tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post8697849711232506838..comments2024-03-26T23:10:34.814-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Sources: May 25, 1972: Lyceum Theatre, LondonLight Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195590583641426943.post-29319677416768233832022-05-27T09:17:26.839-07:002022-05-27T09:17:26.839-07:00Two more good reviews from the Lyceum run, from re...Two more good reviews from the Lyceum run, from reviewers who listened closely to the music and wrote about it well. By chance, both attended the May 25 show. <br />They note that the Dead felt at home in the intimate Lyceum Theatre; and that there were a lot of Americans in the audience, greeting the Dead with enthusiasm; they notice how well the audience responds to the Dead. <br />Both agree that the Dead are one of the best bands around; and their observations of how the individual players in the Dead fit together are quite perceptive. <br />What struck me was the one place where they disagreed: Dark Star. Brown loves it and calls it a "stunningly powerful" highlight; Hayman is bored and calls it "self-indulgent rambling," "a meandering, shambolic feedback jam." Dazzling masterpiece or incoherent noodling? With this Dark Star, both things can be true, and the debate continues to this day...but these reviewers agree that the audience was "gripped with wonderment." <br /><br />(Editorial note: according to Dodd/Weiner's Grateful Dead bibliography, the Sounds article was written by Mike Leadbitter. While it's possible Sounds ran a second review, I feel there's probably a mistake in the listing - Leadbitter was the editor of Blues Unlimited magazine and as far as I know wrote exclusively about blues artists.)Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com