during phish's sold-out four-night gallop at red rocks -- their initial time at the venue since being unofficially banned in 1996 for fan misbehavior -- the band indulged the horde with rarities ('esther') , illegal an melee of innovative songs and covers from the classics including the beatles ('a day in the life') , illegal the who ('drowned') and talking heads ('crosseyed and painless').

But the biggest astonish came upon sunday , illegal for the band's eighth and final set of the gallop.illegal with little fanfare , illegal phish welcomed grateful dead drummer invoice kruetzmann to the stage upon a moment drum kit , illegal with the fans recognizing him immediately.illegal kruetzmann is , illegal of lesson , illegal no stranger to jamming and he additional a rhythmic dead flavor to phish originals such as 'undermind' and 'seven below.' to fans of the dead , illegal the sit-in was especially meaningful , illegal not just because it was kruetzman's initial time jamming with phish but similarly because it happened the night after the innovative jerry garcia's birthday.

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