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Bird Song
Sept. 16, 1972
Boston Music Hall

No sbd... yeah, well this aud works just fine
6
Me and My Uncle
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

Jaw cracker
5
Promised Land
Sept. 9, 1972
Hollywood Palladium

You came to the right place
4
Stella Blue
Aug. 20, 1972
San Jose Civic Auditorium

Oh yeah, this song is finding its way, being well-placed after the O1 and featuring affirming vocals
2
Throwing Stones
Aug. 27, 1983
Seattle Center Coliseum

A great revisit to when it was more exploratory and less predictable

Comments

Bertha
April 27, 1971
Fillmore East

I would’ve too… had I grown up
Beat it on Down The Line
Jan. 13, 1978
Arlington Theater

Vora City!
Drums
June 9, 1977
Winterland Arena

Packet of '77 concentrate
Candyman
March 31, 1987
The Spectrum

Always love the flurries of notes to echo the lyrics in the last chorus, and this one delivers that, too.
Promised Land
Sept. 18, 1990
Madison Square Garden

In a way the song didn’t end, as the Garden was rocking (literally) and the thumping conclusion kept playing in my head while the vibrations pulsed through my body for ten minutes into the break. Sort of like being wobbly yet thrilled after a carnival ride… well yes, it was that too! Happily, I still haven’t recovered from this Promised Land – or the show, which was my favorite of the run (I was fortunate and thankful for mail order success for all six). I fire up this vid fairly regularly to help relive the memories. There’s an excellent article in the New York Times (Hunting for the ‘Promised Land,’ Haunted by Chuck Berry 9/11/17), and the author puts forth some erudite interpretations which are likely to increase your appreciation of the song. Included is a Chuck video of the song, complete with duck-walk strummin’, matching the author’s opening point that the song is “all about motion.” To me, when the Grateful Dead played this song, there was always both a certain reverence connected to the roots of rock and roll and the celebratory rapture of the live moment – that no one could sustain longer than the Dead. Having just enjoyed the Chuck Berry version, it’s time to check in with 9/18/90 to further refresh that eternal motion. Amen.