Their folk roots come out so clear here. The sweetness of the music belied their irritation at Owsley, goofing up the pa duties. By ‘70 they were old hands who had got far out on the fringes of psychedelia and THEN turned around became the best little country blues outfit, west of anywhere. Showed CSNY how it could be done! Deep Elem here is so country blues it completely sounds different to what it became. They seem like they played constantly for the sheer love of it, and it makes sense how their fan base grew organically. They were jammers with cosmic soul, and comic grace too.
Just the best show from the west coast I ever heard! It is a magnificent example of what was going on in the year 1970! and so many shows were beyond great!....This one is so clear and just great music! The Dead were on....Ron was exceptional!!!!!!💥🌹👍🏻💥
This show was during my favorite Dead era (Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty) with their acoustic vibe. Love how they “introduced” “Friend of the Devil”and “Candyman” a little over 6 months before American Beauty was released. I only wish I was there to see this stunning performance in person! ❤️
I saw them at Fillmore East one month to the day of this date. How lucky to have been alive at this point in time and to have witnessed what I did. I have lived 10 lifetimes in just this one.
I attended a number of shows on the Great Highway. It was easy to do since I lived less than half a mile away on 46th eve. My studio costs $82 a month and I could have my dog taboot! The acoustics, since the place was so small, were excellent. The only gig I can recall was Garcia playing pedal steel and my friend Bob was doing the sound. Might have been...hahahahaha! Once In in a lifetime trips.
Made me cry too. It’s been a tough few months, finally got good news today and stumbled on this show. Feeling ever-more grateful. “March winds will blow all my troubles away”
For another good acoustic set I’d also suggest 03/04/1981 @ Club Front, San Rafael, CA - no Pigpen (rest in peace), but you can feel Ron’s spirit shining through the band.
@@mudslide_slim I sat behind Pig for the first time I got to hear the band live. Jerry let me sit behind the amps. March of 1971. I met all of the guys in the band and Ramrod , also Bear , their sound man who dosed me with liquid acid from his murine bottle. I hooked up with Bears acid dealer and helped spread his acid . The money went to help build The Wall Of Sound. Hope you had an opportunity to hear it.⚡️🖖🏽⚡️
@@stephentmarksberry4484 I’m in my twenties so I sadly never got to see the Dead in earnest. The closest I have is Deadeye, Austin’s cover band (I’ve seen D&co but the whole thing’s become far too commercialized for my taste). I love hearing people’s stories that got to be there, and be a part of the long, strange trip that the Dead led so many on. Thank you for sharing that with me!
@@mudslide_slim Dear Fart, don't worry about never seeing them. I mean they were good, but a bit overrated to be honest. They became kind of a cult band by the 1980s, with a motley following. A lot of seedy dishonest 'deadheads' selling fake shit if you know what I mean. As with so many acts, it was good in the beginning but later became too popular and a lot of undesirables flooded the shows by the late 80s-early 90s.
Gotta love those '70 acoustic "Rider's". Such a different vibe, so folksy and somewhat melancholy compared to it's electric counterpart. Beautiful set from my favorite year of the Dead
I was in full bloom at this time , even went back to school to finish my diploma ! Done in 1972 went to London on our class trip ! First class to ever leave the USA ever ! Because of my love of the Beatles at an early age ! But I got the Dead fever in the 60 s !
I love the purity of this recording and that deep elm was in the turn of Black Peter was in California last week saw the 710 house Janis house for sale Hendrix house is a dog grooming house😢 the times they are a changing….Stopped by saw PIG lefted him some southern comfort now and forever……
This show, with more people on stage than in the audience, was the first time I ever heard Candyman. Couldn't get the song out of my head for weeks afterwards, so rich and soulful.
This was also the era in which many of their family members died, Pigpen git sick, and the New Orleans bust. The bore up and kept going. Kudos to these life rangers
I was there on one of the nights. There was not many people there because I believe Jimi Hendricks was playing at the Fillmore or somewhere in the city. Charley Musslewhite said that even though there was not many people we were going to have a hell of good time. That night the Dead were billed as Mickey Hart and the Heartbeats. It took a little while before the audience realized the it was the Dead on stage.
I will continuing to attempt to set the record straight for however much longer I have breath. Regardless of what "official Dead archivists" who were not there may tell you, the name of the venue was "The Family Dog ON the Great Highway." We were located at 660 Great Highway, just north of Balboa and south of Sutro Heights. We were NEVER "Family Dog AT the Great Highway". Never. Just so you know.
Mahalo for that. Hey Jim Helms picked me up hitchhiking on the big Island recently..He said he was Jim Helms & I said..any relation to Chet..? Indeed..nice guy. 😊 He was younger than Chet , & did a lot of poster event stuff around SF ..helping in any ways he was able ..
Amazing how they turned from a standard issue psychedelic band to this folk rock country band very impressive turn around thst basically saved their career if you think about it
@@namcat53 no they weren’t...started as a psychedelic rock band and you can say they were “ a folk rock country band”for only a brief period specifically 70-71
Thanks for posting this! I went to college in San Francisco just east of the family dog by the beach. I saw the Dead there a few times in early 1970, I might have been at this one???
Aww poor Pigpen had such stage fright. Ironic for him to have been such a commanding figure behind the microphone, with the full force of the band behind him. But these intimate acoustic sets seemed to have been his bane, as he had to be almost dragged out to perform a number or two. Great to hear him close the set with a handful of his blues renditions. Pig truly was the heart and soul of this incarnation of the Dead.
@@gratefulguy4130 honestly I've always considered Pig as the balls of the band. In all seriousness, they were sort of like a neutered dog after he left, you still love em, but he's just not quite the same and DEFINITELY not as horny lmao. Peace brother ✌️
Jerry was all of it but Pig was the blues man ! Didn’t live long enough ! I lost my 1 st husband to liver disease at the age of 50 ! We were great friends after the divorce plus I was the last one 1️⃣ to b with him the night before he died + he wanted me to sleep with him but I told him I had to get home to our daughter for the nite but I knew that was it for him + I didn’t want to wake up to a dead man that I loved all the years gone by ! This is y I left Jerry because I couldn’t stand to b with him dead when I knew he was going to die also ! I still cry over the love of my life known as Jerry Garcia who I fell inlove with the 1 st time I met him ! Going to the concerts I went do did no Justice after meeting him + all the rest of the Gratefuldead family ! I wish I stayed in there a little longer now 😢❤
Back in 1968 my mate and I working on the UK music papers pondered as to why heads couldn't sing as well as black guys. I think we decided that that was just the way it was. Otis Redding was born with a naturally great black voice (perhaps honed through early exposure to black church music) but whites made up for it with their own nice harmonies. And listening here to Messrs Weir, Garcia and the others I think we were maybe right. All cultures are different but Vive La Difference.
Acoustic guitar amplification was almost non-existent at the time, putting them into the monitors at any kind of decent level was almost impossible. This would plague them for months.
ŁATWO KOCHAĆ GRATEFUL DEAD ŁATWO KOCHAĆ JERREGO GARCIĘ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ GENIUSZ nad GENIUSZAMI KOSMOS KOCHANI na zawsze dziękuję BOGU za wszystko dziękuję BARDZO
It wasn’t god who did it the band was that good from the beginning that did all this beautiful life for us Deadheads plus we loved them back more than they could possibly love us that deep but they loved us enough to keep playing all the years even after Jerry + Brent left us 😢😥😢🥲❤️🐇🐰☠️💀⚡️😍🥰😘🛌I’m in bed now writing this all down ! 🧚♀️🧚🏿♂️🧚🏼🧜♀️🧜♂️🧜🧞♂️🧞🧞♀️👼🏽
@@danielmartens156 Negatory...I deaded in 1990 at Cal Expo. I was looking for the "bus". what I got was a Volvo. As the spirit of the whole thing was long gone. what was left was merchandise and pretentious millennials in tie-dye crap.
