The hippies descended on New Haven for a sold out JRAD session at College Street. Russo on drums, Marco Benevento on a Rick Wakeman-sized keyboard setup, two guitars and bass filled the hall with sound. Two sets of Grateful Dead and inspired improv from these torchbearers of jam. First set highlights: Feel Like A Stranger, Candyman, and Bertha. Ever the Cheshire Cat, Marco a musical omnivore, teases his way in and out of many songs. At times, it seemed hard for the support staff to keep up with his Robin Williams ricochet. The second set started with Neil Young's Vampire Blues, swooped into a Blues For Allah anchored set into Minglewood Blues. These guys revel in the segueway, at one point playing a rousing Beatles' Hey Bulldog that moved from some Allman's keyboard workout. Closed with the mighty Terrapin. At the risk of wearing my old fogey status on my sleeve, I do remember The Duo which was Benevento-Russo in the early aughts at the birth of jam. At a ski lodge in Great Barrington, I sat on Marco's speaker with a handful of jam disciples watching these two develop their chops. They've come a long way baby.
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