My wife and I and some friends went to The Dead show Saturday night at MSG…The place was packed and the guys sounded great. Would it have been better with Jerry Garcia singing St. Stephen? Sure, but Jerry’s gone and he ain’t comin’ back.

Phil Lesh, Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and Warren Haynes (who doubles with The Allman Brothers Band) sounded terrific…Here’s the setlist below. “Ship of Fools,” “Sugaree,” “St. Stephen,” “Gimme Shelter” and “Brokedown Palace” were among my favs.

The Dead Setlist
Madison Square Garden New York
4/25/09

Set 1:

Cosmic Charlie
China Cat Sunflower>
Shakedown Street
Ship Of Fools
He’s Gone
Cassidy
Sugaree

Set 2:

Drums>
Cryptical Envelopment>
Other One>
Born Cross Eyed>
St Stephen>
The Eleven>
Uncle John’s Band>
Unbroken Chain>
Gimme Shelter>
One More Saturday Night
Donor Rap

Encore:

Brokedown Palace