On December 15 at the Palace Theatre in Albany, Dark Star Orchestra recreated the September 17, 1973 Grateful Dead show at the Onondaga County War Memorial in Syracuse, New York.
Review by Pete Mason / Photos by Zak Radick for NYS Music
Dark Star Orchestra at the Palace Theatre in Albany, N.Y. (November 15, 2025) – photo by Zak Radick for NYS Music
While the Grateful Dead didn’t perform an encore for this show back in ‘73, the band chose an apt song given the recent passing of Godchaux, “Box of Rain.” The American Beauty track, written by Phil Lesh for his dying father, made sense this night, with Godchaux having passed less than two weeks prior, and the chosen show having the presence of Donna’s vocals throughout the night.
– Pete Mason for NYS Music
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