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I streamed most of that Hyryder 3rd set and it was indeed bonkers! Best I’ve heard them sound - Electric ⚡️ Woulda streamed the whole thing but I found a local dead cover band while visiting my mom in Ann Arbor! Wasn’t expecting too much but they brought IT! This place was tinsy-tiny - dance floor held about 30. Judging by my soreness after, it was a good time! Deadicated at The Rumpus Room, Chelsea, MI - 12/10/22 The Way You Do The Things You Do Waiting For A Miracle Dire Wolf Run Rudolph Run Whisky In The Jar Stop That Train Positively 4th Street Black Throated Wind Rubin And Cherise > Let It Snow Sugaree > Let It Snow Uncle John’s Band Mr. Charlie Doin That Rag > Till The Morning Comes Greatest Story Ever Told Cassidy Cats Down Under The Stars Eye’s Of The World > Drums > Space Mississippi Half Step > Going Down The Road E: Brown Eyed Women

Barraco played keys for both Gov Mule and Phil & Friends. It was the “pseudo- Quintet”, Molo on drums, Barraco on keys, Warren, Phil, and John Scofield. whole xmas jam show and production was amazing. Scott Metzger did acoustic mini sets with his wife Katie Jacoby on fiddle to open and between some of the acts. Dinosaur Jr crushed their 30 minute set. Govt Mule, Tyler Childers, and Phil’s sets were back to back just as good as good can be. Music started at 7:00 pm and continued until 2:20 am

There's a lot of bad seats at the Ryman, especially under the balcony. Billy is big as big can get, until he raises the bar, just completing Europe so now all those fans are on board and his catalog is limitless since he added all that Zeppelin, Nights in White Satin and War Pigs to his covers, everything's hanging on this massive shelf he's created, just begging to drop, be lucky to catch an Oh The Dreadful , considering all of Europe didn't even get that

Yeah that sounds pretty epic. We got to do Billy strings Christmas spectacular in 2018 with 300 others in a tiny joint but it was all Billy joined on stage by the McCourry’s and a bunch of other Nashville peeps. Don’t think Billy still does 300 person shows. I can’t believe he sold out 2 Bridgestone arena shows in Nashville. He’s getting rich lol. But I found out that many bought tix to Bridgestone to get in the lottery for the Ryman show lol. Hilarious the peeps selling tix to Bridgestone on CoT saying they just bought them to get a shot at the Ryman. Lol

Every song played was in backwards chronological order starting with Samba and ending with Cream Puff War. Set 2 they played Go to Heaven in order so that was the exception. interesting concept. I verified the dates 1st played in the annotated Grateful Dead lyrics which lists the dead original performance. They made sure every song was 1st played before the song before. I didn’t realize it at the time just being in the groove. i don’t think anyone we talked to at the show wasn’t going to skull and roses. All those Indy peeps are going out there to enjoy a fest and support Hyryder. Like every person we talked with lol. I was making a comment in the bathroom how I wish there was the dance space like DSO in Atlanta Roxy a year ago and dude next to me said that was an awesome weekend. He was one of the few that showed for shows at that epic venue. It’s a small world in the dead scene. Having a deadicated dead bar in Indy really helps to build the following.

Emmylou Harris and The Red Dirt Boys exit/in Nashville, TN 8-9:39pm Here I Am Orphan Girl Guitar Town Making Believe Get Up John Gulf Coast Highway Ol five and dimers Green Pastures Two More Bottles of wine Ooh Last Vegas Luxury Liner Calling My Children Goodbye Pancho and Lefty All the road running ( my first) Wheels Ain't living long like this Together Again Tulsa Queen Born to run Rose of the Cimmeran (also a first for me) Save the last dance for me Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight. Oh my goodness, in a bar and the musicianship of her band is off the hook. She really enjoyed the night smiling through out and dancing with her silver cowboy boots

I streamed 2nd and 3rd sets. Show was fire 🔥! Crypty was very good - Terrapin Suite was excellent!