Phil Lesh to Recreate Two Grateful Dead Shows at The Capitol Theatre

Just over a week after announcing some cancelled shows due to a cancer diagnosis, Phil Lesh has revealed his plans for his upcoming shows at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY. Following a Halloween run on October 30 and 31, Phil Lesh and Friends plan to recreate two iconic Grateful Dead shows for their performances on November 1 and 5.

First up is the 30th anniversary of the Dead’s 11/1/85 show at Richmond Coliseum in Virginia. Guitarist Scott Metzger of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead will help Lesh recreate the show, which was released on Dick’s Picks Vol. 21 and includes songs like “Stagger Lee,” “Comes a Time” and Bob Dylan’s “She Belongs To Me.”

On November 5, Lesh will dust off the setlist from the band’s 2/19/71 performance at The Capitol Theatre, which was featured on Three From the Vault. The concert included the debuts of “Bird Song” and “Deal.”

Tickets for the November 1 show are available here, and for the November 5 show here. View the full setlists from the Grateful Dead concerts below.

Grateful Dead, Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, November 1, 1985

Set I: Dancin’ in the Streets, Cold Rain and Snow, Little Red Rooster, Stagger Lee, Me and My Uncle, Big River, Brown Eyed Women, Jack Straw, Don’t East Me In

Set II: Samson and Delilah, High Time, He’s Gone, Spoonful, Comes a Time, Lost Sailor, Drums, Saint of Circumstance, Gimme Some Lovin’, She Belongs to Me, Gloria

Enc: Day Job

Grateful Dead, The Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY, February 19, 1971

Set I: Truckin’, Loser, Cumberland Blues, It Hurts Me Too, Bertha, Playing in the Band, Dark Hollow, Smokestack Lightning, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider

Set II: Greatest Story Ever Told, Johnny B. Goode, Bird Song, Easy Wind, Deal, Cryptical Envelopment, Drums, The Other One, Wharf Rat, Good Lovin’, Casey Jones