Upcoming Concerts

  • Jul 12
    Oregon Country Fair
    Veneta, OR
  • Jul 18
    Summer Concert Series at Livorna Park
    Alamo, CA
  • Jul 23
    Peacetown Summer Concert Series
    Sebastopol, CA
  • Jul 24
    Moraga Summer Concert Series
    Moraga, CA
  • Jul 25
    Friday Night Live
    Cloverdale, CA
  • Jul 26
    Petaluma Music Festival
    Petaluma, CA
  • Jul 27
    Soper Reese Community Theatre
    Lakeport, CA
  • Sep 19
    Hog Farm Celebration
    Laytonville, CA
  • Sep 20
    Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic)
    Laytonville, CA
Jul 12
Oregon Country Fair - Veneta, OR
Jul 18
Summer Concert Series at Livorna Park - Alamo, CA
Jul 23
Peacetown Summer Concert Series - Sebastopol, CA
Jul 24
Moraga Summer Concert Series - Moraga, CA
Jul 25
Friday Night Live - Cloverdale, CA
Jul 26
Petaluma Music Festival - Petaluma, CA
Jul 27
Soper Reese Community Theatre - Lakeport, CA
Sep 19
Hog Farm Celebration - Laytonville, CA
Sep 20
Hog Farm Celebration (acoustic) - Laytonville, CA

Moonalice News

  • Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
  • 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
  • Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!
Moonalice Concert Posters By Dennis Larkins Featured in Exhibit in Hungary!
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
Commemorating the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival!!!

What To Watch (Archive)

  • May 25, 2025 / BottleRock Napa Valley Festival - Prudential Stage (Napa)
    According to Moonalice legend, BottleRock is an oasis of sunlight in a bleak time. Everywhere else, dark...
  • Apr 19, 2025 / Odd Fellows Lodge (Auburn)
    According to Moonalice legend, today is Bicycle Day, a day when hippies celebrate the athletic prowess of...
  • Aug 12, 2024 / Jerry Garcia Tribute Night @ SF Giants - Triples Alley Set (San Francisco)
  • May 11, 2025 / Union Square for Mother's Day (San Francisco)
    Happy Mother’s Day! According to Moonalice legend, Moonalice first played in Union Square in July 2...
  • May 10, 2025 / Wildflower Music Festival (Chico)
    According to Moonalice legend, the wildflowers are blooming here in Chico. Today’s poster by Carolyn...
  • Oct 5, 2024 / Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Towers of Gold Stage (San Francisco)
  • Sep 14, 2024 / Ain't Necessarily Dead Fest (Auburn)
  • Sep 15, 2024 / Haight Ashbury Street Fair (San Francisco)
  • Apr 20, 2025 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
    According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest of high holidays in the Moonalice calendar. Four twen...
  • Oct 19, 2024 / HopMonk Sebastopol Garden (Sebastopol)
May 25, 2025 / BottleRock Napa Valley Festival - Prudential Stage (Napa)
According to Moonalice legend, BottleRock is an oasis of sunlight in a bleak time. Everywhere else, dark...
Apr 19, 2025 / Odd Fellows Lodge (Auburn)
According to Moonalice legend, today is Bicycle Day, a day when hippies celebrate the athletic prowess of...
Aug 12, 2024 / Jerry Garcia Tribute Night @ SF Giants - Triples Alley Set (San Francisco)
May 11, 2025 / Union Square for Mother's Day (San Francisco)
Happy Mother’s Day! According to Moonalice legend, Moonalice first played in Union Square in July 2...
May 10, 2025 / Wildflower Music Festival (Chico)
According to Moonalice legend, the wildflowers are blooming here in Chico. Today’s poster by Carolyn...
Oct 5, 2024 / Hardly Strictly Bluegrass - Towers of Gold Stage (San Francisco)
Sep 14, 2024 / Ain't Necessarily Dead Fest (Auburn)
Sep 15, 2024 / Haight Ashbury Street Fair (San Francisco)
Apr 20, 2025 / Sweetwater Music Hall (Mill Valley)
According to Moonalice legend, today is the highest of high holidays in the Moonalice calendar. Four twen...
Oct 19, 2024 / HopMonk Sebastopol Garden (Sebastopol)

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.