tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post8602183999008474302..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: May 1972: Bob Weir Interview (Audio Version)Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-27423361631218693522022-06-04T01:26:16.885-07:002022-06-04T01:26:16.885-07:00This is a fair bit longer than the printed version...This is a fair bit longer than the printed version. For Melody Maker, it was condensed and rearranged so it had a more succinct flow. (Weir could be quite wordy.) There are actually a couple sections in the printed interview that aren't in the audio, so not all of the tape was broadcast (or copied) - for instance Weir talked more about his solo album than is heard in the brief part II here. <br />There were a few words here & there [...] I couldn't make out, or misheard, but for the most part Weir's answers are transcribed word-for-word.<br /><br />Some points that struck me: <br />- the broadcast starts with an audience tape of an unreleased song. Score for the BBC! <br />- this interview took place more than a month after the first show at the Empire Pool, yet Bradshaw asks Weir specifically about how they moved from the jam into El Paso. It made that much of an impression on him. <br />- Weir has interesting impressions of the Empire Pool shows: on the first show they "were real nervous" and reserved at first; but the second show was "a lazy night." <br />- at the end, Frankie Weir (I presume) observes the different types of people seeing the Dead in London: one group happy dancers, the other group more serious Dead listeners. She likes the first type more. But Bob's quite pleased by the fans who "are really intent on what we're playing and really feeling that they're being spiritually elevated by it."Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com