Move Me Brightly


Move Me Brightly is a music documentary film. It contains live performances of Grateful Dead songs from a 2012 concert by Bob Weir and a number of other musicians, called "Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday". The film also includes interviews with some of the performers, other musicians, and members of the Grateful Dead extended family. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2013.
Move Me Brightly was directed by Justin Kreutzmann, the son of Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Many of the interviews were conducted by Luke Wilson. The music was produced and mixed by Rick Vargas, with live mixing by Dennis Leonard and audio mastering by David Glasser. The liner notes for the video were written by Mike Campbell, Benjy Eisen, and David Crosby.

Concert

On August 3, 2012, former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and a rotating lineup of musicians performed a five-hour concert of Grateful Dead songs at TRI Studios in San Rafael, California. The show was called "Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday", and took place two days after the 70th anniversary of Garcia's birth. Many of the songs featured Weir on guitar, Neal Casal on guitar, Jeff Chimenti on keyboards, Mike Gordon on bass, Joe Russo on drums, Donna [Jean Godchaux] on vocals, and Jon Graboff on pedal steel guitar. Also performing at the concert were Phil Lesh, Jim Lauderdale, Harper Simon, Cass McCombs, Sam Cohen, Josh Kaufman, Adam MacDougall, Jason Roberts, Jonathan Wilson, Chris Tomson, Tad Kubler, and Craig Finn.

Songs

The DVD and Blu-ray release of Move Me Brightly includes the following songs.
Film:
  • "Cumberland Blues"
  • "Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad"
  • "Mission in the Rain"
  • "Shakedown Street"
  • "He's Gone"
  • "Eyes of the World"
  • "Terrapin Station"
  • "Days Between"
  • "Franklin's Tower"
  • "U.S. Blues"
Bonus performances:
  • "Dupree's Diamond Blues" *
  • "Friend of the Devil"
  • "Tennessee Jed" *
  • "Ship of Fools" *
  • "Bird Song"
  • "New Speedway Boogie"

Featuring

The following people are listed in the "featuring" section of the film credits. They and others are interviewed in the film.

Setlist

The full set-list from the show is as follows: