Grateful Dead and Dead & Company guitarist Bob Weir is leading his band, Wold Bros, into 2020 with a five-night residency in Mill Valley, California at Sweetwater Music Hall.
The residency kicked off last night, February 10th, with a two-part, 18-song set thick with Grateful Dead Songs, but also weaved in plenty of Weir solo licks and other cover hits.
The trio, which features Don Was on bass and Jay Lane on drums, opened the first set with "Cassidy" and "Gonesville" before going into the first two Bob Dylan covers of the night - "When I Paint My Masterpiece" and "Maggie's Farm."
Weir and his band performed one more Dylan track during the first set - "All Along the Watchtower," but brought out a couple of more Bobby goodies toward the end of the night, with a jam of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" and then "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" during the encore.
Watch the first half of the set right here:
Throughout the night, the jazzy trio did stripped back versions of Grateful Dead staples like "Friend of the Devil," "Ramble on Rose," "I Need a Miracle," and "Sugar Magnolia," just to name a few.
Weir also made sure to bust out Ratdog, blessing Deadheads with an extended rendition of "Ashes and Glass." A Jerry Garcia number made it in there too with their version of "Deal."
Check out the full setlist here:
Catch Weir & Wolf Bros for the next four nights! The rest of the US can get tickets to their national tour next month, dates are listed below.
Bob Weir & Wolf Bros 2020 Tour
February 10 - 15 Sweetwater Music Hall at Mill Valley, CA
February 28 Fillmore Miami at Jackie Gleason Theater Miami, FL
February 29 Bob Carr Theater Orlando, FL
March 1 Jannus Live St. Petersburg, FL
March 3 Durham Performing Arts Center Durham, NC
March 4 Thomas Wolfe Auditorium Asheville, NC
March 6 Tennessee Theatre Knoxville, TN
March 7 Ryman Auditorium Nashville, TN
March 8 Palace Theatre Louisville, KY
March 10 The Fillmore Minneapolis, MN
March 11 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
March 12 Chicago Theatre Chicago, IL
March 14 Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland Kansas City, MO
March 15 Orpheum Theater Omaha, NE
March 17 Hoyt Sherman Place Theater Des Moines, IA
March 18 Stifel Theatre St Louis, MO
March 20 Roxian Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
March 21 Palace Theatre Columbus, OH
March 23 Palace Theatre Albany, NY
March 24 Landmark Theatre Syracuse, NY
March 25 Flynn Theatre Burlington, VT
March 28 Jackson Hole Rendezvous Festival, WY
March 29 Belly Up Aspen, CO
March 30 Belly Up Aspen, CO
April 1 Belly Up Aspen, CO
May 2 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, LA
