Garcia said “We were great for seconds on end.” I was lucky to see Jerry play for about 1,000,000 seconds exactly. Thanks for your 1,000,000 views here . Dave Davis wrote this blog for 500 posts and 5 years from 2015 to 2019. Contact me at twitter @gratefulseconds
Showing posts with label 1976-06-12. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1976-06-12. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Beautiful Voices on June 12, 1976

There are 14,414 days between today and my second Grateful Dead concert. I had seen my first show three nights earlier on June 9, 1976 in the same Boston Music Hall and I was happy to see more.





This was the only show I was ever late to and we came into the show during the third song The Music Never Stopped missing a Samson & Delilah opener and an outstanding Row Jimmy.

There is a show of rare song selection and pairing including a rare second set opener of The Wheel, a combination of Wharf Rat>Comes A Time and an encore of Sugar Magnolia>US Blues>Sunshine Daydream. 

This is also a FM radio broadcast, thus was an early tape in my collection. 

When I listened to the first set this morning, I recalled hearing my only Mission In The Rain that I ever heard with the Dead and it is beautiful.  What I didn't remember was the Looks Like Rain that follows.

.The 1976 Grateful Dead had beautiful voices, Jerry, Bobby and Ms Donna Jean Godchaux,  Listen to  Jerry's Mission, but stay for the Looks Like Rain with Bobby and Donna.  There is some fun banter in the middle.  This Looks Like Rain is the November 19 pick for 30 Days of the Dead 2014.

The whole show is here,



Friday, October 30, 2015

My 11 Favorite Unusual Dead Medleys I Saw



Tell me what you think, these all occurred in my first five years, I've attached the Music Files


  1. St. Stephen->Eyes of The World->Let It Grow  (6-9-76)
  2. Wharf Rat->Comes A Time (6-12-76)
  3. Sugar Magnolia->US Blues->Sunshine Daydream (6-12-76)
  4. Mississippi Half Step->Big River (5-7-77)
  5. Bertha->Good Lovin'->Sugaree (5-28-77)
  6. He's Gone->Not Fade Away->Truckin' (9-3-77)
  7. I Need A Miracle->Shakedown Street (1-17-79)
  8. Dancing In the Streets>Franklin's Tower (10-27-79)
  9. Playing In the Band->Uncle John's Band->Drums->Not fade Away->The Wheel->Uncle John's Band->Playing In the Band (9-6-80)
  10. Dark Star->Bertha->Good Lovin (12-31-81)
  11. Not Fade Away->Deal>Sunshine Daydream (12-31-82)


Take A Listen


Here are 11 I didn't see, much wish I did


  1. Dark Star->The Other One->Dark Star->Uncle John's Band Jam->Dark Star->St Stephen->The Eleven->Caution->The Main Ten->Feedback->We Bid You Goodnight (11-8-69)
  2. Here Comes Sunshine->China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider (2-17-73)
  3. Playing In the Band->supplication_>Playing In the Band (set one, 9-24-76)
  4. Let It Grow->Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad (9-28-76)
  5. Dancing In The Streets->Wharf Rat->Dancing In the Streets (set one!, 10-10-76)
  6. Eyes Of The World->Wharf Rat->Terrapin Inspiration->Morning Dew (5-22-77)
  7. Playing In The Band -> Hully Gully > The Wheel [6:06] > Samson And Delilah->Gloria  > Turn On Your Lovelight  > Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad > Playing In The Band (10-16-81)
  8. The Music Never Stopped>Sugaree>Music Never Stopped (8-7-82)
  9. Deal -> Drums->Gimme Some Lovin->All Along The Watchtower->The Wheel (6-20-87)
  10. Help On The Way->Slipknot!->Fire on The Mountain (9-20-91)
  11. Cassidy->Uncle John's Band->Cassidy (5-27-93, thanks David Gans!)
I'll Post the Music Soon. Boston 77 is your songs today

Also this fun one 6-20-1991