Dark Star Orchestra played and provided a free Livestream of their set at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo., July 5. The acclaimed Grateful Dead cover band played an array of covers from the Dead’s iconic discography.

They opened with “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider” while the sun was high in the sky. Then, after nearly an hour, the warmed-up band did something unique; Dark Star Orchestra welcomed former guitarist John Kadlecik on stage for “Cumberland Blues.” Kadlecik hadn’t performed with Dark Star Orchestra since he left the band in Dec. 2009 to concentrate his time on Furthur.

After “Cumberland Blues” closed, current guitarist Jeff Mattson returned for the rest of the show and kicked off with “Box Of Rain.” Soon after, Lisa Mackey took the helm to cover Loretta Lynn’s “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man).”

As the night went on and the night fell over Red Rocks, Dark Star Orchestra slowed it down. They closed their second set with “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” into “Alligator” and encored with “Viola Lee Blues.”

Watch the Free Livestream streamed by nugs.net below.

Dark Star Orchestra
July 5, 2021
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

Set I: China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, Black Throated Wind, Here Comes Sunshine, Cumberland Blues, Box Of Rain, You Ain’t Woman Enough, Weather Report Suite, Let It Grow, Going Down The Road Feelin’ Bad

Set II: Morning Dew, Easy Wind, Dark Star, St. Stephen, The Eleven, Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, Space, The Other One, Death Don’t Have No Mercy, Alligator

Encore: Viola Lee Blues