jesse jarnowFeb 22, 2024
50 years ago tonight, the #gratefuldead begin their 1974, opening 3 nights at winterland in #SanFrancisco. the 1st bay area appearance of the almost-done-but-it’s-never-done wall of sound. the crew has been at winterland for a few days getting ready. now a “dave’s picks” bonus disc but full tape includes soundcheck: https://archive.org/details/gd1974-02-22.114556.sbd.miller.flac16 [1/5]
The Grateful Dead Live at Winterland Arena on 1974-02-22 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive

Set 1 U.S. Blues, Beat It On Down The Line, Brown Eyed Women, Mexicali Blues, It Must Have Been The Roses, Black Throated Wind, They Love Each Other, Big...

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Show threadjesse jarnowFeb 22, 2024
2/22/74 winterland: 45 minutes of soundcheck (with barking dog). loose/natural LET IT GROW jams before working on new material, including garcia/hunter’s U.S. BLUES & hunter’s solo IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES, which starts (i think) with garcia teaching band the song off-mic. DIRE WOLF-like lope at first. full take of ATTICS OF MY LIFE, not performed since ’72, rehearsed in ’76 but not revived ’til ’89. fragment of what will become the outro to weir’s ESTIMATED PROPHET, more of a shuffle. [2/5]
Show threadjesse jarnow
show opens with 1st proper U.S. BLUES, the tightened-up version of WAVE THAT FLAG, played in spring ’73. debut IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE ROSES, rare hunter solo tune in dead repertoire, more uptempo than it’ll become. beautiful piano. 21-minute PLAYING IN THE BAND closes 1st set. garcia peels off proto-SLIPKNOT! riffs, kreutzmann ricocheting off it. debut of garcia/hunter’s SHIP OF FOOLS, hunter’s harshest truth attack, donna jean sounding wonderful. [3/5]
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Show threadjesse jarnowFeb 22, 2024
jam sequences are short. great music but night never fully goes over the top. 12-minute TRUCKIN’ > NOBODY’S FAULT BUT MINE, weir forgetting multiple verses, the energy dissipating. band comes back for 3rd set with big MISSISSIPPI HALF-STEP opener (cool rhodes on the coda). 18-minute EYES OF THE WORLD > CHINA DOLL. extra-slow EYES with brief fun jam, all bubbling over with lead bass. [4/5]
Show threadjesse jarnowFeb 22, 2024
memories of the dead at winterland, tonight in 1974. #deadfreaksunite #gd022274 [5/5]
Show threadCorry342Feb 23, 2024

@bourgwick Great work finding the Archive post about Jack Casady. I wrote about it here, lacked the skill to retrieve the post

https://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/08/soundcheck-winterland-february-22-or-23.html

I went to Feb 22 ‘74, don’t recall that much (ahem). Not very me, really.

Soundcheck, Winterland, February 22 or 23, 1974: Jack Casady

I attended the Grateful Dead show at Winterland on February 22, 1974, but this post is not about something I witnessed. It apparently happen...

Show threadMr. CompletelyFeb 23, 2024
@bourgwick classic warm up show kicking off a three night build. The estimated jam is surprisingly well formed if fragmentary but that seems to be how weir worked often enough: he'd knock one part into shape and then figure out other stuff around it.
Show threadHarvey RoadFeb 22, 2024
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