in september of 1973, the dead undertook a brief 10-date east coast tour. sometimes referred to as the horn tour, the unique feature of this run was that eight of the dates featured a horn section for much of the second set. horn players had sat in with the grateful dead on a number of dates in the 1960s. for instance, charles lloyd had played flute and tenor sax with them a few times, at the human be-in and at the rock garden in 1967, and sanpaku’s gary larkey sat in on a few occasions in 1969, including a gig at the aqua theatre in seattle. joining the dead’s fall ’73 tour were tenor saxophonist/flautist martin fierro and trumpeter joe ellis, both members of doug sahm's touring band, who also opened all eight shows. here’s the last performance from 9/26 in buffalo, NY. check out the eyes > weather report suite with fierro and ellis augmenting the band, and infusing their own solos into the mix.

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