Boy, I told my Daughter and wife that the show started at 6 and darned if they were not like "they never start on time" as we find the lot (finally, good 7 block walk) and I say to them, "that must be an old tape of the dead, I can hear Jerry singing??". Well, smack my bottom if I didn't miss a good chunk of the 1st set but it weren't Jerry, but the dude had some real shades of the smokey voice of Jerry after the 80s..and the guitar was pretty Charlie Brownish too....you know Wop do Wop wop wop wop bwa wop--when the parents talk.
So we get in for tail of 1st set...a mile away since he field was closed and only the youngens' could handle that pack up front....but it was freaking great!
Then the second set rolls in, I know I should name the songs but I am sure the set list is around...so Bobby was a bit laid back for a while but in the second set he came into his own...so let's just say I have not hear the Wheel since Radio City in 1980 sittin in the 12th row with Peter Paul and Mary (RIP Mary Travers)....well baby, I duuno if it was a gift for me but MAN, they nailed that mother.....still think it may be just the top of my list ever....and then, they finish with Ripple! If I gotta leave the planet without seeing Jerry another time (of course I have seen him in dreams at various "dreaming" concerts dozens of times, and I know he is coaching my horn playing as a silent tutor)...but this would leave me with enough to go with a smile! Thanks Phil, Bobby, and the rest of the Further boys for a real good time. My daughter (16 now) sez to me, "these people are the coolest people I have ever seen"--this after she has been to oh, 3 Dead shows, 7 Rat Dog shows and the first Further--it finally dawned on her that she is a chip off the old man block! Really nice way to end June on the nicest Day of the Year in MA. And the new Hunter tune, yeah, I could not catch all the words but it got my tear ducts flowing just cuz I knew it was something that he wrote.....Jerry was smiling down on us....man, the whippit vendors after the show were brazen and the cops in Lowell were strategically stationed to only direct trafffic and not bust a single souls chops...boy now to go back to a Nassau show and have cops like that. Great day in Lowell, and only 10 mins. from home. Hey now!

"if the Thunder don't get ya then the lightning will!"- The Wheel
"Gonna find out something only dead men know" - Silvio
Class of Red Rocks '79...
Life without the Dead is not life...and so we carry on...

If so ... please post a review. I heard the first night Weir was embarrasingly jacked up? The second night was better but not great? That reminds me of the RatDog tour last year about this time when Bobby looked like death. Take care of yourself Bobby, please!!

"Lazy lightning you say you never strike the same place. I want a double dose in any case" ... "You got to hear my supplication. Got to hear me now. A little bolt of inspiration"

Didn't go, but I heard from an Old Head that Bobby had a really really bad night Wednesday.

Mary, it wasn't the usual forget the lyrics and mumble something that we grew to accept, but he couldn't even get started. I am concerned that the pace is too great for these guys. Slow down guys, you can't need the money that badly. Your no longer in your 20s and 30s, or even 50s.

"That path is for, your steps alone."

I really appreciate that Bob loves what he does (how many people can truely say that?) and that he (must) in some way feel obligated to keep the torch constantly lit. However Bob in general runs himself ragged. I mean I just go on one week-long road trip and I am wiped out for a couple of days afterward. I couldn't imagine constantly feeling tired like he must. Plus when he is in a funk I think he's up to more than just over-working. Smoke some pot and stay away from that other crap! I know its none of my business but we care about you Bobby!

"The dire wolf collects his due while the boys sing round the fire"