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The CHINA CATS: Tribute to the Grateful Dead
April 25, 2026 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Touch of Grey
Sitting on Top of the World
Minglewood Blues
When Push Comes to Shove
Spoonful
Peggy-O
El Paso
Loser
Weather Report Suite
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Playin' in the Band
Gimme Some Lovin
Iko Iko
Easy Wind
Crazy Fingers
The Wheel
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Might as Well
encore: Liberty
with Murph, subbing for Roger on bass
show dedicated to Bruce Silverblatt - Sleep in the stars!
April 3, 2026 - Club Fox, Redwood City, CA
Don't Ease Me In
Beat It On Down the Line
Big River
Ramble On Rose
Row Jimmy
Chinatown Shuffle
Black-throated Wind
It Hurts Me Too
Cassidy
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
Eyes of the World
Dancin' in the Streets
Passenger
Looks Like Rain
Hard to Handle
Not Fade Away>
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
Encore: Brokedown Palace
with special guest Emerson Rose, vocals
March 21, 2026 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Jack Straw
Dire Wolf
Cream Puff War
Mexicali Blues
Tennessee Jed
Let Me Sing Your Blues Away
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain
My Brother Esau
Feel Like a Stranger
Shakedown Street
Little Red Rooster
Hey Pocky Way
Ship of Fools
Lost Sailor>
Saint of Circumstance
Uncle John's Band
Sugar Magnolia
Morning Dew
encore: Throwing Stones
March 8, 2026 - "Hard to Handle," Golden Gate Park Panhandle, San Francisco, CA
Golden Road (to Unlimited Devotion)
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Playin' in the Band>
'Til the Morning Comes>
Terrapin Station>
Playin' reprise
Brown-eyed Women
The Music Never Stopped
February 28, 2026 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Cold Rain & Snow
The Race is On
Far From Me
I Need a Miracle
Deep Elem Blues
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Big Boss Man
They Love Each Other
Greatest Story Ever Told
Help on the Way>Slipknot>
Franklin's Tower
Cumberland Blues
Eyes of the World
Truckin'
Cryptical Envelopment>
The Other One>
Cryptical reprise
Standing on the Moon
Around & Around
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad
encore: US Blues
thanks to Jacob Groopman, on bass!
February 14, 2026 - SLO Brewing Co, San Luis Obispo, CA
Bertha
My Brother Esau
Easy to Love You
SLO Train Comin'*
Lost Sailor>
Saint of Circumstance
Althea
Lazy Lightnin'>
Supplication
Deal
Feel Like a Stranger
Shakedown Street
Playin' in the Band
The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion)
Scarlet Begonias>
Fire on the Mountain
Eternity
Mr. Charlie
So Many Roads
encore: Promised Land
with Jerry Saracini subbing for Mike on drums,
and Larry Ryan subbing for Roger on bass
January 31, 2026 - Veterans Memorial Hall, Santa Cruz, CA
Hell in a Bucket
Sugaree
Beat It On Down the Line
Me & My Uncle
Brown-eyed Women
Queen Jane Approximately
West L.A. Fadeaway
Looks Like Rain
Mr. Charlie
Cassidy
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Samson & Delilah
Terrapin Station
Eternity*
St. Stephen
Here Comes Sunshine
He's Gone
Not Fade Away
encore: One More Saturday Night
Thanks to Brian Rashap, subbing for Roger on bass!
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