Grateful Dead

As I said last night, yesterday’s search was one of the most challenging ever. For me, I suspected all along that 2/28/70 was the answer. There was a similar versions in late ‘69, but TC’s keyboard crossed it off the list. And then there were the other versions missing from the web as well as the (really) bad audience tapes. I was able to eliminate many of them because they were set openers or closers or they repeated the chorus five times instead of four and added “you know.” I had listened to crowd from the Capitol Theatre shows in November 1970 and had eliminated them because they were just too ruckus. The crowd noise from 2/28 seemed to match. I searched off and on all day and was prepared to guess 2/28 anyway. But I did one last search for “Grateful Dead 2/28/70 Casey jones” and the link to the Tapers Section popped up with a handful of songs from that night ending with the Casey Jones. It was obviously the same source as it synced up perfectly. Dave likes to throw us a curve ball every now and then. I still remember the Crème Puff War from ‘66 and the RR Blues from ‘72 that were not on the web. Some years are easier than others, but the joy is always in the search.

Used the Tapers section twice now. He is a sly one. Will he do it again? Why not. Good luck to all.
Cheers

Yesterday's was my first miss this year, tough because Internet Archive/ Relisten doesn't list a Casey Jones on 2/28/70. They have this version as 2/27/70, and doing a deeped dive I see the Archive date is wrong. First time I've found that kind of error - guess I need to expand my search methods. But really love the 30 Days! Thanks Dave and team