Back to BasicsThe featured show for this week will take us back to the things that I know and truly understand. 4/20/83, 27 years ago, the Grateful Dead in Providence, Rhode Island blew my mind - literally. This show represents a pivotal point in my life. I lost my car, the horses had cops on their backs, the best BERTHA - ever (Bobby knocking them down like bowling pins) walking and following the colored lines all night long through the streets of Providence and, most importantly, I met the irreprehensible Colonel Mohabie.
Also, it was Unbroken Jane's very first Dead show.
Sometimes, I just gotta pull my favorite Dead b-legs off the shelf and play them like I used to - Back to the Basics.
What: Shakedown Stream
Where: mvyradio.com
When: Tuesday - 5pm (eastern time)
How: Open Your Heart to Grace
What: Shakedown Stream
Where: mvyradio.com
When: Tuesday - 5pm (eastern time)
How: Open Your Heart to Grace
Yes, I feel the same way about Auditorium Theater, Chicago, 5/12/77. Almost never mentioned when people rhapsodize (justifiably!) about '77 shows, but this is the one that turned me on to Jack-a-Roe, Looks Like Rain, and Scarlet>Fire. You can tell, even before the band starts playing, what a good mood they're in by the opening banter among the band members.
ReplyDelete"Irreprehensible"?! Uh, maybe you mean "irrepressible"....