8-2-2026 The Days Between at Red Dock in Saugatuck

photos: Quality Jerry, Dave Martin

Returning for our second year at Red Dock, Bill, Chaim, Dave and Steve Rea were joined by Jerry-on-the-run Joe Marcinek and his friend Rick King in the Mickey spot.  Wow!  The band was on fire as the chilly winds blew on the dock, and everybody was shaking hands! 

Since Dave and Bill were the only lead singers, the show was mostly sung by Dave with Bill singing backup and a few reversals. Oh, and we encouraged loooong jams.  The band was ready to oblige!  We started our second set with Estimated Prophet because Bill's nephew was there and it's his favorite song. 

It's an extraordinary thing that Grateful Dead music now exists in a spot similar to jazz standards since the 40s - if the musicians know the catalog, it's easy to sit in without a rehearsal.  Just the night before, Dave had joined our buddy Mike Kriegelstein's band Knein for a Dead show at Covert Beach Campground. The band included both Mike's wife Katelyn (some sweet 3 part harmonies were revealed) and Dave's brother, Jeff, playing bass.  

We (including you) are the first step in Bobby's 300-year-plan.  Let's keep it going for the children of our children's kids.  See you at the Blind Pig on 8/8. 

8-2-26 Red Dock, Saugatuck, MI
I: Jack Straw, Ramble on Rose, The Music Never Stopped, Tom Thumb's Blues, Peggy O, They Love Each Other, Brown Eyed Women, Sugaree, Terrapin Station.
II: Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Touch of Grey, Shakedown Street, Box of Rain, Scarlet Begonias > Fire On The Mountain, Not Fade Away > Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad > Not Fade Awy
E: Franklin's Tower