BERTHA don't you come around here anymore...
Set One
Wow, the BERTHA>GOOD LOVIN' is like a second set closer to open the show.
(The Bertha in particular is very wild)
FRIEND- perfect contrast for the blazing opener.
And I do agree Donna is in tune with the band.
(These laid back versions of F.O.T.D. take some getting use to but if you notice they increase the tempo the deeper they get into the tune)
The sound is very thick and even fat almost like a 'ska' vibe to this show.
I really have not listened to very much from 78 so I don't have a lot to compare this too but I very much like what I hear.
PASSENGER-Always liked this tune, very unique
"What is a man, deep down inside
What a raging beast
with nothing to hide"
If you can't give Donna some love on this tune you probably never will.
Everyone getting busy...
The Grateful Dead in motion!!!
"The only game in town"
CANDYMAN-Jerry switches gears,,, Always thought this was a great Ladies choice song.
"Pretty lady ain't got no friend
til the Candyman comes round again"
Such the mellow tune.
Cassidy-How in the world could this tune clock in at
5:10 ? Oh I see they don't pursue the internal open ended jams within the song rather they rock hard and make quick transitions instead of fleshing them out. Hard to say which I prefer this way I get more urgency to the song.
PEGGY-O ---Jerry just throwing down the ballads. Not a gallop or marching step here.(just that thick full sound)
Me and My Uncle> Big River-Many people think of these as 'cowboy tunes' but really I find 'Crazy Fingers' and 'Half Step' to be every bit as much cowboy tunes. So perhaps it is more they are Weir's cowboy tunes. But these tunes are not done acapella the whole band except Donna are along for the ride. And really anything that Jerry can noodle his way thru is worth hearing!
This has been a very good 1st set not way over the top so they are spent but not so mellow that they have no mojo going for set two.
End of Big River is fired up. That jam just before the final lyric. That is what I want to hear, the band grooving everyone raring to go.
DEAL- Can you ever go wrong with this as a set closer, I think not. As long as you can dance, even if it is the privacy of your own mind, You are good to go. Donna back in the mix. I like the way Jerry is singing backing vocals on a tune in which he is already singing lead vocals on. Some great ensemble singing Bob and Donna want to scream, Heck Jerry is screaming too. WOW!!!
Set Two
SAMSON- I am just a fool for this tune,
Drummers give this song such the heavy dance step.
This is perhaps one of my favorite Weir tunes. Not sure why it got relegated to Sunday's only?
Love Jerry's riff in this song. If you know the biblical story behind this tune to me Jerry's riff tells the rest of the story you don't get from the lyrics.
Also so much history here. this all takes place in GAZA the same sliver of land still in the news to this day.
But mostly was this not the best dance tune!
Jerry back with another ballad. So we peak and then we come down. makes for a wonderful show.
THE ROSES- another very special tune that got pretty rare in the later years.
"One pane of glass in the window" Oh YEAH!
Making love together in a land time forgot...
ESTIMATED- This is the tune that best fits the sound of this show.
"And I will call down thunder and speak the same
and might and glory , gonna be my name"
JAM INTO HE'S GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hot as a pistol
but???????????????????
COOL inside.
EVERYTHING GRAVY AFTER THIS.
18 minutes of Drumz
Great SPACE with OTHER ONE deeply interwoven
Other1>Wharf>Around
Note: Werewolves encore- At some point in this tune I think I hear Donna Jean go YIKES!
This is such a funky version of this song.
JERRY sounds as if he is just gonna float away
with the final lyrics...
PHIL-"Thank You and good night"
What a show!