Dead & Company returned to where it all began last weekend (8/1, 8/2, 8/3), lighting up San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park with a three-night stand that doubled as a love letter to the Grateful Dead’s unpredictable and unprecedented 60-year legacy.
Over 180,000 tickets were sold for the Polo Field shows in what may have looked like more of a pilgrimage to outsiders to see and hear from Dead & Co who are Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), John Mayer (lead guitar, vocals), Mickey Hart (drums, percussion), Jay Lane (drums, percussion), Oteil Burbridge (bass, percussion, vocals), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards, vocals).
Light poles from the Marina to the Haight, from the Embarcadero to the Sunset proudly flew banners celebrating the anniversary weekend devoted to one of the central groups of the Summer of Love, a band that refuses to fade away.
Friday night opened with the wildly talented musicianship of Billy Strings, who later joined Dead & Co. during their set for a raw, spiraling rendition of “Wharf Rat.”
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