On Friday night, String Cheese returned to Southern California after a very long absence of incidents. The group usually skips the LA area and heads up to Northern California but not this time. The band looked energized and ready to play as the crowd slowly filtered into the theatre. Some were stuck in traffic and missed a very good version of MLT. It was full of teases from the Grateful Dead’s Shakedown Street and once the entire band latched on it was full sailing from there. The setlist and photos after the jump

7/13/2012 Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA

Set 1: Close Your Eyes, MLT*, White Freightliner, Cottonmouth, Best Feeling, Rhythm of the Road, Colliding, Ramble On

Set 2: Texas, Betray the Dark**, Bumpin’ Reel, Sometimes a River, Outside and Inside > Jessica, Way Back Home

Encore: Shakin’ the Tree**, Colorado Bluebird Sky

* w/ Shakedown Street (Grateful Dead) teases

** with guest on cora

(Setlist from FriendsOfCheese.com)

Here are the rest of the photos from Friday night :



