More recent versions of this are incomplete & don't sound significantly better. Awesome show!

the Dark Star here is a standout in a year of standouts. really, in '69 there are far more great dark stars than mediocre ones. this is right up there on the long list of my favs including 2/22, 2/27, 4/22, 4/27, 6/7, 6/14, and 11/2. can't add much to what chris said about it here, but other personal highlights of the show include the HTH, lovelight and MAMU. there's a few rough spots where garcia seems to be having some trouble w/ his guitar during the eleven and tunes up at the beginning of lovelight, but overall this one's a keeper. along w/ the next night, which, imho, is even better...

I'm not sure if it was unusually hot or what the problem was but the band spends quite a bit of time tuning up on this tape -- during the songs (as was their fashion back in the days when they didn't stop playing for an hour).

That said ... this particular Dark Star is phenomenal. Next to 2-13-70, I think it probably has the largest number of memorable unique moments of any pre-Keith Dark Star. Unlike 2-13-70, almost all of what is happening here appears to be driven by Garcia who is plainly experiencing some sort of 20 minute creative orgasm.

The other notable feature -- and what especially appeals to me -- is the variety of percussion sounds that are heard as the performance progresses. Awesome. As in other Dark Stars from this era, the microphones used to capture the castanets, maracas, or whatever small acoustic percussion instruments are used tend to pick up the sound of the guitars which leads, in turn, to a wonderful haze of quintessentially Dead-like feedback and overtones hanging over the entire affair.

The whole show is excellent (the Eleven ain't anything to write home about) but the Dark Star is extraordinary.

I kinda prefer the other show from this run but you gotta dig this one too! Stellar Dark Star! Fun Morning Dew! Nice Hard to Handle! So much danceability to be had!

The Dead would play such a kickin' show at an Indian reservation! Complete with tremendous Dark Star!

Must have been a cool setting? Anybody know about this show?

this show grooves...out in the middle of nowhere in s. fla must have been great times..ive listened to almost every dark star and they dont get any better than this!

Well well, the previous show I heard from 1969 was 4/21/69 at the Ark in Boston. It was good but flawed. What a difference a month makes. It doesn't even sound like the same band they are SO much better for this show. Yes it's a short show, is this the whole thing?, but the vulnerability that Bob exhibits on Me And My Uncle parred with the guitar virtuosity of Jerry on Dark Star, more than makes up for the show's brevity. Damn this is some beautiful stuff, I kid you not. The run at the Fillmore West from 2/27 to 3/2 and this show are the best I've heard from 1969.

I had a CD of this show mixed with a Sept.68 show called Bear Trap. And let me tell you that this is my favorite Morning Dew.
Alot of feeling. My kid may or may not have heard this version before he was born as his mother put the headphones around her belly while it played at very high volume.

Never thought I would ever say that but this is one ass-kicking mother of a show Dark Star & The Eleven get my vote for 2 of the best of all time. Pigs epic Lovelight is not even listed.

Sound -1

The sound is really good although there is some tape flutter and variance in tonal quality. Morning Dew is really good, DS/SS/Eleven is a standout for the year. Lovelight is one of the best I have heard. Although with so many versions in most shows of this period, sometimes I grow just a little weary.

This show is top shelf. Jerry is on fire in every song.

Get it now! DO IT.

This is one of them. This Dark Star is maybe my second favorite, after 2/27/69 (Live Dead). But the Eleven from the 24th is better. The entire unique jam from the 24 surrounding the eleven is great. But get this one for the Dark Star. I've loved this show for years, but after listening to it last night, I just had to write a review highlighting this beautiful Dark Star. 4 stars for the excellent quality and good performance, except for that source change in the eleven.

This is a spectacular sounding copy of this show, certainly a sonic upgrade from the older tape, and I strongly recommend it. This is also one of the peak performances of this year, with an absolutely stellar Dark Star, and also the rest of the Stephen>Eleven>Lovelight medley is outstanding too, with an especially energetic Pigpen on Lovelight. The Morning Dew early in the set is also a very strong keeper rendition, one of the best 69 versions. In short, this is a must have, especially in this sound quality. Get it now.

what? another great sbd from 69? ok.....show sounds good....they were very serious in 69....execution, my friendly little dead heads!!!!top notch....all the dark stars were very diff. during this era..i love em all as long as the tape was good and runnin--5 this dark star--wait....i got this tape around 96 when these all started to circulate {the 69 stuff}.....these riffs are so memorable in 69 in dark star!!!! man....could they have been etched in stone? yes!!!

I don't know if this is the best version of DS>SS>11 I've heard (I just listened to 4/27/69, and it blows the socks of this one). But it IS very very good ;) What struck me about this set was the 30+ minute Lovelight -- super high energy, lots of hoots and hollars, etc. It'll getcha in the mood for sure.

Quite possibly one of the greatest versions of Dark Star>Saint Stephen>The Eleven I've heard. The recording on the soundboard is great, and the performance is even better.