Lettuce returned to Colorado's famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Saturday evening for a special performance that featured an opening set that paid tribute to the music of Jerry Garcia Band and included longtime JGB keyboardist Melvin Seals.
The band opened up the night with a tune from the Garcia/Merl Saunders repertoire, "Finders Keepers," before welcoming out Seals and background vocalists Lenesha Randolph (a relative of Robert Randolph and member of his Family Band) and Raquel Rodriguez for the rest of the set, which featured favorites like Marvin Gaye's "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)," Bob Dylan's "Tangled Up in Blue," J.J. Cale's "After Midnight," Smokey Robinson's "I Second That Emotion," "They Love Each Other" and "Cats Under the Stars."
For set two, Lettuce offered a collection of their original songs, including several from their recently released studio album, Elevate, like a set-opening "Trapezoid" that featured the Denver Nuggets' Skyline Drumline and their cover of Tears For Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," plus live staples like the set-closing run of "Phyllis" and "Squadlive." The night then wrapped up with an encore of "The Force."
Check out the full setlist below. Lettuce are off the road for the rest of this month and will return to the stage for a run of dates starting July 11 in Rochester, NY. See the band's full schedule here.
Lettuce
Red Rocks Amphitheatre - Morrison, CO
Set I: Finders Keepers, That’s What Love Will Make You Do*, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)*, Tangled Up In Blue*, After Midnight*, I Second That Emotion*, They Love Each Other*, Cats Under The Stars*> Meters Jam*
Set II: Trapezoid^, Let It Go Go > Makin’ My Way Back Home, Krewe, Royal Highness, Everybody Wants To Rule The World+, Ready To Live+, Moksha, Purple Cabbage, Phyllis, Squadlive
Enc: The Force
Notes: * w/ Melvin Seals, Lenesha Randolph and Raquel Rodriguez
^ w/ Skyline Drumline
+ w/ Lenesha Randolph and Raquel Rodriguez
