Grateful Dead Reunite for Barack Obama Benefit Show

[jefferson_dem]

Grateful Dead Reunite for Barack Obama Benefit Show
2/5/08, 9:23 am EST



Barack Obama wants to bring America together, and he has started with the Grateful Dead. The feuding members of the fabled Sixties psychedelic rock group dissolved their business operations several years ago. But last night at the Warfield Theater before a sold out election eve crowd, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart were singing “Come Together” on behalf of the Obama campaign in San Francisco.

Before the show, the three living Dead faced the press in a curtained-off nook of the Warfield basement; they had just finished a ninety-minute afternoon soundcheck that would serve as the show’s sole rehearsal. “I think that we all knew Obama was the guy for us, but we hadn’t talked about it because we’d all been doing our own thing,” said bassist Phil Lesh. Mickey Hart admitted that band members hadn’t seen each other in “years and years.” But “we knew instinctively, intuitively that we were all together on this,” said Bob Weir. “We came together and we’re doing it.”

Lesh was behind the sold out “Deadheads For Obama ‘08″ rally at the Warfield Theater. His eighteen-year-old son Brian has been working as an Obama volunteer and Lesh described seeing Obama speak at a rally last fall in Brooklyn as “one of the most electrifying experiences in my life.” The Obama campaign contacted him about putting together a get-out-the-vote concert.

“The first thing I thought of was to talk to these two guys and say ‘Hey, are you with me on this?’ ” said Lesh. “Not only am I with you on this,” said Hart, “I was just about to call you up for the very same reason.” Obama, who has never attended a Dead concert but is said to have Dead music on his iPod, filmed a special video message for the Deadheads at last night’s concert.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/02/05/grateful-dead-reunite-for-barack-obama-benefit-show/

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By the way, there's a bit torrent of this show posted at the link below, if you're into that sort of thing.

http://thepiratebay.org/tor/4012956/The_Dead_(Bob_Weir__Phil_Lesh__Mickey_Hart__amp__Friends)_-_Feb_4th_

[Happyhippychick]

1. I'm not easily impressed by celebrity endorsements. But this one is the shit.

[SoFlaJet]

2. Add The Dead to the official list

of artists the Clinton-ites will no longer listen to, watch or buy any merchandise from...along with DeNiro movies, The Dave Matthews band, Joan Baez and Scarlett Johansson (sp?) no more Countdown or Rachel Maddow no MSNBC or GE products....on and on...

[jefferson_dem]

3. Their black list is growing faster than BillO's...

Or Colbert's, for that matter.

[TornadoTN]

4. Can you imagine how bad the backlash is going to be if she wins?

They are so vindictive, they will try every way possible to "punish" those that refused to kiss the ring.

[otohara]

5. My Son & Friends

were trying to watch this online and the site must have been inundated with many, they kept getting bumped off.

[ShortnFiery]

6. Hey Now! That's way cool!

:hippie:

[Bake]

7. Wow! Did Obama resurrect Garcia too?

Otherwise, it ain't a reunion of the Grateful Dead.

Bake

[CabalPowered]

8. Set list

Courtesy of nyctc7 at rollingstone..


Warfield Theater
San Francisco, CA
February 4, 2008
Phil Lesh
Micky Hart
Bob Weir
Jackie Greene, Mark Karan
Steve Molitz, John Molo, Barry Sless

Set 1:
Playing In The Band>
Brown-Eyed Women>
Mississippi Half-Step
Uptown Toodleloo>
Minglewood Blues>
Come Together

Phil speech
about Obama

Phil, Mickey and
Bobby Rockin’
The Vote

Set 2 (acoustic):
Deep Elem Blues>
Friend Of The Devil
Deal
Ripple

Set 3:
China Cat Sunflower>
The Wheel>
Other One>
Sugaree
Eyes Of The World>
Throwing Stones>
Iko Iko>
Playing Reprise

Phil Organ Donor Rap
Encore: U.S. Blues


Looks like a hot show.

[kskiska]

9. Ann Coulter is a Deadhead

What to do…