The Music By no means Stops
There is a band out on the freeway
They’re excessive steppin’ into city
It is a rainbow filled with sound
It is fireworks, calliopes and clowns
Everyone’s dancin’…
Bob Weir and Wolf Bros performed in San Diego at Humphreys Live shows by the Bay on September 18, 2019 in a lovely marina setting; fairly a tropical view with palm bushes and the shortly altering orange, pink and crimson sundown colours earlier than the present began. If you will this venue, attempt to have dinner on the restaurant earlier than the present, particularly if there’s a live performance dinner package deal. The manager chef Jason Gethin ready an incredible dinner, which included luxurious appetizer, most important course and dessert decisions. The decadent crimson velvet marquise cake was a foodie deal with from heaven.
Bob Weir, an unique member of the Grateful Lifeless together with dreadhead drummer Jay Lane and the ever smiley bassist Don Was didn’t disappoint, as they performed principally Grateful Lifeless tunes, with a pair Bob Dylan songs. The trio’s huge sound makes you overlook there are solely 3 band members; how do they do it?
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San Diego people had been dressed of their greatest, posh tie dye outfits for the present, standing, dancing, ingesting and posing within the aisles to flee the seating plan, which was not as detrimental to standing up and dancing as initially thought. The group was a talkative one and there have been some becoming Shut Up and Dance stickers going round. The primary set began with the suitable “The Music By no means Stopped” and continued with “Straightforward Solutions”, “Standing on Shaky Floor” after which the soulful Dylan tune, “After I Paint My Masterpiece.” Weir then performed one in every of his personal songs, the danceable “Gonesville.” However nonetheless, nobody yelled out, “I really like you, BOBBY!” throughout this present. I’ll have performed that a few times earlier than. “Deep Elem Blues”, “Tennessee Jed”, “Unfastened Lucy”, “Misplaced Sailor” adopted by a “Saint of Circumstance” first set nearer.
The second set began with The Beatles’ “Blackbird”, main into “Cassidy” and “Truckin’.” “Fever”, “Scarlet Begonias”, “I Want a Miracle” had been subsequent. Bob Weir singing Bob Dylan is at all times a deal with and he didn’t disappoint within the second set with one other Dylan traditional “A Onerous Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Weir enunciated the phrases so you possibly can hear each syllable and nearly each single letter. After which we had been “Going Down The Street Feeling Unhealthy.”
The prime quality sound got here from Weir’s Diamond Sequence ELA M 251E Telefunken microphone; retail worth between $10-$12,000.00, American {dollars}, which converts to about 3 Million Canadian Loonies. Jason Scheuner of Telefunken stated, “It’s probably the most wanted studio microphone in historical past. Absolutely the holy grail of microphones.” The stage was stripped naked of monitor audio system and cords, leaving solely the musicians and their devices. The drum package which appeared like a daily drum package was truly an digital set with digital cymbals that despatched indicators to the soundboard and PA system. This microphone could be very delicate and was used in order that the band might hear themselves play; the noise stage on stage was decreased, creating a cushty and private setting and removed the deafening impact. We wish Weir’s ears to remain wholesome!
The present ended completely with the timeless “Ripple” encore, penned by Jerry and the beloved Robert Hunter, the boys whose literary lyrics are important in our each days.
RIP Robert Hunter 23 June 1941- 23 September 2019
Bob Weir and Wolf Bros… “They seem to be a band past description.”
*Thanks to Jason Scheuner for the data on Bobby’s ELA M 251E Telefunken microphone.
Overview by: Ann Horvat
Images by: Dave Stotts Pictures
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