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Summer Of Love - Free Concert - Nothing Better!
I spent a week at Expo with my brothers and father. One day we heard there was going to be this free concert, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Apparently they were in town for a show that night, and had nothing better to do than set up and play an impromptu show. I was a pretty hip 15, had seen The Byrds two years before on their "Turn! Turn! Turn!" tour, and was pretty psyched. I was more into the Airplane than the Dead, but as far as my brothers and I were concerned, we were not gong to do anything else, for sure. It has been a long time, and many dreams and brain cells have come and gone since that day, so I can't even remember which band played first, but I do remember the encore. Imagine combining these bands, at that time. Three drummers, two amazing bass players at the peak of their powers, all those guitars, all those voices - the question, really, was what would they do? They got a groove going, Jerry and Jorma traded licks for a while - it seemed like eternity but it was probably just about ten minutes - then Marty Balin grabbed a mike and sang, "Let me tell you 'bout my baby!" They did the first verse of "Gloria," led the crowd in a "G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria!" chant for a couple of minutes, then Jerry and Jorma took off and explored the cosmos for a good long while, and never really came back to finish the second verse. It was a magical, transcendent moment for me. Even though I saw the Dead dozens of times after this, and the Airplane a month after Woodstock (in a little college gym, for $3), and even got to hang out with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick once, this was a touchstone moment for me. I have been unable to find a tape of this show. I am a bit baffled as to why - perhaps because it was spur of the moment, unannounced, no tapers were present - but if anyone ever hears of a tape being available, please let me know. And by all means, turn your amps up to 11!
I spent a week at Expo with my brothers and father. One day we heard there was going to be this free concert, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane. Apparently they were in town for a show that night, and had nothing better to do than set up and play an impromptu show. I was a pretty hip 15, had seen The Byrds two years before on their "Turn! Turn! Turn!" tour, and was pretty psyched. I was more into the Airplane than the Dead, but as far as my brothers and I were concerned, we were not gong to do anything else, for sure. It has been a long time, and many dreams and brain cells have come and gone since that day, so I can't even remember which band played first, but I do remember the encore. Imagine combining these bands, at that time. Three drummers, two amazing bass players at the peak of their powers, all those guitars, all those voices - the question, really, was what would they do? They got a groove going, Jerry and Jorma traded licks for a while - it seemed like eternity but it was probably just about ten minutes - then Marty Balin grabbed a mike and sang, "Let me tell you 'bout my baby!" They did the first verse of "Gloria," led the crowd in a "G-L-O-R-I-A Gloria!" chant for a couple of minutes, then Jerry and Jorma took off and explored the cosmos for a good long while, and never really came back to finish the second verse. It was a magical, transcendent moment for me. Even though I saw the Dead dozens of times after this, and the Airplane a month after Woodstock (in a little college gym, for $3), and even got to hang out with Paul Kantner and Grace Slick once, this was a touchstone moment for me. I have been unable to find a tape of this show. I am a bit baffled as to why - perhaps because it was spur of the moment, unannounced, no tapers were present - but if anyone ever hears of a tape being available, please let me know. And by all means, turn your amps up to 11!