The Grateful Dead
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The Grateful Dead came late on stage because Osley Stanley (a.k.a. "Bear" - their soundman and electrical engineer) wanted to fix the electrical ground on stage. Also their heavy equipment has squashed the turnable stage. Further the rain has flooded the stage and the band was in danger of electric shocks [1].
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[edit] Musicians
- Jerry Garcia - guitar, vocals
- Bob Weir - guitar
- Bill Kreutzmann - drums
- Mickey Hart - drums
- Ron "Pig Pen" McKernan - keyboards, vocals
- Tom Constanten - keyboards, vocals
- Phil Lesh - bass
[edit] Details
Sadly, because of technical problems and drug influence, their gig was extremly bad. Though regarded as one of the best live bands at their time their songs didn't work the way they used to do.
After "Mama Tried" there is a short false start of "High Time" and then a long pause. On the recording there's about 10 minutes of brabling and stoned confusion. "Turn On Your Lovelight" was one of the longest versions of that song ever played, clocking in at over 40 minutes.
[edit] Setlist
- St. Stephen
- Mama Tried
- Dark Star
- High Time
- Turn On Your Lovelight
[edit] Availability
Since the Grateful Dead bootlegged themselves there is a SBD recording available that features the whole show as well as some tuning, banter and stage raps during the long breaks. See the Deadlists.com entry for 8/16/69 (not directly linkable). Because of the bad performance it was never released officially, neither on audio nor on film.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip, 2003, ISBN 1405301481
