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Bob Dylan, Phil Lesh To Co-Headline Summer TourTrek to coincide with Internet auction for music in schools charity. by Contributing Editor Richard B. Simon |
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Phil Lesh will not play with his ex-bandmates at this year's Furthur Festival tour. (Jay Blakesberg) |
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Folk-rock icon Bob Dylan and ex-Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh will co-headline a summer tour of outdoor venues. An online auction of
"This is a joint headliner," Lesh spokesperson J.C. Juanis said. "We will alternate the closing spot throughout the tour, and, as we did last year at select shows, we hope to do spontaneous jamming." Jam bands Widespread Panic, the String Cheese Incident and Guster will open on select dates. An auction to benefit school music programs, online at eBay.com, features passes to the Mountain Aire festival, posters, T-shirts and a selection of camping gear hand-picked by Lesh. Continuing auction offerings throughout the tour will include concert memorabilia such as backstage passes and posters signed by Dylan and Lesh. High bidders can buy the chance to speak with Lesh and request songs for the band to play then receive an autographed CD of the set. This summer's tour is not the first pairing of the two veteran rockers; Dylan and Lesh toured together in fall 1999. Dylan also teamed with the Grateful Dead for a few national runs in the 1980s, spawning a 1989 live album — Dylan & the Dead — on which the Dead served as the legendary singer/songwriter's backup band. On their own, the Dead covered numerous Dylan tunes, including "All Along the Watchtower," "Queen Jane Approximately" and the Lesh-sung "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues." Dylan has covered the Dead's "Alabama Getaway" and "West L.A. Fadeaway" in concert, and his vast repertoire of tunes includes "Silvio" and "The Ugliest Girl in the World," both co-written with Dead lyricist Robert Hunter for Down in the Groove (1988). Dylan won a Grammy Award in 1998 for his album, Time Out of Mind, which featured tunes such as "Dirt Road Blues" (RealAudio excerpt). Most recently, Dylan released "Things Have Changed." The song appeared in the film "Wonder Boys." Lesh has been playing with various lineups, including Phil Lesh and Friends, since the Dead disbanded following the death of guitarist Jerry Garcia. This summer's lineup includes ace guitarist Robben Ford (George Harrison, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell), Little Feat guitarist Paul Barrere and keyboardist Billy Payne, and drummer John Molo (Bruce Hornsby, the Other Ones). The bassist opted out of this summer's Furthur festival tour — the first since 1998 — which features his ex-bandmates Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby and others as the Other Ones, a post-Garcia incarnation of the Dead formed in 1997 with Lesh on bass. Lesh begins the summer with a set Memorial Day weekend at the Mountain Aire Festival in Angels Camp, Calif., which also features Latin groove collective Ozomatli, folksinger Ani DiFranco and others. Bob Dylan/Phil Lesh tour dates: June 16; Portland, Ore.; Portland Meadows June 17–18; George, Wash.; The Gorge (with the String Cheese Incident) June 20; Medford, Ore.; Jackson County Exposition Hall June 21; Marysville, Calif.; Sacramento Valley Amphitheater June 23; Concord, Calif.; Chronicle Pavilion June 24; Mountain View, Calif.; Shoreline Amphitheater June 25; Reno, Nev.; Reno Hilton June 29; Irvine, Calif.; Irvine Meadows Amphitheater June 30; Ventura, Calif.; Ventura County Fairgrounds July 1; Del Mar, Calif.; Del Mar Fairgrounds July 3; Albuquerque, N.M.; Mesa Del Sol Amphitheater July 6; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Zoo Amphitheater July 7; Bonner Springs, Kan.; Sandstone Amphitheater July 8; Maryland Heights, Mo.; Riverport Amphitheater July 9; Noblesville, Ind.; Deer Creek Music Center July 11; Cincinnati, Ohio; Riverbend Music Center July 12; Moline, Ill.; Mark of the Quad July 14; Minneapolis, Minn.; Target Center July 15; East Troy, Wis.; Alpine Valley Music Theater (with Widespread Panic) July 16; Clarkson, Mich.; Pine Knob Amphitheater July 18; Toronto, Ontario; Molson Amphitheater July 19; Canandaigua, N.Y.; Finger Lakes PAC July 21; Hartford, Conn.; Meadows Music Theater July 22; Mansfield, Mass.; Tweeter Center July 23; Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; SPAC July 25; Scranton, Pa.; Coors Lite Amphitheater July 26; Long Island, N.Y.; Jones Beach Amphitheater July 28; Camden, N.J.; Blockbuster-Sony Center July 29; Columbia, Md.; Merriweather Post Pavilion July 30; Stanhope, N.J.; Waterloo Village (with Guster) |
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