tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post6187525868024783015..comments2024-03-16T07:13:50.487-07:00Comments on Lost Live Dead: Grateful Dead/Jerry Garcia Tour Itinerary March 1970Corry342http://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-86292546152877553942014-06-26T21:12:17.173-07:002014-06-26T21:12:17.173-07:00That's a wild crowd. Looks like just the kind ...That's a wild crowd. Looks like just the kind of show where random people might jump onstage and start singing & playing harmonica with the Dead.... <br />Archive witnesses mention that "in a short time the majority of the audience ended up on the very small stage for the rest of the night," and "by the time the band did Lovelight there were maybe 50 members of the audience on stage with the band."<br />Rotten show, alas.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-13449496790258773512014-06-26T07:04:34.727-07:002014-06-26T07:04:34.727-07:00Looks like quite a weird scene on 3/8/70:
http://...Looks like quite a weird scene on 3/8/70:<br /><br />http://www.ebay.com/itm/Z22-3-Grateful-Dead-1970-Jerry-Garcia-Concert-Lot-16pcs-Orig-35mm-Negative-Film-/351103990938Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-84974905238842343332011-05-30T17:00:35.106-07:002011-05-30T17:00:35.106-07:00I'll echo LIA: nice to see this tour itinerary...I'll echo LIA: nice to see this tour itinerary!<br /><br />I had no sense of the date questions surrounding the Pirate's World show, BTW. So much weirdness around the GD in Florida.<br /><br />I have to go back over your Kahn posts, Corry. The Matrix chronology is maddeningly hard to pin down, despite the general contours being among the most oft-repeated in the record.<br /><br />BTW, Deadbase IX lists a canceled show in Port Chester on 3/18/70. I have never tried to figure out exactly what that's picking up, but it sure points, not surprisingly, to still very-fluid touring situations during this timeframe.Fate Musichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05648291938690043423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-23991731004931440432011-05-29T13:23:28.563-07:002011-05-29T13:23:28.563-07:00These are great comments, and I have updated the p...These are great comments, and I have updated the post accordingly. I've got to assume that the Amusement Park either closed early or had a noise ordnance, which would account for the 11:00pm closing. It may have been that it was open later on weekends, but since the Dead were playing school nights the closing time may have been different.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-704916838436268622011-05-29T13:20:53.176-07:002011-05-29T13:20:53.176-07:00(made a correction)
I'd be remiss not to ment...(made a correction)<br /><br />I'd be remiss not to mention this post on the canceled Winter's End festival:<br />http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2011/04/gd19700327-29-march-27-29-1970-winters.html<br />It seems plausible that the Dead may have scheduled the festival appearance first, and the Dania shows were an add-on.<br /><br />The prospect of TWO Pirates World shows is quite intriguing - even if one was canceled or the date changed.<br />It's notable that on the tape we have, the Dead are clearly a band in a hurry - they race through the set, and at the end Garcia says, "Our time's up!"<br />If the Dead actually went on at 9:30 (as the ticket says), that must have been a pretty strict curfew, as there were no other bands on the bill to worry about except the "New Society Band" (which, for an opener, gets a very generous timeslot). Maybe Pirates World closed at 11?<br /><br />BTW, apparently the opening band for March 7 was Cold Blood - who had also opened for the Dead at other shows (the Fillmore East in January '70). Don't know if they were at the March 8 show too.<br /><br />As for the album - Garcia, of course, would've had to book and pay for every hour spent mixing it. But, in general throughout his career, he seems to have been a studio perfectionist whose motto was 'it'll take as long as it takes,' and never let cost deter him from spending as long on a project as necessary. (Like, for instance, the GD Movie or the previous two Dead albums.) An admirable attitude, though financially ruinous for the band!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-38482454146994379082011-05-29T13:09:28.935-07:002011-05-29T13:09:28.935-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-77538883473871958302011-05-29T12:30:25.634-07:002011-05-29T12:30:25.634-07:00I agree with you that the overdubbing and mixing o...I agree with you that the overdubbing and mixing of Workingman's Dead would have been a lot simpler than, say, Dark Side Of The Moon. However, simple as the album is, a lot of care was taken to make it sound that way. Getting the balances just right and editing out mistakes would have taken a lot of careful listening, even if the total number of changes made to the basic tracks was comparatively small. Garcia, at least (and probably Phil Lesh), must have spent a lot of time listening to the tapes to make the album Just Exactly Perfect (which, more or less, in my opinion, it is). That's why I'm asserting that Garcia was flying back to work on the album between shows.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-55128382300219290872011-05-29T12:21:57.462-07:002011-05-29T12:21:57.462-07:00Actually, the March 22/23 dates make more sense. F...Actually, the March 22/23 dates make more sense. Flying straight from New York to Florida to play two more gigs is a lot more plausible than waiting two days.Corry342https://www.blogger.com/profile/08049035074121231425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-53689633737976193592011-05-29T11:18:27.085-07:002011-05-29T11:18:27.085-07:00By the way - there's some question about the d...By the way - there's some question about the date for the Pirate's World show, and whether there was only one show. <br /><br />Deadlists: "According to a ticket, there were two shows on 3/22 and 3/23. Unless a third was added, the date for this list is incorrect." <br /> http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1970s/19700322tik-5x2.jpgLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493557313410969282.post-55612540581602003792011-05-29T11:14:20.757-07:002011-05-29T11:14:20.757-07:00Glad to see another stop on the tour itinerary!
...Glad to see another stop on the tour itinerary! <br /><br />McNally mentions, "In mid-March the Dead set off on tour, accompanied for the first time by Hunter, who had concluded that the band needed a road song, and that he needed to see the road to write the song." <br />He recalled that the snow in Buffalo was "up to our shoulders!"<br />So it was also a momentous month for Dead songs - Stella Blue was written in an NYC hotel, and Truckin' was first rehearsed while the Dead were staying at a hotel in Florida. (And of course, they would also have been ironing out new acoustic songs like Friend of the Devil and Candyman.)<br /><br />One thing I notice about Hunter's account is that it seems to involve an actual "tour," not just flying to random shows... <br />(How late was the "Winter's End" festival in Miami canceled? The Dead would have played that after the Dania show, had it taken place, so maybe they stayed in Florida a while?)<br /><br />Your account suggests that the Dead were continually going back & forth from the studio this month, finishing up Workingman's... I'm not so sure (that would seem to contradict their goal of trying to finish the album quickly, and their memories of doing so), but without specific recording dates, it's hard to say! I suspect the album really was mostly finished in February, but don't have proof other than "the liner notes say so"... At any rate, I doubt dubbing/mixing would have been very complicated for this album!Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com