sitting in mangrove valley chasing light beams

musings about the dead and their music. the shows always speak for themselves, but i'll add comments on their contexts, sonic quality, and other points of interest. something like that.

Sunday, September 4, 2022

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9/13/78: soundcheck—sphinx theatre, giza, egypt. one of the highest moments in grateful dead history came on september 16, 1978, in front of...
Friday, August 19, 2022

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8/19/70: fillmore west, san franciso, CA. w/the new riders of the purple sage. another acoustic-electric curiosity from the grateful dead...
Saturday, July 30, 2022

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12/6/80: recreation center, mill valley, CA. w/santa claus. this is a pretty remarkable and strange little show. just a couple months after ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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3/22/73: memorial auditorium, utica, NY. in august of ’69 the dead began their push into upstate new york at the woodstock festival. by 1970...
Thursday, June 2, 2022

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8/26/71: gaelic park, bronx, NY. there is nothing not to like about the dead in the summer of 1971. the band was absolutely raging, as evide...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

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4/13/69: student union ballroom, university of colorado, boulder. not much was going down musically in boulder in the sixties. the one band ...
Friday, April 1, 2022

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3/24/70: pirates world, dania, FL. periodically the dead ventured out to play isolated shows in distant parts. florida was no exception, and...
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