Recorded 6/19/1976 - Capitol Theatre (Passaic, NJ) Visit Wolfgang's www.wolfgangs.com/music/ to stream concerts from thousands of legendary artists. Start your free trial today. Copyright Bill Graham Archives
Agreed. 70's Dead is the best Dead! And I say that despite my favourite Dead moment being the St. Steven into The Eleven from 1969's Live Dead. That version of The Eleven stands with the greatest musical compositions ever created!! That Eleven version (or the song in general, actually) exists because of and thanks to the availability of heavy LSD...it wouldn't exist without it.
The transition from Slip Knot to Franklin's Tower will remain one of my favorite musical triumphs of modern history. Discovered it first on Franklin's Tower in '93.So good!
Download the video. There's been a couple great quality video/audio recordings of the grateful dead that disappeared. Some got reposted, but any of these awesome videos I'm downloading. It's easy enough to get the audio board recordings from archive.org but I dunno if they archive video footage I believe the easiest way is some website along the lines of RU-vid to MP4.
@Jessica Charnley: I love that Jerry plays a little behind the beat, mostly, like my favorite jazz saxophonist, the Pres. Lester Young, did. This was a lot why he was Billie Holiday's favorite accompanists. I know I'm talking more than 50 years earlier. Probably also what Lesh does. No matter, the groove never gets old. If you've never heard Lady Day and Pres, it's worth checking out.
hell, I'm actually from Belarus from another continent was born in the eighty-sixth year, I heard this music this year in 2023, I'm just in shock! it's simply amazing
Mark belek: a jazz fan laaaate discovering what a great band this was. Love all 3 of these songs, but amazed at the fusion-like structure of Slipknot. And if I can be forgiven from mentioning another band - another shamefully recent discovery - it's evident why Dickie Betts prefaces Blue Sky with Franklin's Tower. It fits. And I read he once said he had to sometimes stop listening to Jerry because he began to play just like him. Jerry surely is infectious.
Had a dream last night and I was in a massive field and all of a sudden I knew it was a Grateful Dead show. I made my way to Jerry and he was working with some tools or something and I sat down and chatted with him and he was like a long lost friend, just fixing something and chilled. I told him how much I loved Franklins tower and then I saw Mickey Hart and he was chilled too. I told them I had to leave and was so happy.
The '76-'77 shows were cozmic and epic in every way, with the band firing on all cylinders. Eternally grateful to have been to some of those shows as a young freak.
@@salmaz777 Yeah, it was. I used to stick a couple of pints of Jack into my Dingo boots. Half the time they would find them ha ha. I think there we're a few events that triggered them. I went to a Slade concert in '75 that devolved into a riot, at the urging of the band...I think they were very cognizant of the fact that the available exits were few and far between.
@@AmericasChoice I think the JGB played there. I went to see them on a snowy night. Me and about 2 dozen other fans had our cars towed during the show. It was a long night. Also saw the John Belushi cartwheel show. Good times.
This was indeed from the Capital Theater in Passaic, NJ, my home town and I was at that concert and dozens more by the Dead, the Stones, Grover Washington Jr. Weather Report with Jaco Pastorius, Steve Miller, Jerry Garcia Band, Hot Tuna, Renaissance and tons of other bands. Great venue, great little theater. As a teenage kid, living in Passaic allowed me to go camp out overnight so when the box office opened selling the first seats, I would get 2nd or 3rd row center for any show. Great memories of this group at their peak!
The lick Jerry plays at the beginning of the verse at 2:45 only last for about 3 seconds but it is probably one of the best most creative piece of improv I've ever heard!
Thanks for making this available again, in these strange times we need the Dead more than ever. If you get confused listen to the music play. Peace, love and good health to the global Dead nation.
2 observations: -when Donna can hear herself, as she clearly can from 1975 onward, she is amazing. -the Travis Bean guitar was low-key Jerry's 2nd most iconic guitar after Tiger.
Not very many bands can not only get away with turning their backs on a few thousand people for many minutes on end, but actually enhances the experience in instances like this. ♪♫♪ ♥
I had this tape back in the late eighties when going to shows was still an excellent thing to do. Anyways I listened to this particular show so much. It was a great sounding soundboard of an incredible show!
I remember it was almost like they weren’t totally accepted up to Shakedown Street. I saw them in a hockey rink when the album came out. The were so tight on the Go To Heaven tour ! The 70’s & 80’s shows were great!
@@davidreinhardt2626they most surely did. They are probably the greatest American band of all time if not thee best, their love for just music is awe inspiring, It’s really like Jazz music
This is awesome! I was seeing them a lot during this time frame.. I was 24.. was secretly in love with Donna 😂... I loved the way she grooved to the music! ☮️
Doctor Danger: couldn't agree more. I'm a jazz fan who discovered ABB 5 years ago (my bad), and now the Dead. Slipknot has the kind of beautiful, complicated structure of fine music. Amazed.
The Capitol Theatre in Passaic, NJ should be the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame. It's an icon. There's not one musician or band that didn't play there. No exaggeration in saying we went there every weekend and in NYC - The Beacon, Academy of Music, Bottom Line - early show at the Beacon, late show at The Palladium. There was so much smoke, you were lucky to see the stage! These shows were GREAT! JERRY GARCIAS' solo acoustic performance at The Capitol Theatre is legend. It's an RU-vid upload. Thanks for these shows‼️
Love Jerry's sound during the Travis Bean era. There's a chimey and liquid smoothness to his tone that I don't here from Jerry's other guitars. Maybe it's the aluminum neck?
War Memorial 77 is epic in every way. That "Peggy-O", "Comes A Time", it's flawless all the way through. One of my first complete, low general boards along with Swing. Then Chicago Aud '76s Mission In the Rain first set, Red Rocks '78 with the Wharf Rat>Franklin's segue, etc. My 1st two dozen tapes were perfect picks when I was in 10th grade in 1989. Relix classifieds hooked me up!!!! I'd just write strangers kind letters and miracles happened!!!
What I wouldn’t do to be there, even though I wasn’t allowed to go to concerts until 1980. Managed to go to 50 shows before we lost the amazing, incredible Jerry Garcia. My boss had to yell at me as it was one of the hottest August we ever had & I wore black for weeks! I heard the news we lost him, pulled into a parking lot & puked as I was & still am devastated!
Discovered this in the shower during a 5g shroom trip first time I heard help>slip>frank if you can believe it The music never stops stops cheers folks!!
I never got to see them before Jerry passed. Was only 8 when in the dark was released but have been a fan as long i can remember. Not almost in tears, i am.
I remember this concert well as they toured across the country and into my hometown of Portland Oregon within the next month or two I believe it was in late July early August. I photographed them relatively up close and have many of these photographs in my concert album in Facebook. Just looking at these photos for the last few years and we photographing them in digital to upload them I recognize the parents of the group they look identical. Donna's extremely long hair that glistened under the stage lights. I took a sweeping panorama of the stage and assembled it by hand stitching the photo carefully and Photoshop have it up in my concert album but I can also offer a.... Sorry got to grab the phone click
This is just,........ them in not rare not best, but so loose. Smiling!?!?!?!?!!!! Play with each other. Still right in the same mindset. What a great video right at a moment. Franklins tower made my day
So many Amazing tours in 1977 . The Deads spring and fall tours . The Eagles 1977 leg of the Hotel California tour. The Pink Floyd Animals tour . Led Zeppelins 77 tour which needs a mention because of their legendary 6 nigh runs at MSG and especially their 6 night run at the L.A forum which was basically their Swan Song before it all started to Unravel and you also you have Skynyrds last tour which was one of their best as the band was revitalized and rejuvenated . Their live Playing in 77 arguably their best . Alot of effort was put into going onstage sober or at lesst mostly sober and you can hear it .
Bitches Brew knew he was hearing it in LIVE time. Geez ..I remember 13 nights at the Orpheum Theater, SF, sounded just like this!!❤️ Roll away the dew.!🌹
For me, Grateful Dead are my hands down favourite band. Miles Davis (and his collection of musicians) from 1966-1974/75 are my second favourite. I'm not sure if Miles in fact liked the band. I do know that he liked and respected Jerry.
Ask much as I am mystified by Wolf…it’s sheer beauty and tonal capabilities; Garcia wielding that damn Travis Bean 🤯. That fluidity/tone…it’s like he achieved an even higher plane. I know it’s subjective but that’s a hypnotic combo.
