# Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead at Levi's Stadium, June 27, 2015

Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of [Grateful Dead](http://www.dead.net/), with [Trey Anastasio](http://trey.com/)  
2015-06-27  
[Levi's Stadium](http://www.levisstadium.com/)  
[4900 Marie P. DeBartolo Way, Santa Clara, CA 95054](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=4900+Marie+P.+DeBartolo+Way,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054&hl=en)  
6:00 PM, Saturday, June 27, 2015

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## Set One

[6:30 PM announcements from Rosalie]  
[7:33 PM band out]

01. [7:34 PM] Truckin'
02. [7:49 PM] Uncle Johns Band
03. [8:00 PM] Alligator >>
04. [8:07 PM] Cumberland Blues (no JC) >>
05. [8:13 PM] Born Cross-Eyed >>
06. [8:16 PM] Cream Puff War
07. [8:21 PM] Viola Lee Blues  
[set ends 8:39 PM]

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## Set Two

[9:39 PM lights down, noodling]

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01. [9:41 PM] That's It for the Other One >>
02. [9:48 PM] Dark Star >>
03. [10:17 PM] St Stephen >>
04. [10:39 PM] William Tell Bridge >>
05. [10:45 PM] the Eleven >>
06. [10:51 PM] Turn on Your Lovelight
07. [10:59 PM] Drums >>
08. [11:14 PM] Space
09. [11:21 PM] What's Become of the Baby? >>
10. [11:29 PM] the Other One >>
11. [11:41 PM] Morning Dew  
[set ends 11:52 PM]  
   
**Encore**
10. [11:53 PM Donor rap; 11:54 PM] Casey Jones  
[show ends 12:00 PM]

[12:37 AM Riding VTA to Mountain View]

## Performers

* [Trey Anastasio](http://trey.com/): guitar, vox;
* Jeff Chimenti: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
* [Mickey Hart](http://mickeyhart.net/): drums, lead and harmony vox;
* [Bruce Hornsby](http://brucehornsby.com/): keyboards, accordion, vox;
* [Bill Kreutzmann](http://www.ocean-spirit.net/): drums;
* [Phil Lesh](http://www.phillesh.net/): bass, lead and harmony vox;
* [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/): guitar, vox.

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## Notes

Lots of fun hanging with old pals in Mountain View prior to the show -- always good to stand around and shoot the bull over food and drinks!

Riding VTA in to the stadium was relatively easy, if a bit of a long, crowded ride.

We luck out time-wise and walk up to the entry gates just as a surge is passing through. Search me, scan me, let me run to my spot! This being our first visit to the venue, we take a less than optimal route: up to the concourse, then back down to field-level before racing over to the front-center section of the non-pit GA. Hooray! 5:15 and we're in! After a few hectic minutes looking for our scouts, we locate tonight's spot, as well as throwing out blankets to grab additional space for the lolly-gaggers.

Time passes pleasantly as we chat with old comrades and make friends with our neighbors -- looks like everyone's aiming for a good time tonight. The band rewards us with a loose and rambling set of old favorites -- the _newest_ tune being 1970's hit, _Truckin'_. And to top it off, the end-of-set rain sprinkling from the sky is accompanied by a very cool purple-heavy rainbow. Cosmic!

The second set delved deeply into the weird spaces of early Grateful Dead repertoire - huzzah, huzzah, huzzah! And for the most part, the crowd goes with it -- happily dancing along with band -- wiggling, twitching, writhing and spinning as broken arpeggios and suspended chords ring out into the night. Well done lads!

The gig winds up right at midnight, and then begins our transport hell ... almost 40 minutes to make it onto a VTA car headed west to Mountain View, then a long, very crowded ride to the end of the line. It was quite strange to hop off the VTA after 1 in the morning and find that CalTrain was holding the last run of the night for folks who were headed north up the peninsula -- good for them!! We walked back to the Dispoto's house for a bit of post-show partying, then decided around 2 AM that it was time to hit the road -- which we did, running first up to Glen Park (in fairly heavy traffic on 101!), then on over to Oakland. Wow. What a day! Didn't get to bed until after 3:30 AM -- and I'm supposed to do this all again tomorrow? Help!

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