Boulder, CO - Night 2 of Dead & Company

Kelly, Cassidy, Avery and I went to Pearl Street for lunch at our favorite sushi restaurant, Hapa.  Pearl Street was cranking with activity and Deadheads, as we ate on the patio overlooking the action.  After lunch, we returned to the bus to hang out for the afternoon with our friends and family.  Again, showtime seemed to creep up on us but we were ready this time to go to the proper gate.  As we arrived, there were numerous staff people checking tickets and directing us to go to the gate where we were shunned the evening before.  They were clearly trying to fix the debacle that last night was to get into the venue.  

The kids and their friends powered down up front as always, and Kelly and I returned back to the bleachers where we sat last night and had great seats.  The boys came out with authority and opened up with China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider, a thunderous Shakedown Street, Brown Eyed Women, Althea, Cassidy and One More Saturday Night.  They had definitely come to close this tour with a bang!  The song selection was great for us since we have a dog named Ryder and we got a Rider, and we also got a Cassidy!

Set two opened with Scarlet Begonias>Franklin's Tower>Fire on the Mountain>He's Gone>The Other One>Drums>Space>The Other One>Days Between, Sugar Magnolia.  They delivered a two-set encore again with a spacey Uncle John's Band and wrapped it up with Ripple.  During Fire on the Mountain, I couldn't help but think that it was an appreciative nod from the band to all the fire fighters that are fighting the various wildfires in the West, some of which we drove through in Northern California.  It was fun to hear The Other One, with the lyric "the bus came by and I got on, that's when it all began..." since that really hits home for us.  

 

After the show, we hung out until the wee hours in the parking lot, with various friends stopping by to hang out.  It was another successful ending to a great Boulder run and we look forward to doing it again next year...after some good, long rest!

This is Big Toe, and here is his kick-ass van.  You'll note that on one side, there are a couple of grates, which were incorporated into making a truck that Jerry is driving...pretty cool!