[1/16 Update. It's On]There's been chatter about something -- anything -- to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead since the 49th anniversary was just a month old. Bob Weir speculated as such in a Rolling Stone magazine interview last January ("we owe it to the songs").But that was a Furthur break-up,...

John Kadlecik is no stranger to the Martyrs stage.  He played there weekly as a member of Dark Star Orchestra in the early days of that band.  Back in town for two scheduled Chicago gigs, tonight's ambitious Top Of The Tower Jam and Saturday's solo show back at the North Side club, the...

Let me take you back to September 2001. After a few smokin' Chicago appearances around town over the last few years, guitarist Steve Kimock had just announced a one-of-a-kind gig on one of the top floors of the Sears Tower (I don't even know what it was called at the time... but for a Chicagoan it'll...

Bob and Phil welcomed an old friend to the stage in Colorado.  Sax legend Branford Marsalis joined Furthur for the majority of their second set -- which like many of Branfords Grateful Dead (and other Dead related) sit-ins was a songlist comprised of lots of improv.  As Jerry Garcia once said: "We wouldn't...

Furthur played three shows at the Lock'n festival this past weekend welcoming a bevy of festival guests.  There was so much jam focus, collaborations were all but inevitable.  Sure, we would have loved to see Neil Young, who was scheduled to play before Crazy Horse's guitarist was sidelined with a hand injury, make...

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.   SongGapLast Time PlayedDancing In The Street3312/31/12Don't Ease Me In714/12/12The Music Never Stopped67/15/13After Midnight194/19/13Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo37/17/13Uncle John's Band37/17/13Good Lovin'174/21/13Feel Like A Stranger127/11/13Cryptical Envelopment429/29/12Dark Star57/14/13Saint Stephen87/13/13The Other One87/13/13Stella...

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here.   SongGapLast Time PlayedJack Straw117/11/13Dupree's Diamond Blues184/19/13My Brother Esau204/16/13Mason's Children134/25/13Mission In The Rain3710/5/12Box Of Rain77/13/13Playing In The Band107/12/13Any Road154/23/13Mountains Of The Moon124/27/13Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks)214/15/13 > View Furthur...

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For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here. SongGapLast Time PlayedAlligator114/21/13Looks Like Rain144/17/13Built To Last84/25/13El Paso3410/2/12Dire Wolf84/25/13Big Railroad Blues94/24/13Hard To Handle114/21/13Just A Little Light104/23/13Eyes Of The World57/12/13Shakedown Street57/12/13The Wheel67/11/13Morning Dew124/20/13In The Midnight Hour74/27/13Row Jimmy104/23/13Touch...

For a write-up on how to read and interpret visual setlists, click on over here. SongGapLast Time PlayedPassenger104/21/13Crazy Fingers64/27/13I Need A Miracle94/23/13Wang Dang Doodle7511/19/11Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo84/24/13Let It Ride94/23/13Sugaree144/16/13Weather Report Suite Prelude1442/11/11Let It Grow57/11/13He's Gone74/25/13New Speedway Boogie124/19/13Uncle John's Band57/11/13Black Peter84/24/13Not Fade Away94/23/13...