# Dead & Company at Barceló Maya Grand Resort, February 15, 2018 [CID Entertainment](https://www.cidentertainment.com/) presents _Playing in the Sand_, featuring [Dead & Company](https://www.deadandcompany.com/events/435843) Beach Stage at [Barceló Maya Grand Resort](https://www.barcelo.com/en-us/hotels/mexico/riviera-maya/barcelo-maya-caribe/) [Carr. Federal Chetumal- Puerto Juárez Km. 266.3, Solidaridad, 77750 Playa del Carmen, Q.R., Mexico](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barceló+Maya+Caribe/@20.4895066,-87.2486821,17z/) 7:30 PM, Thursday, February 15, 2018 [[2018-02-11|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#February_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸ [[2018-02-16|On to the next event!]] ## Set One [7:41 PM lights down, band out] 01. [7:42 PM] _Playing in the Band_ 02. [8:00 PM] _Me and My Uncle_ 03. [8:06 PM] _He's Gone_ (JM/BW) » 04. [8:18 PM] _Cassidy_ 05. [8:31 PM] _Brown-Eyed Women_ (JM) 06. [8:41 PM] _Bertha_ (JM) > 07. [8:52 PM] _Good Lovin'_ » [8:57 PM] _La Bamba_ verse » [8:58 PM] _Good Lovin'_ [set ends 9:00 PM] ## Set Two [9:49 PM lights down, band out] 01. [9:49 PM] _Scarlet Begonias_ » 02. [10:01 PM] _Fire on the Mountain_ (OB) 03. [10:14 PM] _Althea_ (JM) > 04. [10:24 PM] \(_Get Up, Stand Up_ tease during the opening noodle jam\) » _Estimated Prophet_ » (Mayer & Chimenti tease licks from _A Love Supreme_) 05. [10:38 PM] _Eyes of the World_ » 06. [10:58 PM] drums » [11:03 PM] beam, BK off after a minute or two » [11:09 PM] add BW; JM + JC at keys, MH playing trippy vocal samples from RAMU » [11:11 PM] Weir swaps to acoustic guitar » [11:12 PM] add OB, BK » [11:13 PM] add MH at keys with JC, JM » [11:15 PM] JM, MH back to regular spots » 07. [11:15 PM] _Looks Like Rain_ 08. [11:23 PM] _I Need a Miracle_ 09. [11:33 PM] _Casey Jones_ [set ends 11:43 PM] **Encore** 10. [11:45 PM] _the Weight_ (BW-JH-OB-JC-BW) (first time played by Dead & Co) [show ends 11:54 PM] ## Performers [Dead & Company](http://www.deadandcompany.com/) * [Oteil Burbridge](http://oteilburbridge.com/): bass, lead and harmony vox; * Jeff Chimenti: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, lead and harmony vox; * [Mickey Hart](http://mickeyhart.net/): drums, piano (s2t06); * [Bill Kreutzmann](http://www.ocean-spirit.net/): drums; * [John Mayer](http://johnmayer.com/): guitar, piano (s2t06), lead and harmony vox; * [Bob Weir](http://bobweir.net/): guitar, acoustic guitar, lead and harmony vox. ## Notes All told, I'd say that tonight was a damn fine show that reminded me why I agreed to head on this adventure in the first place. Twenty minutes of _Playing in the Band_ to open? Yeah! That's the spirit! Simply exquisitely done, with the hivemind expertly dancing from space to space in the psychedelic firmament. Way to go! Understandably, the energy and tempo flagged a little for _Me and My Uncle_, but the guys picked things back up again for _He's Gone_ and _Cassidy_, both of which featured visual tributes to members of the extended Grateful Dead family who have joined the ancestors. Good to see the organization showing such love! _Bertha_ was another highlight, with Mayer spurring the jams on higher and higher until we arrived at the awkward left turn transition into _Good Lovin'_. Sandwiching in a verse or two of _La Bamba_ was a great, venue-appropriate choice, but Bobby's voice seemed kind of gravely to me, and his delivery wasn't nearly as smooth as one could hope for. "More practice, less teleprompter," that's what my granny always said to me. Set Two fulfilled the promise of the show opener, talking us all back into the cosmos, and as long as you're willing to overlook the awkward transitions and full stops, I'd argue that it was a darn good set. Solid song selection, a few surprises here and there (Mickey playing piano??), and lots of smiling energy: works for me! _Casey Jones_ started out slow, like a heavily loaded steam train pulling out of the station, and as the boys kept stoking the engine, she gradually built up a nice head of steam. Midway through I figured they were just about done accelerating the pace, but instead, they piled on jam after jam, like so many shovels of coal, and the mighty engine of the Dead responded with a roar, flying down the tracks with the wheels spinning and the whistle screaming. Watch your speed? Not these hooligans, they were looking to gain escape velocity! It was interesting to get _the Weight_ for an encore: the boys did a good job! I was surprised to hear a gravel-voiced Jeff Chimenti take lead on the Crazy Chester verse -- and even more surprising to hear Bobby sing falsetto on the following final verse. What kooks! Care to review the show yourself? Check out one of the sources posted at the [Live Music Archive](https://archive.org/details/DeadAndCompany?and[]=date:2018-02-15%2A), or go commercial and check out [Nugs.net](https://play.nugs.net/#/catalog/recording/18960)! ## Photos Big thanks to Ting for taking pictures and putting together the awesome photo gallery! ### Barcelo sights {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-0*.jpg}} {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-10*.jpg}} ### Dead and Company {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-16*.jpg}} {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-18*.jpg}} {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-19*.jpg}} {{gallery>2018:2018-02?20180215-2*.jpg}} {{tag>music Dead_&_Company Barceló_Maya_Grand_Resort Oteil_Burbridge Jeff_Chimenti Mickey_Hart Bill_Kreutzmann John_Mayer Bob_Weir}} [[2018-02-14|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2018|Up to the 2018 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2018#February_events|Up to the 2018 event list!]] ☸ [[2018-02-16|On to the next event!]]