MLB presents Dead & Company
Wrigley Field
1060 W Addison St, Chicago, IL 60613 USA
6:30 PM, Saturday, June 25, 2022

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[6:33 PM] {hooting for Oteil: the natives are ready to rock!}
[6:40 PM] {performers out; Jay instead of Bill}

Time to play ball?

 
01. [6:41 PM] Scarlet Begonias » [6:48 PM] jam » [6:53 PM] coda
[6:54 PM] {full stop} 02. [6:55 PM] the Wheel » [7:05 PM] {Island groove} » [7:09 PM] {JM swaps to Telecaster} » 03. [7:09 PM] New Speedway Boogie » [7:22 PM] {JM swaps back to blonde custom Les Paul} 04. [7:23 PM] Big Railroad Blues (JM) 05. [7:28 PM] Dancing in the Streets » [7:35 PM] {scattered rain} » [7:40 PM] {showers again}
[7:42 PM] {brief stop} 06. [7:42 PM] Tennessee Jed
[7:52 PM] {full stop} 07. [7:53 PM] Sugaree (JM)
[8:05 PM] {set ends}

[8:39 PM] {lights down, performers out; BW playing pink ? Telecaster; JM on Les Paul}

All aboard!

 
01. [8:40 PM] Casey Jones (JM/BW) no speedup or crescendo [8:48 PM] {full stop; BW swaps to the custom-topped auction guitar} 02. [8:49 PM] Ramble on Rose
[9:00 PM] {stop; BW swaps to grey semi hollow ?ES-335¿} 03. [9:01 PM] Help on the Way (JM) » [9:04 PM] jam » [9:12 PM] Slipknot! » 04. [9:14 PM] Franklin's Tower (JM)
{Stop. Front line heads off stage for a break} 05. [9:26 PM] drums » [9:28 PM] {add OB} » [9:35 PM] {drop JL, OB; MH swaps to the beam} » [9:41 PM] {add OB at bass} » [9:47 PM] {drop MH; add front line; JM teases Third Stone from the Sun for a bit} » [9:52 PM] {BW 2nd guitar swap since coming back onstage} » [9:53 PM] {add MH, JL} » 06. [9:55 PM] Days Between (BW) > 07. [10:09 PM] Fire on the Mountain (OB) > 08. [10:19 PM] One More Saturday Night (BW)
[10:25 PM] {set ends; all off, back in a minute}
 
Encore 09. [10:27 PM] Brokedown Palace (BW) > 10. [10:32 PM] Touch of Grey (BW/JM)
[10:38 PM] {show ends}
[10:43 PM] {on the CTA, ready to roll south!}

official setlist posted to Twitter: what's under the tape?

Dead & Company

• Oteil Burbridge: bass, drums, lead and harmony vox;
• Jeff Chimenti: piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, harmony vox;
• Mickey Hart: drums;
• Jay Lane: drums;
• John Mayer: guitars, lead and harmony vox;
• Bob Weir: guitars, lead and harmony vox.

[4:04 PM] I'm psyched to be done with work (all caught up for the moment? Sorta! 🤪) and on my way to party central with the Dead Boys.

[4:37 PM] My Uber drops me off at Midway CTA. Riding that train…

A little under an hour later, I've disembarked at Addison. The usual street circus is happening, but I swim through it to the field entry gate: no line now: I lucked out and hit that perfect lull between the hard core railers and the schooling masses. Wait ten seconds to get my wrist band, then it's time to find a water station … That turns out to be a barely functional fountain, and I struggle to fill my collapsible bags without squeezing out what I've managed to get in. More than ²/³ full seems like an achievement, and I give up in order to let other folks try their luck. I circle back around the concourse to the field entrance, then miss the closer GA gate and end up walking across the length of the front stage area to the other gate, only to spiral back to the center. This early, things are fairly loose until I hit the rail crowd: mostly standing already, with barely a square foot to spare. No biggie. I'm happy to find 3 square feet about 10 ft back from the rail, more or less dead center. Home again! Time to greet the neighbors and make new friends!

The hour passes quickly. The crowd grows, but things don't get much more crowded in the pit: people are being sensible and finding spots further out. Every now and then we get a brief shower: enough to get food putting on and taking off rainwear, but thankfully, not really enough to get us very wet.

Folks are buzzing about how good last night was: another one gets away from me. I suppose I could have ditched the wedding reception yesterday, but I would have felt bad about it. At least I'm at the show tonight!

First the tunes tonight are well played, but darn slow. Must be the heat or something. They pick up the pace a bit with Big RxR: it wasn't fast, but it was fast enough to get people hoping up and down with Mayer. Good choice!

Dancing is rendered quite languidly, but I'm happy cuz they're playing the '76 version with the bouncy bass line and the quirky mu-tron guitar. Very tasty!

Sugaree is a real crowd pleaser. I enjoyed it, even if parts were a little flat – must be that tempo thing.

Whoa! This section is incomplete for now, sorry!

Super duper glad to have gotten a seat on the subway after standing and dancing the past few hours. And double plus bonus points for getting one right on top of the A/C vent. Cold air on my legs feels good right now. It might be normal for Chicago, but it seems weird to me how hot it is right now (about 11 PM): 76 F and kind of sticky.

Today's photo gallery comes from ol' squinty!

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