Dead & Company – Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, 6/11/22 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:05:26 minutes | 2,17 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Dead & Company is an American jam band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass/drums), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band continues the strong live tradition of the Grateful Dead, creating unforgettable experiences at their shows, no two performances being alike.
To date, the band has released no studio recordings, but all of their concerts to date have been (or are being) released as albums.
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Dead & Company – Bethel Woods Center For The Arts, Bethel, NY, 7/1/22 (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:16:04 minutes | 2,28 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Dead & Company is an American jam band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass/drums), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band continues the strong live tradition of the Grateful Dead, creating unforgettable experiences at their shows, no two performances being alike.
To date, the band has released no studio recordings, but all of their concerts to date have been (or are being) released as albums.
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Dead & Company – XL Center, Hartford, CT 11/22/17 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:53:29 minutes | 1,87 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
The Northeastern United States, and New England in particular, were always very good to the Grateful Dead in terms of fan support, and the Dead rewarded New England in turn with many appearances and memorable shows in the area. Connecticut’s state capital hosted numerous shows by the band, primarily at the Hartford Civic Center, which had been renamed the XL Center by the time Dead & Company arrived there for this excellent performance.
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Dead & Company – Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA 11/16/17 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:15:00 minutes | 2,11 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
In addition to its exalted position in history as birthplace of our nation and of the cheesesteak sandwich, Philadelphia is famous as home to some of the toughest-to-please audiences in the world. This is, after all, the place where Santa Claus was booed and pelted with snowballs at an Eagles game. But if Philly fans are no pushovers, once you’ve won them over, they’re yours for life. That was certainly the case with the Grateful Dead who felt that brotherly (and sisterly) love in their many visits to the city from the late 60s on, most frequently at The Spectrum, the arena that played host to the Dead some 53 times between 1968 and 1995. Sadly, the Spectrum had long since closed and been reduced to rubble by the time Dead & Company got up and running, replaced just across the Sports Complex parking lot by the larger and more modern Wells Fargo Center, but the enthusiasm of Philly Dead Heads for this music made the transfer from building to building with no trouble at all, as you’ll hear on this recording from the 2017 Fall tour.
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Dead & Company – TD Garden, Boston, MA 11/19/17 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:38:09 minutes | 1,72 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
After a night off that didn’t slow their momentum one little bit, Dead & Company wrapped up their Fall 2017 Boston visit with this jewel of a show, full of unpredictable moments and inventive playing. The Sunday evening gets off to a properly sanctified start with “Samson & Delilah,” then proceeds though a series of shifting styles and moods, reflected in such standbys as “Dire Wolf,” “Cold Rain and Snow,” and “Loser,” and then a relative rarity: Dead & Company’s debut performance (and one of only three to the present date) of “Corrina,” one of those Bob Weir songs that appeared in the Grateful Dead repertoire in the early 90s, but would flourish more fully in the hands of some of the post-GD ensembles. Up next is “Here Comes Sunshine,” a perfect platform for jamming that received one of its peak early performances by the Grateful Dead in its Boston premiere at the old Garden in April of 1973. “Greatest Story Ever Told” is an atypical but excellent choice of first set closer. The “China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider” duo is a virtual certainty to raise the roof to kick off a second set, as the version delivered here demonstrates. Oteil’s vocal on “Comes A Time” provides a beautiful prelude to an open-ended “Playing In The Band,” that quickly ascends into otherworldly regions of the sonic spectrum – that zone in which the Rhythm Devils, aka Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, are right as home, as you’ll easily discern. The rest of the ensemble puts in its time exploring the cosmos as well, before returning us to earth with the stately chord that signals the opening of “Morning Dew.” The majestic rendition of Bonnie Dobson’s song would have sufficed as a show closer, but it turns Dead & Co. still had some rockin’ in their bones, and they deliver the goods with a one-two punch of “I Need A Miracle” and “Casey Jones” to close out the set. “Brokedown Palace” proves the much-beloved encore it has long been, but the band has one more gift to add: a reprise of that “Playing In The Band” they’d started more than an hour earlier.
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Dead & Company – TD Garden, Boston, MA 11/17/17 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:55:30 minutes | 1,94 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
The city of Boston has been known by various nicknames over time, not all of them related to beans: “the Cradle of Liberty” or “Birthplace of the American Revolution” come to mind. And then there’s “The Hub.” This was a shortened version of “Hub of the Solar System,” a phrase used to characterize Boston’s central position in the early social, cultural and political life of the United States, first applied by the 19th century writer and poet Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. While that role may have diminished as the nation expanded westward, Boston has certainly remained “The Hub” in at least one way: as the epicenter of activity for New England’s large and avid contingent of Dead Heads for more than a half-century, beginning with the Grateful Dead’s first shows in the city, at a short-lived venue known as the Psychedelic Supermarket, in December of 1967. Boston has a singular distinction in Dead history as the only city outside of the San Francisco Bay Area in which the band played a show on New Year’s Eve (12/31/69). As the Dead’s popularity grew dramatically from that point, their most frequent destination in the area, playing host to 24 shows between 1973 and 1994, was Boston Garden, a decaying but magnificent old heap of a sports arena, famous as home to the Celtics and Bruins during their greatest years, as well as some of world’s rowdiest fans, who liked to express their displeasure with opposing teams or questionable referee’s calls by throwing light bulbs on the court or ice. In the rock ‘n’ roll era firecrackers became the more common weapon of choice, and at least one recording of a 70s Grateful Dead show at the Garden features a request from band to audience to kindly refrain from blowing things up.
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Dead & Company – Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC 11/28/17 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:03:38 minutes | 2,01 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
After conquering the Midwest, Dead & Company headed below the Mason-Dixon line to begin the final leg of the Fall ’17 tour, the first stop being the lovely and diverse city of Charlotte, NC. Southern Dead Heads have sometimes lamented that their region was not as frequent a touring destination as other parts of the country for the Grateful Dead and its various spinoffs and successors, but Dead and Co. seem to be looking to change that: this was the third visit in their short history to North Carolina, and second to Charlotte, and the fans’ patience and loyalty was richly rewarded with this sweet gem of a show.
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Dead & Company – Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA 2/24/18 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:53:08 minutes | 1,86 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
A funny thing happened on the way to Dead & Company’s last three scheduled tour dates of 2017. Well, not so funny from the standpoint of John Mayer, whose appendicitis attack and subsequent emergency surgery on December 5th necessitated postponement until the following February of the show scheduled for that night in New Orleans and the remaining two dates in Florida. But hey… if you’re gonna strand several thousand music-hungry fans anywhere, you could hardly pick a better place than New Orleans, birthplace of so much of our shared cultural heritage and a town where music and good times (and great food!) are continuously and abundantly available. Needless to say, the Dead Heads found plenty of ways to make their own fun during the unexpected time off from tour. As a longtime friend of the Dead put it, “John Mayer has the best bad timing ever!”
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Dead & Company – Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, 6/20/2017 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:59:59 minutes | 3,40 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Saratoga Springs, NY has long been notable for a number of things, among them: the natural mineral spas that gave the town its name and made it a highly desirable resort location; its horseracing track, which dates back to the Civil War and is, some say, the oldest continuously operated sporting venue in the country; and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (or as it’s almost invariably referred to, SPAC), originally opened in the 1960s as a home to classical music and ballet, but which soon expanded its offerings to include just about every musical genre imaginable. It’s been a favorite destination for Dead Heads since the 1980s, when the Grateful Dead visited several times before their enormous upswing in popularity rendered the facility non-viable. But post-GD offshoots of the band have returned to SPAC frequently, to the delight of Northeast fans as well as those more than willing to make the trek from around the country and the world. It’s not exactly the easiest venue to negotiate in terms of traffic and parking, but once inside, concertgoers generally declare it worth the trip, thanks to the excellent sound in the two-level covered shed, and the more than adequate amount of twirling space on the capacious lawn.
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Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, The Grand Moon Palace, Cancún, MX, 1/19/20 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:58:17 minutes | 3,35 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Dead & Company is a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass/drums), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band continues the strong live tradition of the Grateful Dead, creating unforgettable experiences at their shows, no two performances being alike.
To date, the band has released no studio recordings, but all of the concerts from their tours have been (or are being) released as albums.
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Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, The Grand Moon Palace, Cancún, MX, 1/18/20 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:53:31 minutes | 3,28 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
Dead & Company is a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass/drums), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band continues the strong live tradition of the Grateful Dead, creating unforgettable experiences at their shows, no two performances being alike.
To date, the band has released no studio recordings, but all of the concerts from their tours have been (or are being) released as albums.
Read more
Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, The Grand Moon Palace, Cancún, MX, 1/16/20 (Live) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 03:11:16 minutes | 3,63 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Los Muertos
Dead & Company is a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass/drums), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band continues the strong live tradition of the Grateful Dead, creating unforgettable experiences at their shows, no two performances being alike.
To date, the band has released no studio recordings, but all of the concerts from their tours have been (or are being) released as albums.
Read more
Dead & Company – Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 1/19/19 (Live) (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:45:03 minutes | 3,12 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
This upcoming weekend, the Dead & Company’s third annual “Playing in the Stand” concert vacation takes place in Riviera Cancun, Mexico, stretching from January 16 – 20. To celebrate the impending event, Rhino has just released the three “Playing in the Sand” shows from January 2019.
Over the course of three nights, 50+ different songs were performed, and they’re all here, mixed and remastered by Dead & Company’s Front of House Engineer, Derek Featherstone, and the band’s Recording Engineer, Ross Harris.
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Dead & Company – Playing In The Sand, Riviera Maya, MX 2/18/18 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 02:56:42 minutes | 1,88 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
The end of a brief but blissful escape from the everyday can be bittersweet, but Dead & Company made sure that the emphasis remained on the “sweet” end of the spectrum for the finale of Playing In The Sand. In keeping with the custom of giving the congregation a little of that old-time religion on a Sunday, Bob Weir starts things off with his take on “Samson & Delilah” the gospel chestnut he learned from the guitarist-singer Rev. Gary Davis. From there the band is off and running with a show featuring some of the most-loved tunes in the Grateful Dead songbook. First-set highlights include “They Love Each Other” (which has emerged as an ideal showcase for John Mayer on both vocal and guitar, and in this version also features some great work by Jeff Chimenti on the Hammond B-3), another lovely Oteil Burbridge vocal on a true GD rarity (played live only three times, all in 1978), “If I Had The World To Give” and a particularly gorgeous “Bird Song.”
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Dead & Company – Playing In The Sand, Riviera Maya, MX 21718 (Live) (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 03:25:49 minutes | 2,19 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Rhino
After leaving the stage to guest performers on the Friday of this four-day weekend, Dead & Company returned on Saturday for another muy caliente show. Although there may have been some cognitive dissonance involved in hearing a song about a dark and sketchy urban thoroughfare played on a gorgeous sunny beach, that didn’t stop the show-opening “Shakedown Street” from getting those dancing feet busy kickin’ up some sand, and the infectiously funky groove inspired John Mayer to lead his bandmates on a brief and enjoyable detour into Billy Preston’s 1970s hit “Will It Go Round In Circles.” John also gets time to shine both vocally and on guitar on several other first-set songs, including that long-enduring mainstay of the repertoire, “Cold Rain & Snow,” the old Pigpen feature “Easy Wind” and a soulful take on the Garcia-Hunter standby “Sugaree.”
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