The Grateful Dead's ghost possesses John Mayer and somehow it's perfect.
Set I: The Music Never Stopped > Easy Answers > The Music Never Stopped, Row Jimmy, Friend of the Devil, Cumberland Blues, Cassidy > Mississippi Half-Step Set II: St. Stephen > William Tell Bridge > The Eleven > He's Gone > New Speedway Boogie > Drums > Space > I Need a Miracle > Death Don't Have No Mercy, Good Lovin Encore: Black Muddy River
Direction
Captures that specific amphitheatre golden hour perfectly
Sound
The 'Drums > Space' section will rearrange your molecules
Acting
Mayer's Deadhead conversion is complete and uncanny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dead & Company's first full-capacity show post-pandemic, and the 'Drums > Space' reportedly ran 28 minutes because the band refused to stop playing each other into existence.
The surviving Grateful Dead members' willingness to hand the torch to Mayer represents a radical rejection of rockist purity—treating the music as living repertoire rather than museum piece.
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