Grateful Dead

Today’s CR&S is so THICK with those chugging notes and chords laid down by Phil- you can feel his bass. Truly the only hint needed- if you listened to every version of that song you could pick today’s right out…

ON THE ROAD AGAIN and THE RACE IS ON were played in the same show (and set) 11 times- ten of these were acoustic sets. The 11/26/80 show was the only time both were played in an all-electric show. What a treat for those Floridians who didn’t get to a show opening with an acoustic set! Forty-four years after the fact and I still regret not getting to Radio City for one of those shows…

...before I ran my song lists checks with my sources. I can't say more without giving away too much info, but suffice to say that I was at this show, and so many around this time, that I recall dreaming I was at shows in my sleep. Drop outs are unfortunate, maybe they can be fixed, but even if they can't, there are other good sources out there. We were taping off our masters every morning after the shows, comparing different mic set-ups, getting all techno-geeky in the aural landscape.

I wonder if the drop outs are part of the source material, or just results of bad connections. Weird.