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Almost all of the shows from that tour are on Spotify. They were absolutely on fire. It's about 80 hours of music and it's glorious.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5ezsIDVtPxDop4Qxe2P9Ub?si=bf241dae16d04de3
Ms. Donna Jean Godchaux-McKay turns 76 today. Here's an article from last October where she talked about the #Europe72 tour. #GratefulDead
The "Bozos and Bolos" blog has more salacious details, and even reprints GD Comix's dramatization of the event. https://bozosandbolos.blogspot.com/2012/05/51372-lille-truckin-mothers-day-for.html
The sixties weren't quite over. Leftist youth confronted the band in Paris, demanding a free show. Ice-cream was dropped on a sweet velvet jacket, an equipment truck was sabotaged and the band had to flee an angry mob at the theater.
Jambase.com's review of the show has interviews with bandmembers about the incident. https://www.jambase.com/article/grateful-dead-europe-72-50th-anniversary-may-13-lille-france
51 years ago today in Lille, France, the #GratefulDead played a good 'un free and outdoors. This show was delayed by clashes with radicals - see my follow-up toot for more.
Here's #albumart for the box set release of 5-13-72. Mastodon reduces large images, but you can find a 3000x3000 jpg here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/13gikgv/51_years_ago_today_hires_album_cover_art_for/
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