Dead & Company brought their 2019 tour to The Gorge in George, WA, on Friday evening for the first of two shows at the scenic venue, and though the band and audience had to deal with colder temperatures that caused some members to don hoodies and multiple layers of clothes, the group delivered another two sets of favorites from the Grateful Dead catalog, including a new one for Dead & Co.
After opening the night with “Feel Like a Stranger” and running through staples “Cumberland Blues,” “Dire Wolf,” “Loser” and “Loose Lucy,” Dead & Co. offered their first-ever live performance of Robert Hunter’s “It Must Have Been the Roses,” followed by a set-closing “The Music Never Stopped.”
Set two rolled on with an opening “Here Comes Sunshine” and a “Dark Star” that would return three songs later after “Scarlet Begonias” and “China Doll” and lead into an “Eyes of the World” that preceded “Drums/Space.” As JamBase notes, the band surfaced after “Space” with a “Black Peter” that prompted the video screen at the back of the stage to show an image of the late Jerry Garcia along with Dr. John, the New Orleans legend who passed away this week (see photo below). A rousing “Casey Jones” closed the set, before the band returned to wrap up night one with the encore favorite “Ripple.”
Check out the full setlist below as it appears in our Box Scores section, along with pro-shot video of both set openers via the Nugs.tv webcast. Dead & Company return to The Gorge tonight for round two.
Dead & Company
The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
Set I: Feel Like a Stranger, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Loser, Loose Lucy, It Must Have Been the Roses*, The Music Never Stopped
Set II: Here Comes Sunshine > Dark Star > Scarlet Begonias > China Doll > Dark Star > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > Black Peter > Casey Jones
Enc: Ripple
Notes: *Dead & Company debut
6 Comments comments associated with this post
Gilly
June 12, 2019 at 4:08 pmSusan, that is some profound shit and I couldn’t agree more
Susan
June 11, 2019 at 5:08 pmStephen;’s comment makes perfect sense. John Mayer is to Dark Star as a gas station oil stain is to Shrodinger’s cat. There is no bus here to be on or get off. No transport, just ticket sales
SCOTT MARK I
June 10, 2019 at 7:49 pmTHANK YOU, Thank You for posting a few video songs from Friday ! ! !
THANKS
Mike Lewellen
June 9, 2019 at 12:07 pmThe first reply was written by someone with rocks for brains…made absolutely NO sense… Anyways I watched on the webcast and the first set was a little disjointed and not in sync but the second set was much much better. The music of the Grateful Dead is the only music that ever made my body move and cleanse my soul. I will always be thankful for that! Thanks guys!
Terry Wegner
June 9, 2019 at 11:05 amI guess you just don’t get it man. This is Dead&CO.Keeping the Music alive.The Grateful Dead has not played since Jerry died. I know loosing Jerry was hard for all. So you can stay on the bus or just be kind. Dead head since 76.
Stephen
June 9, 2019 at 5:56 amGawd this is so gross! Dark Star, John Mayer; intricacy, simplicity; cleverness, obviousness; a rose garden, a squirrel; sublimity, a human sitting on a toilet yelling about himself