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Grateful Dead July 7, 1978

Red Rocks Amphitheatre Morrison, CO | Listen on archive

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26
Scarlet Begonias -> Fire On The Mountain
First GD Red Rocks show. check out this scarlet>fire
14
Black Peter
mellow, smooth and all Jerry
22
Not Fade Away
Pure rock and roll! Mind left body jam helps this one chug along
18
The Music Never Stopped
Rockin' at Red Rocks.
8
Me and My Uncle
Strong Me And My Uncle->Big River at the first Red Rocks show!
14
Cassidy
The first at Red Rocks and it's a monster to boot!
15
Pretty Peggy O
The most agressive Garcia vocals, matched by his playing, top 10 easy, don't know why it wasn't on the list
20
Cold Rain and Snow
Surprised this one hasn’t been nominated, a great version with impassioned Garcia vocals and lead runs, give it a listen. Love the vocal coda as well.
12
Candyman
soooo smooth
15
Friend of the Devil
lovely version! great first set on this date!
10
Dancin' in the Streets
Scarlet fire Dancin what a run a pure jammy thon at Red Rocks Jerry really enjoying it
11
Jack Straw
Open the first Dead show at Red Rocks. Has more fire power than the 77 versions.
6
Beat it on Down The Line
This continues the cool groove of the Col Rain. Great version. This show needs to be listened to.
3
Drums -> Space
Sweet first red rocks show. They tap into some great shit out there real primal stuff get an aud version
4
Nobody's Fault But Mine
More than half of this NFA is actually NFBM jam and a killer one at that. At times tough to differentiate the 2 tunes.
6
U.S. Blues (Wave That Flag)
Don’t always love the ’78s for this tune, but this howling version certainly warrants attention.
1
Johnny B. Goode
Fun cap off to a real good Red Rocks show. Phil sounded so good in the mix this entire show.