Laugh all you want, dear DeadHeads, then listen to MTB's CD 'Way Out West' from Sept. We got there after the music started the first day.I really wanted to hear Doug Sahm and I've never been able to confirm that he did or did not appear.the reviewer from Rolling Stone (whom I suspect spent the day at the hotel) says that Sahm opened Saturday and Wet Willie opened Sunday (RS gave the prize to Wet Willie but made no mention of the next sentence).my memory was Wet Willie both days and a stunning, show-stopper the first day from a new band from Spartanburg,SC: The Marshall Tucker Band. Nobody will ever convince me there was ever a better show, even if there is.including the numerous mistakes. I'm spending the exact 40th anniversary re-experiencing this mega concert. God Bless Charlie Miller, Kelton Burgess (who told me about this) and the Archive.

My first Dead show June 9th & 10th, 1973. Buy yourself a really good desktop stereo if you haven't already, and enjoy! So, during the final chords of the song, we get this visual extravaganza, everybody with their heads tilted back, gazing up in major euphoria.Įven though a bit of the magic from how extremely tight they were is lost in these recordings, it's still a great stream, especially Charlie's transfer. Right when the final bars of Playin' started, the refrain, someone in the sound booth out in the audience set off some major fireworks. PITB follows to end the first set, and by this time it was completely dark.and we all got a mind-blowing surprise. I'm a big fan of Birdsong, largely for the jams they did within it, and this one is the longest I know of.beautifully rendered. The day before was amazing, and I hardly expected them to surpass it, but they did. Listening to the first few bars of this Morning Dew again literally gives me goosebumps. I drifted here and there only about 30 ft.

The performance live was definately better than what you get from the SNBDs loaded here.

It was a very special afternoon and night- I'll never forget it. This was my third show, (yes, I'm getting old) -I'd already been enveloped in the joy of the day before.

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