![]() While we didn’t guess the Dead & Company introductions of “Mama Tried” on May 31st ( Shoreline Night 1) and “It Must Have Been the Roses” on June 7th ( The Gorge Night 1), we did correctly predict the Dead & Co debuts of “High Time” on June 3rd ( Hollywood Bowl, Night 1) and “To Lay Me Down” on June 14th ( Wrigley Field, Night 1). There were four breakouts on Dead & Company’s 2019 summer tour, and we didn’t do too badly by correctly predicting two of them in our tour preview. Two shows tied for second place in the one-off song category with three apiece: Saratoga Springs, NY on June 18th (“When I Paint My Masterpiece”, “Dear Prudence” and “Midnight Hour”) and Camden, NJ on June 20th (“Dancing in the Streets”, “If I Had the World to Give” and “Ship of Fools”). The big winner in this category was the show at Deer Creek (aka Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center) outside Indianapolis on June 12th which featured four one-offs, all of which were sung by Weir: “Looks Like Rain”, “Let It Grow”, “Smokestack Lightning” and “All Along the Watchtower”. After that, all but four of the remaining fourteen shows contained at least one song that was completely exclusive to that show on this tour. Trailing right behind these standards at five appearances each were five more heavy hitters: “Althea”, “China Cat Sunflower”, “I Know You Rider”, “Deal” and “Shakedown Street”.Īt the other end of the song lists, there were 22 different songs that only made one appearance during the tour, but only one of them (“My Favorite Things” at Shoreline Night 1) surfaced during the first five shows. Leading the way with 6 appearances each over 19 shows were “Scarlet Begonias”, “Fire on the Mountain”, “The Other One” (split into two parts at two of the shows in which it appeared), “Terrapin Station”, “Brown Eyed Women”, Bertha” and “Playing in the Band” (split into two parts at three of the six shows in which it appeared). However, in the world of Dead & Company shows, that translates to an average of once in every three shows at the most. ![]() THE SONGSĭead & Company’s 2019 summer tour continued its bedrock concept of playing the biggest and most popular songs from the Grateful Dead’s repertoire the most frequently. The Gorge is located in the middle of the state, 150 miles from both Spokane and Seattle, but its stunning setting and attached campground, as always, prompted thousands of people to fly in and/or make the longer drive to be there. The only exceptions were the 2 shows at The Gorge in central Washington. 6 of the 12 weekend shows took place at venues that are less than 15 miles from a major airport, with 4 more located within 40 miles of one. Once again, Dead & Company’s booking agent, Scott Clayton, put together a fan-friendly itinerary by scheduling 12 of the tour’s 19 shows on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday to ensure that regional and air travel boosted attendance and repeat business. THE SHOWSĭead & Company’s shows continued to adhere to the long-standing 2-sets-with-drums-and-space format codified by the Grateful Dead in the late 1970s, though this summer once again contained a very notable exception to this rule. are expected to be announced in the near future. However, for those who can’t make the trip to Mexico, additional 2019 Dead & Company dates in the U.S. PITS alumni scooped up most of the packages during the alumni pre-sale on July 12th, and the remaining passes sold out within 24 hours after the general sale started on July 15th. ![]() The momentum continued even as the tour ended, following the band’s soft announcement of the 2020 installment of their Playing in the Sand destination event in Mexico during the set break of the tour’s final show in Boulder. This year’s slightly shorter run of 19 shows at 14 venues over five weeks found the band maintaining its ongoing momentum both onstage and at the box office, selling 486,917 tickets (an average of 25,627 per show) and grossing $40.9 million in the process. Now in their fifth year of existence, the band has identified and maintained a scheduled that deftly balances supply, demand, and John Mayer’s recording and touring schedule as a headlining musician in his own right. Dead & Company, the band comprised of Grateful Dead alumni Bob Weir (rhythm guitar, vocals), Mickey Hart (drums) and Bill Kreutzmann (drums) along with Oteil Burbridge (bass, vocals), Jeff Chimenti (keyboard, vocals) and John Mayer (lead guitar, vocals), wrapped up their fourth annual summer tour in Boulder, CO on July 6th.
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