The Electric Waste Band at Winstons Beach Club in Ocean Beach. Photo: Andrew Keatts/Axios
The San Diego Grateful Dead community that Bill Walton nurtured gathered in Ocean Beach Monday to celebrate the man they called Grateful Red.
The latest:Walton's death Monday coincided with the weekly Electric Waste Band show, a Grateful Dead tribute Walton regularly guested with as percussionist (if he wasn't in the crowd).
The weekly gathering doesn't always fill Winstons, but it did Monday, with nearly 200 fans there to remember Walton.
The tribute started with a video Walton recorded two years ago for the band's 30th anniversary.
"Thank you for our lives," Walton said. "Thanks for the culture and community."
What they're saying: "We're playing all Bill's favorites tonight," guitarist Robert Harvey said.
Along with his favorites, the setlist included songs that celebrate life and commemorate death
Set 1: Touch of Grey, Cats Under the Stars, Estimated Prophet, Eyes of the World, Quinn the Eskimo, That's What Love Will Make You Do, Bird Song, I Need a Miracle, Bertha, See What Love Can Do, The Music Never Stopped
Set 2: Lost Sailor/Saint of Circumstance, Passenger, When I Paint My Masterpiece, U.S. Blues, The Maker, Not Fade Away, Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad, Brokedown Palace
