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73 What A Year For The Gd !


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lisined to a few shows from that year wow i have b4 but it gave me a chill when they went into they love eachother > row jimmy great music

this is one of the best sites on this whole internet thing lol

peace love !

and another ? encore jonhy b good or brokedown palace ? which would you prefer?

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Great: Dark Stars, El Paso's, Eyes, China Dolls, WRS>LIG, Bobby McGees, Brokedowns, Row Jimmy's, China>Rider's, Playins > too many more to name...

I really love Winterland, Dane County, Roscoe Maples, Watkins, Roosevelt, Spectrum....aw hell > The whole shootin match. The Honey Year!

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Twas a pivotal year for those of us in the Big Apple, as the Deads graduated (for better or worse) from lovely venues like the Academy of Music, Fillmore East, Capitol, Stanley, Felt Forum and Manhattan Center to the "big time - Roosevelt Stadium, MSG and the dreaded Nassau Coliseum. If someone was keeping record of where & when the most drug busts happened at Dead shows, I'd be putting my money on Nassau in '73 as No. 1.

Why is the music of '73 so special? I can answer that in one word: EYES

(73 also introduces Here Comes Sunshine, Wave That Flag, Row Jimmy)

But what 73 really means to me is Watkins Glen - the cosmic intersection of my Rock & Roll heroes, the Band, ABB, and the Deads. My dream is to see Watkins recreated in its entirety by DSO, with the best Band and ABB tribute bands (does anyone know who those might be?)

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When I first found the dead, or it found

me 73 was my favorite year to listen to. Good foundation in the "greatest hits". Loved March 73, 6-10-73 classic-epic 3rd set, of course Watkins glen.

Each separate year in the 70s had such a distinctive sound, it's hard for me to say I like one over the other. They are all uniquely great.

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The absolute height of Grateful Dead's powers came to a razor sharp peak on May 26th, 1972 as they capped the 4 night run at the Lyceum Theater. One could split hairs and wish that the likes of Stella and Eyes had come a bit earlier and could have been on display here, but that's just, well, splitting hairs.

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The absolute height of Grateful Dead's powers came to a razor sharp peak on May 26th, 1972 as they capped the 4 night run at the Lyceum Theater. One could split hairs and wish that the likes of Stella and Eyes had come a bit earlier and could have been on display here, but that's just, well, splitting hairs.

I'll agree that it was definitely one of their peaks. I don't think it's fair to say that it was the one, their music went in a lot of directions after this. I wish we could somehow insert pig into 73 shows...

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Twas a pivotal year for those of us in the Big Apple, as the Deads graduated (for better or worse) from lovely venues like the Academy of Music, Fillmore East, Capitol, Stanley, Felt Forum and Manhattan Center to the "big time - Roosevelt Stadium, MSG and the dreaded Nassau Coliseum. If someone was keeping record of where & when the most drug busts happened at Dead shows, I'd be putting my money on Nassau in '73 as No. 1.

Why is the music of '73 so special? I can answer that in one word: EYES

(73 also introduces Here Comes Sunshine, Wave That Flag, Row Jimmy)

Also got the debut of China Doll(I believe at the same show that we got the first Eyes). I LOVE '73!!!!!!!!

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But what 73 really means to me is Watkins Glen - the cosmic intersection of my Rock & Roll heroes, the Band, ABB, and the Deads. My dream is to see Watkins recreated in its entirety by DSO, with the best Band and ABB tribute bands (does anyone know who those might be?)

that would be sweet
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The absolute height of Grateful Dead's powers came to a razor sharp peak on May 26th, 1972 as they capped the 4 night run at the Lyceum Theater. One could split hairs and wish that the likes of Stella and Eyes had come a bit earlier and could have been on display here, but that's just, well, splitting hairs.

John,

It's been a while since I've been on the forum (I recently moved to Italy), but you make a good point here, as always. The show you referenced is indeed a pinnacle of GD's mucisal prowess (THE pinnacle? Who knows?), which is why DSO should seriously consider playing that one when they re-create one of the Dead's London show's from the Europe '72 tour on March 18th, 2012. I am extremely excited to hang out in London and catch this show while I'm living in Europe.

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