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Grateful Dead Live at Rosemont Horizon on 1981-12-06

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1981-12-06 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Live concert

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Minglewood Blues-> Sugaree, Mama Tried-> Mexicali Blues, Candyman, Little Red Rooster, Tennessee Jed, Looks Like Rain, Jack A Roe, Beat It On Down The Line, China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider Samson & Delilah, To Lay Me Down, Estimated Prophet-> Eyes Of The World-> Drums-> Not Fade Away-> Wharf Rat-> Good Lovin', E: Brokedown Palace

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Unknown Aud>DAT>CDR; via Glenn Gillis; Seeded to etree by Peter Braverman

Addeddate: 2004-04-26 11:47:54

Discs: 0

Has_mp3: 1

Identifier: gd81-12-06.aud.braverman.8200.sbeok.shnf

Lineage: Unknown Aud>DAT>CDR

Location: Rosemont, IL

Shndiscs: 2

Source: Audience Recording

Type: sound

Venue: Rosemont Horizon

Year: 1981

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Reviewer: jonnyb73 - - May 7, 2020
Subject: greatest rhythm player?

bobby created his own unique style, but the greatest rhythm player is a LONG shot.
his slide playing is the worst iv'e ever heard. sounds like someone pulling on a cats tail.
they kicked him out of the band in 68 because his playing was so bad, but relented and let him back in.

Reviewer: jon_harvey_oswald - - June 30, 2018
Subject: this was my first large rock concert

i was 15 and rather new to partying, so i kinda had too much booze fun the night before this show and was experiencing my first ever hangover on show day. it was bad / i was sick af... was considering not going to the dead show but my buddy with the tickets demanded my presence, so off we went. i really enjoyed these very early 80's dead shows before "in the dark" came out because most of the dead heads at the shows were OG's of the scene... the real hippies who were really into the dead and everything that went along with going to their shows... i got over my hangover toot-suite by toking the herb which was being freely rotated amongst the crowd at the horizon that night. such great people, such FOND memories o.O

Reviewer: Drumheadz - - March 21, 2008
Subject: I dug this show - hated the place

It was so weird being at the Rosemont with jets scaring the shit out us looking like they were going slam right into the place. And trippin it was hard to get that out of my mind during the show. The bunch of us had a great time partying in my brother's custom van. The show was pretty good with the highlight To Lay Me Down! The Rosemont sucked and this was in the same year that I saw them at the Uptown which was such a great place! If I had my way...

Reviewer: Chris U. - - February 20, 2008
Subject: Just sayin'

"If Bobby Weir isn't the greatest rhythm guitarist ever, I don't know who is"

I dunno, Keith Richards maybe?

Bobby's pretty good, though.

This recording sounds like it was made a million miles away from the band. Jerry's voice ... so tiny. I do not dig.

Reviewer: 4Offsets.com - - February 19, 2008
Subject: My First Show

This was my first show too. Funny, Superior, i don't recall seeing you there. LOL

It's hard to judge it objectively, your first show is so amazingly different than anything before it.......

The show was good, the trip from/to Ann Arbor wasn't.

Reviewer: SuperiorCasino - - January 17, 2008
Subject: Airplanes

The space airplane noises were also inspired by the fact that the Horizon is in a landing pattern right next to O'hare airport. It was a new building and the soundproofing was not very good so you could hear the planes landing. Bobby even mentioned it during the show.

This was my first Dead show and I had front row dead center with all of my high school friends occupying the entire row. My friend and I had camped out in front of the Horizon for 3 nights and pulled the whole front row. Not a bad way to see your first Dead show.

Reviewer: dewey gill - - December 26, 2007
Subject: Phil's Pearl Harbor space

One of a few topical spaces (like the Earthquake or the Raven space), this one on the eve of the 40th ann. of the Pearl Harbor attack. Check out Brent & Phil's airplane sound effects, complete with falling bombs. First time for me at The Rosemont, and the place seemed HUGE.

Reviewer: jhender501 - - September 22, 2006
Subject: Goodgodalmighty

If Bobby Weir isn't the greatest rhythm guitarist ever, I don't know who is..great show..a little rough around the edges soundwise but a killer show.

Jim

Reviewer: sizhla - - September 21, 2006
Subject: lightnin'& glory!

Wish I'd been at this show. The 'Estimated' has shades of stuff I heard on the 'basement tape',stuff that got cut out when they made it into 'the pizza tapes'. They were really puttin in the work this evening. Bobby's got that 'chimey' sound goin the way he plays those wierd harmonic chords.
Awesome.

Reviewer: dead81 - - March 10, 2005
Subject: Firstshow

My friends and eye first show. Rocked out Chitown. Didn't realize the power till tonight. March 10 2005. Saw 50 more luvit
Art/Dan

Reviewer: flashbackmagic - - January 12, 2005
Subject: chicago baby

love chicago shows to death...sweet china/rider here worth the DL. Not to mention the Lay Me Down Estimated Eyes. Sweet setlist IMHO

Reviewer: btw - - December 7, 2004
Subject: oh my gosh

my first show never was the same after(thank you).sound quality could be better but hey the version of brokedown is still swimming in my head after all these years.2 days after the show i laid my self down and awoke with a smile that i cant get rid of

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