Comes A Time: Tribute To Jerry Garcia – 2005-09-24 – Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Comes A Time: Tribute To Jerry Garcia

2005-09-24

Greek Theatre

Berkeley, CA

Soundboard Recording

128 kbps

Artowrk Included

01. Ollin Arageed

02. Help on the Way

03. Slipknot!

04. Sugaree

05. Loser

06. Brown Eyed Women

07. Dark Star

08. Bertha

09. Eyes Of The World

10. Standing on the Moon

11. Scarlet Begonias

12. Fire on the Mountain

13. Stella Blue

14. The Wheel

15. Uncle John's Band

16, He's Gone

17. Franklin's Tower

Encores

18. Brokedown Palace

19. Dark Star

20. Touch of Grey

Comes A Time: Tribute To Jerry Garcia – 2005-09-24 – Berkeley, CA (SBD)

Ten years after the death of Jerry Garcia, many of his former band mates, as well as numerous other friends, joined together to pay tribute to the man and his music. The Comes A Time concert (the name was taken from one of Jerry’s most poignant tunes – you can find the lyrics here) opened with David Nelson and the Black Mountain Boys, a band that Jerry Garcia played banjo for back 1964. Melvin Seals and Merl Saunders, two of the Jerry Garcia Band’s legendary keyboardists, followed that set. Then, the evening’s master of ceremonies, former Grateful Dead rhythm guitarist Bob Weir took the stage to play a set with his band, Rat Dog. As Rat Dog concluded their set, the main event began. Weir stayed on stage and was joined by the rest of the Jerry Garcia Tribute Band – former Dead members Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby and Donna Jean Godchaux as well as Jeff Chimenti, Hamza El Din, Bill Walton, Warren Haynes, Jimmy Herring and Trey Anastasio. For the next 3 hours, this all star contingent roared through 20 of Garcia’s Grateful Dead tunes, with Hornsby and Anastasio providing some of the most memorable moments of the night. A full review of the show can be found here.  Fortunately, the amazing music helped folks forget about 3 glaring omissions from the show. Phil Lesh of the Dead; Robert Hunter, Garcia’s lyricist; and David Grisman, Garcia’s bluegrass partner, all were absent from the show, for reasons no one seemed to be able or want to explain. The night though was not about the negative. As Mickey Hart said at the show’s conclusion, all those present needed to take this spirit and positive energy of the night and "do something with it.” I suggest the first thing you do is share in the spirit and energy of September 24, 2005, a dozen years ago today, by downloading this soundboard recording of the Jerry Garcia Tribute Band’s set.