Today, we go back to 1970 to bring you this hit-packed Traffic bootleg with two bonus tracks taboot:
Medicated Goo
Pearly Queen
Empty Pages
Heaven Is In Your Mind
Forty Thousand Headmen
John Barleycorn Must Die
Who Knows What Tomorrow May Bring
Every Mother’s Son
Freedom Rider
Filler: Shootout At The Fantasy Factory, Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
YouTube is fun, and we all need a little fun on Mondays…
Anthony Kiedis and guitarist John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers doing ‘Under the Bridge’ acoustic in Amsterdam 1992:
The Disco Biscuits raging out to M.E.M.P.H.I.S at the dirty ol’ E-Fac, 12/30/06:
A hilarious interview between Al Franken and Brent Mydland, Halloween 1980:
Phish – Tweezer Reprise – 4/3/1998 – The Island Tour:
Lastly, this tear-jerking So Many Roads from 6-26-94:
As promised, we’re back with two more classic goodies today! The first is Jerry Garcia Band live from the Warner Theater (late show) on 3-18-78:
1. The Harder They Come
2. Mission in the Rain
3. Simple Twist of Fater
4. Midnight Moonlight
5. Gomorrah
7. Cats Under the Stars
8. I’ll be with Thee
9. Lomesone and a Long Way From Home >
10. Jam >
11. Lonesome and a Long Way From Home
12. Palm Sunday
Second, we change things up completely and shoot up from DC to Boston to catch Peter Tosh in all his glory, Live in Boston 1976:
1. Instrumental Intro
2. Igziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised)
3. 400 Years
4. No Sympathy
5. Burial
6. Mark of the Beast
7. Babylong Queendom
8. Why Must I Cry
9. Whatcha Gonna Do
10. Steppin’ Razor
11. Ketchy Shuby
12. Legal Dub
The weekend is about livin’ it up, feeling good, and enjoying some goodies. In that spirit, enjoy these two pristine-sounding bootlegs from deep in the 70’s and check back tomorrow for more shows from two other classic artists!
First, we have The Talking Heads, from 9/16/78 at the Boarding House in San Francisco:
01. Big Country
02. Warning Sign
03. The Book I Read
04. Stay Hungry
05. Artists Only
06. Girls Want to be with the Girls
07. The Good Thing
08. Love > Buildings On Fire
09. Electricity (Drugs)
10. Found a Job
11. New Feeling > Pulled Up
12. Psycho Killer
13. Take Me To the River
14. I’m Not In Love
Second, we move from left coast to right coast to bring you The Band, from 8/16/76 at the Carter Baron Amphitheater in Washington, DC:
1) Don’t Do It
2) Shape I’m In
3) It Makes No Difference
4) The Weight
5) King Harvest
6) Twilight
7) Ophelia
8) Tears Of Rage
9) Forbidden Fruit
10) This Wheel’s On Fire
11) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
12) Genetic Method
13) Chest Fever
14) Up On Cripple Creek
15) W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
Today in Grateful Dead History, we find ourselves in Atlanta circa 1990. A smoking version of Shakedown Street to begin the show and other notable gems include a sweet run of Scarlet>Crazy Fingers>Playin’. Enjoy and let the good times roll; its Friday. Stream the show here.
The Dead in 1990
The Grateful Dead
April 3rd, 1990
The Omni, Atlanta, GA
Set 1
Shakedown Street
Hell in the Bucket >
Sugaree
We Can Run
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Row Jimmy,
Picasso Moon >
Tennessee Jed >
The Promised Land
Set 2
Estimated Prophet >
Scarlet Begonias >
Crazy Fingers >
Playin’ In The Band >
Drums >
Jam >
I Will Take You Home >
Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad >
Throwing Stones >
Not Fade Away
Encore
And We Bid You Goodnight
As always, ‘This Day in GD Hisotry’ is brought to you by our in-house GD scholar, the Sauce Machine
This weekend is dance/electronica heaven in NYC, the only problem is deciding which show to go to Friday:
Friday: The New Deal @ Bowery Ballroom, The Pnuma Trio @ Mercury Lounge, MSTRKRFT @ Webster Hall
Saturday: Toubab Krewe @ Sullivan Hall
Some recent additions to what is shaping up to be one of the most jam-packed summer concert seasons ever:
The Gathering Of The Vibes festival, held July 23-26 in Bridgeport, CT, added Crosby, Stills, and Nash to the already stellar line-up as the closing act on Sunday. If you haven’t been, this festival is deadhead heaven and, in this blogger’s opinon, the highlight of the Northeast festival season.
Gathering of the Vibes 2008
The Allman Brothers Band and Widespread panic announced a co-headlining tour for August and October of 2009. Thic tour promises to deliver a slew of guest appearances and cross-pollination between the bands. I can only imagine adding Jimmy Herring to the ABB arsenal to form a Haynes-Trucks-Herring trifecta.
Jimmy Herring w/ ABB
The Disco Biscuits announced the first round of artists that will appear at this summer’s Camp Bisco 8, held July 16-18 in Mariaville, NY, including Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley, STS9, Shpongle, Younger Brother, EOTO, OL, and many many more. The electronica-heavy festival continues to diversify its offering and keep things interesting.
The Disco Biscuits
Let’s keep the hits right on coming with this classic Phish show from 2-28-03, Nassau Coliseum:
Set 1
Birds Of A Feather
Destiny Unbound
Horn
Bathtub Gin
Sleep
Back On The Train
Bouncing Around The Room
Walls Of The Cave
Set 2
Tweezer >
Soul Shakedown Party >
David Bowie
Round Room >
Harry Hood
Encore:
Contact
Mexican Cousin >
Tweeprise
I attended this monster show, widely regarded as one of the top 10 post-hiatus/Phish 2.0 shows. With the Destiny Unbound bustout, 30 minute Tweezer, Hood, Bowie, Gin, and Birds of a Feather, it’s not a suprise this show gets so much attention. The band lays down some of their most impressive and cohesive long improvisational jams of the later years, especially on Tweezer, Birds and Bowie.
Without further ado, download the show here
The Dead were busy this Monday, making 4 separate appearances throughout the Big Apple over the course of the day. While the day closing set at Roseland Ballroom was already covered here on Welcome To Now Blog, let me bring you up to speed on the rest of the day’s events in case you missed it…
The Dead started the day off with a morning appearance on the TV show ‘The View’ and offered up this take on Friend of the Devil with an alternate verse by Phil and only one vocal flub from Bobby:
Stop 2 of 4 was at the Angel Oranz Foundation for a matinee 5 o’clock acoustic set by Phil, Bobby, and Warren:
Dire wolf
Birdsong
Cumberland Blues
Pride of Cucamonga
Lazy River Road
Casey Jones
E: Ripple
Bird Song:
Pride of Cucamonga:
Lazy River Road:
Ripple:
The band then shuffled over to the Gramercy Theater for stop 3, with the the full band joining forces for the first time in the day. After a face-melting 20+ minute Playin’ opener, the band delivered a hit-filled performance featuring:
Playin’ In the Band>
Good Lovin’>
The Wheel>
Franklin’s Tower
Touch of Grey
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