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The CHINA CATS: Tribute to the Grateful Dead
September 28, 2025 - Java St. Block Party, San Francisco, CA
Feel Like a Stranger
Brown-eyed Women
Big Boss Man
Queen Jane Approximately
Candyman
Passenger
Easy Wind
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Keep on Growing
Samson & Delilah
Mr. Charlie
Eyes of the World
Around & Around
September 27, 2025 - Veterans Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Jack Straw
Sitting on Top of the World
Doin' that Rag
Spoonful
Just a Little Light
New Speedway Boogie
My Brother Esau
Might as Well
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain
Playin' in the Band
Shakedown Street
Alligator>
Caution (Do Not Step on Tracks)
Wharf Rat
Throwing Stones
encore: Black Muddy River
September 13, 2025 - private party, Soquel, CA
How Sweet It Is
Mama Tried
Uncle John's Band
Black-throated Wind
Ghosts of La Honda
Sugaree
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Althea
Cassidy
China Cat Sunflower>
Cumberland Blues
Terrapin Station
Looks Like Rain
Here Comes Sunshine
Weather Report Suite>Hey Jude
St. Stephen>
I Know You Rider
encore: What a Wonderful World*
Dear Mr. FantasySeptember 6, 2025 - Chateau Liberte', Los Gatos, CA
Feel Like a Stranger
West L.A. Fadeaway
Tons of Steel
Jack-a-Roe
Lazy River Road
Althea
Me & My Uncle
Blow Away
Lazy Lightnin'>
Supplication
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Estimated Prophet>
Eyes of the World
The Other One
Cumberland Blues
encores:
Liberty**
Around & Around
(thanks to Murph, on bass)
**with Mike Cross, vocals
August 30, 2025 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Midnight Hour
Dire Wolf
It Hurts Me Too
Mexicali Blues
They Love Each Other
Easy to Love You
Maggie's Farm
Chinatown Shuffle
Ruben & Cherise
The Music Never Stopped
Shakedown Street
Playing in the Band
Scarlet Begonias
Samson & Delilah
Dark Star>
The Last Time
Mountains of the Moon>
Gimme Some Lovin'
encore: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
2nd encore: One More Saturday Night
August 15, 2025 - Civic Center Plaza, Mountain View, CA
Iko Iko
El Paso
Friend of the Devil
Jack Straw
Brown-eyed Women
Queen Jane Approximately
Cumberland Blues
Liberty
Uncle John's Band
Dark Hollow
Like a Road
Not Fade Away
encore: Sugar Magnolia
with Jeremy Hoenig, subbing for Mike on drums
July 26, 2025 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
Hell in a Bucket
Brown-eyed Women
Next Time You See Me
Me & My Uncle
When Push Comes to Shove
Little Red Rooster
Bird Song
Greatest Story Ever Told
Dancing in the Streets
Iko Iko
Easy Wind
Row Jimmy
It's All Over Now
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
New Speedway Boogie
Throwing Stones
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
encore: The Weight*
Thanks to Murph, philin' in on bass!
July 4, 2025 - Tom & Meredith's, Zayante, CA
Bertha
Jack Straw
Ramble On Rose
Wang Dang Doodle
Candyman
Lazy River Road
I'm a Hog for You, Baby
My Brother Esau
Mason's Children
Deal
Feel Like a Stranger
Blow Away*
Playing in the Band>
Crazy Fingers
Estimated Prophet>
Eyes of the World
Liberty
Wharf Rat
Viola Lee Blues
encore: U.S. Blues
June 28, 2025 - Veterans' Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Promised Land
West L.A. Fadeaway
Doin' That Rag
We Can Run
Tennessee Jed
The Race Is On
Deep Elem Blues
Man Smart, Women Smarter
Peggy-O
Spoonful
Might as Well
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain>
Shakedown Street
I Need a Miracle>
Stella Blue
Corinna
Alligator>
drums>
Alligator>
Feedback>
Caution (Do Not Step on the Tracks)>
And We Bid You Goodnight
*with Murph Murphy subbing for Roger on bass!
May 26, 2025 - Winters Tavern, Pacifica, CA
Cold Rain & Snow
Minglewood Blues
It Hurts Me Too
Til the Morning Comes
Jack Straw
Althea
Looks Like Rain
Mr. Charlie
Loser
Cassidy
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Lazy Lightnin'>
Supplication
Standing on the Moon
Truckin'
St. Stephen
Throwing Stones
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
encore: Liberty
2nd encore: Here Comes Sunshine
May 24, 2025 - Veteran's Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You*
Feel Like a Stranger
Half Step Mississippi Uptown Toodle-Oo
Little Red Rooster
Tons of Steel
High Time
Chinatown Shuffle
Sitting On Top of the World
Isis*
Big River
It Must Have Been the Roses
Let It Grow
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Eyes of the World
Playing in the Band
Terrapin (w/ Supplication jam)>
The Other One>
Cosmic Charlie
Dear Mr. Fantasy
encore: The Mighty Quinn
May 3, 2025 - Waterfall Lodge, Ben Lomond, CA
Sarah & Travis' wedding
Shining Star
Shakedown Street
Good Lovin'
The Harder They Come
One More Saturday Night
They Love Each Other
The Music Never Stopped
Let the Good Times Roll
Turn On Your Lovelight
The Wheel
Cumberland Blues
Gimme Some Lovin
Scarlet Begonias
Fire on the Mountain
Not Fade Away
encore: Sugar Magnolia
Thanks to Nate LaPointe, subbing for Scott!
April 25, 2025 - Veterans' Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Alabama Getaway
The Race is On
Peggy-O
Big Boss Man
Spoonful
Til the Morning Comes
We Can Run
Queen Jane Approximately
Dupree's Diamond Blues
Greatest Story Ever Told
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Samson & Delilah
He's Gone
King Solomon's Marbles
When Push Comes to Shove*
The Last Time
I Need a Miracle
China Doll
Around & Around
Thanks to Dan Robbins, subbing for Roger on bass!
April 18, 2025 - The Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
The China Cats Unplugged
Dire Wolf
Dark Hollow
Operator
Jack-a-Roe
Black-throated Wind
Broken Arrow
If I Had the World to Give
El Paso
Brown-eyed Women
On the Road Again
Pride of Cucamonga
Cumberland Blues
Foolish Heart
Man Smart, Women Smarter
The Wheel
Don't Ease Me In
encore: Ripple
April 4, 2025 - Club Fox, Redwood City, CA
The Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
Jack Straw
Big Railroad Blues
Mama Tried
West LA Fadeaway
Mr. Charlie
Loose Lucy
Easy Wind
Deal
Hey Pocky Way>
Shakedown Street>
Dancin' in the Streets
Dire Wolf
Corrina>
Drums>
Iko Iko
Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Sugar Magnolia
encore:
Black Peter
March 29, 2025 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
(15th Anniversary celebration)
Playing in the Band>
Uncle John's Band
Next Time You See Me
Stagger Lee
Looks Like Rain
Friend of the Devil
Passenger
Tennessee Jed
The Music Never Stopped
Feel Like a Stranger
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain
Truckin'
Keep on Growing
Morning Dew
Uncle John's Band reprise>
Playing in the Band reprise
encores:
One More Saturday Night
Touch of Grey
February 29, 2025 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Promised Land
Sugaree
Beat It On Down the Line
Me & My Uncle>
Mexicali Blues
Ship of Fools
Just a Little Light
Queen Jane Approximately
Chinacat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Estimated Prophet>
Eyes of the World>
Drums>
Samson & Delilah
St. Stephen>
The Other One>
He's Gone>
St. Stephen Reprise>
He's Gone>
Dear Mr. Fantasy>
Throwing Stones
January 31, 2025 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Bertha
Minglewood Blues
Easy to Love You
They Love Each Other
Big River
Cream Puff War
Brown-eyed Women
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bird Song
Cassidy
Cumberland Blues
Here Comes Sunshine
Black-throated Wind
Althea
Lazy Lightnin'>Supplication
Crazy Fingers
Hard to Handle
Loser
My Brother Esau
encores: Shakedown Street
Attics of My Life
January 26, 2025 - Grateful Sunday at Felton Music Hall, Felton, CA
Hell in a Bucket
Row Jimmy
I'm a Hog for You, Baby,
Mexicali Blues
Wang Dang Doodle
Ramble On Rose
Weather Report Suite
Scarlet Begonias>
Playing in the Band>
Terrapin Station>
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
It's All Over Now
Comes a Time
Not Fade Away
Gimme Some Lovin'
encore: Brokedown Palace
with Murph on bass, subbing for Roger
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