

John Mayer plays Jerry Garcia's songs and somehow doesn't embarrass himself.
Set 1: Bertha(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Good Lovin'(The Rascals cover) It Must Have Been the Roses(Robert Hunter cover) (Tour Debut) Big River(Johnny Cash cover) (>) Dark Star(Grateful Dead cover) (verse 2) Next Time You See Me(Junior Parker cover) (>) Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Bird Song(Jerry Garcia cover) (>) Don't Ease Me In(Henry Thomas cover) Set 2: Iko Iko(Sugar Boy and His Cane Cutters cover) Sugaree(Jerry Garcia cover) China Cat Sunflower(Grateful Dead cover) (>) I Know You Rider([traditional] cover) (>) Uncle John's Band(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Drums(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Space(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Hell in a Bucket(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Wharf Rat(Grateful Dead cover) (>) Turn On Your Love Light(Bobby “Blue” Bland cover) Touch of Grey(Grateful Dead cover)
Acting
Mayer's surprisingly reverent guitar work honoring Garcia's ghost.
Direction
Intimate venue capture at Ruoff, Indiana's unlikely psychedelic mecca.
Sound
Drums > Space segment—pure cosmic nonsense, perfectly executed.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dead & Co. represents the final commercialization of 1960s utopian ideals—boomers paying premium prices to pretend they're still counterculture.
This Noblesville show featured the tour debut of 'It Must Have Been the Roses,' a Hunter/Garcia ballad rarely played since Jerry's death.
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