Grateful Dead

Set 1-Cold Rain: VG solo; Jerry’s voice sounds great; VG outro as well but a little short -BIODTL: pretty hot solo, American rock ‘n’ roll for the Brits -Mr. Charlie: excellent 2-run solo; band is locked-in -Deal: slow paced; excellent 1st run in the solo then a shuffling 2d run with Keith getting a little bit of the spotlight; just over 4 mins total (WRS tuning after Deal and before Uncle) -MM Uncle: love Jerry’s playing during the verses; precise & fast 1-run solo that Bobby seems to cut off with vocals; this is the Grateful Dead train, powerful -Hurts Me Too: ol’ softie, Pigpen; slow, strong harmonica solo followed by Jerry, screechy, slow & perhaps a little harsh, a bit unpleasant; brief loudness competition btwn Jerry & Pig in outro; I don’t care much for this version -Dire: calm and pleasant 1 run 1st solo; some kind of mistake just before a very short 2d solo (lyric missed?) -BT Wind: Jerry playing beautifully behind Bobby’s vocals; usual VG version -Chinatown Shuffle: toe-tappin’ good time; Jerry & Keith split the solo -China Cat: beautiful solo 1:38 – 2:42; jam 3:05 – 5:50 is calm and cool, very nice -Rider: Jerry plays some notes similar to GDTRFB; solo 1:50 – 2:25 1 very good run; jam 4:10 – 4:45, first few notes from Phil, Jerry steps in and plays some sweet high notes, way too short of a jam here -Playing: jam starts at 2:56, deep spacey tone from Jerry at the beginning, starts getting out there around 5:50 mark, band playing faster, space-fan time warp, tension building, band slows down but Jerry goes forward, Jerry relents and start playing around the main theme a bit around 8:20, nice buildup back to the main theme proper, excellent jam;, 10:13 Donna howls; 11:38 total; excellent version -You Win Again: 1st solo-good; 2d solo-Keith, nice -Jack Straw: alternating verses; both solos are very good but restrained and too short -Casey: short and screechy but harmonious solo 1st Set Highlights: Playing; really, everything is very good except for Hurts Me Too Set 2 -Rockin’ Pneumonia: Grateful Dead as American bar band, Jerry clearly enjoying himself -Mexicali: nice 1 run solo; solid -Black Peter: 1 run 1st solo 2:54 – 3:50 , slow & sad, nice touches added by Keith -Truckin’: excellent jam -Drums: give the guitarists a break before the big bang -Other: good start from Phil, things get quiet rather quickly, Jerry searches for a direction, a little darkness, quiet noodling, frantic playing from Jerry around 6:20, the band follows, Phil right behind him, very hot, back to something resembling the main theme around 9:25, back to the main theme proper at 10:55, 1st vocals at 11:22; 2d jam starts at 12:05, again it gets quiet quickly, dark atonal space, jazz, a little funkiness, funky space jazz :), pressure building up, like Slipknot, the fall of Western civilization, very hot, at 25:10 something resembling the main theme, at 25:56 the band is on board, daggers and bursts from Jerry, clashes from Bobby, a little meandering then back to the main theme; 28:56 “escape through the lily fields,: quick Cryptical Reprise (10 secs), landing at Sing Me; excellent version -Sing Me Back Home: definitely need something calm and pretty; much-needed beautiful solo, all’s well in the world, ironically told him from a prisoner watching his compadre going to his death; powerful version -Sugar Magnolia: 1st little instrumental is way off, Jerry not ready maybe; jam-no problems here, very good; Sunshine DD-nice -Lovelight: good short solo; no real jam here, lots of rapping -The Stranger: excellent, poignant solo; backup vocals at the end are always off in this song; still a great version -Saturday Night: solid rock ‘n’ roll end to the show 2d Set Highlights: Truckin > Drums > Other > Sing Me, The Stranger Overall: lots of short songs in the 1st set and a minimum of jamming, but almost everything is very well-played. The heart of the 2d set is excellent, as is Stranger. I’m vacillating on the number grade; this show definitely isn’t on par with the great ones from the tour, and it might be a tad inferior to the best very good ones. VG show, 8.5/10

http://www.shnflac.net/details.php?id=d526fa3b1f02b3a2fd499e2301c15e1da… a new version i assume Bob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://spanishsunshinedaydream.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=633338979 Spanish Jam

The Stranger (Two Souls in Communion) was played directly after Lovelight. It's on the 4/24/72 release, too, btw.