Scarlet Begonias (Grateful Dead) by Big Train

Scarlet Begonias by Big Train- (Cort Stricker=lead g,Ricky Enriquez=g & vox,Stephan Saunders=percussion,JoeR=drums,DR.=bass)
This was the 1st time in 5 years that we all played together.This was a warm-up jam using practice amps & minimal gear,thus the less then stellar guitar tones,etc.Fun was had by all during our mini-reunion!

AHHHHH…. The DEAD.. Chicago.

5-5-all-state-arena
(Set 1)
Dancing In The Streets
Tennessee Jed
Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
Mr. Charlie
They Love Each Other
Touch of Grey
Weather Report Suite

(Set 2)
Truckin’
Throwing Stones
Unbroken Chain
Drums
Space
Come Together
Hell In A Bucket
I Know You Rider

(Encore)
Brokedown Palace

Here is a snip for you:

Barack Obama Selects the Dead for Inaugural Ball: “It Was Quite an Honor”


rolling stone- 1/15/09, 5:03 pm EST

Photo: Barnard/Getty

Just a week after confirming their first tour in five years, the reunited Dead are booked to rock the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball in Washington, D.C. on January 20th. “A DJ will open up — it’s a long, strange trip!,” Mickey Hart jokes to Rolling Stone (the DJ in question is celeb spinner DJ Cassidy). “[Barack Obama] picked us specifically,” he adds, “so it was quite an honor. There was a short list and we made the cut.” (For a peek into the President-Elect’s iPod, click here.)

As for the most important question — can the band jam at the ball? — Hart is dubious: “It’s pretty tight, about an hour set. When you play these kinds of things you say, ‘How can I be of service?’ The entertainment committee makes it so that it fits into their huge schedule.”

Another pitfall of political rocking: a background check. “It gave me pause when I had to get a security clearance to play a gig!” Hart says. So did they get past the security scan? “Oh, yeah, we don’t look so bad on paper. It’s not as bad as you might think.”

The Dead partially reunited for a Deadheads for Obama gig in spring 2007, and drummer Bill Kreutzmann rejoined the group for a “Change Rocks” Obama fundraiser at Penn State in October. The tour that kicks off April 12th in Greensboro, North Carolina, features founding members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir as well as Hart and Kreutzmann, joined by keyboardist Jeff Chimenti and Allman Brothers Band/Gov’t Mule guitarist Warren Haynes.

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The Dead rumored to play at one of the President Elect’s inaugural parties

Written by Mike Greenhaus
Friday, 07 November 2008

The remaining members of the Grateful Dead are rumored to play one of President-elect Barack Obama’s upcoming inauguration parties on January 20. In an interview with The Daily News, Bob Weir mentioned that he has been told to “keep January 20 free.”

Though no official word has been made, The Dead are a likely choice for the first Democratic president since 2001. Last February, Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart reunited for an Obama benefit on the eve of the California primary and, last month, the trio recruited Bill Kreutzmann for another benefit in State College, PA. Lesh, in particular, has been a vocal supporter of the President-elect, while Weir has served on HeadCount’s board of directors since 2004. Weir, Hart and Kreutzmann anchored an all-star band at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s inauguration party in 2007.

Phil Lesh & Friends will perform at New York’s Nokia Theatre this evening, while Bob Weir and RatDog are off until a stop at Boston’s Orpheum Theatre on Saturday.