The Strike Show, Jerry's 27th Birthday, August 1, 1969, Jerry Won't Cross the Line

On Jerry Garcia's 27th birthday, two weeks before the Dead would play in front of 400,000 in Woodstock, Jerry and Mickey played two shows with the New Riders in front of maybe 100 maybe slightly more at the Bear's Lair at UC Berkeley.  Meanwhile in the City at the Family Dog, the Grateful Dead were scheduled to go on at Midnight. But, there is a problem, the Light Artists' Guild were on strike.  So birthday boy Jerry wore his Bluto shirt and would not cross the line.  Much fun to read here.    Note that the Dead did play on August 2 and 3 including this wild opener of the 8th version of Casey Jones.

Hey Bluto, its your Birthday, play with NRPS at Cal, Strike that Night at Family Dog

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Light Shows on Strike!

I think I made all five August shows at the Family Dog - I remember Albert Collins - my first Commander Cody show (changed my life - again)!Do you guys remember which were the nights of the light show strike? They were picketing outside the F Dog - projecting the light show on the front of Playland. They had an extension cord coming from inside, and I noticed a handwritten sign in the window that said "Power supplied by the Family Dog," and as I was reading it, I noticed - thru the window - Chet Helms nodding and smiling. Everybody was debating whether to honor the pickets, or ashamedly break solidarity just to see the Dead. I'm ashamed - I crossed - I'd hitched all the way from Minnesota just to see the boys - but the joke was on me, as the lightists had convinced Jerry not to cross - "I ain't goin' in!" So there we were, watching Billy and Bob (scabs!) and maybe Mickey jamming. They said,"Anybody that can play can play." That wild guy that danced with everybody - remember him? - got up and played drums. I was too chicken, damn it. One night when Jerry did show up, they had a couple of guys sitting in on flutes - very informal.

Sounds From the Short Split Dancin Era, Indianapolis October 1, 1976

The Tunes from the Show

Indianapolis was always a popular place for the Dead with nearly 10,000 paid to see them on October 1, 1976.  Indy missed them obviously with no show in 1974 in 1975 after the early Playin' in the Band sandwich on October 27, 1973.  Lucky Fall 1976 was hot just like Fall 1973.

10/1 also had an excellent Scarlet and Promise Land to end the first set as well as truly long slipknot in the middle of Help on the Way and Franklin's Tower in set two.

I love all rare split Dead tunes and tonight we get Dancin in the Street>short drums The Wheel)> rare Ship of Fools late set slowdown>Dancin in the Street> Goin Down the Road>Saturday Night.  This was the very first Dancin' split of four, all which occur during the next two weeks.

Just a fun excellent show in the middle of of a bunch of fun excellent shows Sept and Oct 1976.
Here are all the Dancin sandwiches

Grateful Dead: 1960's Movie Stars

Scenes from Santa Cruz

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Grateful Dread

PRECISION is a word that doesn't spring to mind when one considers the Grateful Dead. These good old boys of window pane rock 'n' roll blend tasty riffs and time tested lyrics to please an audience which will hitchhike the world over to see their heros, stand barefoot in line for hours, then crush together in a mass of humanity that would do a Bejing street scene proud in order to get within 200 feet of Jerry Garcia. All the above criteria was adheared to nicely Saturday afternoon at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds when Northern Stage Productions staged the Dead in a three-hour concert before some 12,000 fans. Bob Weir was screaming something

about the sun shining in his backdoor someday and Garcia was dishing out those delicious licks which has made him a standard in rock guitaring when a great portion of the crowd which had been languishing in the fairground parking lot for better than two hours finally got a look at the specially-constructed stage with the band in action. Some poor souls, undoubtedly impeded by ingesting various mind-altering substances, had started parking their cars nearly three miles from the fairgrounds earlier in the afternoon, only to find out that they had a long, long walk through some very vacant fields to the fairgrounds, where there was plenty of parking. Once inside, the crowd found a sound system which was mush up close, robbing their ears of the intricasies which symbolize the Dead's musical abilities. This, added to a playlist which is tattered from long years of use, resulted in an entirely forgetable performance. But, happily for those faithful followers, it didn't seem to make a damn bit of difference. Why else would this group of conspicuously adult fans gladly refer to themselves as Dead Heads? BILL LOVEJOY

Jerry Garcia squeezes out a guitar riff

My First Neil Young Crazy Horse Show, Boston, November 22, 1976

Excuse me for mixing a little early and late into the soundcloud


The very first night I saw Neil & Crazy Horse they encored with "Homegrown" (in honor of his new 2017 release of his unreleased 1975 LP) but I was home asleep in my dorm at prep school.  This was the era of separate admissions (7pm and 10pm) and you must be home before Mr Cobb finds out.
As I skipped out on a weekend from Andover during my Senior Year to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse rock the Boston Music Hall where I had seen the Dead twice earlier that year in June. Note that I had seen tthe short lived Stills Young Band at the Garden just two weeks after the Dead.

Since I had a 11pm curfew (or was it 1030?), I could only stay for the seperate admission first show.  And since I bought a single ticket the night of the show, I sat in the Front Row, stage left. Crazy huh. Maybe I paid $8.50.  And sure enough 15 or 20 yearslater  I discovered that the first show this night was a classic Neil Young bootleg with numerous versions and numerous covers.

This is a monster show (actually two monster shows) which is a greatest hits. Can you imagine, all those Neil jams back to back to back to back to back from the front row.  I would only see a few more shows in my life, but very happy that a young version of me who had only seen the Dead 3 times at this point got to see this one.  You can have both shows here.


First Show (Saw)
The Old Laughing Lady
Guilty Train
Human Highway
Journey Through the Past
Pocahontas
The Needle and the Damage Done
Give Me Strength
A Man Needs a Maid
Sugar Mountain

Country Home
Don't Cry No Tears
Down by the River
Lotta Love
Like a Hurricane
After the Gold Rush
Cortez the Killer
Cinnamon Girl
Encore Are You Ready for the Country?

Second Show (Didnt See)
Tell Me Why
Roll Another Number (For the Road)
Journey Through the Past
The Needle and the Damage Done
Harvest
Campaigner
Pocahontas
A Man Needs a Maid
Sugar Mountain

Country Home
Don't Cry No Tears
Drive Back
Cowgirl in the Sand
Bite the Bullet
Lotta Love
Like a Hurricane
After the Gold Rush
Are You Ready for the Country?
Cortez the Killer
Cinnamon Girl

Encore:
Homegrown
Southern Man