tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post3929774190253129690..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: March 21-28, 1972: Academy of Music, NYCLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-52792305776464510542015-04-30T19:54:44.748-07:002015-04-30T19:54:44.748-07:00I found Carr's full original article from the ...I found Carr's full original article from the Village Voice (this is only the second half) and posted it here: <br />http://deadsources.blogspot.com/2015/04/march-21-28-1972-academy-of-music-new.html Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-24359019023328050352014-09-04T16:19:35.416-07:002014-09-04T16:19:35.416-07:00I posted pic of Bo Diddley, Jerry and Weir playing...I posted pic of Bo Diddley, Jerry and Weir playing at <a href="http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/03/jg19720325-jerry-garcia-and-friends.html" rel="nofollow">http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/03/jg19720325-jerry-garcia-and-friends.html</a>. Thanks for getting this stuff out there - so many data, so little time!Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-49183703439353856352014-09-02T23:19:24.690-07:002014-09-02T23:19:24.690-07:00Carr was a big fan of the Dead (as his 12/7/71 rev...Carr was a big fan of the Dead (as his 12/7/71 review illustrates), and he attended at least 2 or 3 nights of this Academy of Music run. He describes the 3/25 Saturday Hell's Angels benefit - the Bo Diddley set, and the unique Dead "How Sweet It Is" opener. <br />Then he goes into setlist details for the 3/28 Tuesday show, which made a big impression on him - "the best set I have ever heard...the band were on the ball as never before in my five years of Dead experience...thunder and lightning could do no more." <br />Aside from skipping some of the new songs, his account of the first set is accurate & in order except for the strange mention of the "collage of pieces from Anthem of the Sun," which was only in his mind. <br />The weird thing is that he gives a partially inaccurate setlist for the second set, including Wharf Rat and "their best-ever Dark Star" (which was only played on 3/23 - the only Wharf Rats in this run had followed the Other Ones on 3/21 & 3/26). I'm not sure what to make of this - either he attended multiple nights and jumbled up the songs a bit; or after drinking from the funny-looking jug, he couldn't tell what they were playing as it all "dissolved into misty dayglo abstracts." <br />(Of course, he didn't intend to give a precise, unerring account of the setlist - he jumps from one show to another in the article, conveying the general party feeling of the event - it's just an odd little aberrancy when he managed to list a dozen songs they did play on the 28th, in order.) <br />On the other hand, it's an interesting bit of fan shorthand to say they played "their best-ever Dark Star" - even in 1972, with only two live albums available and before the Dark Star mythology of later years, that statement already suggested so much more than to write, "they played one heck of a long Other One." And he was experienced enough to say, "as usual the second set was much, much heavier than the first," commenting that the band was better than ever. He also mentions that Weir "has finally learned to sing," and observes Pigpen's "tiny emaciated frame."<br /><br />He briefly notes the Dead crew "seeking perfection" - he knows enough about the Dead to see that as their goal, in everything "from self-management to guitar strings."<br />The comment from Garcia that "we've only just started gettin' into what we can do" is true, touching, and characteristic of Garcia - in fact, he would still be saying the exact same thing in '80s interviews ("we're just getting started, there's so much we haven't even done," etc).<br /><br />On a technical note - while I suspect this is more or less the same article that ran in the 4/6/72 Village Voice ("Why Is That Hairy Man Grinning?"), the GD Bibliography quotes from that article a phrase that the Dead are "the most beloved freak band on earth," which is missing here; so this could be an edit or a rewrite. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com