Dead-A-Day: On This Day in GD-Land

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RIP Pig, 50 years gone today.

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A few Grate Dead shows 30 years ago this weekend: 3/9-11/93 at Rosemont Horizon in Chicago. My dad attended, did you?

3/9:



3/10:



3/11 (featuring Ken Nordine during Space on the Flibberty Jib):

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My dad calls 3/13/93 the worst show ever. That is, of course, because the boys canceled that Saturday night show due to a massive snow storm that barreled through Ohio. The next night, 3/14/93 in Richfield, went on as scheduled. This was the band’s debut of I Fought the Law. Were you there? Did you stay at the Holiday Inn? He did!





The video starts at Brown-Eyed Women:

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Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart! The absolute ROAR of the crowd at the beginning and throughout Shakedown sends chills. The band is heating up Utica- Shakedown is sizzling. On to 3/13/81 we go:

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Don’t tell me this town ain’t got no heart! The absolute ROAR of the crowd at the beginning and throughout Shakedown sends chills. The band is heating up Utica- Shakedown is sizzling. On to 3/13/81 we go:

Pre- Europe '81 is phenomenal. DSO perfomed this at the Boulder Theater on 10/15/15.

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A couple of Grate shows celebrating their 50th as we celebrate Phil’s 83rd! Happy belated birthday to Phil and enjoy the “swell dance concerts” at Nassau, 3/15-16/73, the first shows since Pig passed:



3/15:



3/16 (I swear Jerry quotes A Love Supreme around 7-8 min):

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One of the better spring 94 shows, 3/16/94 at the Rosemont. Dark Star will be played once more by the Dead and this is Cutler's first show, the start of the tour in earnest.

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SBD > DAT > CDR > EAC > SHN ha that’s familiar 3/17/94 Rosemont (with a GRATE Dew):

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Fantastic sound on this copy of 3/18/67 at Winterland (best-sounding live Golden Road):

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Lots of grate shows on this day, going to highlight 3/19/73 Nassau on its 50th: