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Published: 2012/07/20

Phil Lesh and Bob Weir Perform With New Projects at All Good

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Thornville, OH’s All Good Music Festival kicked off last night. Held at Legend Valley, where the Grateful Dead played several historic shows, the festival’s opening night boasted both a new Phil Lesh & Friends lineup and a new Bob Weir project.

Lesh led a version of Phil & Friends featuring familiar faces like Jackie Greene (Keyboards, harmonica, guitar), Larry Campbell (guitar, fiddle), Joe Russo (drums) and his sons, Grahame (guitar) and Brian (mandolin). Phil & Friends alum—and Campbell’s wife— Teresa Williams also joined in on a few songs, including The Band’s “Chest Fever,” “Big River,” “Peggy-o” and the blues classic “Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning” (both Campbell and Williams are longtime members of Levon Helm Band and performed most these selections with that group as well). As he regularly does at his new Terrapin Crossroads club, Lesh also offered a take on Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prision Blues.”

Weir used the opportunity to debut his new project with Bruce Hornsby and Branford Marsalis. The set opened with the three musicians onstage jamming into an acoustic “Birdsong,” but later on Hornsby brought out additional members of his Noisemakers solo band. The set included a mix of Dead and Hornsby staples: “Loser,” “Jack Straw,” “Scarlet Begonias,” “Rainbow’s Cadillac,” “Across the Great Divide,” “Frankin’s Tower,” and “Hell in a Bucket,” among others.

Both Weir and Lesh will bring their new projects to Bridgeport, CT’s Gathering of the Vibes this evening.

Here’s a look at Lesh’s setlist via Philzone.org

Thursday, July 18, All Good Music & Camping Festival, Thornville, OH

Set I:
Truckin’
Deal
Chest Fever(*)
Big River(*)
Peggy-o (*)
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (*)
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodooloo
New Speedway Boogie
Viola Lee Blues>
Folsom Prision Blues>
Betha
Viola Lee Blues
Sugaree

E:
Donor Rap
GDTRFB
And We Bid You Goodnight

(*)with Teresa Williams

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PM July 20, 2012, 12:07:46

NEW PROJECTS? looks like a 1970 GD setlist

Mark July 20, 2012, 19:43:21

Phil & Jill should be ashamed if themselves. Last time was a joke. It was a trainwreck! Worse than Ratdog 95. Phil put Jackie on Keys, while is son sings sacred Jerry songs while struggling to just keep is guitar in tune. I felt bad for the whole band especially the kids. Bobby,Branford,Bruce & company’ set was timeless. Better than any Furthur dare even dreams to go. Phil this not your bar!! This was a headlining gig for a major festival & to keep it quite. Even Joe Russu stopped drumming with any passion. The better he played just exposed the truth to even the kids. Jill you may win again, but I will not hear your kids sing another GD song until Phil’s funeral. Although last night felt like one. I broke down & cried. Either Phil is losing his marbles or they are trying to sell thier offspring to us, so Jill can a longer I vestment. P.S. I Love Phil

Ultimatelywhogivesaf#ck July 20, 2012, 19:45:44

1970..40 years ago…that means they are old geezers who are what..supposed to cover black eyed peas?..the term “new project” just means they are the only ones left alive

mknghorn July 26, 2012, 16:49:37

i agree mark.should have billed it as phil and sons.now i know why they never announced a band lineup before vibes.i tried everything to find out who phil was playing with for a month before the festival and no luck.phil knew better.

cool breeze July 27, 2012, 14:43:07

I gotta disagree here. If you’ll only accept Phil playing full-bore jams Q-style, I can understand your disappointment. This show was not what I expected, but my fellow travellers and I, and the people around us, were elated with this set. Phil’s sons acquitted themselves well, and Graham’s singing was the best I’d heard from him. They’re not yet the caliber you’d expect with Phil, but they carried their parts in the songs, created space for Larry and Jackie, and inspired Phil. We were happy to see them there. What made it all work, of course, was the awesome musicianship of Larry, Phil, Jackie, and Russo. They were all typically inspired. Teresa WIlliams was a special treat—I could have listened to her all night. I was pleasantly surprised by how tasteful Jackie’s keys sounded all night. He’s not Jeff, but he’s worthy of his place in the seat, and his vocals were excellent as always. I went expecting the typically awesome jam-oriented show from Phil and ran into truly lovely, intimate, campside jam with (thousands of) friends and family. It was different and in no way disappointing.

Michael from Florida July 30, 2012, 21:05:58

It’s really sad to see the negativity in the posts of mark and mkinghorn. I’m just happy to see Phil onstage. I have watched every iteration of Phil and Friends since the Here Comes Sunshine tour when they played Sunrise, Fl. This was Phil and Friends just like every other version of the band we’ve seen since he played at Ashkenaz with David Gans. Nobody has to justify their presence on the stage, but the band has great merit. Jackie and Larry are stalwart performers who own the songs every time they play them. Their love of psychedelic music is spontaneous and joyful. Plus they have great command over both their instruments and improvisational music. Teresa Williams’s voice is stunning and she is a lovely woman and a gracious presence on stage. Russo is so in the pocket with Phil that the band feels organic. And a few words about Grahame and Brian: You are welcome here and we are grateful to have you. Keep your light shining! Keep it on! Thanks for playing!

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