I was surprised to see that the line was not wrapped around the block as we pulled up in front of the 930 Club at 8pm. I bought the last two tickets, walked down U street and bought a veggie burger - and by 9pm was standing ten feet away from stage with a 6 dollar plastic red cup of newcastle in hand...
With no opening act, the band played two sets totaling close to 3 and a half hours of Grateful Dead covers.
Set List
Stranger, Half Step, Me & My Uncle> Big River, TLEO, Cassidy, Mr. Charlie, Waiting for a Miracle, Lazy Lightening>Supplication, Touch of Grey Blow Away, Shakedown, Sailor > Saint, Crazy Fingers> Playin> Drums >Space> Attics> Throwing Stones> NFA Encore: King Solomon Marbles> Revolution
Highlight
>The creepy familiarity of John and Rob's voices!
>Touch of Grey, Shakedown, Revolution, Tie Dye Back drop
Lowlight
>Being patted down outside the door.
>The freakout session in the middle of the second set titled Space. It all started with an amazing drum rant - but quickly turned into a disturbing and at times boring freakout by Rob Koritz. The old heads quickly began to turn and head for the bar. The session reminded me of Medeski, Martin and Wood's first set at Bonaroo in 2004. Blech!
>The 9:30 club just isn't suited for a four hour show. The Dead could pull it off in arenas and ampitheaters but DSO... you're no Dead. Sorry.
$$
27.50
The Band
Dark Star Orchestra (aka DSO) consists of:
- John Kadlecik ~ Guitar, vocals
- Rob Eaton ~ Guitar, vocals
- Kevin Rosen ~Bass
- *Rob Borraco ~ Keys
- Lisa Mackey ~ Vocals, Spinning, Dancing
- Dino English ~ Drums
- Rob Koritz ~ Drums, Percussion, Specializing in wigging people out
6 comments:
how bad did the 9:30 club smell?
I'm a Dead fan, and I've never seen Dark Star Orchestra. Someone told me that they do spot-on reproductions of entire shows. Ie. they learn the show, and replicate the solos, the segues, the particular quirks of a night's show. So, is that how they are now, or do they just play Dead songs and jam on them spontaneously?
Anyway, I miss the Dead. They were a great institution. I listen to them more now than ever.
PS: Kevin-- glad you started this blog.
Trash: Smelled like Hippies... of course!
Cap: As a matter of fact, many of the shows are DEAD on (pun intended) replicas of the real thing. As I was drinking my newscastle, checking out the drum kits, some randome guy turns to me and says something to the effect of "I heard last night was 6.22.72 (or something like that). I didn't really get it and kind of shrugged it off as Hippy-Speak, but as I browsed the set lists I found that it was actually a full reproduction of June 7, 1977 Winterland Arena, San Fransico!
The show I saw happened to be an "original setlist" which attributes, in my opinion, to the soggy freakout.
Thanks for the postscript!
i thought about this while i was listening to a '71 show and decided that whats the point of a memorized, rehearsed dead show...wasn't what made them so exciting was :
A. the spontaneity
B. the fact that the band could fall flat on its face at any moment
who listens to the studio recordings?
Trash: Thank you for taking the time to ponder and post. I hope your your moment in '71 (and other such moments with music) inspire you often!
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