r/Grahame

Mo, the Spirit Penguin (and I, his humble steward to hundreds of shows) humbly ask that anybody in attendance at last night's amazing GLAF show who happened to shoot any video in landscape (wide) format on their phones, etc, DM me, as I'm trying to assemble a video of this landmark free tiny club show for posterity, and my own complete video is sort of crap (decent audio, crap angles from left of stage since I just stuck my phone there so I could dance).

I've received permission from Cam Keough to matrix his awesome pro-grade AUD recording with... what my iPhone got, and am just looking for alternate angles, close-ups, etc, to make a really killer record of the show. I'll credit you however you like (or not, for those that want to be anonymous). I never monetize the Dead outside of some fun silkscreens I used to make for The Other Ones / Phil Lesh and Friends tours and such when I was a youngster, this is going up on YouTube and being uploaded to the Internet Archive when completed so that an "as good as possible" record of the show exists for the many who didn't get to see it.

Please reach out even if you only have a minute of what you consider "mediocre" video. Probably better than mine (which is largely obscured by the piano for the first half, and side of stage in any case), and besides, something sourced from the greater Dead family is more fun anyhow, right?

I can't overstate how amazing this free show at a legendary Village folk club was - my crew figured we'd made the right decision in treating it like a Sunday show and not dosing, especially when the scheduled 10:30 start time wound up being nearly an hour late, with the club usually closing at 1. Ooooops! By the time the ultra-dissonant Cassidy jam hit, a friend turned to me and just shook his head. The vibe was almost like being at a PLAF show in the early 2000s (for those of you old enough to have done that sort of thing).

This was pure magic. They played a single set - but for over 2 hours, and then played a very moving Unbroken Chain encore. Venue didn't start winding down until after 2. What we got in the meantime was insane. Box opener. Help->Slip->Jessica. No More Do I - which really brought home that this was overtly a Phil tribute. A gut-wrenching To Lay Me Down. A personal milestone - my first live Equinox. An incredibly heady Mountain's Other Side, which almost felt like it might close out the show - but no, it went into Low Spark->Scarlet->St. Stephen (!) - another 30-40 minutes of jerking the audience's emotions (and booties) this way and that. The Unbroken Chain was pretty much obvious at this point, having been teased and the show feeling like Phil was haunting the room, but it was beautiful and so fitting.

And the small, intimate venue, nearly devoid of drunks chomping over the music (at least where I was standing, near the keys) was the icing on the cake. For those of you that made it out, hopefully you're still glowing like I am. For those that didn't, enjoy this great recording; I'm hoping to splice together my (dodgy, but honest) guerrilla video with some fills from YouTube rips later today, and upload it. Meanwhile, there is another stream of the show (you need to make an account) at https://volume.com/bitterend/

Here's a bit more from last night 6/26/2026 Midnight North - Space Ballroom, Hamden, CT - Angel from Montgomery

Midnight North at the Space Ballroom, Hamden, CT tonight

Call for videos of last night's Grahame Lesh and Friends show @ the Bitter End (6/23/26)

Cam Keough's recording of Grahame Lesh and Friends Live at The Bitter End last night!