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An Evening with the Terrapin Family
Last Wednesday, I had the chance to see Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Last Wednesday, I had the chance to see Phil Lesh and the Terrapin Family Band at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
I’ve been a Grateful Dead fan for the past seven years, since one of my best friends brought me to a festival to experience their music for the first time. But since Furthur broke up, I hadn’t seen Phil Lesh (the Grateful Dead’s bassist) play anything live.
Our first glimpse of Phil was during the opener, The Infamous Stringdusters. He came out for a rendition of “Wake the Dead” that felt way too appropriate for the show that would be coming that night.
The weather was perfect — not windy, but with a chill to the air that kept us all dancing long into the evening to keep warm. As they played, the musicians gathered in a tight circle around Phil, the nexus of the musical creation, and they all bounced energy and notes off of each other in a frenzy of musical ecstasy.
