tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post1978525565815307256..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: March 24, 1971: WinterlandLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-69046225164673135872017-10-04T14:54:53.797-07:002017-10-04T14:54:53.797-07:00Another more complete account of the show (with ph...Another more complete account of the show (with photos) is here: <br />http://cryptdev.blogspot.com/2014/01/grateful-dead-sufi-choir-whirling.html <br /><br />"After performing several beautiful pieces on their own, the Sufi choir was joined by Dead members Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Bill Kreutzmann for their last two pieces. The Dead members provided delicate droning chords below the choir’s angelic harmonies, with Garcia’s leads dancing around the choir’s melodies – a magical, all too brief collaboration."Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-63774230767266664952012-07-25T14:32:31.439-07:002012-07-25T14:32:31.439-07:00Deadlists notes that this show was a "benefit...Deadlists notes that this show was a "benefit for the Sufi Choir of San Francisco (who opened)."<br /><br />Strictly speaking, this isn't a review of the Dead's show, since the reviewer apparently left before the Dead's set, saying nothing about it. The preliminaries are notable, though. <br /><br />He does mention an unusual incident, where the Dead played with the Sufi choir. We don't have a tape of this unique moment, unfortunately. (But there's a photo of it in the Taping Compendium.)<br /><br />One witness on the Archive writes, "The Sufi choir and dancers were kind of cool; they came out first, it was dark with drums and some kind of fire on stage. They had some middle eastern music, and as it was kind of winding down, there was that familiar guitar sneaking in from behind - Jerry kind of hiding in the back. The audience perked up."Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com