Hoddler-in-chief’s note: Your hoddler-in-chief will be taking a short break from hoddling duties next week. You will have a substitute hoddler-in-chief during this time instead. Please be on your best behaviour.
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Good morning from sunny Las Vegas, dear hoddlers.
Fitzie arrived in Sin City last night (although he’s typing this on a Wednesday) to check a fresh item off the bucket list: Catch a Dead & Company gig at The Sphere.
If you’ve read the hoddles, then you’d know I’m a huge Grateful Dead fan. And I’ve been lucky enough to see Dead & Co four times, but it’s been too long since I last saw them live.
All accounts I’ve been reading about The Sphere offer glowing reviews, both of the [drums/] space and the music produced by the band. Looking at their setlists, this second run feels like it’ll hold a special place in the troupe’s history.
We’re always chasing one song or another when we go to a Dead show. And there are a few I’d like to hear: El Paso, Dark Star, The Other One and so many more. Of course, a Bob Dylan cover is always welcome.
I’ve got a feeling we’ll be getting a Black Muddy River encore, since that song was played on three of the four Dead shows I was lucky enough to go to.
Anyways, your hoddler-in-chief will report back next week on his Vegas experience and on all things the Sphere.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Simple Twist of Fate, by the Jerry Garcia Band
And now for your links:
Guitar World: John Mayer and Bob Weir reflect on 10 years of Dead & Co