coming back to Springer’s after a day off, the Dead’s show here isn’t on the archive, so i’m going to be listening to the Download Series youtube playlist, found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxmCyo4jldzVG6BUhK4lOhKPLYk_PaW0j
sorry about such a long break. you can consider it my spring break from posting here. i had a very nice time camping and the likes, and i feel refreshed and ready to talk about some noodley jam pirate fiends.
this show is supposedly in Ken Kesey’s hometown. take from that what you will.
interestingly enough, they went back to Springer’s the next day, which is a weird tour choice, but i won’t complain.
SBD: https://archive.org/details/gd70-01-17.sbd.cotsman.19283.sbeok.shnf
see, there was supposedly another Oregon show the night before on the 15th- Constanten made a note of it. but there’s no other record really, and the post on Lost Live Dead just about covers it. so we’re gonna take a gander at the next night.
SBD: https://archive.org/details/gd70-01-16.sbd.popi.7111.sbeok.shnf
we’re taking a trip to the Golden Hall, where the Dead would play a few more times through the years, using the Miller pitch-corrected SBD located below
SBD: https://archive.org/details/gd1970-01-10.sbd.miller.pitch-corrected.89862.sbeok.flac16
strap in
SBD: https://archive.org/details/gd70-01-02.early-late.sbd.cotsman.18120.sbeok.shnf
the first show of 1970 in that familiar early show/late show format immediately perks up after the slack left off by NYE. the band is chomping at the bit and ready to go.
i’ll cut to the chase- if you don’t REALLY like the grateful dead, this isn’t a blog geared towards you. i’ll be discussing each show from a year plagued with missing reels, tape cuts, audience murk, and general mayhem and debauchery. it should be a fun ride and i hope this blog can provide a better, more cohesive look at the year. i’ll be starting with New Years 1969 as a primer and then dive right into the monster that is 1970. thanks, and buckle up
mickey's gong 