The Riders were not on tour with the Dead at this time. They hooked up with (bumped into) the Dead a few times on this tour, yes, but not on 03/16. Even if they did open for the Dead on this date, I doubt strongly that Jerry would use Buddy Cage's steel. That's pretty much the same as if Buddy were to decide he wanted to pay down some electric guitar and grabbed Jerry guitar to indulge himself.
I also doubt strongly that Jerry was lugging around his steel rig at this time. He pretty well hung it up after Oct 71. Noah On 5/12/05, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was just listening to this show and the Sugar > Magnolia lead work sounded a little different, so I > replayed it, just listening to the right channel, and > there are a lot of what sounds like Garcia hitting > open strings and a very slow start to doing any kind > of lead work. As I listened, it sounded more like he > was playing pedal steel than guitar. I then played > back the crowd before the song starts, and they do > seem to be reacting to something they're not > expecting. I assume the New Riders played the opener > for that night, so there would have been a pedal steel > on or near the stage. Does anyone know if this is > what is going on here? It sure sounds like it. > > Dan McDonald > > > > Yahoo! Mail > Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: > http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html > > >
