This is a peaceful Sunday Night with the Grateful Dead.
52 years later baby and it's still peaceful and we're still trying to stay as high as the Dead took us back in San Francisco 2/24/74.
The blues. The soul. The rhythm. It speaks.
And this show doesn't stop speaking.
US Blues is a straight up opener. It's tight. It's confident. It's got it.
Mexicali Blues has that up tempo kick to it. Keeps the lift. Keeps the push. Right up along the line until we hit Brown Eyed Women, a real favourite of mine, and this outing baby, it's as good as May '77 and April '78. It's slow, it's steady. It's strong. The solo, that mind bending solo. Never a misfire. Jerry always brought it. Sits in my Top 10 BEW performances. Close to Dane County. The solo has a blues backbone busting out brief. But it fits. It works. It keeps us on baby. Rider, El Paso, Loser. It's all happening.
PITB is on fire.
This show is a vibe x