A Weir’d Trainwreck @ the Nokia
Furthur played the first of two shows at the Nokia last night and the big story was Bob Weir’s performance. Bobby – who uses a teleprompter – struggled mightily with the lyrics in a particularly horrid Brown Eyed Women, El Paso sequence. Weir couldn’t get past the first verse of El Paso and after futzing around for a while announced he was going to start over. The second take on the lyrics was just as rough as the first.
There’s been tons of talk and speculation on the PhilZone and Ratdog.org message boards about what Bobby’s issue was, but nothing has been confirmed. Regardless, we hope Bobby’s okay and that Furthur pulls it together tonight. Take a listen to the sequence yourself to hear how bad it was. Brown Eyed Women starts around 16:35 and El Paso at 24:30…
READ ON to hear last night’s first set (warning: it autoplays)…
Furthur @ Nokia, 07/28/2010 Set 1 by Taperrob
Set 1: Shakedown Street > Brown Eyed Women, El Paso (2x 1st verse) > Dire Wolf, Row Jimmy, I Need a Miracle > Bertha > Good Lovin
Set Two: The Music Never Stopped, All The Colors Of The Rain > Cassidy, Cold Rain & Snow, Bartering Lines > Space > St Stephen > Born Cross-Eyed > Stella Blue, I Know You Rider, Donor Rap
Encore: Uncle John’s Band
Furthur returns to the Nokia for another sold-out show tonight.
Scott Bernstein
Scott Bernstein co-founded Hidden Track in October 2006 and was managing editor until taking over as EiC in January 2008. Scotty also writes for Relix Magazine and curates YEMblog.com.
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Last night was awful, but to be fair, Bobby is severely dyslexic and in his condition trying to read off the prompter must’ve been nearly impossible.
He shouldn’t have to read the lyrics after 45 years….