On Thursday, fan-favorite Grateful Dead tribute act Dark Star Orchestra opened up their 2019 spring tour at St. Petersburg, FL’s Jannus Live, which was followed up by two special shows featuring Roosevelt Collier and Oteil Burbridge.
Following Thursday night’s tour opener, the band rolled into St. Augustine, FL’s St. Augustine Amphitheater to offer up a 50th anniversary recreation of the Grateful Dead’s March 29th, 1969 show in Las Vegas, NV. DSO opened up the show with “Hard To Handle” before diving into an electric segue of “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider”. Later in the first set, the band invited up Roosevelt Collier to lend an extra hand on the traditional blues staple “It Hurts Me Too”, which was followed up by a set-closing take on “Viola Lee Blues”. The band’s second set on Saturday was highlighted by an exploratory segue of “Dark Star” > “St. Stephen” > “The Eleven” > “Turn On Your Lovelight”.
On Saturday, Dark Star Orchestra moved on to Pompano Beach, FL’s Pompano Beach Amphitheater to offer up a recreation of the Grateful Dead’s November 9th, 1982 show in West Palm Beach, FL. During the band’s second set, Dead & Company bassist Oteil Burbridge joined the band in place of DSO bassist Skip Vangelas. With Burbridge holding down the low end, the band worked through a psychedelic “Space” segment before landing into a rockin’ 10-minute rendition of “Truckin’”. Vangelas rejoined his bandmates to bring the second set to a close with “Stella Blue” > “Around And Around” > “One More Saturday Night”.
Luckily, you can watch fan-shot footage of Oteil Burbridge sitting-in with Dark Star Orchestra below, as well as full-show audio:
Dark Star Orchestra ft. Oteil Burbridge – “Truckin’”
[Video: Fred Ramadan]
Dark Star Orchestra – Pompano Beach, FL – 3/30/2019
[Audio: Dan Nolan, Jr. – spyder9]
For a full list of Dark Star Orchestra’s upcoming tour dates and ticketing information, head to the band’s website.
Setlist: Dark Star Orchestra | St. Augustine Amphitheater | St. Augustine, FL | 3/29/2019
First Set Custom Elective In Style Of Old School: Hard To Handle ; China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider ; Dancing In The Street ; Cumberland Blues ; New Orleans ; Till The Morning Comes ; *It Hurts Me Too ; Viola Lee Blues.
Set Two: (GD Set) Morning Dew ; Good Morning Little Schoolgirl ; Doin’ That Rag ; Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven > Turn On Your Love Light
Filler: Brokedown Palace
* featuring Roosevelt Collier
Setlist: Dark Star Orchestra | Pompano Beach Amphitheater | Pompano Beach, FL | 3/30/2019
Set One: New Minglewood Blues ; They Love Each Other ; Me And My Uncle > Big River ; Dupree’s Diamond Blues > C C Rider ; Loser ; Looks Like Rain ; Tennessee Jed > Let It Grow
Set Two: Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain > Lost Sailor > Saint Of Circumstance > Terrapin Station > Drums > *Space > *Truckin’ > Stella Blue > Around And Around > One More Saturday Night
Encore: Baby Blue
* featuring Oteil Burbridge
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