Grateful Dead - 6/7/2015

I wasn't sure whether this counts as a gig - it was streamed to our local cinema and it wasn't actually live as there was a delay of half a day or so to cope with time differences. But because it was actually the Grateful Dead (or at least those still living) and it was the final gig of such an iconic band I decided it was right to log it. It was in fact the third of three final gigs but as usual with the Dead it was one set that lasted ten plus hours rather than a repetition of one set over three nights. Nobody else does that or probably even has enough of their own material to do that. Nobody else has pioneered in the way The Dead have in encouraging taping of their gigs and releasing live gigs form their mixing desk tapes. What a long and brilliant trip it's been. The gig was excellent. My highlights were the section that started with a superb version of 'Cassidy' moved on to one song that I particularly like 'Althea' and then followed that with 'Terrapin Station'. Of course it was strange to see a Dead gig without Garcia but I sort of liked the Garcia stand-in, Trey Anastasio. He didn't try to do a tribute act but he did capture the feel of Garcia and he fitted in what was as usual a great ensemble gig.