Stormy Mondays: We’ve Never Seen Him Run
This week’s Stormy Mondays is all about the winner of the other NYC marathon, Mr. Phil Lesh, who’s in the midst of a monster 10-night run at the Nokia.
Leaving the Q aside, as the band deserves a mix of its very own, these tracks attempt to cover Lesh in a number of different lights. The Help > Slip > Franklin’s comes from the 2004 Dead tour — it’s the show opener from Great Woods, and the bass work is stunning right from the intro, the playing of a true master. Buckets of Rain, from the blizzard show in ‘06 with Trey, doesn’t feature much in the way of bass chops, but it does show off just how great a bandleader Phil is.
Next, Bo Diddley joins the Grateful Dead for a super-bad, stand-alone “Jam” in 1972 — this incredible and unique 10 minutes is an absolute must-hear. The mix closes with a nice Just Like Tom Thumb Blues from MSG in ‘93, unless of course there’s a hidden track this week…oh so clever. Enjoy!
As an added visual bonus, here’s some Ryan Adams with Phil Lesh at the 2005 Jammys — not a bad Wharf Rat, and not a bad start to a friendship:
I love the song Jam! So much better than Filler, or Donor Rap.
Nice that you end this post with a nod to Ryan Adams and his friendship with Phil.
It was on display Friday as Ryan sat in with Phil & Friends for a monster 3rd set and Encore at the Nokia Theater in Times Square.
Head over to the philzone if you want the play-by-play — all I can muster up here is a “WOW”
One of those life-changing nights, one of those sets that will never - can’t ever - be played the same way again. Phil tore it down old-school, acid-test style and took the room on a journey, with Ryan supplying haunting, gripping vocals. Wharf Rat is where it started, but that was just the launching pad. It all peaked around the time Molitz pierced the space and we heard “Eclipse” (AND THE SUN IS ECLIPSED BY THE MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON).
Like most of us I’ve seen a lot of shows, and pray I live to see many more. But there will never be another one like that.
Much love to Phil, Ryan and the gang.
If you’re in NYC and you haven’t caught a show on this run yet, get yourself over to the Nokia Theater pronto.
11/2/07
PL&F
Nokia Theater, NYC
1st Set (electric)
Jam>
Birdsong>
About Cell Block #9
Dire Wolf
Midnight Rider
Passenger
2nd Set (acoustic)
Friend Of The Devil
Noreen
Cry Yourself Dry
Big Mon
Dead Flowers
Mama Tried
3rd Set (electric w/ Ryan Adams)
Wharf Rat> (jam into Franklin’s sounder rather China Catty)
Franklin’s Tower>
Stella Blue>
Scarlet Begonias Tease>
Fire On The Mountain>
Dark Star (verse 1)>
Eclipse (the Pink Floyd song)>
Terrapin Station> (no lady with a fan as usual for this tour)
Sugar Magnolia>
Sunshine Daydream
Donor Rap/Band Introductions
Feedback Jam>
Darkstar (Verse 2)>
Box Of Rain
Was this 3rd setlist a misprint? HOly Shit Simp, you were not kidding about: “One of those life-changing nights, one of those sets that will never - can’t ever - be played the same way again”
On paper, this set is monster. in person, it must have been…well., like an eclipse.
sick stuff!
Wharf Rat> (jam into Franklin’s sounder rather China Catty)
Franklin’s Tower>
Stella Blue>
Scarlet Begonias Tease>
Fire On The Mountain>
Dark Star (verse 1)>
Eclipse (the Pink Floyd song)>
Terrapin Station> (no lady with a fan as usual for this tour)
Sugar Magnolia>
Sunshine Daydream
thanks HT for the Bo Diddly 70’s drop in. Man, this is why Glide kicks sooo much ass some time.
One of our very kind taper friends has this up on the archive already: http://www.archive.org/details/phil2007-11-02.phil2007-11-02aud.flac16
Still can’t say enough about the third set with Ryan Adams. A lot of people have a lot of hate for him, but I don’t get it. Dude was hanging tough while Phil took us down into the ether - that dark swirly place where all the songs are formed and eventually return. I swear there were points when they were playing all the Dead’s songs at once.
Haven’t given it a listen yet - waiting till I get home so I can settle in, achieve the right state of mind, and delve back into this monster.
HT: this site, as usual, rawks.