On March 10, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead closed out their latest run at the venue where it all began for the band, Brooklyn Bowl in New York City. Today, the quintet has shared official audio of the jam-filled concert as this week’s Taper Tuesdays installment.

JRAD kicked off the show with a cover of “The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones. Guitarist Scott Metzger sang what was a debut for the group. Next up was 20+ minute “Shakedown Street” that like many of the songs to come would feature teases of Radiohead’s “Myxomatosis.” The seamless set continued with “The Other One” and the group’s first take on “Mission In The Rain” in 41 shows. Drummer Joe Russo and keyboardist Marco Benevento infused a duo jam into the “Crazy Fingers” that followed. Then, JRAD linked to “Truckin'” with a brief instrumental jam on “The Last Time” and ended the set with a brief return to “The Other One.”


Almost Dead’s second set on March 10 was another seamless affair in which the group didn’t take a break at any point between opening the frame and closing it. Russo, Benevento, Metzger, Tom Hamilton and Dave Dreiwitz began the set with a jam they worked into the end of “Slipknot!” as an intro to “Foolish Heart.” Hamilton sang the JRAD debut of “Foolish Heart” which was followed by “Help On The Way” and a more fully-formed “Slipknot!” While the expected “Franklin’s Tower” would come, the five-piece first inserted “I Need A Miracle” into the set. Joe Russo’s Almost Dead then presented a wild “Throwing Stones” that featured an instrumental jam on Led Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” and a short cover of The Band’s “Chest Fever.” The night and run then came to a close with a “One More Saturday Night” encore.

Listen to the official audio prepped by Pete Costello and Eric McRoberts:


Setlist (Compiled by Pete Costello)

Set One: The Last Time@ > Shakedown Street# -> The Other One -> Mission In The Rain% -> Crazy Fingers^ -> Last Time Jam& -> Truckin’ -> The Other One Jam*

Set Two: Jam+ -> Slipknot!@@ -> Foolish Heart## -> Help On The Way -> Slipknot!$$ -> I Need A Miracle%% -> Franklin’s Tower^^ -> Throwing Stones&& -> Good Times Bad Times** -> Throwing Stones -> Chest Fever++ -> Throwing Stones Reprise

Encore: One More Saturday Night

@ – Rolling Stones Cover, First Time Played By Almost Dead, Sung by SM

# – Unfinished, With “Myxomatosis” (Radiohead) Teases (Band)

$ – With Myxomatosis” (Radiohead) Teases (Band) and an Estimated Prophet Tease (Band)

% – Not Played by Almost Dead since 2017-03-17 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 41 shows.

^ – With a MB/TH duo Jam

& – Short Instrumental version to connect Crazy Fingers to Trucking, First Time Played By Almost Dead

* – Short Instrumental version to end Truckin, Not Played by Almost Dead since 2017-03-11 Brooklyn Bowl, Brooklyn, NY, a gap of 43 shows.

+ – With a Scarlet Begonias Tease (Band)

@@ – Short Instrumental version to connect Jam to Foolish Heart

## – First Time Played By Almost Dead, Sung by TH

$$ – with a short Marco Solo, more “Myxomatosis” (Radiohead) Teases (Band), a DD Bass Solo and a “Havana” (Camila Cabello) jam

%% – With an Unknown Tease (TH) and a “Fastso’s Last Stand” (WOLF) Jam,

^^ – With Foolish Heart Teases (Band) and Throwing Stones Teases (Band)

&& – With a Franklin’s Tower Jam and Foolish Heart Teases (Band)

** – Led Zeppelin Cover, First Time Played by Almost Dead, done Bustle Style (instrumentally) with no lyrics song

++ – The Band Cover, Partial version – 1st & 2nd verse I think & 2 refrains, First Time Played by Almost Dead, sung by JR, with some help from TH