The legacy of Jerry Garcia... New Haven Register: Legacy of Jerry Garcia to be celebrated near site of famous New Haven Grateful Dead show. Legacy of Jerry Garcia to be celebrated near site of famous New Haven Grateful Dead show
I thought their most famous New Haven show would be 4/23/84 since it's their only time playing "Only A Fool." This show looks interesting (I like Grace Potter). Might end up going.
I think you can get some antibiotics for that For some reason Sisyphus is a go-to reference for me and I really should stop because 90% of the time no one has any idea what I am referring to. Read a book people!’
A news story that includes a link to 7-31-71 Dark Star is all right in my book. A funny coincidence, I'm actually just getting ready to head to that area for work. Last time I was down there I saw a GD sticker on a phone truck, I'm sure the guy was thinking 'why the hell is this idiot trying to take a picture of my truck?'
That show, and the 9th in Boston, have a little something extra, to my ears, that didn't survive the rest of the spring tour. Things started to heat up again in the fall, but the band was moving into a "proto-77" period by then, and their sound was starting to change. On the subject of "Slipknot," a lot of those long versions from early '76 get very far afield from the actual "Slipknot" part. They're more of a launch pad for an independent jam. Which is great, but not the same (and maybe not as exciting) as 15 minutes (or whatever) of pure "Slipknot" jamming. I think the energy level on that song increased a lot in the fall and the following spring, even if the excursions tightened up considerably.
One of these days I'd like to do a deep dive and listen to all of 76 in chronological order. I find it a fascinating year in GD history, and one of their best years musically.
I was not too keen on 76 until I did this, there is still a lot that hearkens back to 74 rather than to what was to come.
Hello, new Hunters Tricks I see? 1982/09/17: Cumberland County Civic Center [HT 132] Don’t mind if I DO
That's the magic of 76 to me. Some new songs in the rotations (and great ones at that), while still keeping some of that 72-74 willingness to step off the cliff. It's a bummer that Mickey is back, but at least he and Billy hadn't yet settled into the monotony of their latter-day drumming yet.
One-Ten Seventy Nine, my first Mama-Mex. I knew there was something special about that night that made it stand out above so many other shows!
Another pleasing release. First set is not bad and I really enjoyed set 2. I sure get my money’s worth out of the HT series. Set 1 Bertha -> The Promised Land Candyman -> C C Rider Althea Me And My Uncle -> Big River Dupree's Diamond Blues It's All Over Now West L.A. Fadeaway Throwing Stones -> Deal Set 2 Touch Of Grey -> Man Smart (Woman Smarter) High Time Estimated Prophet -> Eyes Of The World -> Drums -> Space -> Spanish Jam -> The Other One -> Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad -> Morning Dew -> Sugar Magnolia Encore U.S. Blues
I don't think that I've heard the first set, but I got a nice audience cassette of Set II in the late 80s, and it got a lot of play. It's a good one.
Today’s listening is more of Dick’s Picks #31 — Philadelphia Civic Centre, Philadelphia, PA, 05/08/74. Another stunner from Summer 1974. 1st Set: Me And Bobby McGee — I dig this “cowboy” tune, here it’s real twangy with almost boogie-woogie piano and has a slightly darker psychedelic edge; China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider — well, holy s h i t—a quite spectacular, mega-long China Cat features some insanely inventive, driving jamming with moments during the long transition I’ve not heard before, where things never stay settled for too long, turning-on-a-dime and taking off for unexplored and unchartered territories along the way—it’s all guns blazing and it’s utterly enthralling; before a charging, razor-sharp-precise transition into a rip-roarin’ and soarin’ Rider. Whoa! Phenomenal band interplay all round—Jerry is killing it here, Phil’s doing his thing and dropping huge bombs all over the place, Bobby’s tight and right in the pocket, Keith is tinkling away and Billy is a monster on the kit. They absolutely smash this one—it’s jazzy and jammy and totally outrageous. Easily an all-timer; Special mention to a funny “Take a Step Back.” Everyone loves this game, yeah?; Around And Around — a rippin’ hot rocker to close the 1st set with wild, deliriously out-of-control, killer jamming. 2nd Set: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo > — a swingin’, groovin’ version featuring a scintillating solo segues seamlessly into; It Must Have Been The Roses — emerges gracefully out of Mississippi Half-Step, a slightly brisker, yet gorgeous version; Big River — a relentlessly frenetic, dizzyingly energetic trip down the mighty river; Scarlet Begonias — a sweet, early stand-alone 12-minute version with super-heady jamming and a killer Jerry solo (this is actually on Disc 1 but it’s from the 2nd Set); He’s Gone > — heartfelt, with a tremendously soulful solo and a remarkably beautiful gospel-like outro (featuring Jerry on slide guitar?!)—quite sublime; Truckin’ > Jam > The Other One Jam > Space > — the massive jam portion of the set—a smokin’ white-hot Truckin’ is followed by a gloriously spacey jazz-influenced, Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew-like Jam, which in turn morphs into a short but thunderously wild Other One Jam before an “out-there” Space; Stella Blue — a stunningly intricate, beautiful version with an epic climax concludes the magnificent 40+ minute sequence; One More Saturday Night — ends the show on a rock ‘n’ rollin’ good time. Just. Damn. Awesome. I: Promised Land, Brown-Eyed Women, Beat It On Down The Line, Dire Wolf, Me And Bobby McGee*, Tennessee Jed, Jack Straw, Deal, El Paso, China Cat Sunflower* > I Know You Rider*, Around And Around*. Seastones. II: Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo* > It Must Have Been The Roses*, Big River*, Ramble On Rose, Me And My Uncle, Scarlet Begonias*, He’s Gone* > Truckin’* > Jam* > The Other One Jam* > Space* > Stella Blue*, One More Saturday Night*. E: U.S. Blues. *on DP’s #31. 1974/2004 Grateful Dead Records – GDCD 4051
1990-03-29 probably posted about it here at some point over the past 5 years. Great show though....really nice Dark Star, has a little jam in the back half that's neither over a Dark Star structure nor totally out, which is always good
In reflecting on Jerry, this is one of my favorite songs of his. It also is one with universal appeal and meaning. Here’s a great Grateful Dead live version. 11-20-78. Cleveland
