Grateful Dead

By David Gans

Week of May 11, 1998

Grateful Dead 8/1/73 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City
DARK STAR->
EL PASO

The DEAD at CANDLESTICK 4/93

AN ALTERNATIVE ANTHEM

Grateful Dead 12/29/77 Winterland (Dick's Picks vol. 10)
TENNESSEE JED

Ruth Allison requested this show for the Jerry-Bobby-Vince "Star Spangled Banner" and a montage of media coverage of the event. I think the quote of the day is Jerry telling a reporter, "We're like bad architecture and old whores: eventually you get respectable if you're around long enough."

"An Alternative Anthem" was my not-terribly-successful attempt to stitch together a new set of patriotic images.

And: the "Dark Star" from Jerry's 31st birthday ain't too shabby.

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Thanks for listening! David Gans
gdhour [at] dead.net

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