![]() ![]() Then after Jerry's second long solo (another gem) there is a few second pause around 6:30 as they kind of miss the downbeat, but everyone just relaxes, and trusts, and there is just 10 seconds of magic, as they create a bridge 1,000 times more beautiful that what they might have intended in the first place. Brent and Jerry's subtle background color is so poignant, it connects the lyrics to the emotion through sound on such an impossibly linear path. Dylan wrote the song, the Grateful Dead perfected it with this version. Then a chance for a let down when Bobby has his turn, but the Desolation Row is just unbelievable. The Candy man definitely is in town, at the Spectrum on 3/31/87. Then just a great song choice with Candy Man, oh boy, this was sweet. Then it's time to play with an incredibly tight Mama Tried->Big River.Ĭan they hit a wrong note? Have they stalled once yet? No, they have not. Tons of steel, Phil Chimes in towards the end, nice save. Slow it down with the CC, stretch out some blues, we need a little break, into a sweet Ramble on Rose. "Wow, that was hot, wait a second, is that." - love the crowd reaction, they stay blistering hot into Franklin's, the crowd is a little stunned at how hot they are, maybe the band too, but on Jerry's third solo you just know this night is going to be special. The MMR guy saying, "here we go" on the first few notes of Jack Straw with the respect, seriousness and levity that the masterpiece which is about to unfold commands.Ī just perfect Jack Straw, it just builds and builds to such a tight but incredibly powerful finish. This show is the vehicle with which you can open up your receptors to 68 Dead, Jerry on the Les Paul, Billy and Micky chasing.ok back to 3-31-87 Everything you are about to hear is what occurs at ten times speed with ten times more frequency in 1968. You can't just jump into 1968 Dead and hear it fully. The mix is incredibly good, although there is a low hiss, maybe that was god listening in, sometimes he thinks he is Jerry Garcia. They are just on fire out the gate and they never let up. But the whole show is as hot as the open. Listening to the Jack Straw/Franklin's tower open about 2,000 times helps too. But it was 3-31-87 that truly opened up my ears to the complexity and brilliance of Jerry and the whole band. My first show was 3/28/90, the first "Weight", one of the most amazing experiences of my life. This is the kind of show that opens up your ears to the pure magic of the Grateful Dead. While not the best show of the Grateful dead, maybe not even in my top 10, this is an important show I believe. you should be getting your own copy of this show by now.:) I listen to this show and just think to myself, my god what I would have done to have been there (although I was lucky enough to be at the "darkstar" show when they brought it back in 89). My first show was in worcester ma on 4/3/87 which I'm sure you can tell is just a few days after this one. If you are a long time deadhead you will love this show.if you are new to the dead you will love this is that intense. Up until hearing this show jack straw was never one of my favorite songs, but that all changed after hearing this.then going into franklins.oh my god the journey is just beginning. It's almost like before they went on stage all the pieces were in order and they just fit how they were supposed to. You can actually feel the energy just from listening to the show. This version of jack straw is the most INTENSE version I have ever heard. I wonder if they did a Dick's/Dave's Pick-Vault release/Road Trip if they would put this one in the running?įirst of all let me start of by saying if you don't have this show, don't pass go.stop what you are doing and get it RIGHT NOW. I don't know if it was finding the right emotion - but by the bridge he is pouring his heart out.īob picks up the rock n' roll with Around>Lovelight.Īnd in a year saturated with BMR (and that song is a beautiful) we get one of the most heart-felt renditions of Brokedown. ![]() ![]() ![]() Jerry is tentative as he approaches his vocals in Stella. UJB is a wonderful suprise and MIRACLE has Bobby spittin'. Post drumz could be one of the best since '85. Song had not become the VH1 "hit" that seemed to alter the scene and the shows after July.Įstimated>Terrapin - while not the best all time - is solid. Second set - while Touch is not my favorite, this was just prior to the release of In the Dark, and still only 4 months after the bands return. Jack>Franklin's and others have been given deservedly high praise. The first set is like a horse out of the gate. While I still favor the '85 run at Philly - this show exudes tremendous energy and along with Roanaoke and Providence prove the Boys were back to the basics and in a big way. But given the throw-away treatment that nearly all of '87 gets, you need to give this one a listen. I know that gets thrown around quite a bit. ![]()
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