What Am I Listening to Now?

I listen to more music on the weekend than during the week.  I guess that is not surprising.  Anyhow, as I re-load Silver, here is what is coming off.

Grateful Dead
69-12-26: McFarlin Auditorium, S.M.U. - Dallas, TX
This is an interesting set.  Billy apparently showed up late so in the meantime the boys broke out an acoustic set.  Good stuff.  A couple seldom played numbers in Little Sadie and Long Black Limousine and the only performance of The Master’s Bouquet make for this impromptu set.  Then there is the new song .  .  . something known as Uncle John’s Band.  This was only the eighth time this classic was played.  It is a very gentle song at this point

The electric set heats up.  TC is with the band at this point.  The highlight of the set for me is the Otis Redding standard Hard to Handle.  Pig nails this!  This show also sports the third time New Speedway Boogie was played.  Given it is based on Altamont that occurred a mere 20 days earlier, that is quite a feat.

73-07-27: Grand Prix Racecourse
This is the warm up to the legendary Summer Jam at Watkins Glen show with the Allmans and The Band.  The day before the bands ran through their soundchecks with those who had already showed up.  Instead of a couple numbers, the Dead pulled out a complete set.  This was no ordinary set; the Me & My Uncle –> Jam –> Wharf Rat is just as legendary as the show the following day.  Awesome stuff!

88-07-31: Laguna Seca  Raceway - Monterey, CA
I had seen a couple of the NE shows a month earlier than this one.  I downloaded it to hear Gentlemen Start Your Engines.  It had been a while.  Lots of folks were not a fan of Brent’s.  I loved his gritty vocals.  While the song is nothing great, there is a lot of soul that Mydland shares.  Terrapin into Take Me Home is an odd way of leading into Drums, methinks.

Jerry Garcia Band
83-12-02: Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA
Some of my friends attended this show.  The more I listen to ‘83 Jerry, the more I realize I missed a good era.  I love these set lists.  The recording here is nothing great.  Another Masterpiece to like.  A fun The Harder They Come.  Cats, Run for the Roses, and then Tangled Up in Blue to end the show is a good run.  Nice and upbeat.

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