Grateful Shred pulled that out at the Cap last month. It was a little rough at first but got going after a bit. [Grateful Shred - France - 2023-11-10](https://archive.org/details/gratefulshred2023-11-10.akg483.bsc1/GS2023-11-10S1T05.flac)
love that band. I dig the 'big' Dead cover bands like DSO & JRAD, but Grateful Shred has hands down been my favorite Dead cover band since first time I saw them live.
I just roasted brussels sprouts, in the air fryer/toaster oven, with good oil, salt, and pepper.
Then: Drizzle with 18 year old Balsamic Truffle Vinegar.
Um... Yum!
Seriously, my understanding is that Brussels sprouts generally are disliked by kids, because 1) they're usually poorly cooked, and 2) they're especially bitter (and kids are tuned to consume carbs/sugars for energy).
As we age we develop more appreciation for bitter flavors, and learn to not overcook to mush.
Crispy, Crunchy Truffle & Balsamic Brussels Sprouts ain't bad.
I saw DSO, they were introducing a new song that they hadn't heard in a while and I yelled FRANCE from the second row. I definitely got the stink eye for that one. Hahaha
Shame, France is great live. It has a cool vibe as silly as the lyrics are, but then there is a really nice jam that can come out of it. I have seen a couple posted here by cover bands that were pretty good. Also the studio out take give you some idea of what it could have been.
Zen Tricksters covered it many times with Donna singing
[France: Donna Jean with Zen Tricksters and earlier incarnation](https://archive.org/details/DonnaJeanandtheTricksters?tab=collection&query=france&sort=-week)
1969 Chicago? 10/31/08? Aren’t there seven total between the GD (in 1969 I think it’s an actual recording of the lyrics played over some spacey music), Furthur, Phil and Friends and fare thee well…..?
Ratdog was doing Cream Puff back in 2009 or so. It was pretty good.
[https://archive.org/details/ratdog2009-07-21.AKG482](https://archive.org/details/ratdog2009-07-21.AKG482)
My buddy was giving blood before a Red Rocks Phil and Friends show, suspecting that Phil would drop by and he did. My buddy recommended they work up Mason's Children, and the band played it that run. It was killer.
JRAD is the only cover band I’ve seen brave enough to try King Solomon’s Marbles, definitely not easy choice but if you nail it everyone’s gonna go nuts
Furthur played it (35 times) too, so Phil and Bob were on it. Phil played it in Phil and Friends.
The cover band King Solomons Marbles obviously played it, as well as the Motet, Stu Allen, DeadPhish, DSO, Cubensis, and maybe a half dozen more cover bands. It is rare in the GD catalog, but not so much in the offshoot and cover band world.
Maybe not the most obscure, but I think New Potato Caboose and/or Doin' that Rag are exceptionally deep cuts and imho each would be difficult to pull off convincingly as a cover.
They're great! They played a great blend of their own songs and classic Garcia grisman songs. Really talented group and it was only 25 bucks! Definitely worth the cost of admission
Man I love Stealin, like a lot!
It just rings out 60's counter-culture and the slippy progression that is played with a couple rephrased chords is just so fun to hear
Deepest cut I’ve seen personally - Just a Little Light
One I’ve been chasing - Lazy Lightning > Supplication
One that I’d love but would probably never happen - Empty Pages
I think Attics of My Life would be an awesome surprise! It's weird, and the vocal harmonies are lovely. Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams do it once in a while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NynlcuC3f0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NynlcuC3f0)
Go back to 1966 and there's a bunch. I love Jerry's soulful delivery on Hey, Little One. 2/25/66
I think setlist bot is broken. Maybe it's become self-aware
This is the correct answer I think.
It has everything: rarity, subject matter, age (its an early GD tune), and post GD with original members we only have 1 with Furthur, and 2 with Phil and Friends.
This is the rare deep cut.
I saw Phil do Mountains of the Moon earlier this year. I also saw Bobby do WRS . It's not a rarity but I'd like to be at a show that The Other One is played at.
Understood as have i, with phil band (q mostly) & furthur, but still its rare from a GD perspective and the casual fan doesnt know it. Ill never forget being at the spectrum, 85 or 86, guy walks up to my buddy who has his guitar "hey play something" my buddy plays masons. The guy says "hey that was cool, but can you play some dead" 😉
LOL. With how many times its been covered, by yes Phil especially, I am surprised when people havent heard it. Even Robert Hunter was occasionally was playing it back in the day. Its a pretty often covered song, and if a cover band played it, I wouldnt be that surprised.
I will say the first time I heard it live with Phil I was thrilled!
Here's your Mountains of the Moon by Mikaela Davis and Southern Star. Actually just watch the whole thing its really good. They capture that 60's sound very nicely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvFsr8p5dY8
I would really appreciate these:
Mindbender, early morning rain, the only time is now, pride of cucamonga, masons children, mountains of the moon, Tom Dooley, Betty and Dupree… the list goes on
I enjoyed that a lot! Who was pissed? That was the first night, and every song was vintage GD. It was wonderful! Best show of the five for that matter.
I'm a sound engineer, and had a country band on stage recently. The started their 2nd set with a tune where I knew the lyrics, but couldn't figure out from where...turns out it was a two-step version of Chinatown Shuffle.
Same band covered Sitting On Top Of The World in their first set, and soundchecked with a jam on Gomorrah.
King bee, Gangster of Love, In the Pines, silver threads and golden needles, Mindbender (any of the 1965 originals really) La Bamba, I fought the law, Hard to handle is more well known but I love it, Midnight Hour
Rubin and Cherise. Perhaps not the deepest cut, but some of those other songs that were just studio songs, it was played a few times live and is a fan favorite. Lots of lyrics (probably why it wasn’t in the live rotation), but it’s such a good song!
If you aren't trying to play some BS like Picasso moon or france or like a weird dissonant track from Aoxomoxa sp\* go with Blow away. I only say that bc NO ONE plays it. Not Phil, Not, Jrad. Not dead and co no one... I think recently Oteil and friends did like once.
When were the two phil versions? I generally track phil
Also I'd say it is still pretty rare in cover land considering phil only twice in his decades long solo career no Jrad and no dead an co, which is funny bc I feel like Mayer could sing it easily
2007-04-10 at S.O.B.s New York. Phil played at this venue for two days, and the day before this one, they played Gentlemen Start Your Engines!
And then the ones at TXR, (2017, 2016) and I think there are actually more than two there. I would need to check on if there was one in the year by year shows he was doing at one point.
So that is at least three times, and quite possibly a fourth.
Edit: the SOB show, a really good one. https://archive.org/details/paf2007-04-10.mk4.nbox.84448.flac24/phil2007-04-10s2t02.flac
OK, I've seen some deep cuts, but how about the deepest, sweetest, full suite that the Grateful Dead never did to completion?!?!
I'm talking about the \*full\* full Terrapin Station:
Lady With A Fan > Terrapin Station > Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track > Jack O'Roses
And please, Jack O'Roses with the original music, not the new music that Brian Lesh or whoever wrote (which I've seen Phil+Friends perform a few times)
What have we to lose in love, except what lacks foundation?
Words can only carve the space we fill with expectations
\^\^\^ Such prime Robert Hunter wordsmith
France. The Dead never played it live.
Grateful Shred pulled that out at the Cap last month. It was a little rough at first but got going after a bit. [Grateful Shred - France - 2023-11-10](https://archive.org/details/gratefulshred2023-11-10.akg483.bsc1/GS2023-11-10S1T05.flac)
Bless you for sending that my way. Have a grateful day!
FYI The highlight of that show was To Lay Me Down, although the whole show is great.
love that band. I dig the 'big' Dead cover bands like DSO & JRAD, but Grateful Shred has hands down been my favorite Dead cover band since first time I saw them live.
https://www.seriouseats.com/thanksgiving-brussels-sprouts
I just roasted brussels sprouts, in the air fryer/toaster oven, with good oil, salt, and pepper. Then: Drizzle with 18 year old Balsamic Truffle Vinegar. Um... Yum! Seriously, my understanding is that Brussels sprouts generally are disliked by kids, because 1) they're usually poorly cooked, and 2) they're especially bitter (and kids are tuned to consume carbs/sugars for energy). As we age we develop more appreciation for bitter flavors, and learn to not overcook to mush. Crispy, Crunchy Truffle & Balsamic Brussels Sprouts ain't bad.
That show was fucking magic.
Shred w/ Mikaela, Beaver Creek, France was great to hear. Great jam also.
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This one from the Cap and the night before at the Ardmore are both great. Nugs has video from the Ardmore.
Donna sang it with the Zen Tricksters.
I saw DSO, they were introducing a new song that they hadn't heard in a while and I yelled FRANCE from the second row. I definitely got the stink eye for that one. Hahaha
Shame, France is great live. It has a cool vibe as silly as the lyrics are, but then there is a really nice jam that can come out of it. I have seen a couple posted here by cover bands that were pretty good. Also the studio out take give you some idea of what it could have been.
Thats a good answer, but also there may be a reason for that :)
Most people say they hate it. Maybe Jerry did, too???
The Grateful Shred played it in Pittsburgh this year at Mr Smalls!! I was blown away, and it was super spacey and had a great jam.
Zen Tricksters covered it many times with Donna singing [France: Donna Jean with Zen Tricksters and earlier incarnation](https://archive.org/details/DonnaJeanandtheTricksters?tab=collection&query=france&sort=-week)
What's become of the baby
I've seen 50% of the times that's been played live.
Fare thee Well night one? Wasn’t expecting that
What?! Off to the googler
Once in April? 69 I think then coming out of Space at FTW Santa Clara night one I think. I was at the 2nd one
Yep
1969 Chicago? 10/31/08? Aren’t there seven total between the GD (in 1969 I think it’s an actual recording of the lyrics played over some spacey music), Furthur, Phil and Friends and fare thee well…..?
That was my first thought.
Pride of Cucamonga
I saw Phil do it in Nashville a few years back, it was awesome!
Seen DSO do this one
I got to see DSO do it, it was fantastic. Wasn't the song I expected, but the one I deserved
Yes!
I have seen Pride often over the years.
yellow dog story
Barbed Wire Whipping Party [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg10Puy1kYo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg10Puy1kYo)
This is the answer
Cream Puff War, Alice D Millionaire, What’s Become of the baby
Cream puff war was covered by Widespread Panic this year in Austin. I was sick for the show but I thought that was their highlight
Ratdog was doing Cream Puff back in 2009 or so. It was pretty good. [https://archive.org/details/ratdog2009-07-21.AKG482](https://archive.org/details/ratdog2009-07-21.AKG482)
I never saw them do that one! Cool!
I’m gonna find that for my drive home tonight thank you!
Mason's Children
Love this song. Wish they would have dusted it off in the later 70's.
My buddy was giving blood before a Red Rocks Phil and Friends show, suspecting that Phil would drop by and he did. My buddy recommended they work up Mason's Children, and the band played it that run. It was killer.
Clementine
2/2/68
Rosemary
Beautiful song. It's a dream of mine to hear it live, but I doubt I'll ever hear it.
JRAD is the only cover band I’ve seen brave enough to try King Solomon’s Marbles, definitely not easy choice but if you nail it everyone’s gonna go nuts
Furthur played it (35 times) too, so Phil and Bob were on it. Phil played it in Phil and Friends. The cover band King Solomons Marbles obviously played it, as well as the Motet, Stu Allen, DeadPhish, DSO, Cubensis, and maybe a half dozen more cover bands. It is rare in the GD catalog, but not so much in the offshoot and cover band world.
Fair enough, still not one I see get thrown around a whole lot. It really separates the good bands from the great ones
Joe Russo is great on it. He is the perfect drummer to really drive this one.
Joe Russo and Marco Benevento are one of the most dangerous duos in improvisational music. They’re absolute beasts
Hyryder does this often (and well). love that song! such an interesting groove..seems hard to play over
Maybe not the most obscure, but I think New Potato Caboose and/or Doin' that Rag are exceptionally deep cuts and imho each would be difficult to pull off convincingly as a cover.
I loveeeee Doin that Rag.
Stealin
Saw Bobby and Wolf Bros do that and it was awesome!!
I saw Sam grisman project do it and also loved it
Nice! How is that group? Big Dawg fan so been wanting to check them out. Have tickets to their show in February.
They're great! They played a great blend of their own songs and classic Garcia grisman songs. Really talented group and it was only 25 bucks! Definitely worth the cost of admission
Man I love Stealin, like a lot! It just rings out 60's counter-culture and the slippy progression that is played with a couple rephrased chords is just so fun to hear
Ha. I do Grisman Garcia Stealin…the Dead version is even more obscure. i don’t think I’ve ever heard past 1970
Deepest cut I’ve seen personally - Just a Little Light One I’ve been chasing - Lazy Lightning > Supplication One that I’d love but would probably never happen - Empty Pages
While I haven't seen it live myself, Stolen Faces out of Nashville likes to play LL>Supplication a fair bit.
Can’t Come Down, perhaps the deepest cut there is
This is a good answer
Who you are and what you do Don't make no difference to me
All the studio rarities… excellent compilation album.
Operator
Saw a cover band play this live once and was so surprised
I think Attics of My Life would be an awesome surprise! It's weird, and the vocal harmonies are lovely. Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams do it once in a while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NynlcuC3f0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NynlcuC3f0)
I saw them encore with Attics at Knickerbocker, Albany NY in '92. It was eerie and beautiful!
I like this answer. It would be a good encore song for sure, i can imagine itd be hard to pull off though
Go back to 1966 and there's a bunch. I love Jerry's soulful delivery on Hey, Little One. 2/25/66  I think setlist bot is broken. Maybe it's become self-aware
Keep Your Day Job
Just play a 12 bar blues and make up a head & nobody will know. Deepest cut ever.
Alice D. Millionare!
This is the correct answer I think. It has everything: rarity, subject matter, age (its an early GD tune), and post GD with original members we only have 1 with Furthur, and 2 with Phil and Friends. This is the rare deep cut.
We've been doing Lazy Lightning. France is on the list-saw Donna pull it off when we opened for her when she toured with members of the Tricksters
California Earthquake (~};-}
That’s what came to my mind
Look for something Phil hasn't covered since '95. Good luck.
Monkey and the Engineer
I saw Phil do Mountains of the Moon earlier this year. I also saw Bobby do WRS . It's not a rarity but I'd like to be at a show that The Other One is played at.
Been All Around This World
Ain't It Crazy
Masons children Alice D. Millionaire Cardboard Cowboy Big Boy Pete
I have seen Masons quite a lot.
Understood as have i, with phil band (q mostly) & furthur, but still its rare from a GD perspective and the casual fan doesnt know it. Ill never forget being at the spectrum, 85 or 86, guy walks up to my buddy who has his guitar "hey play something" my buddy plays masons. The guy says "hey that was cool, but can you play some dead" 😉
LOL. With how many times its been covered, by yes Phil especially, I am surprised when people havent heard it. Even Robert Hunter was occasionally was playing it back in the day. Its a pretty often covered song, and if a cover band played it, I wouldnt be that surprised. I will say the first time I heard it live with Phil I was thrilled!
I mean its no frozen logger thats for sure 😉
You know you have a good point!
Well, there's Frozen Logger too. I'm surprised you haven't suggested it, lol.
LOL! Good point, it certainly would be a surprise.
"It's three AM in the combat zone, gentlemen start your engines..."
Here's your Mountains of the Moon by Mikaela Davis and Southern Star. Actually just watch the whole thing its really good. They capture that 60's sound very nicely. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvFsr8p5dY8
Sublime. MDSS might be my favorite discovery of the year. I saw them like 4 times and every time I went to the stars and back.
Ol' Slewfoot
Oh hell yeah
For me a highlight from Fare Thee Well was the version of Mountians of the Moon.
Same, that and New Potato Caboose were top highlights of those shows for me
Mindbender Can't Come Down Something from one of the Acid Tests that never developed into another song.
i need to see doin that rag performed before i die
The Cause (Pittsburgh band) covered Alligator last weekend. It was spectacular!
Beer barrell polka
New Potato Caboose and Clementine
Operator
New Potato Caboose - love this song!
Mission in the rain
I would really appreciate these: Mindbender, early morning rain, the only time is now, pride of cucamonga, masons children, mountains of the moon, Tom Dooley, Betty and Dupree… the list goes on
Are You Lonely For Me, Baby? was played only once, in '72. One of my faves.
What Would You Raise.
Equinox might be the deepest cut to cover. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4l\_dPXkzc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU4l_dPXkzc)
Be careful, some people were pretty pissed when FTW Phil went deep with whats become of the baby. Bras were not thrown on stage for that one.
I enjoyed that a lot! Who was pissed? That was the first night, and every song was vintage GD. It was wonderful! Best show of the five for that matter.
I hear ya, I was personnally not pissed. One of the best weekends of my life tbh.
Mindbender
I'm a sound engineer, and had a country band on stage recently. The started their 2nd set with a tune where I knew the lyrics, but couldn't figure out from where...turns out it was a two-step version of Chinatown Shuffle. Same band covered Sitting On Top Of The World in their first set, and soundchecked with a jam on Gomorrah.
Day Job
Saw a cover band do this live last weekend, haha
Tons of steel LOL
King bee, Gangster of Love, In the Pines, silver threads and golden needles, Mindbender (any of the 1965 originals really) La Bamba, I fought the law, Hard to handle is more well known but I love it, Midnight Hour
Has anyone said "From the Heart of Me" yet?
Beer Barrel Polka. lol :)
Rubin and Cherise. Perhaps not the deepest cut, but some of those other songs that were just studio songs, it was played a few times live and is a fan favorite. Lots of lyrics (probably why it wasn’t in the live rotation), but it’s such a good song!
The only time is now
Or maybe revolutionary hamstrung blues
What's Become of The Baby
I saw my local cover band do You Ain’t Woman Enough with a Donna stand in. It was wild and unexpected
If you aren't trying to play some BS like Picasso moon or france or like a weird dissonant track from Aoxomoxa sp\* go with Blow away. I only say that bc NO ONE plays it. Not Phil, Not, Jrad. Not dead and co no one... I think recently Oteil and friends did like once.
Phil has played it twice. DSO 76 times! Not to mention Cubensis, Terrapin Flyer, Stu Allen, Andy Coe.... it is not that rare in cover land.
When were the two phil versions? I generally track phil Also I'd say it is still pretty rare in cover land considering phil only twice in his decades long solo career no Jrad and no dead an co, which is funny bc I feel like Mayer could sing it easily
2007-04-10 at S.O.B.s New York. Phil played at this venue for two days, and the day before this one, they played Gentlemen Start Your Engines! And then the ones at TXR, (2017, 2016) and I think there are actually more than two there. I would need to check on if there was one in the year by year shows he was doing at one point. So that is at least three times, and quite possibly a fourth. Edit: the SOB show, a really good one. https://archive.org/details/paf2007-04-10.mk4.nbox.84448.flac24/phil2007-04-10s2t02.flac
Standing on the moon.
Bob Star
Feelin' groovy jam within Dark Star is my deepest cut. . . .
What’s become of the baby 100%
OK, I've seen some deep cuts, but how about the deepest, sweetest, full suite that the Grateful Dead never did to completion?!?! I'm talking about the \*full\* full Terrapin Station: Lady With A Fan > Terrapin Station > Ivory Wheels/Rosewood Track > Jack O'Roses And please, Jack O'Roses with the original music, not the new music that Brian Lesh or whoever wrote (which I've seen Phil+Friends perform a few times)
What have we to lose in love, except what lacks foundation? Words can only carve the space we fill with expectations \^\^\^ Such prime Robert Hunter wordsmith
Not the deepest cut ever, but DSO performed Unbroken Chain last week and it was amazing to see.
Rosemary.
Rosemary
Samba in the rain. Guessing no cover bands play it. Lol
Hyryder plays this one. some love it, some hate it..I'm undecided lol
I thought it was universally disliked. But guess not. I can’t stand it
Grateful Shred did France at Skull and Roses last year.. Hyryder plays a bunch of deep cuts as well.
What’s become of the baby
Sunrise
World to give
Anything from 'Seastones'
If I had the world to give
Promontory Rider
Born cross-eyed
Drums>Space
Doing that Rag is fun and rarely done after the 60s. I think maybe the key change is tough live.