Waka/JoewakaOn #TIGDH I'm listening to the 4/1/80 show, where they play each other's instruments for the show opener, Promised Land. They yell out "April Fool's" before playing the rest of the show on their own instruments. #GratefulDead
Lee from Colorado@JoeAce967 I remember that show. They were surprisingly not awful although it sounds a lot better once they get back to their own instruments! I saw Bobby do this with Ratdog one time to similar hilarity.
@colo_lee You went to that Dead show? That's funny that Ratdog did that, too.
@JoeAce967 Indeed. Only Cap Theater shows we went to -- tried to go another couple times but it never worked out...
@JoeAce967 ah, I'm confusing Cap Theaters. 1980 was the year before I went to grad school and spent some time touring. But, yeah, I did see these shows. I don't remember where Ratdog did this, but it was certainly no more lame that Billy playing lead guitar ...