For decades members of Grateful Dead claimed they were not political. Yet, that was never actually the case. Anyone recall the 1988 Rainforest Benefit in Madison Square Garden? Tickets were $50, more than I’d ever paid for a concert at that point in time. But I digress…
Greatful Dead News, the blog from SLC Library Boy, is reporting on a new high for the band–a $1000 ticket. Apparently, Bobby, Mickey, Billy, plus Bruce Hornsby, Warren Haynes and Mike Gordon formed something called “Your House Band” and played Speaker Pelosi’s party at National Building Museum on Jan. 4. They were also joined onstage by Wyclef Jean and Carole King. Tonny Bennett and his four-piece band had their own two-song performance.
Setlist:
Shakedown Street >
Truckin
Touch of Grey
Dow the Road
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Best Is Yet To Come
Nancy Pelosi Speech
The Way It Is
Sugaree
Come Together
US Blues
Iko Iko
Gone Till November
Redemption Song
Natural Woman
Earth Move
You’ve Got a Friend