Stroke of Midnight, First Show of 1977: December 31, 1976 at the Cow Palace

First uploaded 12-27-2018

After midnight, we got:

Sugar Magnolia->
Eyes Of The World->
Wharf Rat->
Drums->
Good Lovin'->
Samson & Delilah->
Scarlet Begonias->
Around & Around->
Help On The Way->
Slipknot!->
Not Fade Away->
Morning Dew,

One More Saturday Night,
Uncle John's Band->
We Bid You Good Night*

This was a monster show, the only one at the Cow Palace and it comes complete with an extended Jerry Moore review in (Dead ) Relix, volume 4, number 2, where I learned of the setlists. Times were different back then my friends.  Here is the music from the show. You can also get the pdf of the Relix issue.

This is likely the best show of 1976 with the after midnight jam one of the top-31 jam segments of all-time. The show includes one of the last set-one Playing in the Band closers, a Sugar with no Daydream, a rockin' Good Lovin>Samson in the middle of set two, a fantastic Scarlet, a few months pre-Fire, an unfinished Help>Slipknot, and then Dew, OMSN, Uncle John's and We Bid You Goodnight.  This 17 year old high school senior didn't have the funds to leave Maine on this night.

Whoa.

51stAnniversary of February 18, 1971

link here:    Happy Birthday Bertha and Wharf Rat and on and on 

 http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2019/11/ray-trifari-at-georgetown-decides-to.html?m=0

Get The Grateful Seconds eBook: At The Berkeley Greek Theater, Available in PDF and ePub On the House

 Hi Guys.  For the 40th Anniversary of the Greek Theater shows on September 11-13, 1981, I have created the First Grateful Seconds eBook.  It's not perfect as usual. 

As always, this is a complimentary labor of love.

Get it here: At The Berkeley Greek Theater eBook

The book comes in two formats a 112 page PDF and my favorite the 112 page ePub eBook with links and fun audio/visual bells and whisles thanks to .  Note, I can't get the ePub to open in my Kindle app,  but it does work in the iPhone Books app as well as free e Pub readers like Calibre.  If you prefer the PDF (easier), open it using something like Adobe because the words appear LOUDER

Thanks for Neil at ohlookthatsneat.com for layout and eBook creatuion.

Thanks for the Grateful Dead for 30 Years of Love and Music.

Go to Grateful Dead Guide's Story of the Grateful Dead in St Louis, 1968-1971

 The amazing Grateful Dead Guide has a remarkable piece on the Grateful Dead in St Louis, 1968-1971

I'm speechless on the research here and so many photos you have never seen.  Thanks to Light Into Ashes and his Friends (Most of the research for this post was done by John Ellis and Photo Restorations by Steve Deibel. )

https://deadessays.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-grateful-dead-in-st-louis-1968-1971.html?showComment=1633281926751#c415629579827908955

 

40th Anniversary of the Dead at the Greek, September 11-13, 1981

 The 40th Anniverssary of the Grateful Dead playing the Greek in Berkeley is next week.  So I suggest you listen to these three shows.  As I recall, there are only audience tapes of 9/11, which is fine and maybe better since you can get a real feel for the show by sticking with the audience tapes.

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2017/09/the-first-weekend-at-greek-september-11.html

In the SF Chronicle July 12, 1981

Luckily I moved to Berkeley in December 1980, with the main reason seeing more Dead shows. So after 5 at the Oakland Audiorium, December 26-31, 1980, we didn't get any in the Bay Area (with the exception of the acoustic benefits) until the Greek almost 9 months later.

Here are my collection of Grateful Seconds pieces on the Greek in 1981

September 12 The Wine Pairing Show 

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2018/09/the-wine-pairing-show-september-12-1981.html

http://www.gratefulseconds.com/2015/01/the-mecca-berkeleys-greek-theater.html

An early attempt to describe the Greek