40 years ago today, the
#gratefuldead at home in san rafael. spring ’84, show #2, 2nd of 4 benefits for the rex foundation. soundboard:
https://archive.org/details/gd1984-03-29.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.32515.sbeok.flac16 [1/4]
Grateful Dead Live at Marin County Veterans Auditorium on 1984-03-29 : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
Set 1: d1t01 - Walking The Dog d1t02 - Bertha -> d1t03 - The Promised Land d1t04 - It Must Have Been The Roses d1t05 - Little Red Rooster d1t06 - Bird...
3/29/84 marin center: rufus thomas’s WALKING THE DOG opens, goofy R&B by weir & garcia, officially the 1st since ’70, probably learned from the stones, played by the zodiacs & warlocks & early dead & at a private party in ’81. on LITTLE RED ROOSTER, weir running his slide guitar solo through weird harmonizing pedal, crossing the line into noxious & kinda fun weirdness. sleepy 10-minute BIRD SONG, the sound of everybody rubbing their eyes. [2/4]
@bourgwick opening the mini era of Goofy Covers, which I know Hunter despised, and I get it, but I find it a welcome balancing aspect of the 84-86 relative nadir, bringing a sense of fun to what could sometimes be a fraught or ponderous affair
jesse jarnow
Mr. Completely