Last night, Dead & Company’s summer tour rolled through Bristow, VA, for a show at Jiffy Lube Live, and the band added a new tune to their expanding repertoire.
To close out the evening’s first set, which kicked off with some Grateful Dead all-time favorites like “Shakedown Street,” “Uncle John’s Band,” “Althea” and “Bertha,” the band played the calypso classic “Man Smart (Woman Smarter),” a song that became a staple in the second half of the Dead’s touring career.
Set two began with the rousing “Playin’ in the Band” and included a “Fire on the Mountain” that led into a “Drums/Space” that in turn segued into a jam based around “A Love Supreme.”
The entire evening had an overtly political theme inspired by the show’s close proximity to Washington, DC as well as a few band members’ meetings with Senators Al Franken and Patrick Leahy yesterday). The most overt references took place at the end of the group’s second set and encore, as Dead & Co. moved from Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” a return to “Playin in the Band,’ “Throwing Stones” and “U.S. Blues.” They then emerged for a “U.S. Blues” reprise that segued into a slow-closing “Liberty.”
See the full setlist below as it appears in our Box Scores section. Dead & Company continue their tour tomorrow night at New York’s Citi Field.
Dead & Company
Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, VA
Set I: Shakedown Street > Uncle John’s Band, New Minglewood Blues, Althea, Peggy-O, Bertha, Man Smart (Woman Smarter)*
Set II: Playin’ in the Band > New Speedway Boogie > He’s Gone > Fire on the Mountain > Drums/Space > A Love Supreme > A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall > Playin’ (reprise) > Throwing Stones > US Blues
Enc: US Blues Reprise > Liberty
Notes: *Dead & Company debut
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