{"id":42877,"date":"2025-08-04T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/see-trey-anastasio-perform-scarlet-begonias-with-dead-and-co\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T17:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:09:09","slug":"see-trey-anastasio-perform-scarlet-begonias-with-dead-and-co","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/see-trey-anastasio-perform-scarlet-begonias-with-dead-and-co\/","title":{"rendered":"See Trey Anastasio Perform &#8216;Scarlet Begonias&#8217; With Dead and Co"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tDead and Co. wrapped up their three-day celebration of the Grateful Dead\u2019s 60th anniversary Sunday evening at San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park with an epic set that included \u201cShakedown Street,\u201d \u201cSugar Magnolia,\u201d \u201cCumberland Blues,\u201d and \u201cStanding on the Moon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/trey-anastasio\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trey-anastasio\" data-tag=\"trey-anastasio\">Trey Anastasio<\/a> Band served as the warm-up act, and the Phish frontman came out during the start of Dead and Co\u2019s set to join them on \u201cScarlet Begonias\u201d and \u201cFire on the Mountain.\u201d It was a moment of jam band bliss with the two songs stretching out for roughly 15 minutes each.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead &amp; Company + Trey Anastasio \u201cScarlet Begonias + Fire on the Mountain\u201d 08\/03\/25 SF, CA \" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c1v5OhZAaaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAnastasio is a lifelong Deadhead. \u201cEvery once in a while, there\u2019s a titanic American musician that comes through the ether,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/trey-anastasio-phish-jerry-garcia-new-album-drugs-1235053957\/\">he told <em>Rolling Stone <\/em>in July 2024,<\/a> \u201cwhether it be Louis Armstrong or James Brown. I mean, James Brown had a great band, too. And Jerry had a great band. We were lucky we got to experience that genius of American music in Jerry. We now get to sing his songs. Everybody gets to sing his songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWhen the Dead reconvened in 2015 to commemorate their 50th anniversary at a series of stadium shows, they recruited Anastasio to front the band. \u201cIn my opinion, Jerry was one of the great American singers,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/trey-anastasio-phish-jerry-garcia-new-album-drugs-1235053957\/\">he told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s David Fricke that year.<\/a> \u201cThose post-Jerry configurations [of the Dead] \u2013 that\u2019s always been the issue. I don\u2019t think anybody can be Jerry\u2019s voice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cMy thought is, I love Jerry\u2019s voice, and I love these songs,\u201d he continued. \u201cI\u2019m happy to joyously sing whatever comes my way. But my take on it is that everybody sings \u2013 the audience too. They\u2019ll sing. We\u2019ll sing. Everybody knows the words. People have such lifelong relationships to these songs. When I say I\u2019m providing a service \u2013 it\u2019s to the songs, the memories, the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Althea - 7\/5\/15 - Soldier Field, Chicago\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vsgU0aGyLO8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tJust months after the 50th anniversary shows, Bob Weir, Micky Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann formed Dead and Co. with John Mayer. They staged a farewell tour in the summer of 2023, but came back together last year for a residency at the Sphere. There was another run of Sphere shows earlier this year.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThere were early conversations about bringing Phil Lesh into the fold for the 60th anniversary shows. When he died in October 2024, Weir questioned whether it made sense to even have the concerts. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t put anybody in his place, so it would be a trio at this point,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/bobby-weir-grateful-dead-company-interview-1235290296\/\">Weir told <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s Angie Martoccio in March. <\/a>\u201cIt\u2019d be me and two drummers. I\u2019d have to think about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dead &amp; Company \u201cBox of Rain\u201d 08\/01\/25 San Francisco, CA with Graham Lesh\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JdIZFnQT-4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe shows ultimately went forward with the current lineup of Dead and Co., though Lesh\u2019s son, Grahame Lesh, joined them at various points all three nights to represent his father. Kreutzmann, who has battled health problems in recent years and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dead-and-company-no-bill-kreutzmann-final-tour-1234721929\/\">left Dead and Co. in 2023,<\/a> wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThere are no more Dead and Co. shows on the books, but Weir is confident the music of the Dead will carry on even after he\u2019s gone. \u201cI have no doubt about that,\u201d he told Rolling Stone in March. \u201cWhat I\u2019m trying to do is get my concerto project to the point where that is self-sustaining, and then I would probably want other folks to step in when I\u2019m no longer here, and Wolf Bros. is a different deal. That whole thing is constructed so that anyone can step in and do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/trey-anastasio-scarlet-begonias-dead-and-co-1235399800\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dead and Co. wrapped up their three-day celebration of the Grateful Dead\u2019s 60th anniversary Sunday evening at San Francisco\u2019s Golden Gate Park with an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":42878,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}