East coast spring of 87, not a bad show in the bunch. 07/31/1971 Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT. Premieres of Sugaree and Mr. Charlie plus a Playin in the Band>Dark Star>Bird Song combo and one of the best Sing Me Back Homes youll ever hear. Donna Jean Godchaux brought her own vocal style beginning in 1972 and Pigpen played his last show in June 1972, dramatically altering the setlist. These songs"China Cat Sunflower", "St. Stephen", and "Alligator"would become hits for the Grateful Dead. [38] In 2013, he was compelled to go on a solo tour as a result of medical bills, after surviving a spinal cord abscess in the previous year. Playing In The Band Heres what happened. 05/07/1977 Boston Garden, Boston, MA. Its also the last Tons of Steel ever. 11/29/1980 Alligator Alley, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Hunter once again performed "Ripple". L' Altamont Free Concert ("il concerto gratuito di Altamont") fu un festival rock tenutosi in California il 6 dicembre 1969, all' Altamont Raceway Park, situato tra le cittadine di Tracy e Livermore, nella Contea di Alameda, e funestato dall'omicidio di . In mid-1974, Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin used to perform a feedback-laced piece of electronic music called Seastones during the set break. started seeing shows in 1970 $100, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVOfeb0soxc. Only concert I ever walked to! Cumberland Blues There is a lot of very slow, jazzy playing here. Many of the Grateful Dead's early lyrics were "superficial" and simple. You can add up to 7 bands. otherwise standard setlist for the . They're just timeless sounding to me, could have been written hundreds of years ago. These two years are similar musically but not at all alike in terms of quality. "[13][30] Also in 2012, Hunter co-wrote four songs on Little Feat's album Rooster Rag. [5] They formed a short-lived duo called "Bob and Jerry" that debuted at the graduation ceremony of the Quaker Peninsula School on May 5, 1961. This show starts sloppy but becomes an all timer with Clementine>Death Dont Have No Mercy and the entire second set with Dark Star>St. There are too, too many best Grateful Dead shows. [1][2] Born near San Luis Obispo, California, Hunter spent some time in his childhood in foster homes, as a result of his father's abandoning his family, and took refuge in reading and writing. This is a database of setlists for Grateful Dead concerts from 1972 to the present. Tiger told Rick to sit up in the box seat balcony just to the side and above the stage. As a result, they invited Hunter to join them in San Francisco to be their lyricist. I was an experienced tripper by then and we dropped what we thought was some acid. Honorable mention goes to the three other 1975 shows: 09/28/1975 at Lindley Meadows, which is a short set during the hiatus, but a killer audience recording of the Blues for Allah material and some other great songs too, 3/23/1975 at Kezar Stadium where the Dead are joined by Merl Saunders and Ned Lagin for a supremely jazzy romp through the first-everBlues for Allah andStronger Than Dirt / Milking The Turkey and06/17/1975 at Winterland, with first ever versions of Crazy Fingers, Help on the Way and Franklins Tower. El Paso 08/06/1974 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ. A couple of older fans (they must have been 18) had beer and joints and told us to hang with them for a few hours before going back to Brooklyn. 03/09/1981 and 03/10/1981 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. Thats all you need to know. 05/08/1977 Barton Hall, Ithaca, NY. Freeborn Hall - UC Davis - Davis, CA (w/Grateful Dead) 1/22/71. Since Im loath to say that there are best shows, Ill use this page to highlight the shows that are my current favorites from each era, adding things as we go along and removing stuff that I dont like as much any more. $100, Over 02. no title 13:08 I'm looking over a tape for this show now, but the recording deck notes say "Rick's to mine", so I'd like to thank your brother for his recording! Good vibrations He offered me and my brother free backstage of a show of our choice. good friends - too many gone now from one thing or another Yes, I remember the long-hot subway ride to Gaelic Park. The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. Are you sure you want to request that this show be removed from JamBase? 08/19/1980 Uptown Theater, Chicago, IL. An exact setlist wasn't found. Name Year; The Grateful Dead 1967 : Aoxomoxoa 1969 : Live/Dead 1969 : American Beauty 1970 : Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) 1971 : Europe '72 1972 : History of the Grateful Dead 1973 : Wake of the Flood 1973 : Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel 1974 : Blues for Allah 1975 : Steal your Face 1976 : Terrapin . 11/14, 12/5, 12/10, 12/14 set 1 and 12/15 set 2 are best for this tour, imo. 08/13/1975 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA. Grateful Dead 1971/12/10 - The Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MO 120. I have to speak for my bro as he died last June 24th. Again, this category is ripe for sub-division, but for me these shows mean the addition of acoustic music and a heavier country influence and a little less edge to the playing, although on some nights they still go off like in the old days. 04/26/1969 Electric Theater, Chicago, IL. If you pour some music on whatevers wrong, itll sure help out., Just give me one thing that I can hold on to.. Versions - Different performances of the song by the same artist, Compilations - Other albums which feature this performance of the song, Covers - Performances of a song with the same name by different artists. We didn't have tickets but talked a security guard into letting us in. Dire Wolf Share your show calendar with like-minded musicfans. He played trumpet in a band called the Crescents. I re-worked the show sometime back and as a celebration of my 40 years on the bus, well, I finally got around to releasing my The Dead blew it in Egypt. Dezember 1971 gespielt. [10] After a friend attempted to dissuade him, he said, "It'll be fun! Shadow Kingdom is a 2021 concert film featuring American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.Directed by Israeli-American filmmaker Alma Har'el, it was shot on a soundstage in Santa Monica, California over seven days in early 2021 while Dylan was sidelined from his Never Ending Tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 10/16/1981 Melk Weg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. They covered songs from other artists but soon began to form their own sound. Good stuff. Statt HEARTACHE TONIGHT wurde THE LONG RUN gespielt. Stranger > Bird Song to open? This was my first Dead show and the first time I dropped acid. -- The Beach Boys play on Searchin' through Johnny B. Goode Strange Trip, 50th Hunter was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Grateful Dead in 1994, and is the only non-performer to be inducted as a member of a band. Garcia and Hunter began a collaboration that lasted through the remainder of Garcia's life. 01/08/1966 - The Fillmore Acid Test, San Francisco, CA. Like matadors, we gracefully jump away at the very last minute, astounded we are in this particular relationship with these folks. [33], Dennis McNally, author of a history of the Grateful Dead, said the band only "developed their potential for greatness" after they made Hunter their main lyricist. His mother married again, to Norman Hunter, whose last name Robert took. 10/08/1989 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA. The Other One Sit back picture yourself swooping up a shell of purple with foam crests of crystal drops soft nigh they fall unto the sea of morning creep-very-softly mist and then sort of cascade tinkley-bell like (must I take you by the hand, every so slowly type) and then conglomerate suddenly into a peal of silver vibrant uncomprehendingly, blood singingly, joyously resounding bells By my faith if this be insanity, then for the love of God permit me to remain insane. If you want a pure Jerry Garcia experience, youre not going to do any better than this show, with solo after ripping solo for 3+ hours. good music [32][33] In 2013, Hunter received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association. All depends on the mood. 02/18/1971 Capital Theater, Port Chester, NY. Riot In Cell Block #9 You probably arent going to find a better show from 86 than this short but sweet beauty with all-time great versions of Comes a Time and High Time. I was there and they did indeed close with a Lovelight encore after that rocking JBG, which I may add had NYCs Finest boogying hard up there on the El platform! Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. This was the start of a two year renaissance for the band. Back to the story. //336x280, created 11/12/07 07/18/1972 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ. Nearing the end of the line for the Brent era, the second set of this show, especially the Standing On the Moon> Hes Gone>Jam>Drums>Jam>Truckin>Wharf Rat>Goin Down The Road Feelin Bad, is pretty special. These Fillmore East shows absolutely stand the test of time. Search Grateful Dead Setlists: Venue Lookup: City Lookup: State/ 03/16/1973 Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY. It took place at the Fillmore Acid Test and consists entirely of blues tunes. No changes detected. Ric Lee - drums Thanks for the excellent work, I dont think anyone would argue that things went downhill fast in 1985 and 1986 I think things markedly improved in 85 compared with 82 to 84 heard as matrix recordings I think summer and autumn is possibly as good as summer and autumn 89! Tom Constanten left the band at the beginning of 1970 and Mickey Hart departed in February 1971, significantly changing their style.