on three times in July alone.
For Phil & Friends, the momentum created at their amazing five-night run at the Warfield in San Francisco (you can read about that here) carried over to their shows up and down the East and Midwest. Several of the songs they’d broken out for the “album shows” at the Warfield found their way into the summer concerts, and an added treat was the ongoing presence of singer Teresa Williams (guitarist Larry Campbell’s wife), who offered assured vocals on a variety of tunes, including “Dancing in the Streets,” “China Doll,” “Till the Morning Comes,” “High Time” and others. Levon Helm and a horn section joined the group for a rousing version of the Band classic “W.S. Walcott Medicine Show” at the group’s New Hampshire show, and there was also one new Jackie Greene breakout on the tour—“When You Return,” a tune from his Giving Up the Ghost album.
Jackie will be on a Western tour with his own band from mid-August to mid-September (for details go to https://jackiegreene.com), with a Phil & Friends show at the Slow Food benefit in SF at the end of August, in the middle of all that. Then Phil & Friends pick up again in early October for a six-pack of shows with the mighty, mighty Allman Bros., one with the Black Crowes, and finally, beginning on Halloween, a 14-show run (dubbed the Philathon) at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. For all Phil-related info, go to https://phillesh.net.
Meanwhile, as we write this is mid-August, RatDog is on the road for a 13-date tour, with 12 of those shows billed with the Allman Bros., sure to be a great night of music! The ’Dog has had a great year so far, with Mark Karan comfortably back in the fold and playing better than ever. On their late June/early July tour, they played many dates with Government Mule opening, and to no one’s surprise there was lots of cross-pollination between the two bands, with Bob and other members of RatDog often joining the Mule for a song or two, and then Warren Haynes (and often Mule keyboardist Danny Louis) coming on during RatDog’s set. The result was some great, spirited jamming. So it was no surprise, either, that there has been some inter-band action between the 'Dog and Allmans, too, on the current tour. For RatDog info, go to the band’s official site at https://www.rat-dog.com, or the excellent fan site https://www.ratdog.org.
What follows are the Phil & Friends and RatDog set lists from the late spring and summer tours.
Phil & Friends Set Lists
06/12/08 Lifestyle Communities Pavilion, Columbus, OH
New Minglewood Blues> Doin' That Rag, Gone Wanderin', Dire Wolf, Mama Tried, Cumberland Blues> Bertha
Passenger> Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind, High Time, St. Stephen> The Other One> The Wheel> Scarlet Begonias, Sugar Magnolia / Cold Rain and Snow
06/13/08 Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island, Chicago
The Golden Road, Jack Straw, Mexican Girl, Viola Lee Blues> Big Boss Man> Viola Lee Blues>About Cell Block #9> Viola Lee Blues
Help on the Way> Slipknot> Wharf Rat> Eyes of the World> China Cat Sunflower> The Eleven> I Know You Rider, Mason's Children> Franklin's Tower / Brown-Eyed Women, Ripple
06/14/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, CNN Tent, Manchester, TN
(acoustic performance by Phil, Larry, Jackie and Teresa Williams)
Friend of the Devil, Gone Wanderin’, Till the Morning Comes
06/14/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, Which Stage, Manchester, TN
One More Saturday Night, Uncle John's Band, Feel Like a Stranger, I'm So Gone, Bird Song, Born Cross-eyed, New Speedway Boogie, Loser, Fire on the Mountain, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Dark Star> Unbroken Chain> Stella Blue> Dark Star> Sugaree / Truckin'
06/15/08 Bonnaroo Music Festival, This Tent, Manchester, TN
(acoustic performance by Phil, Larry, Jackie and Teresa Williams) Friend of the Devil, Deal, Gone Wanderin’, Deep Elem Blues, Drifting Too Far from the Shore, Texas Crap Shooter, Cry Yourself Dry, Sing Me Back Home, Till The Morning Comes, Lorena, Peggy-O, Tell Me Mama, Ripple, Brokedown Palace / Dire Wolf
06/17/08 Innsbrook Pavilion, Glen Allen, VA
Jam> Shakedown Street> Like a Ball and Chain, This Wheel's On Fire, jam> Althea, Candyman, Cosmic Charlie, Loose Lucy
Jam> China Cat Sunflower> New Potato Caboose> Dupree's Diamond Blues> Mountains of the Moon> Terrapin Station (Inspiration)> All Along the Watchtower> Goin’ Down the Road / Box of Rain
06/19/08 Penn's Peak, Jim Thorpe, PA
Big Railroad Blues, Deal *, Easy Wind > Cold Black Devil, Alligator, Dancing In The Streets *
(acoustic set) Friend of the Devil, Gone Wanderin', Deep Elem Blues, Drifting Too Far from the Shore, Big Mon, Ripple
Samson & Delilah *, Till The Morning Comes *, High Time *, Playing In The Band> A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Cryptical Envelopment> The Other One, Good Lovin', Midnight Hour / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
06/20/08, Penn's Landing, Philadelphia
Sittin' On Top of the World, Tennesee Jed *, Mexican Girl, Bird Song, Peggy-O *, When You're Walking Away, Cumberland Blues
Uncle John's Band, Lazy River Road *, Scarlet Begonias * +> Fire on the Mountain, St. Stephen> Not Fade Away> St. Stephen> The Eleven, Rosemary * > Morning Dew * / One More Saturday Night
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
+ with Greg Osby on sax
6/21/08 Bank of America Pavilion, Boston
Bertha*, Dire Wolf*, Me & My Uncle, Pride of Cucamonga, Loser*, So Hard to Find My Way*> Lovelight
Here Comes Sunshine*, Eyes of the World, The Wheel, New Potato Caboose, Revolution, Unbroken Chain, Wharf Rat> jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower* / I Know You Rider, Attics of My Life
*with Teresa Williams on vocals
06/22/08 Cellular Pavilion at Meadowbrook, Gilford, NH
Playing in the Band> Mississippi Half-Step, W.S. Walcott Medicine Show +, Alabama Getaway*, Big River*, Gone Wanderin'*, Loose Lucy
Shakedown Street*> jam> Jack Straw, Like A Ball And Chain*, Viola Lee Blues> jam> Dark Star> China Doll*> Dark Star> Mason's Children> Sugaree*, Truckin'* / Dancin' In The Streets*
+Levon Helm on drums and vocals, Jay Collins and Eric Lawrence on saxophone, Steven Bernstein on trumpet, Jimmy Vivino on guitar and vocals
* With Teresa Williams on vocals
07/03/08 The Pageant, St. Louis
Bass solo> The Other One> Truckin' ^> Next Time You See Me, This Wheel’s on Fire, Alabama Getaway *, When You Return *> Casey Jones
^Here Comes Sunshine *> Doin' That Rag, Don't Let the Devil Take Your Mind *, Mason's Children> He's Gone *> Black Peter> All Along The Watchtower> Midnight Hour * / Cosmic Charlie, Brokedown Palace *
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/4/08 Summerfest at Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI
Shakedown Street*, Pride of Cucamonga, Me & My Uncle, Gone Wanderin’*, Sittin’ on Top of the World, Loser, Bertha*
The Golden Road*, Don't Let Me Down, St. Stephen*> The Eleven> Wheel tease> Wharf Rat> The Eleven, Scarlet Begonias*> I Know You Rider*, Sugar Magnolia* / Ripple*
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/5/08 Grandview Park, Sioux City, IA
Friend of the Devil*, Deal*, Like a Ball and Chain*, Peggy-O, Cumberland Blues> So Hard to Find My Way*> The Wheel> Bird Song> Chest Fever> jam> Caution> Cold Rain and Snow / Box Of Rain
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
07/6/08 Rothbury Festival at Double JJ Ranch, Rothbury, MI
Here Comes Sunshine*+ > Althea+ > China Cat Sunflower+ > Mexican Girl+, Dire Wolf*, About Cell Block #9, Sugaree*
Help on the Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower*> Eyes of the World> Uncle John's Band, Mountain of The Moon> Unbroken Chain, New Speedway Boogie> Fire on the Mountain* / Dancin' In The Streets*
*with Teresa Williams on vocals
+ with Warren Haynes on guitar
7/8/08 Charlottesville (VA) Pavilion
Jam> Alligator, Beat It on Down the Line, Tennessee Jed *, When You're Walking Away, Brown-Eyed Women, Loan Me a Dime, The Weight
Passenger, Mississippi Half-Step, Tell Me Mama, New Minglewood Blues, Casey Jones, China Doll *, Midnight Rider, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Truckin' / Good Lovin'
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/9/08 House of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Big River*, Like a Ball and Chain, Pride of Cucamonga*, Loose Lucy*, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down*, Bertha*
Sittin' On Top Of The World> Deal*, Doin' That Rag> Mason's Children*> Wharf Rat*> Cosmic Charlie*> A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*> Midnight Hour* / Stella Blue
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/11/08 All Good Music Festival at Marvin's Mountaintop, Masontown, WV
Feel Like a Stranger> Til the Morning Comes*> Loser, Ripple*, Gone Wanderin'*, Goin’ Down the Road*
TheGolden Road *> Viola Lee Blues> New Potato Caboose> Revolution> The Elevator> Jack Straw*, Not Fade Away* / Brokedown Palace
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/12/08 Highland Bowl, Rochester, NY
Saturday Night, Cumberland Blues*, Me & My Uncle, Brown Eyed Women*> Operator, Cosmic Charlie*
New Speedway Boogie> He's Gone*, Candyman*> That’s it for the Other One> Morning Dew, Help On The Way> Slipnot!> Franklin's Tower* / Truckin'*
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
7/13/08 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantagh, NY
Playing in the Band *> Bird Song, When You're Walking Away *, The Wheel> Mountains of the Moon> Uncle John's Band, Sugar Magnolia
Jam> China Cat Sunflower *> Fire On The Mountain *> Sugaree *, St. Stephen> jam> The Eleven, Unbroken Chain> Dark Star> Born Cross-Eyed> Dark Star *> I Know You Rider * / Attics Of My Life *> Playing reprise
* with Teresa Williams
7/26/08 10,000 Lakes Festival at Soo Pass Ranch, Detroit Lakes, MN
Shakedown Street #, Alabama Getaway #, Like a Ball and Chain #, New Minglewood Blues #, Beat It on Down the Line #, Althea #, Cosmic Charlie #
Casey Jones, Don’t Let Me Down> Eyes Of The World> This Wheel’s on Fire> Masons Children> Viola Lee Blues> Deal> Viola Lee Blues> Bertha> Viola Lee Blues / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
#entire first set with John Scofield, guitar
8/2/08 Gathering of the Vibes at Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT Here Comes Sunshine* > Good Lovin'*, Gone Wanderin'*, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Loser, Cold Rain and Snow
Scarlet Begonias> All Along the Watchtower*> He's Gone*> Goin’ Down the Road*, Wharf Rat> The Elevator> The Eleven> I Know You Rider*, Not Fade Away / Box Of Rain*
* with Teresa Williams on vocals
8/31/08 Slow Foods Rocks Festival, Great Meadow at Fort Mason, SF
Playing in the Band> Bertha, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Deal, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider, Sugaree, Uncle John's Band> jam> Help On The Way> Slipknot> Franklin's Tower> Sugar Magnolia / Box Of Rain
Entire show with Mark Karan on guitar and vocals, instead of Larry Campbell
RatDog Setlists
(* indicates acoustic songs)
05/31/08 Hampton Beach (NH) Casino Ballroom
Jam> Shakedown Street> Maggie's Farm, Jus’ Like Mama Said> Tomorrow Never Knows> Hell in a Bucket, She Says> Liberty, Eyes of the World
You Win Again*, Lazy River Road*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Ashes and Glass> Iko-Iko> stuff > Dear Prudence, Throwing Stones / One More Saturday Night
06/01/08 Mountain Jam at Hunter Mountain, NY
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot> Easy Answers, She Belongs to Me+, Money for Gasoline, Loser#, Loose Lucy, Two Djinn
Masters of War*, Friend of the Devil*, Mississippi Half Step > Sampson and Delilah > solos > Lady With A Fan > Terrapin Station > Terrapin Flyer > Sugar Magnolia / Ripple
#with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+with Levon Helm on drums
6/20/08 Cuthbert Amphitheater, Eugene, OR
Jam> Shakedown Street> Maggie's Farm, Loser, Money for Gasoline, Loose Lucy, Catfish John, Masters of War*, West L.A. Fadeaway*, Iko Iko*> stuff> Come Together> Touch of Grey
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
6/21/08 Wa-Mu Theater, Seattle
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!> Jack Straw, Little Red Rooster+, Bird Song#> Big Railroad Blues#, You Win Again*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, She Says, Two Djinn > Stuff > Standing on the Moon > One More Saturday Night E: Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower
+ with Danny Louis on keyboards
+ # with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
6/23/08 Idaho Botanical Gardens, Boise
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> New Minglewood Blues, It’s All Over Now Baby Blue, Tomorrow Never Knows> Playing in the Band, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, Me and My Uncle*, Cream Puff War> Scarlet Begonias> stuff> Black Peter> Goin’ Down the Road #
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
6/24/08 The Depot, Salt Lake City
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger> Casey Jones #, All Along the Watchtower#, Weather Report Suite, Peggy-O*, Mexicali Blues*, Quinn the Eskimo, Silvio/Tequila> Ashes and Glass> stuff> Wharf Rat> Throwing Stones / Not Fade Away
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
6/27/08 Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, CA
Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> Cassidy> Lazy River Road, Victim or the Crime*, Juke *^, West L.A. Fadeaway ^+#> October Queen^> The Deep End^> The Other One> stuff> Dear Prudence> Johnny B. Goode / Ripple
^ with Matt Kelly on harmonica
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ With Danny Louis on keyboards
6/28/08 Fantasy Springs Resort Casino, Indio, CA
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> Easy Answers, Senor, Loose Lucy, Brown-Eyed Women, The Winners*, El Paso*, Truckin> The Wheel> stuff> Stella Blue, One More Saturday Night / Touch of Grey
06/29/08 (Sun) Greek Theatre - Los Angeles
Hell in a Bucket, Easy to Slip> Dark Star> Bertha#+, Black Throated Wind*, Friend of the Devil*, Mississippi Half-Step> Samson & Delilah> stuff> Morning Dew / Goin’ Down the Road
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ With Danny Louis on keyboards
7/1/08 Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay, San Diego
Jam> Shakedown Street> Big River, Money for Gasoline, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl> Althea, K.C. Moan*, The Weight*+, Bird Song#> He's Gone#> stuff#> Sugaree# , Johnny B. Goode#
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ with Danny Louis on keyboards
7/2/08 Humphrey’s Concerts By the Bay, San Diego
Jam> I Need a Miracle> Big Boss Man> Lucky Enough, Tennessee Jed#, Estimated Prophet, Jack-A-Roe*, She Belongs to Me*, Eyes of the World> stuff> Looks Like Rain> Touch of Grey
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
7/3/08 The Joint, Las Vegas
Tomorrow Never Knows> Playinh in the Band> Jus' Like Mama Said> Playing jam> Deal, K.C. Moan*, Corrina*, The Last Time, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Black Muddy River> St. Stephen> The Eleven / Brokedown Palace
7/5/08 High Sierra Music Festival at Plumas Sierra County Fairgrounds, Quincy, CA
Jam> The Golden Road> Jack Straw, Dark Star> Little Red Rooster, Big Railroad Blues, Blackbird*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Liberty, Two Djinn> stuff+> Days Between> Dark Star+> One More Saturday Night+ / U.S. Blues+
+ with Mitch Marcus on sax
7/6/08 Britt Pavillion, Jacksonville, OR
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> New Minglewood Blues> Queen Jane Approximately, Lost Sailor> Saint of Circumstance, Book of Rules, Dire Wolf, Bertha
You Win Again*, Me and Bobby McGee*, Masters of War*, Ramble on Rose, Uncle John's Band> stuff> Ship of Fools> Not Fade Away / Ripple
7/9/08 San Jose Center (CA) for the Performing Arts
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!, It's All Over Now> She Says, Greatest Story Ever Told, Iko Iko#, Peggy-O*, Me & My Uncle*, Truckin> The Other One> stuff+> To Lay Me Down> China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider / Johnny B. Goode
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
+ with Brian Melvin on percussion)
7/10/08 San Jose Center (CA) for the Performing Arts
Casey Jones, Easy to Slip> Dark Star+> Odessa+, Dark Star jam+> All Along the Watchtower, Catfish John*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Money for Gasoline+> Shakedown Street+#, stuff+#^%$> Morning Dew+#^, Throwing Stones+ / Franklin's Tower+#
+with Brian Melvin on percussion
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
^ with Danny Louis on keyboards)
% with Matt Abts on drums
$ with Andy Hess on bass
8/10/08 Up North Music Festival at Ossipee Valley Fairgrounds, Hiram, ME
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger> New Minglewood Blues, Mission in the Rain, Casey Jones, Dark Star, Big Railroad Blues, You Win Again*, Lazy River Road*, Dark Star Jam> The Other One> Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> stuff, Standing on the Moon> Dark Star jam> Samson and Delilah / Good Lovin
8/12/08 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> Easy Answers> She Belongs to Me, Mama Tried> Truckin’, Jackaroe*, Mexicali Blues*>Brown-Eyed Women> He’s Gone> stuff> Black Peter, Two Djinn / Goin’ Down the Road
8/13/08 Jones Beach Amphitheatre, Wantaugh, NY
Jam> help on the Way> Slipknot!> It’s All Over Now, She Says> Liberty, Corrina, Peggy-O*, Masters of War*, New Speedway Boogie#, Mississippi Half-Step#> stuff> Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door> Slipknot!> Franklin’s Tower
#with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
8/15/08 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
Jam> Cassidy> Bird Song, Dire Wolf, Even So> October Queen> The Deep End> Shade of Grey, Hell in a Bucket> Milestones> stuff> Days Between> Bird Song reprise> Cassidy> reprise / U.S. Blues
8/16/08 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> Maggie’s Farm, Money for Gasoline> Dark Star> Little Red Rooster> Odessa, A Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Dear Prudence> Dark Star> One More Saturday Night
8/19/08 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Jam> Tomorrow Never Knows> I Need a Miracle> Playing in the Band> Big Boss Man> Playing in the Band> Might as Well, The Winners*, When I Paint My Masterpiece*, Cream Puff War, Scarlet Begonias> stuff> Sugaree, Two Djinn> Foolish Heart / Johnny B. Goode
8/20/08 New England Dodge Center, Hartford, CT
Jam> Lady with a Fan> Terrapin> Jack Straw, All Along the Watchtower, Weather Report Suite, K.C. Moan*, Victim or the Crime*, Tennessee Jed, Uncle John's Band> stuff > Knockin on Heaven's Door> Touch of Grey> At a Siding#> Terrapin Flyer#> Uncle John's Band (reprise)
# with Warren Haynes
8/22/08 Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center, Canandaigua, NY
Jam> Feel Like a Stranger, Casey Jones, Easy to Slip> Supplication Jam> Easy to Slip, Big Railroad Blues, Catfish John, Corrina*, Althea, Ashes and Glass> stuff> Black Muddy River, China Cat Sunflower> I Know You Rider / Revolution
8/23/08 Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Jam> Shakedown Street, Loose Lucy, Queen Jane Approximately, Money for Gasoline, Eyes of the World, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*, Bird Song> The Other One> stuff, Morning Dew, Bird Song (reprise)# / One More Saturday Night#
# with Warren Haynes
8/25/08 Star Pavilion, Hershey, PA
Jam> Here Comes Sunshine> Big River, She Belongs to Me, Lucky Enough> Deal, Blackbird*, Friend of the Devil*, Estimated Prophet> The Other One> stuff> Stella Blue, St. Stephen# > The Eleven#
#with Warren Haynes
8/27/08 DTE Energy Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI
Jam> The Music Never Stopped> New Minglewood Blues, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Jus' Like Mama Said, Tomorrow Never Knows, Dark Hollow*, Black-Throated Wind*, Lost Sailor> Saint of Circumstance> stuff> Black Peter, Goin’ Down the Road / Ripple
8/28/08 Charter One Pavilion, Chicago
Jam> Playing in the Band> Ramble On Rose, Cold Rain and Snow, Even So> October Queen> The Deep End, You Win Again*, El Paso*, Brown-Eyed Women, Mississippi Half-Step> stuff> Dear Prudence, Sugar Magnolia / Attics of My Life
8/30/08 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
Jam> Help on the Way> Slipknot!> Loser^ > Bird Song# > Loose Lucy #> Bertha#, Looks Like Rain*, A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall*%, West L.A. Fadeaway> Ashes and Glass> stuff> Morning Dew / Not Fade Away
^ with Derek Trucks on guitar
# with Warren Haynes on guitar and vocals
% with Susan Tedeschi on vocals