This was the POSTER OF THE DAY a little while back from Wolfgang’s Vault.
They always got good stuff but this one caught DHL’s eye…
Why? Because we love it!
This is not by M-O-U-S-E though, it is by the late Alton Kelley
December 17, 1982 Pyramid Pins, Garberville
Mickey And The Daylites
Barry Melton-lead guitar, vocals
Mike Hinton-lead guitar
Kathi McDonald-vocals
Merl Saunders-keyboards, vocals
Bobby Vega-bass (source: Lost Live Dead)
still looking for a setlist or recordings… if anyone has help with that!
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Not from the same show, but a pretty awesome video of Mickey and the Daylites circa 1986:
Mickey Hart and the Daylights (Wavy Gravy calls them the Twilights, quite high-larious!)
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Here is a special holiday greeting from Sammy, Bobby, Mickey and friends…
Sammy Hagar, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and friends offer seasons greetings!
Bob Weir and Mickey hart played with Sammy Hagar and the Wabos at the Throckmorton Theatre on 12/11/2010.
Sammy Hagar and the Wabos
with Bob Weir and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead
Throckmorton Theatre
Mill Valley, CA
12.11.2010
Benefit for Homeward Bound, Ritter Center and 142 Throckmorton Theatre Scholarship fund.
Setlist
Best of Both Worlds
I Love This Bar
Whole Lotta Zep *
Dreams
Let Me Take You There
Red Voodoo **
Both Sides Now
The Weight
Sun Don’t Shine
Finish What You Started
Little White Lie
Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
Santa’s Goin’ South for Christmas
*Mickey Hart joins for rest of set
** Bob Weir join’s for rest of set
Phil Lesh and Friends were cooking! The line up known as the PLQ or the “Q” – the Phil Lesh Quintet – were ripping our minds open for a couple years, with great new songs and a tight sound. The Q was comprised of Phil Lesh (bass/vocals), Jimmy Herring (guitar), Warren Haynes (guitar/vocals), John Molo (drums), and Rob Barracco (keyboards/vocals). Their CD There and Back Again came out in Spring 2002, and features “Celebration” and “No More Do I”, two songs Furthur has performed in 2010.
And Ratdog was smoking as well! 2001 was a very busy year, they had many newish songs too, from 2000’s Evening Moods (including “Ashes and Glass” and “Two Djinn”, also in Furthur’s current song list).
Mickey Hart was busy as ever, with a ton of projects! He had done Supralingua in 1998, and then in 2000 the book and CD set Spirit Into Sound.
Bill Kreutzmann had released Backbone in 1998 and was playing with the Trichromes who would put out an album in 2002.
My point is, individually, these guys were busy making music in their own ways, doing their own things!
Plus, they all four had not played together officially since 1995.
Take another step back…
Yes, Mickey, Phil and Bob did tour in 1998 as The Other Ones, with both Mark Karan and Steve Kimock on guitar, and John Molo on drums (Only The Strange Remain), and at the final tour stop, 7/25/1998 Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View California (the place built for The Grateful Dead to play), Billy the K did sit in with his grateful bandmates.
After that tour, there was a semi-public disagreement between Phil and Bob on internet distribution of the Grateful Dead Vault recordings (Bob wanted to make a deal that Phil didn’t, is the gist). Anyway, word on the Shakedown street was they were not really friendly for a couple of years there.
Then, one night in June 2001, as they tend to do, Phil and Bob made up. They played a gig as Crusader Rabbit Stealth Band, at The Sweetwater in Mill Valley, California, and the rest of the band was Phil’s friends: Molo, Herring, Barraco (Haynes joined in on the last song). The Sweetwater, sadly no more, was a bar, so this was a small show, 100 or so people.
Crusader Rabit Stealth Band
Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California
June 10, 2001
Set 1: Jam > Truckin > Smokestack Lightning > Friend of the Devil > China Cat Sunflower > The Eleven > Brown-Eyed Women
Set 2: The Music Never Stopped > Jam > Get Together > Cassidy, Mason’s Children > Viola Lee Blues > Maggie’s Farm >
Viola Lee Blues
Encore: Promised Land > I Know You Rider
(Warren Haynes sat in for the encore)
Download from Nugs.net
Then, came New Years eve… Exciting enough to hear that Phil and Friends and Ratdog were sharing the bill… CRSB is listed on the line up! And rumors were rampant that Bill and Mickey would be there…
The New Years float featured four Wizards, and behind glimmering robes and fake beards, we slowly realized it was the boys themselves. As they landed on the stage, they were fleshed out by Jimmy and Rob, and played for us all a real sweet set. It was a pretty awesome night, really felt like a healing, all four guys coming together after so long.
12/31/2001
Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium
Oakland, California
Ratdog (listen to the RDog set here)
Jam > Feels Like A Stranger > Easy Answers > Youngblood, Odessa, Bury Me Standing, Scarlet Begonias > Aiko Aiko > Dear Prudence > Stuff (drums, bass, dj) > jam > Two Djinn > Touch of Grey
Phil and Friends (1st set)
Midnight Hour (w/Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks) > Hard To Handle > Viola Lee Blues > Tons of Steel > Viola Lee Blues > Dear Mr. Fantasy > Viola Lee Blues > Cosmic Charlie
Crusader Rabit Stealth Band – New Years Set featuring Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Rob Baraco, Jimmy Herring (and possibly others… did Jeff Chimenti sit in at all?)
Intro – Happy New Year, Not Fade Away > Truckin’ > Playin’ in the Band > Space > Playin’ in the Band > The Wheel > Uncle John’s Tease > Sugar Magnolia (Warren joins at middle of song)
Phil and Friends (2nd set)
tuning > Help On The Way > Skipknot! > Dark Star > Terrapin Station* > No More Do I* > Uncle John’s Band*
Donor Rap – “Unity is Possible”
E: Celebration > Franklin’s Tower
Sitting on Top of the World> Iko Iko Comes a Dawn Fire on the Mountain Fountains of Wood Ticket to Nowhere Good Lovin Voodoo Zombies Wrecking Crew Ripple
My First incident was an accident – well that is the wrong word… but it wasn’t intentional! I had drove up to the Kaiser, like so many ties before, for a Grateful Dead flavored New Year holiday. I was excited to see Ratdog in combo with Planet Drum.
Drove up with a good friend, had a great room nearby in Oakland, got to town early enough to chill, shower. Later on, while giving out stickers in the park, I met Mark Karan, and that made my day – that he was cruising the shakedown, and that he wanted one of my stickers.
We went in just as String Cheese was doing the opening set, and it was what I expected. I had heard them before on Barry Smolin’s “The Music Never Stopped” show, and thought of them as bluegrass-mountain-rock – and I wasn’t too excited for them. In fact i had turned down one or two chances to see them in the past, so they were not a pull for me. The acoustic set sounded like what i expected (or I fit it to my expectations!) I liked it and had fun, but didn’t plan on staying for their late night set. That was me – others were blown away – the halls were a chatter with “wow, those string cheese guys! I can’t wait for set two!”
I always enjoy Hot Tuna. I missed most of KVHW< because they played in another room in the Kaiser, and I didn’t find it at the right time. I think I was having fun talking to people. And then I made sure I was right up from, “Jerry” side for Ratdog. In the words of the Commander, it got really
molecular for me, in the best of ways. Whatever people say about Ratdog of that period, it worked for me… And it was the first ever “Bury Me Standing” – which at the time I totally thought was about me, (if you know what I mean).
During the set, despite my state, I kept noticing this cute girl dancing on the riser behind me, even smiling at me. In the break between ‘dog and Planet Drum, I got the nerve to talk with her. In the decade since, Tina became one of my best friends, and is the one who nicknamed me happycat! – though that is another story.
Planet Drum rocked it – made me dance and shake everything like crazy – and Carlos Santana joined in – and I remember that it was amazing. An All Star Jam to celebrate the New Year – my memory was that it was grate fun too, but lost focus, too many musicians. I can’t find either of these sets online, I would like another listen.
And then… String Cheese Incident’s second set, a late night exploration. I know many people who claim this as their first Incident. We twirled and danced on the second level of the Kaiser, me and my travel companion Apryl, our friends Emily and Karen and Steve and… and all the others (in fact somehow 20 people crashed in my room that night!) It seemed they played for hours, we were all blown away byt the open heartedness of the sound, and of course found its swirly jams very fun to spin too. We would sit for long times too lost in spacey places, and then we’d be dancing again.
The awakening of our inner cheese, our virginal Incident. String Cheese was the star of the night, and I know many people who got on THAT bus at that stop. I’ve seen many Incidents since then, from small shows at House of Blues, afternoon sets at High Sierra Music Festival, Summer Sessions with Phil Lesh and Firneds, Hulaweens and Sea of Dreams and Hornings Hideout, to the largeness at Rothbury. And I always meet really nice people, and have a great time dancing. The music lifts the heart, honors the spirit and soothes the soul. And it’s made with love.
I really enjoyed last night’s show, 7/23/2010 at Red Rocks, and I am glad they are back. I know some people wish they would tour, and maybe next year they will. For now, Iam grateful they are playing, and even though i couldn’t make it to Red Rocks, I can enjoy it as it happens! Thanks SCI and iClips for doing this broadcast series!
Here are some sets from 12/31/1998 – Ratdog, String Cheese, and KVHW. Enjoy!
came out in Spring 2002, and features “Celebration” and “No More Do I”, two songs Furthur has performed in 2010.
(including “Ashes and Glass” and “Two Djinn”, also in Furthur’s current song list).
in 1998, and then in 2000 the book and CD set
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who would put out an album in 2002.
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The Rhythm Devils
