Fare Thee Well
“To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the four original members – Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir – will reunite at Chicago’s Soldier Field, nearly 20 years to the day of the last Grateful Dead concert, which took place at the same venue,” the band has announced.
“‘Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead’ will occur over three nights on July 3, 4, and 5, 2015, marking the original members’ last-ever performance together. The band will be joined by Trey Anastasio (guitar), Jeff Chimenti (keyboards), and Bruce Hornsby (piano). The group will perform two sets of music each night.”
Here’s the announcement by Jerry Garcia’s daughter Trixie.
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As noted by Trixie, Soldier Field is the site of the last Grateful Dead show before Garcia died.
Here’s that show:
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A sampling of other Chicago shows.
1977 at the Auditorium.
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“Calling Dr. Beachwood . . . ”
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1990, Tinley Park.
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1979, Shakedown Street, Uptown Theatre.
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Same show, The Music Never Stopped.
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1978, Scarlet Begonias, Fire On The Mountain, Uptown Theatre.
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Same show, I Need A Miracle, He’s Gone, The Other One, Drums, Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia.
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1976, Eyes Of The World, at the Auditorium.
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1974, Loose Lucy, International Amphitheater.
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Comments welcome.
Posted on January 20, 2015