Anthem

[springFallandWinter]

original.

1. 1/2 step/i know you rider, btw, peggyo, never trust a woman, tom thumb, biodtl, chimes of freedom, greatest story, tangled up in blue.

2. stranger (w/john kadlecik- no jeff mattson, jk left after stranger), speedway, playin/uncle johns/d/s/fire on the mtn/hey jude/china doll/playin.

e. take a letter maria.  

Edited December 29, 2024 by springFallandWinter

[springFallandWinter]

ok this was a pretty unique show in a buncha ways.

right off the bat, ive never seen 1/2 step/i know you rider to open a show.

actually ive never seen those two as a combo-- period-- by either the gd or the dso.

matter of fact i dont think the gd ever did it at all. not sure dso has either.

so thats pretty pretty pretty cool.

and it was blasted out of the gate. beautiful.

i love it. theyre perfect together like pancakes and syrup.

what an opening sequence.

 

peggyo was sublime.

donna, er lisas chimes.... well she owns this. its become, her.......anthem.

tangled is one of the best first-set closers you could hope for. even better than timothee chalamet could imagine. nice.

 

(ill get to stranger and jk later.)

 

i never saw a great gd speedway. seemed it was one of the rare songs which the live version never surpassed the recorded workingmans version.

speedway last night may have been the best version ive seen. it was a train a rollin and a boogien.

 

playin is always a treat--playin and simple. its a gem. this was short and oh so sweet.

and uncle johns--- well its the big crazy uncle at your dinner table.  hes big and loud. 

and he always puts a smile on your face. and when hes right the smile almost hurts.

it was that kinda smile.

its the big singalong.

 

to see 2 jerry songs after drums with neither one of em being black peter, wharf rat or stella blue is pretty pretty pretty unusual and a treat.

roanoke 87 comes to mind (first night- comes a time and crazy fingers, 2nd night wheel and morning dew.)

so fire and china doll was neat.

 

speaking of fire outta drums, again pretty rare. saw it once-- radio city halloween 80--the franken and davis broadcast show. never saw it since by the gd or dso. dont know if theyve ever done that.

nice surprise and big big version.

oh yeah, hey jude, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah. gravy.

and any show that ends with a wrapup back into playin is nails.

 

just a really well-played unusual concert. 

good time had by all.

[count2]

26 minutes ago, springFallandWinter said:

right off the bat, ive never seen 1/2 step/i know you rider to open a show.

actually ive never seen those two as a combo-- period-- by either the gd or the dso.

matter of fact i dont think the gd ever did it at all. not sure dso has either.

The GD did Half-Step>Rider once on 11/10/85 to open the second set.

[John A]

Off the top of my head there's only one other Rider with no China Cat since China->Rider became a thing.  Cal Expo, '91 I think?

[Ammagamalin Crew]

'89

[John A]

Ouch - I'm better than that!  😟

 

I knew it wasn't '90 but should have recalled '89 - great runs of shows that year at Cal Expo.

[BillK522]

Got shut out that night.

Enjoyed the other two, though.

 

Praise DSO.

[Ammagamalin Crew]

You got the goods with that Scarlet Fire show.

[springFallandWinter]

john kadlecik is a dmv local.

and since he was in town playin the state theatre (the place i first saw dso at way back when) friday night, we figured there was a good chance hed be at the anthem saturday night.

and when we saw him scurrying around the stage at intermission, our hopes were confirmed.

 

and listen im not getting into any of the old bad blood stuff between the band members.

he was there and this had great possibilities of jeff and jk firing off double guitar leads.

so what happens?

 

band comes out for the second set with jk on stage BUT jeff is nowhere to be found.

hes sitting on the side backstage watching.

when guitarists joined the grateful dead for a jam........steve miller, carlos santana, mick taylor etc, they dont replace you, they join you. they didnt replace jerry, they joined jerry.

 

instead of dual guitar duets and interchange, we get jk playin solo lead on, wait for it, feel like a stranger--- get it.

and thats it. a little background vocal, a little solo lead, no dynamic dual bullets being fired off, and poof hes gone.

 

made no sense.

really too bad.

twas a real missed opportunity for everyone.

 

[Rbarracoph]

Ever play with three guitars on stage?

😉