Good morning and happy Friday! The Dead only played three shows on this day in history, but all ofthem are smoking. Cue them up to get your weekend started in style.
Back in 1970, the Dead arrived in St. Louis after a three-night run in New Orleans, made famous by the police bust on the first night. Bear and much of the boys' equipment was still in the lock-up, but Bob Heil, the organist at the Fox Theater, wired up a sound system for the show and ended up finishing out the tour with the band. What we get is a steamy Dark Star> Stephen> Mason's Children and some stand-out contributions by Pig on Lovelight and Hard to Handle. Listen to some of the show and read more about the night at Grateful Dead of the Day.
After a scorching Schoolgirl, someone in the crowd seems to complain about it being too loud, provoking Jerry, who responds, "We come all the way across the country and leave the comfort and beauty of California and come out here to cold, miserable Minnesota, man. And what do we get? What do we get? People who can’t dig it. Too weird." Jerry has a point; this show from February 2, 1969, is so hot, a fine piece of psychedelic rock, that it is hard to imagine anyone finding fault with it. Give it a listen for yourself.
We also have a February 2, 1968 show with a monster of a Viola Lee followed by a sharp little Cryptical> Other One> Cryptical which itself leads into Clementine before a tantalizing clipped two minutes of Schoolgirl. Listen to this 1968 beauty that is sadly incomplete.
Until tomorrow, spread the love and enjoy the music!
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