Tower Theater
Upper Darby Pa.
3/18/11

Set 1

Feel Like A Stranger
El Paso
Hightime
Beat It On Down The Line
Wang Dang Doodle>
Big Bad Blues>
Don't Ease Me In>?
Cold Rain & Snow

Set 2

Cryptical
New Speedway Boogie
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Rosemary
Morning Dew>
Cryptical
Eyes Of The World
The Other One
Chinacat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Playin' In The Band

donor rap
E: Brokedown Palace

WOW!! Second set looks killer! (((Rosemary))) Any reviews??

Wow! The band was firing on all cylinders at Furthur's opening night at the Tower Theatre on 3/18/2011. I can't recall the last time I witnessed such joy and animation from the band. Phil was actually giggling several times during the performance, and JK was hopping and skipping around!

Continuing their trend of adding something special and unique to each show, the band played Rosemary in Set 2, sung by Phil. This song, which debuted on the Dead's Aoxomoxoa album in 1969, was only performed live by the Dead once (12/7/68 Bellarmine College; Louisville, KY). Furthur played it once before (5/30/10 Calaveras County Fairground; Angels Camp, CA) and Phil & Friends played it a few times. The crowd was conspicuously quiet during the song's performance, likely due to both the sorrowful nature of the song as well as general unfamiliarity with it. Still, it was a treat, and led into a titillating version of Morning Dew.

This was my first show on this current tour, and I can't imagine a better jump start. Obviously, I am eagerly awaiting tonight, though admittedly, my body is a bit sore.

First High Time since 6/26/10
First Beat It On Down The Line since 2/14/10
First Wang Dang Doodle since 2/13/10
First Cryptical Envelopment since 9/21/10
First Rosemary since 5/30/10

this was such a great show, the boys were on point tonight hope sunday is just as great