{"id":2448049,"date":"2019-08-27T14:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=877192"},"modified":"2019-08-27T14:42:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T20:42:26","slug":"watch-late-guitarist-neal-casal-rip-blazing-solo-perform-with-bob-weir-at-final-gigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-late-guitarist-neal-casal-rip-blazing-solo-perform-with-bob-weir-at-final-gigs\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Late Guitarist Neal Casal Rip Blazing Solo, Perform With Bob Weir at Final Gigs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neal Casal performed a blistering guitar solo with his band Circles Around the Sun<\/a> at Virginia\u2019s Lockn\u2019 Festival last weekend. It was one of the roots guitarist\u2019s final performances before his untimely death at the age of 50<\/a>, which was announced on his Facebook<\/a> page Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The solo in the clip above clocks in at just over four minutes, with Casal settling into a swampy, jam band funk and mesmerizing the crowd with his six-string skills as a disco ball spins and the crowd sways back and forth.<\/p>\n

As Relix<\/a> points out, what would turn out to be Casal\u2019s final performance took place Saturday, August 24th, when the guitarist joined Oteil Burbridge & Friends for a set at Lockn that featured the Dead & Co. bassist as well as Bob Weir<\/a> and Duane Betts.<\/p>\n