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My Morning Jacket Honors the Grateful Dead in Seven-Night Fillmore Run

My Morning Jacket Honors the Grateful Dead in Seven-Night Fillmore Run

My Morning Jacket has completed a seven-night run at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

Each show was linked to one of the seven colors of the rainbow, and the band played different set lists on back-to-back nights.

The performances also honored the Grateful Dead, whose history is closely tied to the Fillmore and the Bay Area.

Frontman Jim James said he had become deeply interested in the Dead’s music, and keyboardist Bo Koster said James chose songs that felt meaningful to him.

The band played Dead songs including “Scarlet Begonias” and “Fire on the Mountain” on successive nights, echoing the way the Dead often linked them in performance.

The shows also included songs by other artists and appearances by guests including Molly Tuttle and Grahame Lesh.

The residency has ended, and no further plans are given.

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I have been in a deep Grateful Dead period of my life
Jim JamesMy Morning Jacket frontmanvia Rolling Stone
So he picked a bunch of songs that we could do that he was connecting to.
Bo KosterMy Morning Jacket keyboardistvia Rolling Stone

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