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Furthur Broome County Arena Binghamton NY March 29, 2011–Setlist
Passenger > Music Never Stopped > Crazy Fingers The Race Is On Peaceful Valley Black Throated Wind Sugaree Bertha
Truckin’ > New Speedway Boogie > Cosmic Charlie Something The Mountain Song > Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain Standing On the Moon > Goin’ Down The Road And We Bid You Good Night
OK, So Furthur is NOT The Dead. We get that – and it’s OK at DHL! Glad they are always going Furthur than we’ve gone before…
Last night’s show featured musical tribute to the recently passed Saint of Lysergic Sound and Deadhead belt buckles, Augustus Owsley Stanley III.
Firstly, the show featured the song “Alice D. Millionaire”, whose title came from a newspaper headline referring to Owsley as an “LSD MILLIONAIRE” in 1966. In fact, this song has remained virtually un-played since that time, except for Phil and Friends pulling it out once in 2001.
The real treat though, was to hear our buddy Jeff Pehrson belting out Pink Floyd’s “Eclipse”, along with beautiful support from Sunshine Becker (and the rest of the band).
Jeff and Sunshine “Eclipse” Furthur
Jeff joined Furthur at the rehearsal gigs in San Rafael and Mill Valley in May 2010, and then the Deadheads got their first official taste of Jeff at Furthur Festival.
Jeff Pehrson also is in the band The Fall Risk, where he really gets to show off his accomplishments singing and songwriting. The Fall Risk is playing Friday 4/22/2011 at The Connecticut Yankee in San Francisco. And when Jeff is not busy with Furthur and The Fall Risk, he is busy getting ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his OTHER band, Box Set! (Stay tuned to DHL for some exclusive Box Set news… soon!)
Sunshine Becker, who did some singing with Jeff and Box Set almost 20 years ago, joined Furthur in December 2009, at the Mill Valley rehearsals right before the New Years Eve show. She has been on tour with them ever since. Sunshine also sings with Bay Area’s acappella favorite’s, SoVoSo as well as the hard rocking Passenger. DHL will let you know when they play next… stay tuned!
Furthur surprises us again, not with The Beatles or Pink Floyd this time,
but by a song from the ONLY BAND THAT REALLY MATTERS: The Clash!
I asked around who picked this one, and word was it was Bob Weir.
And then… Dan shares this picture of Bob with Joe Strummer on our Facebook page. Too Fucking Awesome!
Anyone know where this is from? I’m guessing Jamaica in the mid 80’s..
UPDATE: as we learned from the comments below, this happened in Philly in ’84….
seems Strummer wanted to give Weir a haircut…. LOL
UPDATE: as we learned from the comments below, this happened in Philly in ’84….. seems Strummer wanted to give Weir a haircut…. LOL
Furthur – Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and their dynamite band (Joe Russo – drums, John Kadlecik – lead guitar, Jeff Chimenti – keyboards, and additional vocals by Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson), take The Beatles classic Abbey Roadand redefine it as their own!
Playing with their fans expectations, Furthur opened their Spring Tour 2011 on March 4th, at The Orpheum in Boston, Massachusetts with The Beatles”Come Together”. A surprise for the much debated tour opener – but not unheard; Furthur, as well as Phil and Bob’s other bands have covered this one before.
Night 2, also at The Orpheum, second song in Furthur busts out the George Harrison penned “Something”. Well this was a surprise! Though the band has done Harrison in the past, covering his more recent song “Any Road”. Well we know by now the band likes to cover The Beatles, and maybe George Harrison is someone’s fave fab? That would be totally gear!
Then… night three, so beyond the expectation of any head – in the third song of the first set… clang clang! “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” came down upon the deadheads! It was at this point some added it all up and realized all signs pointed to Abbey Road!
Furthur arrived in New York, for their 5 night run at the Best Buy Theater (formerly the Nokia), Thursday night 3/10/2011, 5th show of tour 5 songs in: ”Octopus’s Garden”.
So now we know, right? Sure enough, Night 6, Friday 3/11/11 – “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” – in the sixth spot, with Phil’s 6-string bass dropping the so heavy bombs! Night 7, Saturday 3/12/11 "Comes The Sun” spot number 7 in the set. And because the run was going so well, on night 8, position 8, Furthur did “Because”.
And because they played their hearts out for 4 nights straight, the band took Monday off.
Night 9 in the tour was especially auspicious – not only is it the Ides of March, but it is Phil’s 71st birthday! We knew the band would do something special for Mr. Lesh on his day… but what? Well first off, free cupcakes for everyone as they came in.
The band usually does 8 or 9 songs in a set… and when set 1 had exactly 8, we all thought we knew what we would hear to open set 2… “You Never Give Me Your Money”. The “debate” at setbreak – both at the show and online at Deadheadland’s Facebook page was: Will they play only YNGMYM – or will they do the whole Abbey Road Medley, which is really made up of several very short songs…
Well never wanting to totally give in to our expectations… they opened the second set with something else! A freaking Grateful Dead song!?! go figure! “Golden Road” and then another Dead song… ok, it was a great set, creative and all – “Scarlet Begonias > China Cat Sunflower > Ramble On Rose”? C’mon! Go Furthur! But where was The Beatles we had been expecting?
Next up was “New Potato Caboose” – and at this point most heads had all but forgot Abbey Road…
And there it was: “You Never Give Me Your Money”. Threw me off, not where or when I expected it, though it was a most welcome tune. And then… “Sun King” – the notes of which confirmed we we’re getting the whole Abbey Road Medley:
You Never Give Me Your Money > Sun King > Mean Mr. Mustard > Polythene Pam > She Came In Through The Bathroom Window > Golden Slumbers > Carry That Weight > The End
What a great way to celebrate Phil’s 71st! But wait, there is more: Furthur followed the Medley with “Built To Last” and “Truckin’”! Give me something built to last, or something built to try – and what a long strange trip it’s been… Indeed!
The crowd sang Happy Birthday to Phil, and the band encored with “St. Stephen” -with one more surprise….
Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl, but she doesn’t have a thing to say!
Furthur (Archive of this show)
OK, So 
Jeff joined Furthur at the rehearsal gigs in San Rafael and Mill Valley in May 2010, and then the Deadheads got their first official taste of Jeff at 
Furthur – Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead and their dynamite band (Joe Russo – drums, John Kadlecik – lead guitar, Jeff Chimenti – keyboards, and additional vocals by Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson), take The Beatles classic 
and redefine it as their own!
“Something”. Well this was a surprise! Though the band has done Harrison in the past, covering his more recent song “Any Road”. Well we know by now the band likes to cover The Beatles, and maybe George Harrison is someone’s fave fab? That would be totally gear!
