What can I say, I absolutely LOVE Grateful Dead music.<\/p>\n
I cannot get enough of it. \u00a0I am constantly searching for more music to hear. \u00a0I think I will always need a fix of live Dead music every two weeks of my life. \u00a0I read about the new reincarnation of the Dead when I was in Thailand and I was pissed I was in Thailand. \u00a0This band included Bob Weir and Phil Lesh who are the original members of the Grateful Dead. \u00a0What really tickled my fancy was the boys asking John Kadlecik to join them. \u00a0John was the lead guitar player in the famed Dark Star Orchestra. \u00a0He is the closest guitar player that I have seen that mimics Jerry Garcia. \u00a0Now, he does not copy every note that Jerry used to play, but is really influenced by him. \u00a0What I love about John is his voice. \u00a0He has the perfect voice to sing the Jerry tunes that the band plays. \u00a0I mean I love Bobby, but Bobby needs to sing Bobby songs and lets John sing the Jerry tunes. \u00a0The other members of the band are Jeff Chimenti on Keys and Jay Lane and Joe Russo on drums and percussion.<\/p>\n
The Stabler Arena is located in Bethlehem, Pa on campus at Lehigh University. \u00a0This is where my Uncle Teddy lives, so I asked him if he wanted to join with Anna and myself to go to the show. \u00a0He said, \u201cyes.\u201d \u00a0I was excited because Teddy has seen The Grateful Dead many times, so to get him to see the band without Jerry is hard to do, so I was pumped that he agreed to come. \u00a0We headed out to the show around 6:15 PM and the snow started to fall. \u00a0The closer parking lots were packed, so we were lined up to go to the farther lot. \u00a0Except the whole back lot was not plowed at all. \u00a0There was snow on the ground from last Wednesday\u2019s snow storm. \u00a0Cars were sliding around and people were parking all over the place. \u00a0It was just insane that the college would not have plowed that lot in a week for a Dead show. \u00a0We got out of the car and started to walk to the venue. \u00a0As we were getting closer to the venue the line to get into the place was about 400 people long. \u00a0Instead of waiting on line, we just walked up front to see what was going on. \u00a0The first thing we noticed was that women and men were being searched separately. \u00a0Anna walked to the other side and Teddy and I just hopped in line. \u00a0After 20 minutes, we finally got through and Anna was waiting for us, so we walked up to our seats.<\/p>\n
The band came on at 7:30 PM and really came storming out of the gate. \u00a0They opened with \u201cThe Golden Road\u201d and then \u201cGloria.\u201d \u00a0I thought Weir did a great job with Gloria. \u00a0He had great vocals during this song because it is HIS song. \u00a0This was the first time I heard this song, so I was glad they played it. \u00a0I think the crowd really enjoyed themselves during the song because they were getting down to this tune. \u00a0The next song was, \u201cGood Morning Little Schoogirl,\u201d and I would not have realized it if Teddy didn\u2019t say something. \u00a0He turned to me and said, \u201cI never heard a rockabilly version of \u201cGood Morning Little Schoolgirl.\u201d \u00a0I thought to myself is that really this song? \u00a0And it was. \u00a0I did not even recognize the song at first. \u00a0It was good that the boys changed it up and played a totally different version of this song. \u00a0The next song that stood out to me was \u201cMagnolia Mountain.\u201d \u00a0It stood out because John sang this song. \u00a0I do not know much about this song, but I loved John singing on it. \u00a0His voice is very soft and is very Jerry like. \u00a0\u201dBlack Peter,\u201d was next which I love, but I would have enjoyed more if John sang it instead of Bobby. \u00a0I think Bobby changed his guitar for every song during the first set. \u00a0He had four guitars he was choosing from. \u00a0The band ended the set with \u201cPassenger\u201d and \u201cNext Time You See Me.\u201d \u00a0I love a good \u201cPassenger,\u201d when its just bumping with rage and emotion. \u00a0I think this version was lacking a little bit energy, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it.<\/p>\n
It was a long set break and it was even longer because of the technical difficulties that John had at the start of the set. \u00a0Ten minutes must have went by and Bobby got on the mic to tell us a joke. \u00a0The joke had to do with a duck going to a bar:<\/p>\n
Duck walks into a bar and looks around for the bartender. When he finds the manager he waddles up to the bar and says, \u201cHey! You got any gwapes?\u201d<\/p>\n
The manager says, \u201cNo. I don\u2019t got any gwapes.\u201d<\/p>\n
The duck leaves and then comes back in 15 minutes the duck walks into the bar and looks around for the bartender. When he finds the manager, he waddles up and says, \u201cHey! You got any gwapes?\u201d<\/p>\n
The manager answers, \u201cNO! I don\u2019t got any gwapes!\u201d<\/p>\n
The duck leaves and then comes back in 15 minutes and set up at the bar and sees the bartender. When he finds the bartender, he waddles up to him and says, \u201cHEY! You got any gwapes?\u201d<\/p>\n
The bartender stops what he is doing and yells at the duck. \u201cNO! I don\u2019t got any gwapes. You come in here again and ask me for gwapes, I\u2019m gonna staple your bill to the floor!\u201d<\/p>\n
The duck leaves and then comes back in 15 minutes. He looks around for the bartender. When he finds the bartender, he waddles up to him and says, \u201cHEY! You got any staples?\u201d<\/p>\n
The manager says, \u201cNo. I don\u2019t got any staples.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duck says, \u201cGood! You got any gwapes?\u201d<\/p>\n
After the joke, the boys went into \u201cBertha.\u201d \u00a0What a great choice for the second set opener. \u00a0I liked this version because John sang it and he killed it. \u00a0John ripped it during, \u201cTest me, Test me, Why don\u2019t you arrest me.\u201d \u00a0Next song was, \u201cRow Jimmy.\u201d \u00a0Even though Bobby sang it, Further delivered the goods. \u00a0It was a great version. \u00a0Then the highlight of the second set and the whole show for me was the next song which was, \u201cReuben & Cherise.\u201d \u00a0John sang this song and it was beautiful. \u00a0The band played it beautifully and this is the exact reason they brought John on board. \u00a0He is there to sing the Jerry tunes because he does so, so well. \u00a0Next, Phil finally sang on, \u201cEyes of the World.\u201d \u00a0\u201dEyes,\u201d was good, but not the best version I have heard live. \u00a0\u201dTerrapin,\u201d was a real treat to hear. \u00a0Bob and John switched on vocals, but I wish just John sang the whole thing. \u00a0Bob did the inspiration part, which I think John should have sang. \u00a0Other than that, \u201cTerrapin,\u201d was played really well and the whole crowd just loved it. \u00a0\u201dThe whistle is screaming, Terrapin,\u201d got the whole place rocking. \u00a0They jammed on \u201cTerrapin\u201d really well. \u00a0They ended the set with \u201cThe Wheel,\u201d and \u201cTouch of Grey.\u201d \u00a0 Just a great way to end any second set. \u00a0\u201dTouch of Grey,\u201d really rung true to me because of the situation I am in right now. \u00a0\u201dI will survive,\u201d the chorus says and boy was I singing that on this night. \u00a0Phil did his spiel about organ donors and then the boys came out for the most perfect encore song. \u00a0\u201dBrokedown Palace.\u201d \u00a0I absolutely love this song. \u00a0It is so beautiful especially when Jerry sings it. \u00a0I think John and Bob switched off on this song. \u00a0It was still a perfect way to end this beautiful night. \u00a0My uncle turned to me and said, \u201cI have not heard a \u201cBrokedown Palace\u201d encore in a long, long time. \u00a0Maybe 25 years.\u201d<\/p>\n
February 15, 2010<\/p>\n
Stabler Arena @ Lehigh University<\/p>\n
Bethlehem, PA<\/p>\n
Set 1: Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion), Gloria, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Ramble on Rose, Magnolia Mountain, Black Peter, Passenger, Next Time You See Me<\/p>\n
Set 2: \u201cTechnical Difficulties, Weir \u201cDuck Story\u201d, Bertha, Row Jimmy, Reuben and Cherise > Mo More Do I > Lady With a Fan > Terrapin Station > The Wheel, Touch of Grey<\/p>\n
Encore: Brokedown Palace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What can I say, I absolutely LOVE Grateful Dead music. I cannot get enough of it. \u00a0I am constantly searching for more music to hear. \u00a0I think I will always need a fix of live Dead music every two weeks of my life. \u00a0I read about the new reincarnation of the Dead when I was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allaboutmatt.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}