Dead & Company kicked off their spring and summer tour dates with the first of two shows at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA, on Friday evening, delivering two sets of favorites from the Grateful Dead catalog, including a new addition to the band's expanding repertoire.
The night opened up with three classics, "Playing in the Band, Shakedown Street" and "Brown-Eyed Women," before Dead & Co. offered their first live rendition of Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried," which was covered frequently by the Dead. The first frame also featured staples like "Peggy-O" and the set-closing "Casey Jones."
The band returned after setbreak with a run of "Scarlet Begonias" into "Fire on the Mountain," with bassist Oteil Burbridge once again manning lead vocals on the latter tune. After running through Dead favorites like "Althea," "Estimated Prophet" and "Eyes of the World," Dead & Co. ventured into "Drums/Space" territory, later closing out the set with "Sugar Magnolia." The night later rounded out with a cover of The Band's "The Weight."
Check out the full setlist below as it appears in our Box Scores section, along with pro-shot footage of both set openers via Nugs.tv's livestream (the streaming service announced yesterday that it will be offering webcasts of each of Dead & Co.'s upcoming tour dates). The band returns to Shoreline tonight for round two.
Dead & Company
Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Set I: Playing in the Band> Shakedown Street, Brown-Eyed Women, Mama Tried*, Peggy-O, It Hurts Me Too, Black-Throated Wind, Casey Jones
Set II: Scarlet Begonias> Fire on the Mountain, Althea, Estimated Prophet> Eyes of the World> Drums> Space> The Wheel> Wharf Rat> Sugar Magnolia
Enc: The Weight
Notes: *Dead & Co. debut
