starting of really relazed and low key and building to a chaotic yet somehow ordered climax. The Dark Star performed on this show while not my favourite ever (that would have to go to Live/Dead), is my favourite excluding 1969. That 11 of my favourite performances of those staple Dead songs in one single show, and I pretty close to including a few more. I have never heard a better Me & My Uncle, Deal, Black Throated Wind, China Cat Sunflower, I Know You Rider, He's Gone, Jack Straw, Bird Song and Greatest Story Ever Told. And the banter between tracks is entertaining, making you feel like you were there (what I wouldn't give to have been there.). Everyone is playing in perfect harmony with each other. Why? Because Jerry's riffs are perfectly chosen. So many of the songs on this setlist are my favourite ever live performances of them. This is the show that got me, and many many others, into the Dead. Sugar Mags and Casey Jones were very nice, too. A nice line in that song is: Make my old memories come alive ![]() I didn't know that it was a Merle Haggard song, like Mama Tried. The transitive nightfall of diamonds was like a glistening shower in the darkness. You can hear the crowd whistling and cheering. I have to say it is one of my favorite versions too. Thanks ! Plenty of plenty of between song banter! Dark Star is so jazzy (almost Dave Brubeckish) and integrated. What a great night to be out under the stars watching the camp fire and listening to these great tunes. Dark Star is also mystically cascading through the night. I'm forced to use Windows Media Player since my company blocks me from downloading Flash from the site but, even in its rudimentary options, the visualizer shows every string played, drum beat, note sang, and sound heard. In the history of man kind, there are few accomplishments worthy of greater accolade than that of the visualizer to watch while listening to the Dead. I sort of zoned out watching the visualization on my screen. I guess it was that time I thought they were singing it about me and was experiencing a little synersesia. I always feel like I can taste the color blue when I hear it. It was sheer rip in the space/time continuum. In the eagle wing palace of the Queen Chineeīertha was great and the Playin’ was topping out at 17 minutes and had me wondering if time had slowed down. I rang a silent bell beneath a shower of pearls Like a one-eyed Cheshire like a diamond-eye JackĪ leaf of all colors plays a golden string fiddleĬomic book colors on a violin river crying Leonardo words from out a silk trombone Like a crazy-quilt stargown through a dream night wind Look for awhile at the China Cat Sunflower ![]() Re-read these lyrics and try to get into the mind that would write such poetry. During China Cat, I went into this crazy tangent looking up the lyrics and potential meaning of the lyrics. Love this show! I have to agree w/ the others it is one of the best. Kaiser to consider, before I would even think about venues such as Barton Hall or even, I dare say, the Fillmore East or the Capitol theater. Then there is Winterland, Great American Music Hall, the Greek Theater, Frost Amphitheater, Henry J. After that I would go to the Acid Test at the Fillmore, which is akin to this Veneta show. Of course, I enjoy listening to East Coast shows, but if I could be transported back in time Veneta would be one of my first stops. ![]() Even some of those shows that are deemed "too mellow" by East Coast crew are absolutely relevant to me. ![]() When I listen to the these GD shows on the archive I try to imagine what the surrounding environment (the venue, audience, GD band members, historical significance) was like at that time.įor me, I prefer West Coast shows. Not only is the quality of the music exceptional, but the overall environment would have been so high. The reason why this is show is so exceptional is because so many Heads lived/live in Eugene, as well as SF and Santa Cruz. When the Dead were not on tour where did many of the core Dead Heads go? Thanks to the archive it’s here for all to experience
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