50 years ago tonight, the #gratefuldead in houston, intended to be a co-bill with the allman bros., who cancelled due to berry oakley’s death. the (known) debut of the nudie suits. only set 2, released in 2014. late fall ’72, show #6. https://archive.org/details/gd72-11-18.set2-sbd.cotsman.9002.sbeok.shnf [1/3]
11/18/72 houston: fantastic garcia vocals on 16-minute HE’S GONE, counterbalanced by off-night for donna jean. extended vocal outro & jam, mellow in the best way. lazily unfolding conversation, lots of bass. wall-to-wall endlessly-renewing full-tilt 26-minute PLAYING IN THE BAND. chattering bass, dizzying garcia ellipses, general shred-melt mayhem, clomping piano densities, all threaded along kreutzmann’s dancing snare, constantly resetting the swing. #deadfreaksunite #gd111872 [2/3]
memories of the dead in houston, tonight in 1972. [3/3]
@bourgwick so happy to see your dead show threads here Jesse!!
@bourgwick great pix! Too bad they couldn't find any monitors ;->