Monday's show in St. Louis was billed as "Jerry Garcia's Birthday Party" for his birthday on that same day Aug. 1st. The opening band was an acoustic trio which paid homage to the great acoustic and folky elements of Jerry and the Grateful Dead. We followed with an original set to mix things up, then a rockin' electric Grateful Dead set! It was our first time playing an entire set dedicated to one artist - and what a treat it was! A large crowd was in attendance and absolutely loved every minute of it. It was so incredible to share the magic of the dead with all these strangers from Missouri, I mean come on?!! Come into a town for the first time and have the entire room dancing to some of your favorite music, it doesn't get much better! Here's what the set list looked like
SET ONE
mmmmmDOOF
Ramblin Man
Harley
Camp Cut-Coulie
Together Not the Same
Riders On The Storm
Yeti
Doc Brown
SET TWO
The Other One ->
Me & My Uncle ->
Not Fade Away ->
Drums ->
SPACE ->
The Other One
China Cat Sunflower ->
I Know You Rider
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire On the Mountain
Franklin's Tower
El Paso
The following day we were onto Kansas for a day off at Sam's aunt's house in Kansas City. After some much needed rest, we grabbed some Southern BBQ and got even more rest gearing up for our first Kansas show the following day.
We loaded into the Bottleneck the following day (the site of the Lawrence, Kansas gig). What an incredible room! Sam informed us that his Dad had played the exact venue about 40 years earlier, what a trip to be on that same stage. The bar looked even older than 40 years and certainly smelled like it! Though the crowd was small we had a lot of fun playing through a bunch of new tunes in preparation for the Colorado shows ahead!
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