The Best Is Yet To Come

 

5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.6       US Summer Tour with Phil Lesh & Friends

5.6.1        Dates and venues

5.6.2        The songs

5.6.3        Statistics

5.6.4        Comments

 

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5.6          US Summer Tour with Phil Lesh & Friends

5.6.1                     Dates and venues

 

JUNE

 

15

Portland, Oregon

Roseland Theater

16

Portland, Oregon

Portland Meadows

17

George, Washington

The Gorge

18

George, Washington

The Gorge

20

Medford, Oregon

Jackson County Expo Hall

21

Marysville, California

Sacramento Valley Amphitheater

23

Concord, California

Chronicle Pavilion

24

Mountain View, California

Shoreline Amphitheatre

25

Reno, Nevada

Reno Hilton Amphitheatre

27

Las Vegas, Nevada

House Of Blues, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

29

Irvine, California

Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

30

Ventura, California

Arena, Ventura County Fairgrounds

 

JULY

 

  1

Del Mar, California

Grandstand, Del Mar Fairgrounds

  3

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mesa Del Sol Amphitheater

  6

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The Zoo Amphitheater

  7

Bonner Springs, Kansas

Sandstone Amphitheatre

  8

Maryland Heights, Missouri

Riverport Amphitheater

  9

Noblesville, Indiana

Deer Creek Music Center

11

Cincinnati, Ohio

Riverbend Music Center

12

Moline, Illinois

The Mark of the Quad Cities

14

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Target Center

15

East Troy, Wisconsin

Alpine Valley Music Theater

16

Clarkston, Michigan

Pine Knob Music Theater

18

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Molson Amphitheatre

19

Canandaigua, New York

Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center

21

Hartford, Connecticut

Meadows Music Theatre

22

Mansfield, Massachusetts

Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts

23

Saratoga Springs, New York

Saratoga Performing Arts Center

25

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Coors Light Amphitheatre

26

Wantagh, New York

Jones Beach Amphitheatre

28

Camden, New Jersey

E-Centre, Blockbuster-Sony Music Entertainment Centre

29

Columbia, Maryland

Marjorie Merriweather Post Pavilion

30

Stanhope, New Jersey

Waterloo Village

 

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5.6.2                     The songs

AB  acoustic with the band

SONG CHART

June

July

15

16

17

18

20

21

23

24

25

27

29

30

1

3

6

7

8

9

11

12

14

15

16

18

19

21

22

23

25

26

28

29

30

Σ

Duncan And Brady

AB

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

19

To Ramona

AB

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

12

Masters Of War

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

7

Ring Them Bells

AB

4

4

2

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

5

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

33

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

AB

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

19

Country Pie

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

32

Standing In The Doorway

8

8

2

Crash On The Levee (Down In Th

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

8

9

10

Things Have Changed

10

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

26

Drifter's Escape

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

18

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

32

All Along The Watchtower

13

9

9

3

Like A Rolling Stone

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

33

Girl From The North Country

AB

15

4

15

14

15

15

15

4

15

9

She's About A Mover

16

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

17

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

13

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

18

15

6

6

4

6

4

6

15

15

15

11

Somebody Touched Me

AB

1

1

1

1

4

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

AB

2

2

2

2

4

Dark As A Dungeon

AB

3

3

2

Rank Strangers To Me

AB

5

4

4

3

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AB

6

4

4

3

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes

8

9

2

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The

9

9

9

10

9

5

Under The Red Sky

10

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

13

13

8

3

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

15

15

2

15

15

15

6

Long Black Veil

AB

2

2

2

2

4

Desolation Row

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

20

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

4

4

6

4

4

4

4

7

Tough Mama

8

1

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With

10

10

10

10

4

Blowin' In The Wind

AB

15

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

Not Fade Away

16

1

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go

AB

1

1

2

Visions Of Johanna

AB

3

3

2

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

4

6

4

4

4

4

6

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

6

4

6

3

Tell Me That It Isn't True

8

8

8

8

10

5

Tombstone Blues

9

9

9

9

9

9

6

Queen Jane Approximately

10

8

2

House Of The Risin' Sun

13

1

Roving Gambler

AB

1

1

1

3

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

AB

3

3

2

Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas

AB

6

6

6

6

4

4

4

6

8

Positively 4th Street

8

8

8

8

10

8

8

8

8

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

10

8

2

Highway 61 Revisited

12

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

21

Most Likely You Go Your Way

13

13

13

3

Forever Young

AB

15

15

15

15

4

I Shall Be Released

8

1

Simple Twist Of Fate

10

10

2

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

13

8

9

8

4

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

4

4

2

Maggie's Farm

9

9

9

9

9

5

I Don't Believe You

10

10

10

9

10

10

10

10

8

The Wicked Messenger

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

8

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

15

4

2

Gotta Serve Somebody

8

9

2

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

9

9

2

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

15

15

2

3

Shooting Star

10

8

2

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

15

15

2

15

15

5

That Lucky Old Sun

AB

2

1

Cold Irons Bound

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

7

Delia

AB

4

1

Tears Of Rage

10

10

10

3

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

AB

1

1

1

1

1

5

If Not For You

8

7

8

8

8

8

8

7

She Belongs To Me

10

10

10

10

4

Song To Woody

AB

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

2

2

10

Seeing The Real You At Last

9

1

Born In Time

10

1

My Back Pages

AB

15

15

4

3

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AB

15

1

Joey

10

1

One Too Many Mornings

AB

15

15

2

Lay Lady Lay

8

1

Dignity

10

10

2

Watching The River Flow

7

1

Every Grain Of Sand

8

1

Blind Willie McTell

8

1

Total # of songs

18

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

16

16

17

15

17

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

547

 

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ALPHABETIC SONG CHART

 

June

July

15

16

17

18

20

21

23

24

25

27

29

30

1

3

6

7

8

9

11

12

14

15

16

18

19

21

22

23

25

26

28

29

30

Σ

All Along The Watchtower

13

9

9

3

Ballad Of A Thin Man

13

13

8

3

Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas

AB

6

6

6

6

4

4

4

6

8

Blind Willie McTell

8

1

Blowin' In The Wind

AB

15

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

18

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

4

4

2

Born In Time

10

1

Cold Irons Bound

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

7

Country Pie

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

6

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

32

Crash On The Levee (Down In Th

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

8

9

10

Dark As A Dungeon

AB

3

3

2

Delia

AB

4

1

Desolation Row

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

20

Dignity

10

10

2

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

18

15

6

6

4

6

4

6

15

15

15

11

Drifter's Escape

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

10

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

18

Duncan And Brady

AB

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

19

Every Grain Of Sand

8

1

Forever Young

AB

15

15

15

15

4

Girl From The North Country

AB

15

4

15

14

15

15

15

4

15

9

Gotta Serve Somebody

8

9

2

Hallelujah, I'm Ready To Go

AB

1

1

2

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AB

15

1

Highway 61 Revisited

12

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

21

House Of The Risin' Sun

13

1

I Don't Believe You

10

10

10

9

10

10

10

10

8

I Shall Be Released

8

1

If Not For You

8

7

8

8

8

8

8

7

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

9

9

2

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

15

15

2

15

15

15

6

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes

8

9

2

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

4

4

6

4

4

4

4

7

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding

AB

3

3

2

Joey

10

1

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

13

8

9

8

4

Lay Lady Lay

8

1

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

32

Like A Rolling Stone

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

13

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

14

33

Long Black Veil

AB

2

2

2

2

4

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

4

6

4

4

4

4

6

Maggie's Farm

9

9

9

9

9

5

Mama, You Been On My Mind

AB

6

4

4

3

Masters Of War

AB

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

7

Most Likely You Go Your Way

13

13

13

3

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

15

15

2

15

15

5

My Back Pages

AB

15

15

4

3

Not Fade Away

16

1

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

AB

1

1

1

1

1

5

One Too Many Mornings

AB

15

15

2

Positively 4th Street

8

8

8

8

10

8

8

8

8

Queen Jane Approximately

10

8

2

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

17

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

15

13

Rank Strangers To Me

AB

5

4

4

3

Ring Them Bells

AB

4

4

2

Roving Gambler

AB

1

1

1

3

Searching For A Soldier's Grave

AB

6

6

6

6

5

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

19

Seeing The Real You At Last

9

1

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

10

8

2

She Belongs To Me

10

10

10

10

4

She's About A Mover

16

1

Shooting Star

10

8

2

Simple Twist Of Fate

10

10

2

Somebody Touched Me

AB

1

1

1

1

4

Song To Woody

AB

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

4

2

2

10

Standing In The Doorway

8

8

2

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

AB

2

2

2

2

4

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The

9

9

9

10

9

5

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

5

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

33

Tears Of Rage

10

10

10

3

Tell Me That It Isn't True

8

8

8

8

10

5

That Lucky Old Sun

AB

2

1

Things Have Changed

10

13

13

13

13

13

13

12

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

13

26

This World Can't Stand Long

AB

6

4

6

3

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

15

15

2

3

To Ramona

AB

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

12

Tombstone Blues

9

9

9

9

9

9

6

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

15

4

2

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With

10

10

10

10

4

Tough Mama

8

1

Under The Red Sky

10

1

Visions Of Johanna

AB

3

3

2

Watching The River Flow

7

1

The Wicked Messenger

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

8

Total # of songs

18

16

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

17

17

16

16

17

15

17

16

16

16

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

547

 

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5.6.3                     Statistics

Shows:

 

Number of shows

33

Number of circulating shows

Number of circulating & complete shows

Number of unique shows[1]

3

Number of different shows[2]

3

Number of different songs[3]

83

Number of unique songs[4]

83

Number of performed songs

547

Mean number of performed songs

16

Variation[5]

5.0

Songs:

 

# of

# of

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

46

 55.4

299

 54.7

Acoustic w band

37

 44.6

248

 45.3

Albums

66

 79.5

443

 81.0

Singles

1

  1.2

8

  1.5

Outtakes

2

  2.4

27

  4.9

Covers

14

 16.9

69

 12.6

 

5.6.4                     Comments

Portland, Oregon, 15 June

Live debuts of Standing In The Doorway and Searching For A Soldier's Grave. Second live performance of She's About A Mover.

George, Washington, 17 June

Second live performance of Long Black Veil.

George, Washington, 18 June

First live version of House Of The Resin' Sun since Paris 7 October 1987.

Medford, Oregon, 20 June

First live version of The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest since Rochester Hills 18 July 1988.

Concord, California, 23 June

First live rendition of The Wicked Messenger since Indiana 22 April 1997.

 

Selected BobTalk

(for more BobTalk please refer to the session pages)

Don’t forget to support your local library! (after This World Can’t Stand Long in George, Washington 18 June).

 

I only played that song because, of course, it’s Father’s Day! Happy Father’s Day!! (after House Of The Resin’ Sun in George, Washington 18 June).

 

Recommended shows

George, Washington 18 June, Camden, New Jersey 28 July.

 

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order

[3] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed

[5] variation is computed as the quote between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs