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Dark Star Orchestra on Tour

More than just a tribute band, the seven members of the Dark Star Orchestra are dedicated to the Grateful Dead live experience, best known for playing full setlists picked from their 2,000+ concerts. The Grateful Dead's live show is legendary, a catalog of improvisation traded and celebrated across decades. The Dark Star Orchestra re-creates the Dead's intra-band interplay and pastoral guitar soloing. Remarkably devoted and true to the source material, DSO tailors their arrangements, gear and tempos to the era of the evening. Some nights find the DSO creating original setlists, playing sets from the Jerry Garcia Band or even jamming with members of the Dead themselves.

Dark Star Orchestra in Concert

Formed in Chicago in 1997, Dark Star Orchestra provides generations of fans with the chance to experience entire Grateful Dead sets, song by song. Named after "Dark Star," a part of the Dead's set known for exploratory jams, DSO rose to national prominence in 1998 when Mike Gordon and John Fishman of Phish joined them for a performance of the Dead's 1983 Halloween show. DSO promptly became a touring sensation: At 2,800 shows and counting, DSO have played more shows than the Grateful Dead themselves. They ultimately enlisted keyboardist Rob Barraco of Phil Lesh and Friends, the Other Ones and the 2003 touring version of the Dead. The DSO have played Bonnaroo and Milwaukee's SummerFest, and they've been hosting their own annual fests for years - the Dark Star Jubilee in Ohio and the Jam in the Sand in Jamaica. Perhaps the most important honor for DSO, though, is enlisting actual members of the Grateful Dead, having performed on stage accompanied by Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Donna Jean Godchaux, Vince Welnick and Tom Constanten. A 2018 show even found guitarist Jeff Mattson playing Jerry Garcia's custom-made guitar, "Wolf," which the Dead founder used for two decades.

Setlists

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Ramble On Rose (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 2.Black-Throated Wind (Bob Weir cover)
    3. 3.Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo (Grateful Dead cover)
    4. 4.Beat It on Down the Line (Jesse Fuller cover)
    5. 5.Row Jimmy (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 6.Jack Straw (Grateful Dead cover)
    7. 7.Let It Rock (Chuck Berry cover)
    8. 8.Cumberland Blues (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 9.El Paso (Marty Robbins cover)
    10. 10.To Lay Me Down (Jerry Garcia cover)
    11. 11.Weather Report Suite (Grateful Dead cover)
    12. 12.China Doll (Grateful Dead cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 13.Ship of Fools (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 14.Big River (Johnny Cash cover)
    3. 15.Black Peter (Grateful Dead cover)
    4. 16.Around and Around (Chuck Berry cover)
    5. 17.Dark Star Jam (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 18.Spanish Jam (Grateful Dead cover)
    7. 19.U.S. Blues (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 20.Uncle John's Band (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 21.One More Saturday Night (Bob Weir cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 22.Casey Jones (Grateful Dead cover)

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Sugaree (Jerry Garcia cover)
    2. 2.Run for the Roses (Jerry Garcia cover)
    3. 3.Box of Rain (Grateful Dead cover)
    4. 4.Next Time You See Me (Junior Parker cover)
    5. 5.Mission in the Rain (Jerry Garcia cover)
    6. 6.I'll Be With Thee ([traditional] cover)
    7. 7.That's What Love Will Make You Do (Little Milton cover)
    8. 8.From the Heart of Me (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 9.Midnight Moonlight (Old & In the Way cover)
    10. 10.Like a Road Leading Home (Albert King cover)
    11. 11.Deal (Jerry Garcia cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 12.The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff cover)
    2. 13.The Strange Man (Dorothy Love Coates cover)
    3. 14.They Love Each Other (Jerry Garcia cover)
    4. 15.Easy Wind (Grateful Dead cover)
    5. 16.Lonesome and a Long Way From Home (Delaney & Bonnie cover)
    6. 17.Drums > (Grateful Dead cover)
    7. 18.Space > (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 19.The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Traffic cover)
    9. 20.Love the One You're With (Stephen Stills cover)
    10. 21.Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 22.Ripple (Grateful Dead cover)

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Alabama Getaway > (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 2.Promised Land (Chuck Berry cover)
    3. 3.They Love Each Other > (Jerry Garcia cover)
    4. 4.El Paso (Marty Robbins cover)
    5. 5.Tennessee Jed (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 6.Cassidy (Bob Weir cover)
    7. 7.Althea > (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 8.Looks Like Rain (Bob Weir cover)
    9. 9.Far From Me (Grateful Dead cover)
    10. 10.The Music Never Stopped (Grateful Dead cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 11.China Cat Sunflower > (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 12.I Know You Rider > ([traditional] cover)
    3. 13.C.C. Rider (Elvis Presley cover)
    4. 14.Peggy-O ([traditional] cover)
    5. 15.Lost Sailor > (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 16.Saint of Circumstance > (Grateful Dead cover)
    7. 17.Drums > (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 18.Space > (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 19.Wharf Rat > (Grateful Dead cover)
    10. 20.I Need a Miracle > (Grateful Dead cover)
    11. 21.Bertha > (Grateful Dead cover)
    12. 22.Good Lovin' (The Olympics cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 23.U.S. Blues (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 24.Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Sly & the Family Stone cover)
    1. 1.Day Tripper (The Beatles cover)
    2. 2.West L.A. Fadeaway (Grateful Dead cover)
    3. 3.Beat It on Down the Line (Jesse Fuller cover)
    4. 4.Loose Lucy (Grateful Dead cover)
    5. 5.My Brother Esau (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 6.Keep On Growing (Derek and the Dominos cover)
    7. 7.Candyman (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 8.Passenger (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 9.The Harder They Come (Jimmy Cliff cover)
    10. 10.Greatest Story Ever Told (Bob Weir cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 11.Man Smart, Woman Smarter (King Radio cover)
    2. 12.Mr. Charlie (Grateful Dead cover)
    3. 13.He's Gone (Grateful Dead cover)
    4. 14.New Speedway Boogie (Grateful Dead cover)
    5. 15.Drums > (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 16.Space > (Grateful Dead cover)
    7. 17.Unbroken Chain (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 18.Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ([traditional] cover)
    9. 19.I'll Take a Melody (Frankie Miller cover)
    10. 20.The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion) (Grateful Dead cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 21.Volunteers (Jefferson Airplane cover)
    1. 1.China Cat Sunflower (Grateful Dead cover)
    2. 2.I Know You Rider ([traditional] cover)
    3. 3.Greatest Story Ever Told (Bob Weir cover)
    4. 4.Piece of My Heart (Erma Franklin cover)
    5. 5.Box of Rain (Grateful Dead cover)
    6. 6.Bird Song (Jerry Garcia cover)
    7. 7.Feel Like a Stranger (Grateful Dead cover)
    8. 8.Help on the Way (Grateful Dead cover)
    9. 9.Slipknot! (Grateful Dead cover)
    10. 10.Franklin's Tower (Grateful Dead cover)
    11. 11.Estimated Prophet (Grateful Dead cover)
    12. 12.Eyes of the World (Grateful Dead cover)
    13. 13.Going Down the Road Feeling Bad ([traditional] cover)

  2. Encore

    1. 14.Woodstock (Joni Mitchell cover)

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Reviews

Rating: 4.6 out of 5 based on 1377 reviews
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  • If the Thunder dont get ya then the LIGHTNING will

    by DeadHeadKev on 7/12/09The Beach At Governors Island - NYCRating: 4 out of 5

    I've Never seen K.Williams before. He was very entertaining. Better then I thought he would of been, and definatly diferent. Worth checking out again. DSO is always awesome, I've seen them about 80 or so times and absoloutely love this band. It's because I love the Grateful Dead. But The Grateful Dead do not exist anymore, so therefore, this is it. These guys always deliver. The bad part about the show - The Lightning, that closed the show at Drums/space. And then the following 20,000 intoxicated person mad rush/ crush to a ferry that was not there. We waited an hour, in the pouring rain and lightning (next to a huge metal lightning pole) for the ferry to come get us. It started to become scary when we were packed in so tightly, that you could lift your feet off the floor, and remain suspended by deadheads. On the subway ride home I met this awsome chick "Jill", who was also at the show. Hopfully I see her again. I would do it all over again tonight, exactly the same way. Except maybe I would ask Jill for her number this time.

  • DSO ROCKS AC

    by DCFROMNJ on 7/12/09Atlantic City Hilton - Atlantic CityRating: 5 out of 5

    SAW OVER A HUNDRED LIVE DEAD SHOWS AND I AM NOW CONVINCED THAT DS0 IS A FAR SUPERIOR BAND THAN THE DEAD. NO OFFENSE BOYS...I WOULD CHOOSE DSO OVER RAT DOG, LESH OR ANY OTHER DEAD COVER BAND......THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER EACH AND EVERY SHOW....DO YOUSELF A FAVOR----SPEND THE $25 BUCKS AND SEE THE BEST SHOW ON EARTH....

  • Good show..... no Go

    by SG123 on 7/12/09The Beach At Governors Island - NYCRating: 3 out of 5

    Keller and DSO were, of course, great the early ending (no partial refund or comp?!?!?) and departure proceeding with everyone leaving all at once to the ferry was horribly managed: I am surprised no one was crushed or trampled This is my second, and last year going to see them on Gov Island.... getting there is like going through airport security

  • Very Proffessional

    by PjPj on 7/12/09The Beach At Governors Island - NYCRating: 3 out of 5

    Keller Williams ran too long and DSO started to late which caused them to end early due to the lightning storm. They knew the whether forcast so they should have cancelled Keller'a set. I would like a partial refund.

  • AWESOME SHOW-- 5 STARS IF NOT SHORTENED BY RAIN

    by wilcs on 7/12/09The Beach At Governors Island - NYCRating: 4 out of 5

    Show was amazing. venue was amazing. keller williams opening set was awesome. what else can be said? would have given it five stars if it hadn't been shortened by rain and lightning. friendly crowd too...

  • dark star nyc

    by mookiepete on 7/12/09The Beach At Governors Island - NYCRating: 4 out of 5

    great show, but americor security fudged the egress. Surely a great dead show shouldn't end with ferry snafus and disorganization. If it wasn't for the good, peaceful nature of the fans , danger could have prevailed. Poor planning NYC

  • dark star worthwhile

    by modulor on 7/11/09Atlantic City Hilton - Atlantic CityRating: 4 out of 5

    good show. great crowd, excellent venue recommended