DSO at the the Warfield Report & Vids

I haven't been VLZ in quite some time but I returned to share some hi-quality Darkstar Orchestra live-vids I cap'd this past weekend
at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco.

Andy Logan, was in the house and loaned Jeff Matson his recently acquired Alligator Fender Strat and '43 Martin D-18.

Darkstar mesmerized us by performing 2/14/70 (Valentine's Day 50 years ago from Fillmore East) and 5/3/72 - Olympia Theater in Paris at the apex of the stellar  '72 tour.

Jerry's Martin sounded mighty fine in the hands of Jeff - alongside Rob Eaton and also for a terrific solo spin by Rob Barraco on Pigpen's version of Katie Mae!  Night one's set list was like some sort of freakish upside down set list with an acoustic sandwich that left my mind feeling like it was in a Grateful Dead Washing Machine of scrambled sonic intensity.  This was far from '80's autopilot format Grateful Dead and a delight to see and hear.

Two drummer - full strength psychedlia and sweet acoustic center of a delicious oreo cookie....

Night two was expansive to say the least but with just one drummer to cover the era - but with Lisa doing very capable Blues Harp coverage of Pig's expressions and key contributions from Donna  - (Slight tangent: I've read that Donna at the actual show was heavily dosed...)

The Alligator strat was literally the star of this show and the tones and intensity were striking, vivid and intense.  I believe this guitar has the sound Jeff Matson's been chasing for more then half of his life and there were a couple of occasions where he approached the mic and stated, "I LOVE THIS GUITAR," and later he held it up like a freakish rock star..... but dang it was fantastically good.

I took advantage of getting to the Warfield early - grabbed a floor seat at the Box office and road the rail all night vid capping for your pleasure - didn't get it all - but got a bunch of good s h i t if you like the DSO....

Here's but a taste - the rest you can view by visiting my website: https://www.tedtoob.com/dso-at-the-warfield_feb2020
(Jambase ran a piece yesterday on the Valentine's day show and used my vids too.)

From Valentine's Day:
Hard to Handle
https://youtu.be/HBBLCEd9Rvw

Uncle John's Band (Acoustic)
https://youtu.be/bXQNXowDmHc

Katie Mae (Rob B. Solo)
https://youtu.be/i_4wC1y88P0

From Saturday's 2/15/20  -  (5/3/72) show with the Alligator Strat:

Chinatown Shuffle
https://youtu.be/vS1hKxAEXN4

China Cat Sunflower - I Know You Rider
https://youtu.be/IQF3m15Y8U4

Sing Me Back Home
https://youtu.be/CGDaRrKigws

02/14/70
Fillmore East - New York City, NY
Early Show
Cold Rain And Snow, Dark Star >Saint Stephen >The Eleven >Turn On Your Lovelight

Late Show:
Set 1
Casey Jones, Mama Tried, Hard To Handle

Set 2: (acoustic - what became Bear's Choice)
Monkey And The Engineer, Dark Hollow, I've Been All Around This World, Wake Up Little Susie, Black Peter, Uncle John's Band
Katie Mae

Set 3:
Dancin' In The Streets, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, High Time, Dire Wolf, Alligator > Drums > Me And My Uncle > Not Fade Away, Mason's Children Caution (Do Not Stop On Tracks) > And We Bid You Goodnight

05/03/72
Olympia Theater - Paris, France
Set 1:Bertha, Me & My Uncle, Mr. Charlie, Sugaree, Black Throated Wind, Chinatown Shuffle, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider, Beat It On Down The Line, He's Gone, Next Time You See Me, Playin' In The Band, Tennessee Jed, Good Lovin', Sing Me Back Home, Casey Jones 
Set 2: Greatest Story Ever Told, Ramble On Rose, It Hurts Me Too, Truckin'-> Space-> The Other One-> Drums-> The Other One-> Me And Bobby McGee-> The Other One-> Wharf Rat, Jack Straw, Sugar Magnolia, Not Fade Away-> Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad-> Not Fade Away, E: One More Saturday Night

One last time - my vids of the past weekend are collected here:
 https://www.tedtoob.com/dso-at-the-warfield_feb2020

Hundreds more live vids I cap'd can be streamed here: https://www.tedtoob.com/tedtoobs-index

~Enjoy VLZ.....
T