This was the 18th edition of Club Metronome's weekly "Dead Set" series, which features a house band and a rotation of local musicians playing music of the Grateful Dead. For this edition, the house band consisted of Zach Nugent (guitar/voclas), Jon Fishman (drums stage left), Russ Lawton (drums stage right), Mihali Savoulidis (guitar for Set 1), Bob Wagner (guitar/vocals for Set 2 and encore), Ed Grasmeyer (bass/vocals), and Josh Dobbs (keyboards).   Row Jimmy and Bird Song featured Dave Grippo on sax. New Speedway Boogie featured Phish archivist Kevin Shaprio on drums-right in place of Russ Lawton.  Bird Song, They Love Each Other, and Terrapin Station featured Ryan Clausen on drums-right in place of Russ Lawton.  Franklin's Tower included Eric Maier on keys along with Josh Dobbs. Savoulidis returned to replace Bob Wagner, and Leon Campos joined Josh Dobbs on keys for the second half of Fire on the Mountain.