They might as well have dialed in from home. These guys were on autopilot the entire show.absolutely no energy. The sounds emanating from the stage, along with the visuals on the trio of giant screens, were enough to convince me I’d never really experienced the Grateful Dead before. The two drummers communicated via a silent language only they understood, while the great skull in the sky hung above them. There was zero banter and very little pause between songs as the two guitarists burned down the road that was being paved out of thin air by Hart and Kruetzmann. Weir’s vocals were much stronger than they were when I saw him with Futhur, even though they could have been louder in the mix. The night opened with a rejuvenated Weir on lead vocals for “Hell in a Bucket”, before he turned it over to Mayer for “Brown Eyed Women”. Instead of trying to be a living, breathing hologram of Garcia (which would have been a disaster), he found a way of paying tribute to the lost legend without giving up his own personality. As if teaching himself close to a hundred Dead-related songs wasn’t enough, Mayer was in lockstep with the rest of the band through the entire performance. That being said, any trepidation the crowd might have felt was immediately put to rest by the 38-year-old singer-songwriter. It’s no secret John Mayer has guitar skills beyond what might appear on his Top 40 pop rock albums, but he isn’t the first person who comes to mind when thinking about a Jerry Garcia stand-in. Oteil and Chimenti came with resumés written for the job, but the young face on the stage came from a different world altogether. ![]() ![]() Original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Krueutzmann were joined by friends of the jam, Oteil Burbridge on bass and Jeff Chimenti on keys. The band who call themselves Dead & Company took the stage just before 8:00pm.
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