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Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead - July 5, 2015 [Three-CD/Two-BR]

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Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead - July 5, 2015 [Three-CD/Two-BR]
Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead - July 5, 2015 [Three-CD/Two-BR]

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Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead - July 5, 2015 [Three-CD/Two-BR]

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When it was announced in early 2015 that
the Grateful Dead
's 50th anniversary celebration would include a handful of reunion gigs -- their first live appearances since the 1995 death of founder
Jerry Garcia
-- the news was met with a cautious optimism. In the two decades since officially disbanding, numerous iterations have toured the band's catalog (
the Dead
,
the Other Ones
, etc.) featuring surviving members
Bob Weir
Phil Lesh
Bill Kreutzmann
, and
Mickey Hart
, collectively considered the "core four." Until 2015, though,
brand had not been revived and, for some fans, the thought of playing a proper
Dead
show without
Garcia
still seemed sacrilegious. But time has a way of softening old wounds, and when they revealed that
Phish
guitarist
Trey Anastasio
would take on
Jerry
's lead guitar role, the community rallied, selling out the
Fare Thee Well
shows in minutes. Along with the core four and
Anastasio
, the
of 2015 included pianist
Bruce Hornsby
, a former staple of their early-'90s lineup, and organist
Jeff Chimenti
, known for his work in
's group
RatDog
. Following a pair of inaugural gigs in Santa Clara, the celebration moved to Chicago's Soldier Field -- site of their final show in 1995 -- culminating in what was intended to be the last ever
Grateful Dead
performance on July 5th. By this point, any skepticism regarding
's ability had vanished and the proliferation of fan-made "Let Trey Sing" T-shirts resulted in
Weir
wryly donning one during the encore. Launching into the classic combo of "China Cat Sunflower" and "I Know You Rider," an immediate spike of energy jolts through the jubilant assemblage.
Trey
does indeed get to sing, ably taking the lead on "China Cat," "Althea," and later on "Touch of Grey," the first of their two encores.
Hornsby
also gets his due as a vocalist, poignantly taking on the late-era
track "Built to Last."
brings the funk as only he can on a spirited "Estimated Prophet" with
nimbly revisiting
's trademark envelope filter effect. Throughout the evening, the collaborative exploratory spirit that has long been the band's creed leads to inspired peaks and wobbly stumbles in a way comfortingly familiar to fans.
's gentle handling of 1969 rarity "Mountains of the Moon" is a pleasant surprise and, while occasionally shaky, he and
lead fan favorite "Terrapin Station" into moments of sublime beauty. A slowly chugging "Truckin'" heads into "Cassidy," another
classic. A final "Drums/Space" interlude from
Rhythm Devils
Hart
and
Kreutzmann
sets up the endgame as the crowd becomes fully audible, singing
off-stage one last time on the quintessential closer, "Not Fade Away." Already bittersweet, the night ends on a hushed note as
leads the group through a harmonically ragged but stirring acoustic rendition of the rarely played "Attics of My Life." More than a victory lap, these sets capture a genuine moment in time, something the band strove for since the very beginning. [
was also released in a three-CD/Two-BluRay set.] ~ Timothy Monger

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