The 12th entry of Archive Drive By is a two-fer. It features Phil Lesh, bass player of The Grateful Dead and his current live band, Phil Lesh & Friends. Phil’s Friends have included all sorts of musicians since 1998, but this version features Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell, Steve Molitz and John Molo.
In the fall of 2007 the band set up shop in New York City for an historic 10-night run at The Nokia Theatre in Times Square. In fact, apparently the marijuana smoke at one point got so thick that it seaped into The Minskoff Theatre next door where a production of Disney’s Lion King was taking place. Popcorn sales went through the roof.
Over the course of the 10 shows the band played with guests like Ryan Adams, Steve Berlin and Amy Helm. They also played several acoustic sets, which is where today’s tunes come from.
These songs were played as a medley, but you will have to download them seperately. You can join them up again on your personal device or if you burn them to a CD.
The first tune is called Cry Yourself Dry and it was written and sung by Jackie Greene. It originally appeared on his 2002 album, Gone Ramblin’.
That segues into an instrumentel fiddle tune led by Larry Campbell and written by Bill Monroe called Big Mon. Both songs feature Phil Lesh on stand-up bass.
These recordings are from the soundboard and were released by Phil Lesh for free:
Cry Yourself Dry-Phil Lesh & Friends (11/2/07-New York, NY) MP3 version
Big Mon-Phil Lesh & Friends (11/2/07-New York, NY) MP3 version
Complete show and lossless version
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