tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post4702745837376360848..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: October 18, 1970: Guthrie Theater, MinneapolisLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-23956804896027487032017-12-03T05:54:02.443-08:002017-12-03T05:54:02.443-08:00OK, I have updated my data. Thanks!OK, I have updated my data. Thanks!Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-11975407964413881032017-12-02T20:31:15.007-08:002017-12-02T20:31:15.007-08:00No NRPS on 10/16, 10/17, or 10/18! They joined the...No NRPS on 10/16, 10/17, or 10/18! They joined the tour midway starting on 10/23.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-90920415069704790492017-12-02T14:32:23.602-08:002017-12-02T14:32:23.602-08:00I show NRPS on 10/16 and 10/17. Is that incorrect?...I show NRPS on 10/16 and 10/17. Is that incorrect? I had them listed for this night, too (and not two GD shows).Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-45873035302802500962017-11-09T10:41:45.044-08:002017-11-09T10:41:45.044-08:00Instead of Phil & Ned, it's Phil & the...Instead of Phil & Ned, it's Phil & the Debs! Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-34506309561229835222017-11-08T15:15:37.765-08:002017-11-08T15:15:37.765-08:00This night is also the most likely source of this ...This night is also the most likely source of this mysterious photo of Phil Lesh with two female drummers:<br />https://www.gdao.org/items/show/834712<br /><br />I once called the photographer, who confirmed it was from the Guthrie, probably from between the two shows, though he had no memory of the the mystery musicians.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08985467102325218695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-995521339617865452017-11-05T01:44:11.223-08:002017-11-05T01:44:11.223-08:00There are many audience memories of both shows on ...There are many audience memories of both shows on dead.net and setlists.net, adding more songs: <br />"There were two shows at the Guthrie Theatre that night requiring separate tickets. The crowd was moving in their seats but remained in them for the first show. Between shows the theatre was emptied. All the Deadheads stepped out to the street, had smokes or whatever and then reentered with their tickets for the late show. The same people as had been at the first show. With the first chord the whole audience was up out of their seats and dancing down the aisle." <br />"I remember both shows well...they were really two sets of the same show, you just needed two tickets. For the start of the second show Mickey had an idea so Jerry just signaled "go ahead". Mickey played a few bars solo, then the band kicked in with China Cat. I also remember The Other One. Mickey's other great idea was to fire a small cannon on a big downbeat (he had a trip wire hooked up) but the cannon failed. Still, the house manager leapt on stage and tried to stop the concert. The band just turned their backs and continued to jam." <br />"I was at the first show - didn't know enough to stay for the second - I remember Good Lovin' from the first show, and Cold Rain and Snow." <br />"It was a two show night and we only had tickets for the first show. We tried to hide in the bathroom for the second show but got caught... The show ended with Good Lovin'." <br />"I was at the second show only. Still have the "program". The only tunes I can recall for sure were Easy Wind, with Jerry having tuning issues, Alligator/Caution, and an acoustic Uncle John's for an encore. The explosions. i believe, were actually set by one of the roadies, not sure who, but quite sure it wasn't Mickey. (That must have been common practice for them in those days, because both Labor Temple shows also had the bombs.)" <br />"Second show in second row right in front of Jerry. Danced like crazy and only recall third encore with Jerry coming out alone and playing Uncle John's Band, and being joined by the rest of the boys on acoustics." <br />"Two shows. No New Riders. I had tickets to both shows, but gave away the first show ticket...<br />Saw some friends from Rochester in the lobby, and they said the Dead had played some Anthem of the Sun in the first show (The Other One?), and I was real disappointed to miss that... <br />We all sat quietly for the first few tunes, and mightily resisted the urge to dance. I had a fantasy of making the Dead work for it, but China Cat blew away any inhibitions... <br />Pig Pen did King Bee, Easy Wind, and ended with Lovelight. I remember a lot of Working Man's and American Beauty, China Cat and Dancin' In The Streets. The encore was Uncle John's Band a cappella except for Jerry's acoustic Martin...<br />Some guy kept yelling for Dark Star..."<br /><br />Remembered songs: <br />early show - Cold Rain & Snow, the Other One <br />late show - China Cat, King Bee, Easy Wind, Dancing in the Street, Lovelight (end of set), Uncle John's Band (acoustic encore). [One person remembers an Alligator>Caution which seems unlikely, but it's possible.]Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-69633023669233074682017-11-05T01:43:58.427-08:002017-11-05T01:43:58.427-08:00Better than having a review of a lost show is havi...Better than having a review of a lost show is having two reviews! <br />The Dead played early and late shows (at 7 and 10:30), and both of these reviewers covered the early show. This would be one of the last times that the Dead played early & late shows in a day, as neither they nor their audiences were very happy with the early-show experience, and the practice was gradually being phased out. (Note the pissed-off audience leaving unhappily after a mere two-hour show!) <br />The first reviewer notes that the Dead "looked a little tired," but the show was warm, "mellow and relaxed." Likely they saved the big jams for the late show. <br />It's possible Pigpen's organ was intentionally turned down (as it often is on SBD tapes that year), but I suspect it was a technical problem - the Dead weren't using their own PA system on this tour. They'd also decided to drop the acoustic sets (reviving them only for the Capitol run), and these mid-October shows were also minus the New Riders, so one reviewer sighs that he didn't get to see Garcia on pedal steel. <br /><br />Deadbase already lists the songs mentioned: <br />Casey Jones (opener) <br />Me & My Uncle<br />Morning Dew <br />Mama Tried <br />Cumberland Blues (one reviewer lists this as a country cover!) <br />a new "country" song (probably Candyman)<br />Good Lovin' (closer) <br />The second reviewer also says they played more songs from their previous albums, and in a two-hour show this is obviously a very incomplete setlist; but of course it was customary for reviewers to only name some covers and familiar album songs. Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com