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| 2015:2015-12:2015-12-30 [2016/01/08 00:59] – [Dead and Company at the Forum, December 30, 2015] randolo | 2015:2015-12:2015-12-30 [2020/06/14 23:54] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 |
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| 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 | 7:00 PM, Wednesday, December 30, 2015 |
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| ## Set One | ## Set One |
| The second set was full of classics from the back catalog, and as before, Bobby seemed to step back just a little on vocal duties. Smart to be saving his voice -- wouldn't want to blow things out on the penultimate night, right? _Viola Lee Blues_ was super fun, but _I Know You Rider_ seemed strangely discombobulated ... as if the guys were a bit out of synch? More shambling and perfunctory than the majestic renditions committed to tape for _Europe 72_ and other commercial offerings. Drums was pretty fun tonight, and being in the NorCal zone, there were plenty of other folks shaking their bones like me throughout this segment. The following jam seemed to wander through a few distinct musical zones before eventually settling into the Spanish jam that plays three against two to lead into _the Other One_. Yay! The bus came by, and I got on... | The second set was full of classics from the back catalog, and as before, Bobby seemed to step back just a little on vocal duties. Smart to be saving his voice -- wouldn't want to blow things out on the penultimate night, right? _Viola Lee Blues_ was super fun, but _I Know You Rider_ seemed strangely discombobulated ... as if the guys were a bit out of synch? More shambling and perfunctory than the majestic renditions committed to tape for _Europe 72_ and other commercial offerings. Drums was pretty fun tonight, and being in the NorCal zone, there were plenty of other folks shaking their bones like me throughout this segment. The following jam seemed to wander through a few distinct musical zones before eventually settling into the Spanish jam that plays three against two to lead into _the Other One_. Yay! The bus came by, and I got on... |
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| Ending the show with _Friend of the Devil_ was a pretty inspired choice -- different, but it worked just fine. And while the front line guys all played acoustic instruments, the rendition was upbeat and energetic instead of slow and snoozy. [Deadlists](http://www.deadlists.com/default.asp) tells me that song _never_ appeared as an encore with the Grateful Dead despite being performed at over 300 shows. Glad to know they're still trying new things! | Ending the show with _Friend of the Devil_ was a pretty inspired choice -- different, but it worked just fine. And while the front line guys all played acoustic instruments, the rendition was upbeat and energetic instead of slow and snoozy. [Deadlists](http://www.deadlists.com/default.asp) tells me that song _never_ appeared as an encore with the Grateful Dead despite being performed at over 300 shows. Further research reveals that Dead & Company ended the November [14](http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=622192) and [21](http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=622196) shows that way too. Guess I should have spent more time studying my pre-show tour statistics! |
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| Armando Brown posted a [review](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mayer-698080-dead-weir.html) of the show for the Orange County Register; Mikael Wood posted his [review](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dead-and-company-review-20160101-story.html) for the L.A. Times. | Armando Brown posted a [review](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mayer-698080-dead-weir.html) of the show for the Orange County Register; Mikael Wood posted his [review](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dead-and-company-review-20160101-story.html) for the L.A. Times. |
| {{tag>music Dead_and_Company the_Forum Oteil_Burbridge Jeff_Chimenti Mickey_Hart Bill_Kreutzmann John_Mayer Bob_Weir}} | {{tag>music Dead_and_Company the_Forum Oteil_Burbridge Jeff_Chimenti Mickey_Hart Bill_Kreutzmann John_Mayer Bob_Weir}} |
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