![]() You don’t really need one given the show that takes place hours before the concert on Shakedown Street, a vendor village that travels with the Dead from venue to venue selling, well, anything a Deadhead might want or need. There’s no opening act for Dead & Company. Ninety minutes after it started, “Deal,” one of three songs pulled from Jerry Garcia’s 1972 solo debut “Garcia,” wrapped up the first set with a hard-rocking blues that showcased both Mayer’s similarities to Garcia as a musician – the lyrical beauty of his playing most of all – and his differences: He’s often got a heavy, harder edge to his sound. Stephen,” at 20 minutes, the longest single song of the night, was gorgeous from start to finish, but especially an extended section where Weir and Mayer traded guitar licks back and forth. Other highlights of the opening set included the rollicking “Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo” and the slow blues of “They Love Each Other.” The fan favorite “St. ![]()
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