Rather than muddy up the increasingly ill-named "Aerosmith vs Eagles" thread, I thought I would use this thread to ask if anyone had a particular live recording of the Dead that they would recommend. I understand that the Cornell show from 1977 is probably the most famous, but I am wondering what else folks would suggest that reflects the band at their best.
Ideally, I'd prefer something with high quality audio that is fairly easy to find. I am not necessarily looking for someone to suggest a mid 60s Warlocks show featuring a 90 minute digeridoo solo, of which the only known recording is an 8th generation copy originally recorded on a dictaphone. Though, on second thought, that may be worth seeking out also.
Widely available, very high quality, one of the best shows I attended was The Warlocks, Hampton Coliseum, October 9, 1989.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formerly_the_Warlocks
The quality varies, but this is a fun place to find individual shows.
https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead
Anyone here make it to the outdoor concert in Highgate Vermont in June of 1995? Jerry very much into his good and bad habits, died just a few months later.
Same song, different decades, different parts of the Triangle:
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It's mildly surprising that my parents wouldn't have gone to any of the Cameron shows, being that overall the Grateful Dead fit into their musical tastes, at least at the time. I do think it's ironic that one of my dad's favorite songs was "El Paso" by Marty Robbins, and it was played on our turntable lots when I was growing up. Had they gone to the first show in '73, Dad would have heard the Dead's rendition. That could have changed my childhood history!
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
What’s next for the bus to never ever land:
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