This week we conclude the band's performance on July 26, 1972 at the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon.
Clearly the 'Dark Star' we open with is the highlight of this set, if not the show. It traverses the heavens for over half and hour and features some excellent improvisational displays (see the Dark Star map below). It leads into a lovely and soulful 'Comes A Time'. 'Sugar Mag' follows to get things rockin' again, and that leads into a 'Brown Eyed Women' which is unfortunately cut on the tape. Another Jerry ballad - 'Stella Blue' follows and then the band revs it up for a fine 'Not Fade Away>Going Down the Road>Not Fade Away' conclusion to this epic set.
'One More Saturday Night' is the encore, although this one was played on Wednesday :)
Grateful Dead
Paramount Theatre
Portland, OR 7/26/1972 - Wednesday
Two (con't):
Dark Star [31:13] (5) >
Comes A Time [7:03]
Sugar Magnolia [7:56]
Brown Eyed Women [3#:38]
Beat It On Down The Line [3:06]
Stella Blue [8:06]
Not Fade Away [5:15] >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad [8:20] >
Not Fade Away [3:22]
Encore
One More Saturday Night [5:32]
(5) Dark Star Map: Dark Star theme/Jam [9:22] > theme/Verse one [1:49] > Spacy Jam [1:08] > Bass and Drums [1:05] > Bass, Drums and Piano [1:10] > All but Jerry Jam [0:30] > Jam [3:45] > Spacier [1:15] > Space [4:05] > tiger [1:00] > Uptempo Spacy Jam [2:50] > theme/Verse 2 [2:53] > Comes a time.
You can listen to this week's Deadpod here:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/deadshow/deadpod080224.mp3
hard to believe it's time for another 'Days Between'....
hope you are well and thanks for your kind support.
1 comment:
This was my first GD Concert after "I Got It" a month before at the Hollywood Bowl. The night before this concert we had 2nd row Dead Center. The day of this show my friends and I went to the Portland Holiday Inn to look for band members.I bumped into Bob Weir as he was leaving his room. I mentioned I had seen the GD 7 previous times. But, I never saw them perform "Dark Star". Weir gave me a funny look. "Really" he said in a surprised tone of voice. "I'll see what I can do about that tonight". "I gotta run now." My friends and I got in later that afternoon.This night we had first row Dead Center. This "Dark Star" was one of only two that Garcia sang all the lyrics to in 1972. I saw the Boys 9 times in 1972. My life changed forever that year.
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