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  • Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
  • Nick Lowe loves our version of “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding”!
  • Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
  • Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
  • Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
  • Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
  • Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
  • Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
  • Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
  • Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo
Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
Nick Lowe loves our version of “What’s So Funny ‘Bout Peace Love and Understanding”!
Awesome Time Lapse of the Assembly of 4/20 Poster Sets
Moonalice offers free admission to holders of Skull & Roses tickets!
Poster Artist Feature: Dennis Larkins Interview
Let's Rock The World One Tree At A Time!
Acoustic Guitar reviews Full Moonalice, Volume 2!!
Moonalice plays a set on Jam In The Van
Glide Magazine interviews Pete Sears!
Acoustic Guitar Magazine: Barry, Roger and T’s play Nick and Woo Woo

What To Watch (Archive)

  • Aug 31, 2025 / Cannifest (Eureka)
    According to Moonalice legend, the sun has a special deal with the folks here in Humboldt County. In exc...
  • Sep 20, 2025 / Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic) (Laytonville)
    According to Moonalice legend, the Hog Farm is the oldest and finest hippie commune on the face of the ea...
  • Jul 31, 2025 / The Heart of Town @ Pier 48 (San Francisco)
    Roger joined Grahame Lesh for for this performance of "Dire Wolf" on the first night of his 3-evening Gra...
  • Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants - Triples Alley Set (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...
  • Jul 27, 2025 / Soper Reese Community Theatre (Lakeport)
    According to Moonalice legend, we are gathered here to remember the great Ron Green, whose long tenure at...
  • Oct 3, 2025 / Memorial for Tracy Sheridan (Fairfax)
    We were honored to play this memorial for Tracy Sheridan, our dear friend and fan, who died after a long ...
  • Oct 5, 2025 / Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Swan Stage (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, this is the 25th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Moonalice has played at...
  • Sep 19, 2025 / Hog Farm Celebration (Laytonville)
    According to Moonalice legend, the Hog Farm is the oldest and finest hippie commune on the face of the ea...
  • Jul 26, 2025 / Petaluma Music Festival (Petaluma)
    According to Moonalice legend, the Petaluma Music Festival exists to enable children to have a better edu...
  • Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants - Dugout Set (San Francisco)
    According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...
Aug 31, 2025 / Cannifest (Eureka)
According to Moonalice legend, the sun has a special deal with the folks here in Humboldt County. In exc...
Sep 20, 2025 / Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic) (Laytonville)
According to Moonalice legend, the Hog Farm is the oldest and finest hippie commune on the face of the ea...
Jul 31, 2025 / The Heart of Town @ Pier 48 (San Francisco)
Roger joined Grahame Lesh for for this performance of "Dire Wolf" on the first night of his 3-evening Gra...
Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants - Triples Alley Set (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...
Jul 27, 2025 / Soper Reese Community Theatre (Lakeport)
According to Moonalice legend, we are gathered here to remember the great Ron Green, whose long tenure at...
Oct 3, 2025 / Memorial for Tracy Sheridan (Fairfax)
We were honored to play this memorial for Tracy Sheridan, our dear friend and fan, who died after a long ...
Oct 5, 2025 / Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Swan Stage (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, this is the 25th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. Moonalice has played at...
Sep 19, 2025 / Hog Farm Celebration (Laytonville)
According to Moonalice legend, the Hog Farm is the oldest and finest hippie commune on the face of the ea...
Jul 26, 2025 / Petaluma Music Festival (Petaluma)
According to Moonalice legend, the Petaluma Music Festival exists to enable children to have a better edu...
Aug 12, 2025 / Grateful Dead Night @ SF Giants - Dugout Set (San Francisco)
According to Moonalice legend, it has been sixty years since the band beyond description played its first...

Fair to Even Odds

Credits: 
Lyrics: Robert Hunter. Music: Pete Sears

Verse 1
How long, Jack, till we get to Singapore?
How long, Joe, did we sign on for?
Better keep bailing while the rain pours down
The day crews sleeping and the night crews drowned

Verse 2
Caught at the border running forty-fives
A shot in the back could mean goodbye
You know I’ve been shot before
And I didn't lay down and die, no

Verse 3
Lie around and clench my teeth
Until my jaws are sore
Maybe give up cigarettes
Till my lungs don't hurt no more

Verse 4
Shot in the back and drawing flies
Flat on my belly with bloodshot eyes
This is the life I love the best
Devil be welcome to the rest

Chorus
Fair to even odds, I wager
Fair to even odds, I give
Fair to even I recover
Fair to even odds I live

Solo Verses

Verse 5
Just how far is this day risen?
Move my head so I can see
Hear the hot sweet winds of heaven
Thick and red as blood to me

Verse 6
I can hear the hangman's hornpipe
Blowing high and low and strong
Fare to even odds, dear Annie
Play no sweeter when I'm gone

Chorus
Fair to even odds, I wager
Fair to even odds, I lay
If we make it till the sunrise
We can make it through the day

Performers: 
Pete Sears

Bob wrote the lyrics for "Fair To Even Odds" about the same time as he wrote "Friend of the Devil" with Jerry. He had no music for it and years later I realized the words almost perfectly matched some music I'd written. I called him up and we collaborated on the song for my solo album, "The Long Haul" in 2000.