only live version of rosemary I know of is from 12/68 in Louisville. wasn't unbroken chain played in 95?
Right, post hiatus he sang much more rarely, though he does debut his late-period singing style with some backup on Truckin' in 77-78 (and Bobby does the falsetto for Phil's former high parts,) etc. But the vocal issue wouldn't explain why they didn't do Pride of Cucamonga (nor why they stopped playing Box of Rain,) they must have worked up Pride of Cucamonga prior to the Mars Hotel sessions in Spring 74, when he was still singing most of the parts, and we know the story of how the rest of the band couldn't nail down Unbroken Chain, so it seems he was prepared to sing that one live. I don't have the citation available, but I thought I remember him commenting somewhere that the reason they didn't do Box of Rain for almost 2 years after the record came out was it took him a long time to get comfortable playing it on bass and singing. I doubt it's a question we will ever get an answer to, though for some reason I love the game of 'inconsequential GD what-if scenarios'
I don’t care how many dispute its contents, Rock Scully’s “Living With the Dead” is the very best Dead book there is.
I took my mom to that show. She said parts of the show reminded her of Wagner. My sister was supposed to go with us but didn't for some reason I can't recall now. She gave her ticket to a friend of hers, a deadhead who hadn't seen the band since the early/mid 80s and had no idea what sort of business they'd been up to for the prior couple of years. He was quite blown away and started seeing them regularly again until Garcia died.
After the debut of Unbroken Chain in March, I think they played it once at pretty much every tour stop until the end.
Billy's book is fun in that it reads exactly like Billy is sitting next to you on a bar stool telling you his life story, for all the good and bad that would imply.
Technically yes, but one could argue "not really." In either case, it was rare, which was among the options presented.
The Truckin' that opens 5/7/72 is fantastic. The same can also be said for the Sugaree that follows it.
have you checked out 3/26/72 from nyc yet? it's considered the best show of that run. Grateful Dead Family Discography: Dave's Picks Volume 14, Grateful Dead
I'd go with Huner's assessment from when it was published: "What he sees is mostly his own reflection. Other than that, what’s to say? It’s a hilarious book. But parts of me wish he hadn’t written that particular one."
End of an era: The Palace of Auburn Hills demolition begins I’m thinking I saw six or more shows here, lots a great memories. I may have posted this here before but I think it was 94 on Garcia’s birthday they did an amazing stella blue and then into satisfaction, the place just exploded. It was the opening night of a Rolling Stones tour that started in DC, hence the decision to close the second set with satisfaction. Knowing the crowd was going to go nuts for that tune I think Garcia put a little extra into Stella not wanting to let Bobby steal the the show on the night of his birthday. As they say, not a lot of great shows from the era but some of the best moments they ever had.