Robinson Gets His Red Rocks Off w/ Furthur
Of the hundreds of outdoor venues Phil Lesh has played over the past 50 years, the Grateful Dead/Furthur bassist ranks Red Rocks in the top two along with The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. In fact, there’s a plaque at the Morrison, Colorado venue that says as much, so you knew last night’s Furthur show at Red Rocks had the makings of something special.
[via @MusicNeverStops]
For the start of the second set, Phil and Bobby’s band welcomed Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes and Chris Robinson Brotherhood to lead them through classic Pigpen-sung tunes The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) and Hard To Handle as well as the Furthur debut of Bob Dylan’s You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere. Robinson has a long history with Weir and Lesh dating back to the Crowes opening for the Dead in Tampa on April 7, 1995. More recently, Chris did a few tours with Phil and Friends and performed back in August with Weir and Jackie Greene at the Folks Festival in Lyons, Colorado. Back on March 12, 2010, Robinson first sat in with Furthur at Phil Lesh’s 70th Birthday Bash, where he sung a number of songs including The Stranger.
Chris Robinson w/ Furthur – The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
READ ON for more on Chris Robinson’s big night with Furthur…
Since You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere was first recorded in 1967, the Basement Tapes tune has been covered by a wide variety of artists including The Byrds, Phish, Shania Twain, Bloodkin and both the Black Crowes and Chris Robinson’s solo bands. We looked at 20 great versions of the tune for a 2007 B List. Start the UStream embed below to hear Furthur’s take on You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere with Chris Robinson.
The second set took a more psychedelic turn following Robinson’s sit in as the That’s It For The Other One song suite led into The Wheel followed by a Supplication Jam, Death Don’t Have No Mercy and the China > Rider pairing. Furthur returns to Red Rocks tonight for the second of three shows at the gorgeous venue.
Here’s audio of Set Two thanks to TaperRob…
And most of Set One…
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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where is the first set? this is the only rcording i am finding this fine morning 10/1/2011.
Not a fan of chris robertson.
I was working somewhere that the crowes were headlining
and it seemed that everyone in the crowes were walking on
eggshells when chris was in the room.
All hail KING CHRIS
NOT
CR gets a bad rap around the dead community for some odd reason…the man can flat out sing…and what he does the stranger(two souls in communion) is outstanding…all haters can suck it… ALL HAIL MEH SAYS…
@monkey99 – Could only find a partial of Set One on TaperRob’s UStream channel. I have added it to the post.
@meh – Hate to hear that, but regardless of anything that man can sing
@non-ya – It’s weird seeing who the dead community accepts and who they don’t. Trey is another guy who seems to get lots of hate for his work with the surviving members of The Dead.
@meh-Who is Chris “Robertson”? Dumba**
Mr. Robinson is awesome! nice collaboration!
I like how CR is Paul Stanleying the guitar…playing here and there…
Two Souls In Communion is a great tune.
who is the stage right guitar player??? does anyone know? need to know!!!!