tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post7987614727143679555..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: July 4-5, 1970: McMahon Stadium, Calgary (Festival Express III)Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-35474941313378332652018-07-21T19:58:39.718-07:002018-07-21T19:58:39.718-07:00Only one Dead show is known from Calgary, and I th...Only one Dead show is known from Calgary, and I think it's extremely unlikely they played on both days, since there's no evidence they played twice, from film or witnesses. <br />Which day, though, is uncertain - I think it was the 4th (the day Janis closed), but possibly it could have been the 5th. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-69962852368421311762018-07-21T09:08:02.418-07:002018-07-21T09:08:02.418-07:00So did the GD perform on 7/5/70? They are listed o...So did the GD perform on 7/5/70? They are listed on the poster for both days. ...11,000 people attended that day.Jerry's Brokendown Palaceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06451361448230329754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-74819198107013415512018-07-13T05:49:22.879-07:002018-07-13T05:49:22.879-07:00I haven't been to Calgary, but my sense of the...I haven't been to Calgary, but my sense of the setting is that it would be a wonderful place to hang outdoors for some music.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-58392336260383143212018-07-12T18:54:16.002-07:002018-07-12T18:54:16.002-07:00This concludes the series of Festival Express arti...This concludes the series of Festival Express articles I've been posting. There is next to nothing on the Dead in them, just more general background on the tour. <br /><br />My compliments to the Calgary Herald for their coverage - I'd only seen a couple of their articles before, but they had quite comprehensive coverage of the event, with several articles in advance of the festival, and several afterwards covering the music, the audience, and the police. This is extremely rare for any newspaper to cover a rock show at such length.<br /><br />The article on the press reception is a bit disappointing, though - members of the Dead were there (spotted in a photo, and another article mentions Garcia being there), but these reporters didn't speak to them. I suppose it's natural the paper would only talk to the Canadian musicians present! <br /><br />Only one brief review of the Dead's show here: they "did the Nashville bit along with some heavy, free-form rock which had the ground trembling. Some of their stuff was so wild and so loud it left people near the speakers a little light-headed." (Apparently the sound system had improved since Toronto, where it was said to be "inadequate.") <br /><br />Though our perception may be biased because of the more positive coverage in Calgary, it seems like the festival there was a much more relaxed event than it had been in protest-filled Toronto. The descriptions here make it sound almost like an Edenic paradise! The musicians were certainly happier, with fond memories of a successful Winnipeg show and a delirious train ride. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com