The INDEPENDENT, July 15, 2004
Page 13
A skillful and nostalgic performance delights old and young alike
By Clark McGaugh
Arriving at The Dead show
July 2 at Columbia Meadows
was not unlike taking a stroll
through Berkeley’s Peoples
Park in my youth. We were
greeted by a sea of tie dye,
smiling people of all ages, ba-
bies to grandparents, maybe
great-grandparents,
who
looked at wares put on display
by vendors set up prior to the
show.
As we approached the ticket
gate we were delighted to find
Further 2, the wildly painted
converted 1942 International
school bus brought to Colum-
bia Meadows by Ken Kesey’s
son Zane. The original Further
was a 1939 version made fa-
mous/infamous by the Merry
Pranksters.
Next to the bus was a booth
set up by The Conscious Al-
liance to collect donated food
destined for Columbia County
food pantries (435 lbs. of do-
nated goods were collected).
The Conscious Alliance is a
group dedicated to feeding the
hungry throughout the United
States and are “on tour” with
The Dead, collecting food at
each show. Being in the first
thousand to donate food, we
received a limited edition
poster designed by famed
Grateful Dead artist, Stanley
Mouse.
Grateful Dead song writer,
lyricist, and balladeer Robert
Hunter opened the show by
simply walking on stage with
his guitar – without introduction
– and beginning to play. It was
great listening to songs I knew
played by the man who wrote
them, and they were the same
only different. I especially en-
joyed Box of Rain as well as New
Speedway Boogie.
The Dead followed with a
wonderful show, opening with
Liberty and followed by one of
my favorites, Easy Wind. Warren
Haynes vocals on Dear Mr. Fan-
tasy were outstanding. They
ended the first set with another
favorite, Iko Iko, with an animat-
ed, smiling, arm-waving Mickey
Hart leading the crowd on the
chorus.
Opening the second set,
Bob Weir switched to an
acoustic guitar for The Weight,
Peggy-O and the popular Friend
of the Devil. Then they blew me
away with a rendition of The
Beatles She Said, She Said.
Drumz/Space was very good,
and drummers Bill Kreutzmann
and Mickey Hart didn’t miss a
beat before rolling into a mes-
merizing Stella Blue.
The Dead at Columbia Meadows, from left are Phil Lesh, Bob Weir and Warren Haynes.
After finishing the set with
Franklin's Tower, bassist Phil
Lesh told the crowd how thrilled
he was to be there, and that he
was there only because of an
organ donor from whom he re-
ceived a life-saving liver. Lesh
urged everyone to become
donors. Bob Weir then ad-
dressed the crowd, saying that
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your heart.”
The Dead then, after per-
forming twenty songs, finished
the show with Unbroken Chain.
A good time was had by all!
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