tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post2762438051961637699..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: December 31, 1970: WinterlandLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-80458846526494922352019-06-19T15:00:02.873-07:002019-06-19T15:00:02.873-07:00No Dead content here. I included this since it'...No Dead content here. I included this since it's a vivid description of the backstage scene at a Dead New Year's Eve show - a Felliniesque dream awash with drugs and visions and strange occurrences. <br />Many odd word choices I couldn't tell if they were typos or intentional. It's funny that Williams was warned not to get dosed, but apparently proceeded to consume everything possible; by the time the Dead come on, she's long since left reality, and in fact she misses their entire performance. <br />Imagine the plight of poor Stoneground, who were supposed to open but are "now suddenly scheduled to play after the Dead at 2:30 am"... <br /><br />Some comments from dead.net: <br />"The show was billed as Stoneground, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Grateful Dead and "friends". Instead of Stoneground getting things started, David Crosby and Graham Nash started with their band. After them, New Riders of the Purple Sage came on but Jerry Garcia wasn't feeling well so he did not play with them. In his place Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen from Hot Tuna joined the New Riders. After that set, the rest of Hot Tuna came on stage and played a set. After they finished it was close to midnight so the Dead came on and played. Finally at 2:30 AM, the warm up band - Stoneground - finally came on stage. After that set, the jam started." <br />"Hot Tuna was the unbilled surprise guest act... Stoneground did indeed come on after the New Years set about 2:30am. After that they had a big jam from compilation of all the acts that night until 5 or 6 in the morning. Bill Graham followed that great night with a great breakfast for all that braved a long night of music. Croissants, fruit, and much needed fresh squeezed orange juice by the vats." <br />"Early on, before the GD came on stage, there were hippy chicks walking through the crowd handing out something to those who wanted it. One came up to me and said, "The Grateful Dead wish you a Happy New Year". She handed me a tiny piece of paper and told me to put it in my mouth for a good trip.... I don't know if these girls were sent out by the GD or were acting on their own. Regardless, it was quite a scene!"<br /><br />The jam after Stoneground was Bob Weir playing some oldies with Hot Tuna: <br />https://archive.org/details/gd70-12-31.aftershow.sbd.cole.6171.sbeok.shnf <br /><br />As well as being shown on KQED-TV, the show was simulcast on the KSAN & KQED FM stations, starting during the Hot Tuna set. Here's a description from someone who tried to tape the broadcast at home - only to find that both radio stations had failing signals and dropped out midway through the Dead's show. (The TV broadcast made it all the way through, but has not been preserved.) <br />http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-years-eve-shows-with-grateful-dead.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com