Three hours of Deadheads swaying in a North Carolina thunderstorm of sound.
Set 1: New Speedway Boogie (Grateful Dead cover) They Love Each Other (Jerry Garcia cover) Mama Tried (Merle Haggard cover) Easy Wind (Grateful Dead cover) Ramble On Rose (Grateful Dead cover) Dear Mr. Fantasy (Traffic cover) (>) Hey Jude (The Beatles cover) Bird Song (Jerry Garcia cover) Set 2: Sugaree (Jerry Garcia cover) St. Stephen (Grateful Dead cover) (>) William Tell Bridge (Grateful Dead cover) (>) The Eleven (Grateful Dead cover) Iko Iko (Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) (>) Drums (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space (Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Need a Miracle (Grateful Dead cover) (>) Wharf Rat (Grateful Dead cover) Casey Jones (Grateful Dead cover) Encore: Black Muddy River (Grateful Dead cover)
Sound
Drums > Space segment—pure psychedelic chaos, Mickey Hart still sorcerer-level.
Acting
John Mayer's face during solos: man is having a religious experience on camera.
Direction
Captures crowd energy without killing the intimate concert vibe.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dead & Company's 2023 summer tour opener, and the setlist deliberately echoed 1970s Dead archetypes with that St. Stephen > William Tell > The Eleven sequence rarely played since Jerry's era.
Walnut Creek's outdoor ampitheatre is infamous for summer storms and, historically, loose enforcement—this show's June humidity practically drips through the screen.
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