![]() Don't get me wrong the show certainly was fascinating. I'm one of those people that when they hear about how great a show is they kind of turn away from it because when I listen to it, I find it kind of overrated. (an effect perhaps enhanced with the loud pop of a cherry bomb and well-timed flash paper ignition), and as one song or another reached even higher db levels, finally the amp appeared to blow a fuse. I noticed him turning the volume knob on his axe up seconds prior. I do remember they played it (Alligator) at the 1970 date in quest -shn much like the Anthem version, (and thus this VD '68 version) - if anyone else could perhaps tell me they too saw the band perform the intro on kazoos? Which reminds me of the lost to the ethers hair-raising Alligator I saw them perform at the Carousel Ballroom (Fillmore West) some 2 years+ later in mid-1970.ĭon't worry, it's extant in the akashic records just about a mile or two beyond the Sirens of Titan, and can be retrieved by focusing on the ripples originally beamed from our former whereabouts kindly hosted by Billy Graham on a particularly memorable, if non-archived, evening with the Grateful Dead. Yet others have staked this 2-14-1968 Caboose as the finest their pointy ears have heard.Ĭertainly this Valentine's has a zap yer mind China Cat Sunflower.Īnd dig the roots of the Anthem of the Sun Alligator. To be sure, the (Two from the Vault) 8-24-1968 New Potato Caboose is in a class by itself, a highlight of that well-played and equally well recorded for the time show.
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