Well, good point, but it's just an example. The reason I find it a compelling example is because it's such a legendarily-good-sounding SBD. Even with multiple SBD copies and an official release, I still reach for the AUD on this one. The same dynamic exists on other audience tapes but they don't spring to mind because I don't necessarily have a legendary SBD tape to compare them to.
On the topic of China-Rider, I just listened to one from 5/13/83 with an interesting intro. It goes longer than usual because for some reason Weir isn't playing, then Garcia plays a version of Weir's riff, then Weir comes in and they play it together for one or two rounds.
Yeah that Dark Star is definitely worth listening to. Out of Space there's a little jam that I think sounds like Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl (maybe)
Cheeky. Thanks for doing the research. I'm still sad that I lost my Deadbase IV back in the early 90s... I was going to suggest that the song was gone for several years and came back with the new riff in the 80s. BTW, I think the technique on the 80s riff is to pick the first note and then hammer-on the second two. It's the same riff in the same position played on the bottom three strings, so you start on F and hammer-on F# and G, then move to A# and hammer-on to B and C, etc.
Thanks for the tip. This is the sort of 1978 show that I would almost never pick due to the setlist, but obviously, the boys were capable of delivering gold with the most "uninteresting" setlists. These guys certainly like it: Drop what you are doing and listen to 6/4/78 Campus Stadium, UC Santa Barbra right now!!! : gratefuldead
Random request: Does anyone have a gif of that hippie up at the front of the rail at Winterland from The Grateful Dead Movie?
Thanks. I wasn’t being a smartass. I was truly confused that anyone on this thread wouldn’t know Welnick. Thanks for clarifying.
I was preparing to listen to it and got distracted by this smokin' JGB cut: I want to check out that Airplane show that Dave posted, too.
Yeah, that sounds right, I learned to play it once but don't remember it. The research, such as it was, only took about 4 minutes...I've done this with a couple other things; I go here: Cumberland Blues by Grateful Dead Concert Statistics | setlist.fm which once in a while doesn't have something, and then I'm lost. And then I just look at all the potentially relevant dates, and look up and play the relevant part of the relevant song on the rel...uh, on the Archive
Now that I think of it, the last part of the riff may be hybrid picking. I.e. there are three rising licks that are played with hammer-ons, then a chordal thing (C to Bb?) that he may play with his fingers. I always played the whole thing with a pick when I played it because I'm not good enough to do hybrid picking.
I was there. My first show. Insane. I was there, too. We had so much fun that the town never invited us back.
Notably the interplay between Weir and Garcia is far easier to distinguish in the AUD version of this show than the SBD
So Bob, uh, "Sat-in" with JRAD at Lockn' last night. In the most literal sense of the word. https://www.jambase.com/article/bob-weir-couch-joe-russos-almost-dead-lockn Never trust a prankster. (see the moment starting at 7:30 in the video)
Brings a whole new meaning to the expression "couch tour", but unfortunately the video is blocked for me (the "Immigrant Song" video on the same page plays fine).
Odd! It's just a youtube video-- plays fine on my end. Don't know if it'll make a difference but here's a direct link Smokin' version of Eyes to boot.
IWT. Only one verse. Weir starts by accident (I believe) with the 2nd and they just take it from there.
Ah, I was on the internet and not listening as attentively as possible I guess, I heard the second and thought it was 2nd.
Even the bot prefers Relisten. Is that really a bot? I always thought it was a real bot, but is the bot really programmed to answer questions like "Why Relisten and not the Archive"? I am now skeptical about this whole bot thing.
1978-06-04 The setlist indeed looks pedestrian (like many shows from 1978). Bertha is extremely energetic; that's as far as I've gotten thus far... EDIT: maybe not pedestrian, just standard for the year