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Grateful Dead March 23, 1974

Cow Palace Daly City, CA | Listen on archive

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19
Cassidy
Really Nice 74 Cassidy. Interesting part on the Birdge (flight of the seabirds part) Bob and Jerry do some humming and Donna sings very cool
52
China Cat Sunflower -> I Know You Rider
Wall of Sound debut version....definitely one of the finest!
40
Black Throated Wind
My favorite BTW, really nice solo licks at the end.
8
Big River
Jerry is on fire as always, but so is bobby on guitar! The whole band nailed it perfectly
34
Playin' In The Band
Another cool but different Playing->Uncle John's->Morning Dew->Uncle John's->Playing.
22
Uncle John's Band
Another great Playing->UJB->Dew->UJB->Playing!
15
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
An excellent start to the first Wall Of Sound show.
5
Bertha
Dick's Picks 24 version.
26
Weather Report Suite
Builds up a major head of steam
17
Scarlet Begonias
First ever Scarlet Begonias. Very unusual sound with a very tentative, bluesy feel, but it's still a keeper and worth hearing for the novelty at least
31
Morning Dew
Amazing, everything is on point, sandwiched between two UJB's in an epic jam coming from dicks picks 24
18
Deal
Dick's Picks 24, first Wall of Sound show, and a definitive Deal to boot... great Bobby banter too.
10
Wharf Rat
Great sounding wharf from great show
17
Brown Eyed Women
Dick's picks 24. Tight and straighforward
4
Beat it on Down The Line
bobby and donna rock the vocals, Keith is killer, super upbeat tempo
5
Promised Land
Super underrated version, as the song comes to a close Jerry is having none of it and does another insane solo
3
Sugar Magnolia
Rhythm Ace and Jerry - fantastic version
5
Tennessee Jed
Very nice and a little funky. Builds to an excellent end jam.
1
Ship of Fools
Whole show should've made the pick really
1
Mexicali Blues
Mexicali Bolero courtesy of Jerry and his Cantina amigos!