Useless & Firm Setlist for sixtieth Anniversary Live performance, Evening 1

Tens of hundreds of Deadheads descended on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on Friday evening for the primary of Useless & Firm’s three weekend exhibits celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Useless. The exhibits had been consequential not only for the anniversary they commemorated, however for followers of the group, which had not carried out anyplace apart from Las Vegas’ Sphere since July 2023, when it concluded its closing tour.

After a gap set by jamgrass phenom Billy Strings, Useless & Firm – comprised of Grateful Useless founders Bobby Weir and Mickey Hart, alongside John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge, Jeff Chimenti and Jay Lane – dove into its catalog with gusto for 2 crowd-pleasing units that spanned materials from the Useless’s 30-year profession. Highlights included visitor appearances by Grahame Lesh (for “Field of Rain,” the beloved Useless tune written and sung by his late father, Grateful Useless founding member Phil Lesh) and Strings (for the Useless traditional “Wharf Rat”), in addition to a touching encore of Bob Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” that honored the date, which might have been Grateful Useless frontman Jerry Garcia’s 83rd birthday.

Useless & Firm’s setlist selections on Friday go away loads of choices on the desk for followers returning on Saturday and Sunday – the band hardly ever, if ever, repeats a tune throughout these types of runs – together with classics like “Contact of Gray,” “Casey Jones” and “Truckin’.” On Saturday, Sturgill Simpson will open the present below his “Johnny Blue Skies” moniker, whereas on Sunday, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio will kick off the festivities.

Right here’s a take a look at Useless & Firm’s full opening-night setlist for its three-show San Francisco run celebrating 60 years of the Grateful Useless.