7/11/70 Fillmore East 10/20/74 did include the first "Good Lovin'" the Dead played after Pigpen's death.
In case anyone missed it in the other thread... The Grateful Dead will celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with an authorized feature documentary that will be directed by Amir Bar-Lev, helmer of the superb films The Tillman Story and most recently the Penn State football scandal Happy Valley. Martin Scorsese, whose own rock docus have provided the template for how to make these kinds of movies, will be executive producer along with Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Andrew Heller, Sanford Heller, and Rick Yorn. Longtime Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux will serve as the film’s music supervisor. The makers say their as-yet-untitled film will include never-before-seen footage of performances and backstage stuff involving the band, as well as new interviews with surviving members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir, as well as many other characters and pranksters from the Dead universe. This goes back to the band’s formation in the Bay Area amid the rise of the psychedelic counterculture of the ’60s. They continued to record albums and conduct tours where Deadhead fans would follow them all over the country for lengthy rave-like jam sessions. The good times came to an end when band leader Jerry Garcia died in 1995, though surviving members have done their best to carry on. There have been numerous attempts to mount a narrative feature on the band, but this docu is clearly on the fastest track. The band issued this statement: “Millions of stories have been told about the Grateful Dead over the years. With our 50th Anniversary coming up, we thought it might just be time to tell one ourselves and Amir is the perfect guy to help us do it. Needless to say, we are humbled to be collaborating with Martin Scorsese. From The Last Waltz toGeorge Harrison: Living In The Material World, from Bob Dylan to the Rolling Stones, he has made some of the greatest music documentaries ever with some of our favorite artists and we are honored to have him involved. The 50th will be another monumental milestone to celebrate with our fans and we cannot wait to share this film with them,” said surviving members Hart, Kreutzmann, Lesh, and Weir. Bar-Lev said he has been trying to find a way to make a movie about the band for a decade, and was most grateful. As for Scorsese, he said: “The Grateful Dead were more than just a band. They were their own planet, populated by millions of devoted fans. I’m very happy that this picture is being made and proud to be involved.”
Here's an oddball one...listening to a real nice Bertha from 8/14/71 at Berkeley Community Theater. This is the only song released from this show, and is the only Dead tune to appear on this benefit CD that was released to raise funds for runaway youths. This compilation was only available in the Bay Area and from the Huckleberry House web site. I found it online for 5 bucks. Completist freaks unite!
The reel to reel master tapes from the two shows at the BCT (8.14 & 8.15.71) were part of the "Houseboat Tapes" stash that was found in Keith Godchaux's parents houseboat. Both of those shows are excellent, and if the reels are in good shape would make a lovely 4 disc release. The encore on the 14th features David Crosby performing with the Dead on his birthday.
Jerry in a work shirt and with a sunburst Les Paul in Summer is a good combo a I like Summer '71. The more that is released, the better.
Just finished disc five of the GD Movie Soundtrack. Mickey Hart turns the band into '77 Dead: all the tempo shifts within jams or songs are gone and the entire set sounds like a runaway train. It's amazing how much of a difference he made. Everyone sounds different from even just the night before. Can't say it's an improvement over the previous four discs.
As I recall those shows surfaced in a different set of tapes from someone named Bonnie who used to work for the Dead, a few years before the "Houseboat Tapes" (although maybe there was an alternate copy there too).
Very cool - I look forward to it. I am very curious though if it will be only a love-fest, or if they will delve into the darker side of the band, namely unchecked drug abuse and alcoholism.
Bonnie Parker, the accountant? These shows have circulated with a cassette gen for many years, I'd guess someone copied the reels before Jerry gave them to Keith.
Just started Road Trip 1.1 - Fall '79 Loving the "Jack Straw", which is as far as have gotten so far. ETA: Not the biggest fan of "Dancing in the Streets", even in its original Motown form. But this jam has me
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Rediscovering Wake of the Flood. One of their best and most melodic albums. The songs, the chops, the harmonies - All in great shape!
Listening to this great recording of 10/28/85 from the Fox Theater in Atlanta. Great one from 85 that features the first of only two Kansas City's ever played (this show was one day after the Royals had won the World Series).
Catching up finally on some Deadpods. This one from August, a radio broadcast of JGB 3/17/78. The radio broadcast opens with a discussion by the DJs about the legality of recording music from the radio for personal use, which was in congressional debate at the time, apparently.
The next DeadPod ep that comes up (they may be on shuffle - oops) is the first set from Barcelona 1981. (I think the intro said it was the last show of the Europe tour that year.) The opening "Jack Straw" was a bit raggedy vocal-wise, even by their standards. But so far there's an absolute killer "Franklin". And then "Mama Tried". Jerry's guitar is sizzling on these tracks.
