I'm very fortunate to have the close to home "Mountain Jam" fall on the week of my birthday every year. Very awesomely my birthday this year was on the same night as Dark Star Orchestra's set, and ended up being the best Dark Star show I have ever personally experienced. As most of you know; Dark Star almost always play a past Grateful Dead show, song by song, and waits til the end of the show to reveal to the crowd what show they reproduced. This night however was special and unusual in that they decided to play their own set, and whether or not that's the reason, this ended up being my favorite Dark Star experience to date. They opened with a nice light 'China Cat Sunflower' which of course segued into the epic 'Know You Rider', Warren Haynes and Danny Louis joined in for 'New Speedway Boogie' and 'Goin Down the Road'. Their Goin down the Road was absolutely amazing, so amazing that after the show I was jamming with a few guys under a tent in the pouring rain and when someone started to play the riff we all decided not to even go there because of our lack of ability to do it justice. The drum and space set was incredible as well, Space tends to be hit or miss for me but this one is definitely worth listening through, I wish I had a video of the light show for it because it complemented the sounds perfectly. The set ended with a 'Shakedown' segueing into a JGB 'Tangled Up in Blue', and then they 'Bid us Goodnight' for the encore. Although the recording isn't the same as being there, I'm sure you'll be able to sense the audible ecstasy we all did that night.
Setlist: China Cat > Know You Rider, Women are Smarter, Cats under the Stars, Me and My Uncle > Big River, New Speedway Boogie* > Goin Down the Road Feelin Bad*, Feel like a Stranger, Alligator > Drums > Space > The Eleven > Shakedown > Tangled Up in Blue.
Encore: And We Bid You Goodnight
*with Warren Haynes and Danny Louis
Enjoy:
http://www.mediafire.com/?7keydxzsvund5
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