Saturday afternoon, my friend Jim and I headed to the Shoreline Amphitheatre (yes, re) to be a part of the Furthur concert/scene. Furthur is composed of two of the remaining Grateful Dead members, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, and five "friends". It is basically a continuation of The Dead, with its devout followers, old hippies, and a couple "normals", Jim and I.
As the show began, we immediately saw what would be our view for the next four hours, unless we stood up the whole time or went up to the "grass" area.
Leaning to the right, I cold see a little better.
We opted for the grass area on top, which I thought was much better. The music was much cleaner and balanced sounding. You could also get closeups of the band on the jumbo screen. The crowd was 100% mellow.
We did go back to our seats for awhile. In this clip you can see a person who seemed to be an interpreter. He/she (I wasn't sure) had a music stand, and was illuminated by a green light, and appeared to my untrained eye to be interpreting the whole concert, including non vocal jams, etc. This person's effort and enjoyment was incredible to watch.
Back up on the hill, Jim entertained himself with a found light stick. The band was awesome, and appeared much more together than the fans. My favorite piece was an approximately 25 minute version of "Eyes of the World". It brought back memories of the first trip to the Trinity Alps that Nick and I took, as we played it a number of times on the road. Hey Uncle Bill, Furthur's next tour stop is Masontown, West Virginia, July 15! Break out the tie-dye!
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Oh my God. I don't think I have ever laughed so hard. Thank you for making my evening. I cannot BELIEVE that woman sitting in front of you -- I just....I am sputtering with laughter...there are no words. Didn't she realize that was a SEAT and there were people behind her?.... We don't get that in Belleville.
That interpreter was AWESOME! I think he could have used Jim & his light stick for visual backup!
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