Phil & Friends: 2001/04/20 Cricket Arena, Charlotte NC

Lineup:

Phil Lesh - Bass / Vocals

Warren Haynes - Guitar / Vocals

Jimmy Herring - Guitar

Rob Barraco - Keyboards / Vocals

John Molo - Drums

A crisp SBD from the great Phil and Friends 2001 Spring Tour - first set has a blistering "Wharf Rat -> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad" and the second is anchored down by a huge "Dark Star", as well as a great "Help/Slipknot!/Franklin's". Besides the '99 Phriends Run, this is my favorite incarnation of the Phil thing. Definitely a hazy evening in the Queen City.

Phil Lesh & Friends

2001/04/20

Cricket Arena, Charlotte NC

I: Passenger -> Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Wharf Rat -> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad, Casey Jones

II: Rainy Day Women Jam -> I Know You Rider, Dark Star -> Blues For Allah -> Dark Star -> Night of 1000 Stars, Help On The Way -> Slipknot! -> I Am The Walrus -> Slipknot! -> Franklins Tower

E: And It Stoned Me -> And We Bid You Goodnight

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The Superjam: 2011/05/06 The House of Blues Parish Room, New Orleans LA

"Why Can't We Be Friends?"

Benevento. Porter. Deitch. Stoltz.

This was the gig where it all came together. You can almost hear the stained glass walls of the Parish Room bending from the pulsing improv that blazed from the amp stacks on this Friday night in the Crescent City. All we could do when it was all said and done was spill out into the French Quarter and try to catch our breaths.

One of my absolute favorite shows of the year, and for those that were in the house that night - a look back at the madness that left so many shell-shocked on Decatur St.

This is what Jazz Fest is all about.

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