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Joe Russo’s Almost Dead Wraps Weekend Run With Explosive Portland Show [Photos/Videos]

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On Sunday, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead delivered their second show of the weekend at Portland, ME’s State Theatre, wrapping a three-night weekend jaunt that also featured a performance at Albany, NY’s Palace Theatre.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead opened up their first set with “Don’t Ease Me In”, which was followed up by a hearty take on “Alligator”, highlighted by drummer Joe Russo and bassist Dave Dreiwitz locking into a tight-knit rhythmic pocket. Marco Benevento then led the quintet into an uptempo “Viola Lee Blues” before moving forward with “I Need A Miracle” and “Dire Wolf”. With Joe Russo commanding his unstoppable rock band, the five-piece brought the first set to a close with “King Solomon’s Marbles”, off of the Grateful Dead‘s 1975 album Blues For Allah.

Joe Russo Drum Solo

[Video: Caleb Sponholtz]

The band came back out to open their second set with “Crazy Fingers”, with Tom Hamilton and Scott Metzger trading off some smoking hot guitar solos. The five-piece continued with hearty renditions of “Jack Straw”, “Greatest Story Ever Told”, and “Cosmic Charlie”, followed by a silky-smooth take on Jerry Garcia Band‘s “Cats Under The Stars”. A full-throttle combination of “Slipknot!” and “Franklins Tower” brought the improv-heavy second set to a close. Benevento came out solo to open up the encore with a cover of The Band‘s “Yazoo Street Scandal” before the remainder of the band reemerged to close the night out with appropriate Sunday “Samson and Delilah”.

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead – “Jack Straw”

[Video: Caleb Sponholtz]

Check out a beautiful gallery of photos from Sunday night’s JRAD show courtesy of photographer Vic Brazen below.

Next up for Joe Russo’s Almost Dead is a four-night run throughout the Northeast, with performances at Jim Thorpe, PA’s Penn’s Peak (3/13); New Haven, CT’s College Street Music Hall (3/14); Montclair, NJ’s Wellmont Theater (3/15); and Cleveland, OH’s Masonic Auditorium (3/16).

For ticketing information and a full list of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s upcoming tour dates, head to the band’s website.

Setlist: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead | State Theatre | Portland, ME | 3/3/2019

Set One: Don’t Ease Me In, Alligator, Viola Lee Blues, I Need a Miracle, Dire Wolf, King Solomon’s Marbles

Set Two: Crazy Fingers, Jack Straw, Greatest Story Ever Told, Cosmic Charlie, Cats Under the Stars, Slipknot > Franklins Tower

Encore: Yazoo Street Scandal*, Samson and Delilah

*Marco solo

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