45 years ago today the Dead premiered the following classic songs:
China Doll, Eyes of the World, Here Comes Sunshine, Loose Lucy, They Love Each Other, Row Jimmy, Wave That Flag (Later US Blues).. this week we'll listen to the first set from this spectacular show, from February 9th, 1973 at the Roscoe Maples Pavilion at Stanford University, Palo Alto California. I can't believe I never played this before on the Deadpod but it appears I have not.. my thanks to Steve for the suggestion for this week!
Roscoe Maples Pavilion (Stanford U), Palo Alto, CA (2/9/73)
Promised Land
Row Jimmy
Black Throated Wind
Deal
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Looks Like Rain
Loose Lucy
Mexicali Blues
Brown Eyed Women
El Paso
Here Comes Sunshine
Playing in the Band
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod020918.mp3
Enjoy.. and thanks for your support!
Seven debuts! Wow! Not to mention, the beginning of The Wall Of Sound.
ReplyDeleteI often wonder...what did the crowd think of the new songs at that time? Were they wishing that the band would just play the songs that the fans already knew and loved, and did they groan every time an unrecognized song was played? Over time, they become the songs that we all know and love as "the classics." But, every classic starts out as a "new song." These days, whenever an artist says, "Here's another one off the new album," people often roll their eyes.
Anyway, looking forward to hearing such a historical show! Thanks, Professor!
First of all, thanks for all the great music!
ReplyDeleteI attended many performances in the 70s, and I admit that some new stuff was met with mixed reactions by some audiences. I was always interested to hear new stuff, myself. But, with their performances, every song was constantly made new, reinvented, embellished--never the same way twice. why I love the Dead.
Sad to hear of the passing of John Perry Barlow--a retrospective of his compositions puts you at the heart of the "Dead continuum". Hope you get to pay tribute to him in future casts.
Meanwhile, in his honor, here comes some dough.
Regards,
Jerry O'Rourke "RTH 2 JER"
The Wall of Sound debuted a year later at the Cow Palace (Dick’s Picks 24). There was actually a ‘sneak preview’ a month earlier at the Winterland shows. Besides the fact I’m a pretty nerdy guy, and talked to Ron Wickersham, Rick Turner, and Owsley about the Wall of Sound, I have a vivid memory of the sound system at the Maples Pavillion Show. Maples Pavilion is a basketball arena, and the floor is on springs. During certain songs in the first set, the crowd got into a sort of resonant frequency dancing/stomping on the floor, and the PA started dancing too! They had large stacks of speakers on each side of the stage, and it was pretty scary for a while. The Wall of Sound had all the speakers behind the band.
ReplyDelete- thanks to Geoff for this.