NRPS worcester ma 4-4-1973 Out Of Town good

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Ya forgot to mention this show took place at Clark University -- which is important 1, because I went there :-)  and 2, because of Atwood Hall. 

I posted some research I did about the Dead shows and some pics long ago on the former Zone but for now, here is some relevant info posted on another site (not by me).

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Clark's Atwood Hall is an academic building with a 640-seat student theater inside. Over the years, it hosted some amazing concerts as the student activities board would get bands who were already playing Boston to schedule a night at Clark, under an hour to the west. As someone reports on Archive, not only did the Dead play there in the late 60s, but so did Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Chuck Berry, the Chambers Brothers, the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, James Taylor, Ray Charles, Ten Years After, and a host of other bands.

A couple folks on Archive contend that this was actually the second show the Dead played at Clark. The first supposedly came about a year earlier. As one of these commenters, a former Clark student, explains, 

The Dead made their first appearance at Atwood Hall in late '67 or early '68. They performed a lot of material from Anthem although it had not been released yet. I was sitting near the center aisle when all of I sudden, maybe 40 minutes into the set, Paul MacGalliard goes running down the aisle towards the stage. That's funny, I thought. I wasn't used to seeing Paul, a man of significant size, move so fast. I was working with the theater group, learning stage lighting, and Paul, who was a year or two ahead of me, tolerated me and taught me the ropes. Suddenly I realized that all of the little red lights on the guitar amps had gone out. The Dead had blown out the power, but I was so entranced, I didn't even notice. The stage lights were still on, they were on a different circuit. The band members all picked up percussion instruments and just kept playing. (Maybe this was not the first time this had happened). They kept jamming until Paul threw the breakers and the power came back. The Dead played a while longer until the circuits heated up and they blew the power again. It was no use, they excused themselves, and promised to come back, which they did in April of 1969. We had new power lines in Atwood, installed especially for them.

In support of the earlier Clark show, someone points out that you can hear Jerry saying in the initial tuning that "Last time we were here, it was a colossal disaster…this time it will be worse!” 

Regardless, the Dead’s show here in April was originally scheduled for the 19th. However, the equipment did not arrive on time, leading them to push back the date from Saturday to Sunday night, allowing for another 4/20 show. 

On this night the Dead shared the bill with Roland Kirk. Rumor has it that Kirk insisted on getting top billing - playing last - by bringing a gun to the negotiations with the Dead.

https://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-20-1969

http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2010/03/atwood-hall-clark-university-wo...

^ back to New Riders (nice recommendation for a sunny Monday)

Some more great research from the excellent Hooterollin Around site about the 4/4/73 Clark show:

"The Grateful Dead ended a leg of their tour on April 2, 1973, playing with the Riders at Boston Garden. Although the Dead and their crew must have gone home, Keith and Donna seem to have stuck with the Riders.

When the New Riders headlined at Clark University, Keith played piano for the whole show.

On top of that, not only did Donna provide harmonies on "She's No Angel" (early show) and "Long Black Veil" (late), but for both shows she took a solo turn, singing lead on Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man."

... I have a feeling that Keith and Donna played with the New Riders for the entire April leg of the tour, but I am unable to confirm any of that, or even be certain of all the dates."

http://hooterollin.blogspot.com/2011/11/nrps-with-keith-and-donna-godcha...

This show was put out on Kufala Records (on CD) maybe 15 years ago or so.  I have it, pretty good.  Find it here

http://www.deaddisc.com/disc/NRPS_Worcester.htm

Bears sonic journal has some occasional cds out there . Some are better i guess than others. this one which is put together on a you tube has alot of the tracks. all with Garcia from 60 and early 70 . here is that free air supply of NRPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK6Nd8qwIiY&list=OLAK5uy_lvEndUGUD86B4R9...

My cousin went to Clark early-mid 1980s.

Anyone here know Greg Phillips from Scardale, NY?