Some might say that the surviving members of the Grateful Dead are experiencing something of a creative renaissance of late, collaborating with both new and old friends on a variety of musical projects. While Phil Lesh has been keeping busy by gigging regularly at his recently opened Terrapin Crossroads venue, his Futhur band mate and short, shorts enthusiast Bob Weir has been making the rounds with a new acoustic trio featuring two members of the extended Grateful Dead family – Chris Robinson and Jackie Greene.
The heavily bearded trio, who made their debut last summer, have been mixing Dead classics with music from their respective solo catalogs and familiar covers from the likes of Bob Dylan to Buddy Holly to the Everly Brothers. WRG continue their short tour together tomorrow night with a sold out gig at the Boulder Theater, and recently appeared at CrossroadsKC in Kansas City, Missouri, where they turned in this set opening take on Bertha. Take a peek…
