Happy New Year Phriends!
HAPPY NEW YEAR PHRIENDS!
Happy New Year Phriends!

Have a rockin' good time at the show tonight, or on whatever couch you may find yourself (or in the case of stealthhippy, whatever bed....)!

The Wheel, St. Stephen, Shakedown, Viola Lee all on tap for tonight.

Sugar Mags at midnight?

http://www.thebarnpresents.com/furthur

See everyone at the show tonight.

Happy New Year to everyone in dead land.

May you inch your way through dead dreams

Celebration
Playin in the Band>
Loose Lucy
Me and My Uncle
Althea
Big River
Comes a Time
Uncle Johns Band
Cosmic Charlie


Shakedown>
Viola
Why dont we do it on the road>
Viola>
Time>
Dark Star>
Viola>
Mountains of the Moon
Dark Star>
Morning Dew
Countdown
We Love You
Sugar Mags
Stell Blue
Not Fade Away
Encore: OMSN
pretty please;)

Shakedown>
Viola
Why dont we do it on the road>
Viola>
Time>
Dark Star>
Viola>
St. Stephen
Mountains of the Moon
Dark Star
Countdown
We Love You
The Wheel
Sugar Mags
Stell Blue
Not Fade Away
Encore: OMSN
pretty please;) revised;)~

will there be a stream tonight for those of us who don't have Sirius?

they wont play we love you after countdown, nor will they play time.

come on ......Rider>Fire or the other way around

ok time is counting.

Those of you who are there, dance and shake your bones for those of us who aren't! Happy New Year to all of you--

Rider>Fire would be sweet.

Will be heading down to the venue in about an hour or so.


Everyone have a Happy New Year. Be happy and be safe!

Have fun without me as this will be the last time I "almost get my shit togther" to go (pray let there be several more). I have the feeling nothing holds me back in years to come, goddamnit! Odds are pretty good that the non-Dead spouse will not be an issue after this year.

Have fun, remember us east coasters who can't casually make the trip.

It would make me feel better if some of you blew your minds tonight too, since I can't partake in that either. Nothing serious mind you. I'm not looking for any straightjackets or anything. Just have a ball. Give us streams too please!

Anyone who doesn't have sirius
go on their website and use the seven day free trial
no cost. FREEEEEEE
A big happy new year to SGT. ERIC
my old war buddy
Whats in the stew pot tonight?

Wide spread panic at nine

I raise my first shot of patron to all us couch heads. Saludddd Cent Anni

salut to all happy and healthy new years phrineds,,,,

anyone listening early on sirius right now?Did they just crash?

http://www.siriusxm.com/freetrial

7-day free trial on SiriusXM. No obligation, no credit card, etc...

I am listening to WSP now, sounds great.

Further at 10.30pm.

Further at 10:30pm Eastern, 7:30 Pacific.

I signed up for SiriusXM 7 day free trial and can not log in.

After 25 minutes on hold with Sirius they tell me they are aware of the problem and hope it will be fixed within 24 hours.

I then signed up for the month free trial that requires credit card number and can now log in on that account. Just have to remember to cancel before they bill for the second month.

Just an FYI in case anyone has had a similar problem.

Peace!

Happy Fucking New Year!!! Does anyone know what channel it's going to be on on Sirius? Is it going to be on GD Radio? Thanks!
(~);-}

I had no problem downloading it a logging in

MagaDog, that's odd. I signed up a little over an hour ago and had no problems.

The WSP site that is similar to philzone is advertising the 7-day trial, maybe SiriusXM got more traffic then they were willing to accept?

Well I answered my own question - show is on GD Radio - channel #23 - playing Mountains of the Moon right now....

Cap'n, channel 23...the Grateful Dead channel.

I signed up at 9:55 EST no problem

Hey Eric - Quit Bird-Doggin me!!! LOL!

Yeah, not sure what happened for me but Sirius says other folks are calling in with same issue. I used the user/pwd that they sent me...

Hopefully they won't botch the stream like last year when they cancelled it after about an hour of technical issues...

almost time............

feed is on man

drinkin my wine....mmmm yeah

Sounds sweet!

Whoo here we go !

unlimited devotion

sounds good to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

FUCK YOU SIRIUS

sat night get it over all ready

cosmic charlie

I needed a cosmic charlie

whats wrong philabonghit? feed is up and it sounds great

I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe ....

all well but you know were gettin a sat night. bobby has got to get his cheese on.

sounds like a classic 1st set so far

yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want a quinn
ohhhh althea

althea

nonono..sirius down?

anyone?

Chimenti tickling those Ivories ....

Sirius fine here...

...for whatever reason the sound quality on the WSP stream is WAY better than that of Further.

Cannot sign on because of maintnence on site. Anybody else have this problem?

yes!!!

dear mr fantasy? would be cool. or a johnny be good

Next time you see me

next time you see me...thanks pigpen

I think im on. GD ch23? Next time You See Me playing now. Is this right?

go john tear it up.

smokin!

yup. channel 23. seems they have a few seconds of silence every now & then. other than it sounds good to me.

nicely done

Set 1-
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time

Set 1-
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time

awesome high times

Cant get enough dBs outta these damn speakers..other than that that sounds great!!
(~):-}

yessssssssssss..sweet sweet music

yess shakeodwn

Set 1-
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown

shakedown st

you can never tell..

Best NY Eve I have had in a long time! Thanks and Love!!!!

mason rules!

7day sirius trial stream loud and clear in hanalei hawaii. its like readin a book and have to use your 'magination to see the show. Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!

shake a down now now

Set 1-
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown>
Viola

wow cool

How bout a Dancin to close this

well could it be another triple viola lee?

this is one tasty treat of a set.happy new year my phriends on the east coast.......here from Boca Raton,Fl

happy new year in 8 minutes

Set 1-
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown>
Viola Lee

great first set.

lady gaga looked good to the tunes of shakedown street. shakedown gaga.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE from PHIL-ly

Anybody have pix or vid to post?

Hau’oli Makahiki Hou! Still 2011 here braddah! Dancin like fools on the lanai in Hanalei! hmm, i think lady gaga is tape-delayed...

hawaiia hawaiia hawwia i mean how are you?

last night set break was an hour. will it be a 3 set night you think?

Happy New Year Todd! And all!
(~}:-)

They better double up on the Geritol during set breaks if they are doing 3 sets ...

Akahasha if you are out there in cyberspace tonight - yes I did send along a holiday card to Pittsburgh and thanks for thinking about my Mom. We are grateful to have been able to share so many things with her - she was a Dead Head! - so roll another one, just like the other one, and enjoy the rest of the show.

which barry are you?

here we go folks .......

eyes of the world to open would be nice.

morning dew opener

Set 2
Mornin Dew

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

huh...hadnt thought about that for a long time. well i am barry from philly, then sac, then humboldt, now kaua'i.

not barry glassberg?

just jamming... reprise

nope. not glassberg.

here comes dark star

i fuckin called it. baby

phil didnt sing the opening lines...thank goodness. harmonies sound good.

i hear a bombs away comming on.... hahahahaha

How many of you are there, Todd?

masons children

just me why do you ask?

oh Mason was a mighty man ........in the Station

this is kicking ass

dark star pt 2

man this is sweet .good tranistion. were is the tuba?

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE from DUB-C

DARK STAR PT2 ITS COMMING .....BE THERE

mountain song?

Just got here

barry from hawaii - aloha - are you a former cobbs creek phil-ly golfer?

welcome greg

"not barry glassberg?"

ha

2012 more magic, more Phil!!!

i know u rider

thank you todd.sounds good so far,I know you rider?
,

saw the 7 walkers play this last night and they tore the shit out out of it.

are they streaming video of the new years show?

where did you see the 7 walkers play, todd?

Adam,Hope your wife had a great b-day..Thrilled you sent them a card,let's keep it an annual tradition...Happy Holidaze and Happy New Year..My 1st show was The Rectum in Philly in 1977,went to Delaware Valley College before transfering to Ohio State...Love all your posts,very inspiring and uplifting,I'm rollin one for you and Lowell,once had a dog named lowell george,peace...

Hi Adam, nope no creek cred. left philly in 80s. friend of Living Earth (dead cover) band.

neighbors are lighting hella ton of firecrackers! trying to concentrate...cool colorado rain

hello sweetie - i was @ that rectum show, fer sure - peace and love from phil-ly - yes, an annual thing - the address is in the thread from the pittsburgh show (or the next one after that) - yes, i actually got to start a thread and didn't get any s**t for it - amazing - but hey, the nights not over yet - up late in phil-ly!

Saying hi to my brother rick.I'm sure he's listening

This Rider is Smokin'!!!!!!! Phil!! Happy new year!!

anyone got a cohesive 2nd set setlist to cut and paste?

great rider

great rider

st. steph.

Lowell George passed the friday before the fourth of july in 1977,about 2 months after my 1st dead show..was very lucky to see Little Feat a bunch of times..

bad time for drop out.

st stephen ..its smokin

baroo - i have kama-aina'd down on oahu so many many times - great golf there - but never got to kauai - maybe someday - there is a really cool public 9-hole golf course on the north shore of oahu with a killer on-the-beach setting - costs $7.00 for the locals (but natch the hallees pay $25.00!) - great scene - one man gathers what another man spills!

Damn Panic show is gonna go 5 hours...

scroll to the top of this thread, 'thebarnpresents' (2nd post) is currently spot on for tonights predictions. if they play the wheel he/she is 4 for 4.

did lowell george write st. steven?

Welcome to the planning c0-0rdinator,he who holds the key..

dont panic it has widespread appeal.

What a set!! Happy streamer from Ohio

lowell did not write st.stephen,he produced shakedown st.album and wrote it's so easy to slip;which bobby does...

perhaps back into viola.

ok what about bombs away?

st. stephen

back into st. stephen

lowell george would be pround......

fire on the mountain.....duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

did lowell george write fire?????????????????

Smoking hot!!!!!

SET 1
The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown Street
Viola Lee Blues


SET 2
Morning Dew>
Jam>Dark Star>Jam>
Mason's Children>
Mountain Song>
I Know You Rider
St Stephen>
Fire on the Mountain

john is burning it up....holy shit

Flame spreading to Jeff C ....they are ablaze!

Hey Fitz, Happy New Year from Robert & Chris

Hey Fitz, Happy New Year from Robert & Chris

john jeff and joe have taken bobby and phil do a very special place..sunshine and jeff too

where's the fire? on the mt....my granddaughter always asks me that....

end of set

great set.whole yyyyy shit

these callers on xm are lousy.

Sirius is SERIOUS! WHAT'S THE JAM AFTER STEPHEN?

fire on the mountain

no the jam session, i havent heard fire yet on my sirius

what? the second set i s over. how could you not have heard it?

adam,sorry i didnt see your question....7 walkers did two shows at sullivan hall. they were both amazing.

on the phone ....sirius app. just refreshed it...it looped the jam for 25 minutes never got fire..it was a sick loop though..thx

Almost there!!!!

ok here comes the parade and pre nye count down....happy nye to all .

Time would be a big 3rd set opener

time wont happen?

sound effects of rain and thunder are comming out over the pa.

dragon comming out. it is the year of the dragon after all

dose me

must go to you tube to see visuals.

start me up by the stones.

pre recordeed not live .

sugar mag

sugar mad didnt end too wel...oh well

sugar mag didnt end to well.

playing in the band

any one still here. this third set will grow on you

transistion time

could be a crazy finger?

no here it comes uncle johns band

uncle johns...cool

Still hanging in there...gonna have to sleep in tomorrow!
The first days are the hardest days....

but..weren't you gonna sleep in anyway?

ok transistion time again

Lol...

colors of the rain

How many songs has Bobby sung tonight?

i am tired but this is rippin

over 8 . they have been mixing things up nicely and shareing all the harmonies

all the colors of the morning dew....

easy for me to say Dave, its only 1042 here...still i will sleep in.. footballs the same way here, over before sunset. and hockey...

seems like I've been here before!!

speaking of bobby....here is another one.

born crossed eyed.

ok here comes more..... wheel

wheelin' into 2012....keep it rollin'

WOOOOOOWWWW. Wheel. What an Amaaazing Night. Happy New Year's from Colorado!!!!!!!

who is this guy/gal?

By The Barn Presents (Thebarnpresents) on Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 01:07 pm: Edit Post

The Wheel, St. Stephen, Shakedown, Viola Lee all on tap for tonight.
*end qoute

no clue who but good guesses

I saw the last couple of shows and his voice was in fine form. I was not hearing him as much tonight. I am not complaining. I love this song.

small wheel turnin' by the firing rod
big wheel turning by the grace of God

well i will guess 'liberty' encore but honestly thats just my wish. love that song, last one i saw garcia sing. but..my wife thinks it'll be 'bid u goodnite'. whatever...awesome and sentimental show. OKAY lets roll a fatty

playin reprise

NO LIBERTY PLEASE NO LIBERTY

oncores?

EPIC! Awesome show! It's still pretty early. Could this be a four set show?

phil speaks....donor rap

no 4 set show

God Bless Us ...Everyone!
Happy New Year

holy shit....terrapin with suite? flyer? oh my!

A whole Terrapin Suite encore could easily count as a fourth set!

i guess ,but no not really. amazing show.

Who knows Bobby could throw in OMSN to close it all out...
except it is now one more Sunday morning.

Furthur
Sat. 12/31/2011
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA

Set 1: (7:50pm PST - 8:55pm PST)
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown Street >
Viola Lee Blues

Set 2: (9:52pm PST - 11:23pm PST)
Morning Dew >
Jam >
Dark Star >
Jam >
Mason's Children >
Jam >
Dark Star >
Mountain Song >
Jam >
I Know You Rider
St. Stephen >
Fire on the Mountain

Set 3: (11:50pm - 1:??am)
thunder > flying dragon > smoke from ceiling > stones singing start me up (wtf?) >
10...9...8...7..6...5...4...3...2...1...happy new year! >
Sugar Magnolia (with SSDD)
Playing in the Band >
Jam >
Uncle John's Band >
Jam >
Colors of the Rain >
Born Cross-Eyed >
The Wheel >
Playing in The Band reprise

E: Donor Rap
Terrapin Suite

holy crap!

yes in deed

Furthur
Sat. 12/31/2011
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
San Francisco, CA

Set 1: (7:50pm PST - 8:55pm PST)
Golden Road
Cosmic Charlie
Althea
Next Time You See Me
High Time
Shakedown Street >
Viola Lee Blues

Set 2: (9:52pm PST - 11:23pm PST)
Morning Dew >
Jam >
Dark Star >
Jam >
Mason's Children >
Jam >
Dark Star >
Mountain Song >
Jam >
I Know You Rider
St. Stephen >
Fire on the Mountain

Set 3: (11:50pm - 1:35am)
thunder > flying dragon > smoke from ceiling > stones singing start me up (wtf?) >
10...9...8...7..6...5...4...3...2...1...happy new year! >
Sugar Magnolia (with SSDD)
Playing in the Band >
Jam >
Uncle John's Band >
Jam >
Colors of the Rain >
Born Cross-Eyed >
The Wheel >
Playing in the Band reprise

E: Donor Rap
Terrapin Suite
roar of the dragon, group hug

thanks Box of Eyes!

good night

i laughed, i cried, i danced. now, 25 minutes til midnite! aloha and Hau’oli Makahiki Hou (happy new year)!

OH HEY LADY GAGA is now on tv here!

THANKS PHIL!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR~~~
it keeps goin'....

who rode the dragon?

nubile 18-year-old in a toga rode the dragon.

thought for sure they would do OMSN. maybe there was second encore...

After 20+ years I can only describe tonight show as EPIC ! Thank You, Happy New Year , Goodnight !

Good night - good morning and Hau’oli Makahiki Hou to you as well - Let My Inspiration Flow indeed - I keep waiting for Tower Theatre shows to be announced so I can see the band in my backyard againthis Spring. Spread the music, share the love. : ) It was an awesome show!!

>>>Lowell George passed the friday before the fourth of july in 1977,about 2 months after my 1st dead show<<<

June 29, 1979

1977. 1979. Who can remember back that far? It's all a hazy shade of whats past. RIP, Lowell.

The show was great! Danced my ass off. Only thing that bothered me was some ass got up on stage during the Terrapin encore and got in front of bobby. Bobby looked up like wtf and security rushed on stage and took him away hopefully to be shown a not so good time. I have seen hundreds of dead shows and never have i seen something like that.


What was sad is that some in the crowd thought it was funny, And those are the people who i refer to as the modern day touch heads.

modern day....?? that was in 89'

Do you not get the point? I am making a reference to people who should just stay home. They have no respect for other people let alone the music or the people who make it for us.

And come on man Touch of Grey was 1987.

What's all this BS? Can some one actually post a review of the show? Sets look incredible and would like to have a a few sentences to describe the bands playing was?

1987. 1989. Who can remember back that far? It's all a hazy shade of whats past. RIP, Jerry.

Happy New Year! I can't wait to hear the show....Peace and Love to all of my brothers and sisters!

Cross posted from the Other Section:

Since their public debut a couple of years back at Oakland’s Fox Theater, Furthur has had enough time to work the gears, flex their collective musical muscle and evolve into a complex, fully operational entity capable of alchemizing the audience-to-band-and-back feedback loop. This energy transfer was perfected by the Grateful Dead and these lessons have been internalized by the younger members of Furthur to the point of mastery.
This New Year’s Eve show was prima facie evidence of the beauty, skill and power that is Furthur. Whoever was responsible for architecting the three nights set lists was clearly informed with the insight, knowledge and a deep sense of the history behind this music. They also knew intuitively how to connect directly with the emotional pleasure center of both the casual and passionate Deadhead.

While the pleasure of the New Year’s Eve show was profound, it was even more satisfying in the context of the set lists from all three nights as several I’s were dotted and T’s crossed that were left dangling from the previous evening’s entertainments.

Prior to the show the scene in Civic Center Plaza was very laid back with heads beating drums, jamming, “loading up,” and getting primed for the marathon evening ahead. Many seemed to be selling tickets for more than cost but there were plenty of bargains to be had. This writer lucked into a bargain ducat and is hugely Grateful for it.

This show was a textbook example of the “mastery of the jam,” possessed by this collective, but if you are reading this, you already knows of this magic. Regardless of the point, Golden Road was a perfect choice to jumpstart the festivities. It was the 1st cut on the eponymously titled first studio GD LP, and the driving energy and message of the tune lays it all out unambiguously. “Hey hey, come right away. Come and join the party every day.” It’s the perfectly crystalized message that you are in the right place at the right time in front of the right band… “So take off your shoes, child, and take off your hat.
Try on your wings and find out where it's at.” The final dissonant note of this number was discordantly emphasized by a potent Lesh invoked bass chord.

Following a brief moment to retune, another psychedelic opus from the earliest golden years of Grateful Dead Music was ignited with the signature swirling slide riff by John Kadlecik. Cosmic Charlie how do you do? Clearly Charlie is still happily truckin’ in style along the avenue….

Characters from the Hunter lyrical cannon are liberally salted throughout GD repertoire and one of the most cherished is Althea. Since that cathartic moment when John K. stepped up to sing his first Althea during the first ever public Furthur show at the Fox this song has grown more potent in its impact with this band. Unfortunately for Bob Weir, who seemed to be experiencing technical issues with is guitar and signal chain, it was not the model of musical perfection but the tension of the verses was fully released with the “you know this space is getting hot,” bridge and ensuing jam.

More GD history was unearthed with the classic cover of the Junior Parker blues tune, Next Time You See Me which the Dead performed mostly in their earliest years. Jeff Chimenti’s melodic riffs rode on top of the Lesh/Weir/Russo rhythm section and made space for a fat JK solo or two.

The vocal harmony blend of Furthur is augmented and improved with the presence of back- up singers Sunshine Becker and Jeff Pehrson and their harmony blend on High Time was the icing on the cake of this rarity. The JK solo was both tender and screaming and the band simply brought the goods to finish out this slice of musical pie from Workingman’s Dead.

I would guess a number of lysergified synapses may have snapped with Phil Lesh’s first profound and pounding bass note of Shakedown Street. The sonic impact of it was massive. This was a pretty disco themed affair but the jam went way-way outside of the normalcy of a C7 one chord vamp. The latter half of this one had a wild vocal jam and thankfully the arrangement has minimized the “shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now,” motif to only one stanza. From there, Viola Lee Blues, perhaps the hookiest riff from the earliest GD era scooped up the mental remnants of Shakedown Street and tossed them over the fence. This one, one of the oldest tunes in the repertoire (from Gus Cannon of the Jugband era) is at the same time super psychedelic, funky and Americana to the core. It also is a showcase for Phil Lesh whose 12 foot bass stack massaged more than a few brains as this romp of a tune rollicked and rambled over the crowd. With one set down many of us took note of just how much more quality music was in the offing.

At this point in the show we were all kid’s in a cosmic candy store and no better multi-flavored “ice cream cone in the forehead” of a song could have been dialed up than Morning Dew. As the signature riff locked into place it came to my mind that opening a set with this profound ballad seemed to diminish its importance in a given set list as the deep, emotional inference of its lyrics is diminished when utilized as an appetizer instead of a main course. But John Kadlecik’s heartfelt vocal treatment and massive, soaring leads provided more impact and emotion than I thought possible. It was a brilliant rendition and bears more listening. And as if AM Dew wasn’t big enough, the subsequent Jam into the signature riff -of Dark Star was a tell-tale sign of just how off the hook this show was to be. Lesh sang the opening verse solo as he pulled the Furthur ship into orbit.

The jams here were angular, mechanical and blazing all at the same time and a long, trippy journey ensued from the final words of the first verse of Dark Star to the first of the obscure but rocking Mason’s Children. This was another vehicle for Lesh bombs and a collective vocal chorus treatment of the verses. And yet, still more heavy duty jamming served as the transition into the 2nd verse of Dark Star which featured split vocal treatment between Phil, Bobby and John.

In keeping with the long standing GD tradition to mix old with new, Phil stepped up to deliver a fairly new one, “Mountain Song.” A tune put together by Phil’s son Brian Lesh with lyrical themes contributed by David Crosby and Robert Hunter. One could say that this unfamiliar song was redeemed by the massive JK led jam that concluded it and featured the classic Mountain Jam riff derived by the Allman’ Bro’s Dickie Betts.

At this point in this already ridiculously good show, a few of the unconnected dots from Thursday’s throw down were summoned up to the delight of the heads… I Know You Rider > St. Stephen > Fire on the Mountain was a hugely satisfying musical sandwich that kept us all floating on the ether – and still it wasn’t even midnight. This show was just getting going and up to this point it had gone way beyond expectations.

Due to the jammy intent of Furthur the break between the 2nd and 3rd sets was blissfully short and provided only enough time for one cocktail and a bio break leading up to the Midnight Spectacle. From the floor one could see the not well concealed, giant dragon hiding behind suspended curtains and hanging from a flying gimbal off the roof of the Civic. Before it took flight a loud, eerie soundtrack of thunder, dragon wails and rain was broadcast over the PA. From the rear of the hall a chrome tower rose up from the floor and a beautifully clad woman representing the birth of the new year mounted the flying dragon and in a massive puff of Dragon Smoke the flying beast alit for the stage with a trumpet fanfare followed by the Rolling Stones “Start Me Up,” played at full cranking volume. Meanwhile, onstage, a number of damsels tossed party favors to the crowd while Bill Walton, decked out as Father Time stood front and center. In great puffs of smoke the Dragon delivered its gorgeous cargo to the stage and with a count down from 10 to 1 Furthur exploded in the classic style with a rollicking Sugar Magnolia punctuated with the sound of thousands of popping balloons. Revelry happened amongst the dancing mayhem and the potency of the band’s delivery wasn’t lost on anyone, especially with the huge Sunshine Daydream follow through.

One of the ultimate jam vehicles (as if this show didn’t already have a half dozen of them), Playin’ in the Band, kicked off the deeper part of the 3rd set and in the classic style contained a dark, wandering but purposeful jam that rolled into the telltale riff of Uncle John’s Band. (Uncle John’s Band indeed – though more like Nephew John’s Band.)

From here the unfamiliar was once again summoned up by Phil with Colors of the Rain, a new Hunter/Lesh composition recently added to the Furthur repertoire. This unfamiliar song diminished from the jammy themes of the night but eventually, towards the tail end of the song JK stepped up to swing the momentum back to deeper waters. Bobby stepped up for a tried and true psychedelic effort, Born Cross Eyed, “seems like I’ve been here before. Fuzzy then still so obscure.” The driving impact here was ridiculous and blissful… which triggered the opening strains of The Wheel giving everyone the opportunity to get grounded together in the familiar lyrical refrain. The sets conclusion was the obvious envelope closing Playin’ in the Band Reprise which was a perfect capper to this huge swath of powerfully delivered music.

Many in the crowd had low expectations of the predictable cOne More Saturday Night encore but Furthur, in keeping with the exceptionally high value set list gave us all the ultimate year-beginning gift: a full Terrapin Station Suite that show cased the unbelievably potent skills of drummer Joe Russo who kept lobbing home runs over the wall during the At a Siding portion of this opus. The ultimate conclusion of this event was a genuine and clearly heartfelt bow and group hug by all members of the band while the dragon smoked, bellowed and roared – a perfect way to send us into the New Year by giving us all a collective bond with the band.

This show was one for the ages and clearly represented Furthur at an ultimate peak moment in their evolution. Fantastic jams, incredible dynamics, pleasing, barely a clunker in the list song choices, impactful lead guitar and vocal treatments, stellar musicianship and palpable energy transfer between audience and band were all present here over the last three nights and throughout 2011 with Furthur. One can only imagine the potential to come in the years ahead.

Grateful Ted Silverman
SF, CA

Furthur kicks butt. These New Year's shows at BGCA were right up there with the best in Grateful Dead music.

I appreciate the focus of the Furthur project on presenting the Grateful Dead Songbook to the 21st Century as the Genuine American Tradition that it is. The way the vocals are arranged, with lots of harmonies and shared singing, and less (or maybe more) emphasis on the lead vocals when they occur; it plays perfectly to us, the audience, who know all the words and are often moved to sing along.

All Respect and Forever Thanks to Phil and Bob, both Mighty Wizards, who amazingly continue to bring us the wonderful and the weird.

A Cheer! and a Toast! to their associates in the band - first-rate groovy musicians all!

Here's to All of Us!

Furthur 2012!

TOTALLY CONCUR with Roarshock.

This end of year run was GD on Steroids (minus the Jerry Vibe).

It was fuckin' killer..... nuff said.

Now go amd listen to it:
http://www.archive.org/details/furthur2011-12-31.t t.aud.mkh8040.flac16

listening to whole weekend of shows on gdradio.net now...amazing for 67 and 73 year old musicians to jam away..love them and happy new year to all on my bed tour 2011-12

Thanks for posting that link Treblemaker,was at the show and agreed with what everybody said,Happy 2012 Everyone,Eddieboy!

I had and great time at all three despite missing all of the first set on Friday--my bad on that one.

More importantly, my non-Deadhead wife of 12 years actually had a good time at the NYE show, (only her second show first was an early PLF gig).

This time there was enough friends and good energy around to keep her in great spirits. Thanks to Henry, Barb, Dan, Brian, Stephen, Renata, Sam, Sharon and Furthur.

Myself, I had a ball as always. I especially loved first set Thursday.

Peace to all, happy New Year.

This was taken from the line out front of the civic on NYE!

Jerry was looking down on us!
(This photo has NOT be edited in any way!)

Just a beard and glasses and a smile on empty space

Standing on the moon, but I would rather be with you, somewhere in San Francisco...

Listening to the audio right now, WTF r those terrible sounds going on in the first few minutes of Althea? Did Bob's guitar fall apart?

Here are kinks to different videos of Furthur's New Year's Eve 2011-2012 spectacular

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv3mhGwOYwI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXlIirFZZO8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJXddK1Q31I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3GzjD8BkQ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=intmGnZxZxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnivTktgiA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzmTVPeHHs4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny4ilje7B9c

>>>WTF r those terrible sounds going on in the first few minutes of Althea? Did Bob's guitar fall apart?<<<

He did that at the Gorge too- ruined the tune almost.

have I obtained access?