garym;616821 Wrote: > Lived in Dallas and saw about every rock show that came to town between > 69 and late 70s, just happened that the show was at SMU's McFarland > Auditorium (I saw lots of good shows at that venue over the > years....seems like I saw Rick Wakeman perform his "Six Wife's of Henry > the 8th" at that venue. > > Anyhow, I thought Jerry was "on" at the time (in terms of playing) but > keep in mind that it was my FIRST concert and I was 14 years old. So > the entire thing was an experience. It was interesting because Bill was > stuck in an airplane evidently and late to the show. So the first few > songs were just acoustic, no drums. Then Bill arrived and eventually > they switched to electric. So I got to hear "Dark Star" that night. > > I'll plead the 5th on drinking the Kool-Aid. Here's the show: > > http://www.archive.org/details/gd1969-12-26.sbd.warner-evans.28448.sbeok.flac16
A few quick notes: Up until a few years ago the of the Archive.org Dead shows were available for download (in flac or shn) as well as streaming but then the Dead asked them to stop offering the shows for download. My first GD show was back in the spring of 1970 in Brooklyn, NY, not far from where I grew up, in fact less than 10 stops on the elevated subway. However my first concert was Creedence Clearwater Revival at Madison Square Garden sometime in 1969. I'm about the same age as you (born in Jan. 1955) and growing up in Brooklyn I was able to catch quite a few shows at the old Fillmore East before they closed the door in the spring of 1971. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82026 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
