"Me and Bobby McGee" → "Playing in the Band" - Bob Weir & Wolf Bros | 12/29/23 | Broward Center

Описание: Bob Weir & Wolf Bros - "Me and Bobby McGee" → "Playing in the Band" (Segue) | Broward Center | 12/29/23 | Relix

The seamless transition from "Me and Bobby McGee" into "Playing in the Band"—captured live at the Broward Center on December 29, 2023. Watch as Bob Weir, Don Was, and Jay Lane move from Kris Kristofferson's road-worn classic into one of the Grateful Dead's most essential anthems without breaking stride.

This is where the magic lives: that suspended moment when one song dissolves into the next, when the band finds the bridge between two seemingly different worlds and walks across it like it was always there. "Me and Bobby McGee" carries that hitchhiker's weariness, that lonesome beauty of the open road. Then, without a hard stop, without breaking the spell, Wolf Bros shifts into "Playing in the Band"—that endlessly searching, infinitely renewable Grateful Dead composition that's different every single time. No applause breaks, no reset. Just the continuous river of music. Don Was's bass guides the transition with intuitive grace, Jay Lane's drumming transforms from country stride to exploratory jazz, and Bob's guitar work connects the dots between two songs that are actually about the same thing: the journey, the music, the way we find ourselves in motion. This is the kind of segue that only happens when three musicians have played together long enough to think as one.

On the eve of 2024, the Broward Center was the perfect place for this kind of exploration. Wolf Bros brought the energy and the focus that make these New Year's Eve weekend shows legendary.

LINEUP:
Bob Weir - Guitar, Vocals (Grateful Dead)
Don Was - Bass
Jay Lane - Drums

📹 Filmed by Relix at Broward Center
📅 December 29, 2023
📍 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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