On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:05 AM, Jeff Linton wrote:
> Hi Dave, > > Sorry to bother you with this. > > I've noticed for years that the setlist for my first GD show is not listed in > any of the databases. > Occasionally when I'm bored, which isn't often, I try to contribute my list > to several of the > databases to no avail. > > Perhaps you have better connections that I, and can get this to the powers > that be. Here goes: > > Cleveland Music Hall 10/17/70 > > Set One > Casey Jones > China Cat Sunflower > I know You Rider > Me and My Uncle > It Hurts me Too > Truckin' > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment > Sugar Magnolia > Candyman > Hard to Handle > > Set Two > Good Love > Drums > Good Love > Cold Rain and Snow > Dark Star > Not Fade Away > Going Down the Road > Not Fade Away > Lovelight > > Encore > Uncle John's Band > > It was a double shotgun blast of the Live Dead/Skull and Roses experience. > It was a week before my 17th birthday and I've been on the bus ever since. > > This was at the smaller Music Hall that is backed up against and shares stage > area > with the much larger Public Hall. I seem to recall seeing a review saying > they were > so loud that it could be heard in the Public Hall during a performance by > either the > Cleveland Pops or Cleveland Orchestra. > > I can back this up with a very old mono cassette recording I made at the > concert. > In spite of the Bob and Jerry songs, the Dark Star, the Other One etc, it was > very much, > without a doubt, Pigpens band > What a BIG FAT SOUND they had back then! > > After the concert, as me were walking down the sidewalk along the hall, there > came a deep rumble > down from the pit of the basement of the hall, up the ramp there comes dozens > of Bikers up the ramp. > From five feet away on the sidewalk we thought we saw Jerry at the head of > the pack. Over the years > I've heard in no uncertain terms Jerry never road a hog, but it sure was a > nice vision and a fitting end to > a wild concert. > > Many Thanks, > Jeff Linton > > David Gans - [email protected] or [email protected] Truth and Fun, Inc., 484 Lake Park Ave. #102, Oakland CA 94610-2730 Blog: http://cloudsurfing.gdhour.com Web site: http://www.dgans.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgans Music: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/dgans
