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Sunday, March 19, 2017

JRAD, brooklyn bowl 3 .18 .17

Show #105 - Night 6 of #MarchRADness

Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY
2017-03-18
SOLD OUT ~ THANK YOU!!!

Public Sound Check (5:30PM - 6:00PM)
Such A Night % (MB)
Ophelia % (SM)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down % (TH)

Set One (9:41PM - 10:52PM)
Promised Land @ (TH)
Golden Road To Unlimited Devotion (TH) >
Hell In A Bucket (SM) ->
Jam ->
Here Comes Sunshine (TH) ->
In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed # ->
Here Comes Sunshine Reprise $ (TH) ->
Duo Jam ->
Ruben & Cherise % (TH) ->
Viola Lee Blues ^ % (All)

Set Two (11:25PM - 1:09AM)
Jam ->
Casey Jones & (TH) ->
Jack A Roe (TH) ->
Dancing In The Streets * % (SM) ->
Franklin’s Tower % (TH) ->
Let It Grow Jam ->
That’s The Way Jam + ->
Let It Grow (SM) @@ ->
Girlfriend Is Better Jam ## ->
Let It Grow Reprise (SM)
I Know You Rider (All)

ENC:

“Thank You Sean” $$
Brokedown Palace (TH)
We Bid You Good Night %% (All)

Dave Dreiwitz is on tour with Ween.
Entire show with Oteil Burbridge on Bass & Vocals.
Oteil played 4 string bass for the majority of the night,
but played 6 string bass on Ruben & Cherise. (& I think that’s it.)

@ - Not on the set list as written - for the late great Chuck Berry - RIP. Not played since 2015.10.31 at The Ritz, Raleigh, NC a gap of 52 shows. With a “Never Can Tell” (Chuck Berry) tease (SM)
# - Allman Brothers Band cover, not played since 2016-03-24 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 36 shows
$ - Not played by Almost Dead since 2016-02-13 State Theater, Portland, ME, a gap of 38 shows
% - With Stuart Bogie on Tenor Sax
^ - With a China Cat Sunflower Jam
& - With a “Hoedown” (Aaron Copeland) Tease (MB)
* - With a “9 to 5” Tease (MB), a “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” (Michael Jackson) Tease (MB), a “Shake Your Body” (The Jacksons) Jam, and a “I Want a New Drug” (Huey Lewis & The News) Jam that could become its own track, With Stuart Bogie on Tenor Sax
+ - Led Zeppelin Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead, instrumental
@@ - With a “Chest Fever” (The Band) Tease (MB)
## - Talking Heads Cover, First Time Played By Almost Dead, Instrumental
$$ - With Pete Shapiro, honoring Sean Aiken, a long time Brooklyn Bowl manager working his last night.
%% - Sung a cappella, at the front of the stage, not played since 2015-10-03 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 57 shows

Pre Show Music was DJ Uncle Mike from Doors until 8:30PM, then Sean Aiken’s Soul Mix until the set started.
Set Break Music was a mix by DJ Cochon De Lait who also DJ’d after the show.
Poster by Jim Pollack - 3 Night Run, companion to last week’s Pollack (sold out).

Its been an honor & a pleasure sharing the last 6 shows with all of you: Bowl Staff, the raging & attentive audiences (during Brokedown & Bid You Good Night, it was the quietest BB has ever been on a Saturday night - I'm really proud of you all!) and everyone scoring at home (even if you're not) on couch tour. Thanks for sharing in the JOY!

Saturday, March 18, 2017

JRAD, brooklyn bowl, 3 .17 .17

With Dave Sheild

Show #104
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn, NY
2017-03-17
SOLD OUT ~ THANK YOU!!!

Set One (9:43PM - 10:51PM)
Sitting On Top Of The World (TH) ->
Easy Wind @ (SM)
Eyes Of The World # (TH) ->
Drums ->
Samson & Delilah (SM)
Mission In The Rain ** (TH) ->
Loser $ (TH) ->
LA Woman Jam % ->
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad ^ (All)

Set Two (11:31PM - 12:56AM)
Jam & ->
Alligator & * (SM) ->
Fame + (MB & TH) ->
Brown Eyed Women (TH) ->
They Love Each Other @@ (TH) ->
Brown Eyed Women Reprise ## (TH)
Not Fade Away $$ (All) ->
Turn On Your Love Light (OB)
Cream Puff War (TH) >
My Brother Esau %% (SM)
Scarlet Begonias (TH) >
Fire On the Mountain ^^(TH)

ENC:
The Weight && (All)

Dave Dreiwitz is on tour with Ween.
Entire show with Oteil Burbridge on Bass & Vocals.
OB is Oteil Burbridge Lead Vox.
Oteil played 4 string bass for the majority of the night,
but played 6 string bass on Eyes. (& I think that’s it.)

@ - “Flipped” Version - Opened with the last verse sung first. With a Black Throated Wind Tease (SM). Proceeded by blues jam connecting Sitting on Top with Easy Wind that probably included a “Vampire Blues” (Neil Young) Tease (Band)
# - With a “What’s Going On” (Marvin Gaye) Tease (SM), a “Jessica” (Allman Brothers Band) Tease (TH) & an Oteil Bass Solo
** - Not played since 2016-03-24, Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY 2016-03-24 a gap of 35 shows.
$ - With a Tennessee Jed Tease (MB)
% - Doors cover, first time played by Almost Dead (Has been teased before). No lyrics sung.
^ - With a “Duo Jam” & without the usual instrumental “We Bid You Good Night” ending
& - With Marco Crowd Surfing
* - With a Truckin’ tease (SM)
+ - David Bowie Cover, First Time Played By Almost Dead, Partial Version. (Has been teased before.)
@@ - Partial Version, 2 verses(?) sung
## - Not Played since 2015-10-29 at Suwannee Hulaween, Live Oak, FL, a gap of 53 shows
$$ - With a “Fat Mama” (Herbie Hancock) Tease (MB), China>Rider Transition Tease (TH), a “Fat Mama” (Herbie Hancock) Jam (MB), a “Hoedown” (Aaron Copeland) Tease (MB), an “I Want Candy” (Bow Wow Wow) Tease (MB) & probably more, including for sure an ‘80s tune by a female vocalist that I can’t quite place that’s driving me nuts.

:)
%% - With a “Flash's Theme aka Flash” (Queen/Brian May) Jam (MB)
^^ - With a “Borderline” (Madonna) Tease (MB)
&& - TH - Verse One (pulled into Nazareth), SM - Verse Two (picked up my bags), OB - Verse Three (Go down, Miss Moses), JR - Verse Four (Crazy Chester) & All - verse five (Catch the Cannonball)

Pre show Music was BB GM Stephen S’s Soul Mix - search Moose.Newton on Spotify
DJ Cochon De Lait DJ’d before, between sets & after
Poster by Jim Pollack - 3 Night Run, companion to last week’s Pollack. (sold out)

Bullet Point Takeaways:
-Love The Bowl!
-Love the crowd - so many moments where literally everyone in the building (& hopefully all of you on your couches) was/were completely immersed in blissful happiness. That happiness spreads like wildfire & we need it during times like these.
-The Band - So playful! So psyched!
-We all get to do it ONE MORE TIME tomorrow...

Sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks all!

Thursday, March 16, 2017

gregg allman residency, jan. 2016

Pamella and I went to the Gregg Allman residency in Macon, Jan. 12 - 13, and 15 - 16.

P was at every show except Friday.

We airbnb'd it. A gay couple own the second floor, windowless apt we stayed in. In a historic building on Cherry and Third.

They also own an accessories storefront at street level.

The weather was perfect for January: sunny, short-sleeve warm, perfect walking-around days.

The played Statesboro, Rider, Whipping Post and Melissa every night. Dreams (albeit an 18 minute version) was played Saturday night only. We had front row seats for three nights, balcony the other.

I went to Rose Hill on Sunday after P had left. Visited the grave site. Within sight of railroad tracks and the Ocmulgee River. They would have wanted to be buried there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiHkyDEDT1c Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olmZc-Z18kA Multi colored

Sunday, August 2, 2015

phish, 8 .1 .15

With Pamella.

Phish
Aug. 1, 2015
Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Atlanta, GA

SET ONE
Runaway Jim
Undermind
Nellie Kane
Blaze On
Halfway To The Moon
Ocelot
Heavy Things
Heavy Things
Theme From The Bottom
Run Like An Antelope
SET TWO
Tweezer
Waiting All Night
Backwards Down The Number Line
Carini
Waste
Sand
Tweezer Reprise
ENCORE
Rock & Roll

mp3(cbr256)
http://we.tl/NGmAm8mq2d

Saturday, August 1, 2015

phish, lakewood

Phish
July 31, 2015
Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood
Atlanta, GA

SET ONE
Prince Caspian >
No Men In No Man's Land
Ghost
The Wedge
The Moma Dance
How Many People Are You?
Rift
Mike's Song >
I Am Hydrogen >
Weekapaug Groove
SET TWO
Kill Devil Falls >
Martian Monster >
Twist >
Back On The Train
Reba
Bathtub Gin
ENCORE
Farmhouse
Character Zero

mp3(cbr 256)
http://we.tl/V2gLVr21PP