25/02/17 Dance Lab
Set One 82/08/07 Alpine Valley Music Theatre
Music>Sugaree>Music, Me & My Uncle>Big River,
Must Have Been the Roses, CC Rider, Ramble On
Rose, BIODTL>On the Road Again, Althea,
Let It Grow.
Set Two 71/04/13 Scranton Catholic Youth Center
Casey Jones, Mama Tried, Loser, Big Boss Man,
Me and Bobby McGee, Bertha, Cumberland Blues,
Big RR Blues, Playin' in the Band, Hard to Handle,
Sugar Magnolia.
Set Three 74/07/31 Dillon Stadium Hartford, CT
To Lay Me Down, Truckin'>Mind Left Body Jam>
Spanish Jam>Wharf Rat>US Blues, Saturday Nite.
E: Uncle John's Band.
Piercing the dark winter cold, BDP 25 provides
the sanctuary of warm audio delights.
Opening stanza an untouched BDP year, the
Roses and CC Rider early standouts, a gooey
Althea preceding a similiarly strong Let It Grow
highlight the uneven first.
Second an amazing snapshot of the band in
transition, Mickey's recent departure and
Pig's decreasing contributions, with Jerry
and Phil rushing to fill the sonic voids. The
band's play an unstoppable freight train of
energy. Primitive versions of new material-
Loser, Bertha, Playin' (5 min), along with
the set highlight, a hammered H2H, which
display the virtues of others from April 71.
Closing sequence a Wall of Sound dreamworld,
an over the top 18 minute Truckin' melting into
Mind Left Body (was feeling you Tea)>Spanish
Jam, Garcia going alphadog for a good thirty
minutes. Most impressive.
Music started at 9:30P, wrapped around 2:00A
with full post show silliness and the 6A
fresh donut run. Big Fun.
Praise DSO.