Other GD sets with missing member?
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Billy was late for this show (on a plane somewhere over over Omaha or just too high to play?) so only Jerry and Bobby played first set acoustic
Grateful Dead 12.26.1969 Dallas, Texas Complete Show SBD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgo-WFM0JCc
Another theory:
"For only the second time, Bobby and Jerry start off with an acoustic set. The previous go at it came just a week earlier on December 19th when they blamed it on Phil running late. On this night, Billy is the fall guy, supposedly still on a plane somewhere over Omaha as the show begins. It seems more likely that the boys wanted to try an acoustic set out on the audience, but wanted to have an excuse should the folks in the crowd revolt."
also the only time (Gathering Flowers For) The Master's Bouquet was ever performed?
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I remember Jerry walking off
I remember Jerry walking off stage during a few versions of Brent’s song “I Don’t Need Love”, but no whole sets where one of them was off-stage.
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DeadCo
DeadCo
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Phil & Friends @ BCT in '94
Phil & Friends @ BCT in '94
everyone but the drummers
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There's a pretty rippin' jam
There's a pretty rippin' jam minus Jerry at the '86 RFK shoe. Playin'jam...Jerry comes back for Terrapin.
https://archive.org/details/gd1986-07-07.fm.miller.88176.flac16
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The tip of Jerry's middle
The tip of Jerry's middle finger on his right hand was missing at all the shows.
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Mind Left Body Jam
Mind Left Body Jam
OKC 10/19/73
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJ4EcNu76U
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Irvine 86 where Jerry ran
Irvine 86 where Jerry ran away like a junkie he was to get his fix! SAD
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1986/04/13/terrapin-station?source=95637
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Mickey missed 72-74
Mickey missed 72-74
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I was at that one doolittle.
I was at that one doolittle.
4/12 1st set cooks.
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I was at all Irvine from 83
I was at all Irvine from 83 to 87
Love the Willie & Hand Jive from 4/12/86
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Orlando 94 Billy's father
Orlando 94 Billy's father passed away and he missed the show, Orlando Shit-Show 94
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I did Irvine 86/87/88. Had
I did Irvine 86/87/88. Had pit seats for all 3 in '87. Those were all good, as was '88.
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https://relisten.net/grateful
https://relisten.net/grateful-dead/1986/04/12/willy-the-hand-jive?source...
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Red Rocks '85. The band
Red Rocks '85. The band comes out, Jerry nods his head like 'nope, I'm not high enough'. He walks off stage. Someone tries to get him but Parrish is guarding the door. The band plays The Logger Song until Jerry returns.
Fuckin' sad.
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Isn't DIck's Picks 1 without
Isn't DIck's Picks 1 without Donna. Didin't miss her a bit.
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August 27, 1972 pole-humper
August 27, 1972 pole-humper dude was missing his clothes but his member was intact.
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I don't remember being there
I don't remember being there but was living in L.A. at the time but here's a Jerry/Kahn acoustic show ripoff they tried but the L.A. crowd revolted and demanded their money's worth! LOL
Shame on you Jerry!!!
http://jgmf.blogspot.com/2014/04/bullshit-bullshit-reprise-ln-jg1985-05....
https://ia802702.us.archive.org/24/items/jgb1985-05-31/jgb1985-05-31.mp3...
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6/6/69 - Garcia late for the
6/6/69 Fillmore West - Garcia is late for the show, Elvin Bishop & Wayne Ceballos sit in for him for five songs. (I wonder if people asked for their money back in those days?)
This show also has a ridiculously long Lovelight with Jerry.
https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-06.sbd.jupile.9494.sbeok.shnf/gd69-0...
Brent was sick at a show at the Kaiser and missed at least the first part of the 2nd set. I don't remember the date but I was there and I remember enjoying it, having always thought that keys were not essential to the GD.
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Can't quote any specific
Can't quote any specific dates, but wasn't there at least a few shows after Mickey left but before Keith came on board where Pig was too ill to play and the band was a four piece?
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Thanks for that 12.26.69,
Thanks for that 12.26.69, Alan. I hadn't heard that before, and it's sweet.
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>>>>>wasn't there at least a
>>>>>wasn't there at least a few shows after Mickey left but before Keith came on board where Pig was too ill to play and the band was a four piece?
Dunno if he was too ill, but in those daze Pig wasn't playing a lot of organ, so when it wasn't a Pig song he would often sit out.
Donna missed part of 73 while preggers.. Also missed at least a show and a half in late 78/early 79 when she was sick of it all.
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<Thanks for that 12.26.69>
<Thanks for that 12.26.69>
Yeah that was sweet. I often overlooked this somewhat mellow Texas show, as the Florida and Boston shows several days later usually got all my attention.
Hope you are feeling better BK, that's the main thing. (And same Noodler with his gout and anyone else dealing with health issues in these crazy times.)
Thanks for all the info, historians. I'm going to check some of those moments out for shits and giggles.
We know Keith missed some sets even when he was on stage -- what about Brent, did he ever miss a set or show? I don't recall any, but...
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Akron 7-2-86. 2nd set pre
Akron 7-2-86. 2nd set pre drums ... entire Playin->Desolation Row sans Jerry...
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fabes they cancelled that
fabes they cancelled that first orlando show, 4-3-94...but Billy played with the band the next night.
12-19 & 12-26-69 were the bands first 'acoustic' sets. Those little mini sets went over so well it spawned that great era beginning February in NYC then thru that legendary spring 1970 run then really the rest of the year.
I read it was the reverse of when Dylan plugged in and there were some people grumbling about it as well
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12-19-69 was without Phil
12-19-69 was without Phil
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>>Hope you are feeling better
>>Hope you are feeling better BK,
I feel great, thanks.
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>>>what about Brent, did he
>>>what about Brent, did he ever miss a set or show? I don't recall any<<<
I looked up the show where Brent was puking in a bucket and missed the first song of the 2nd set, Feel Like A Stranger.
It was earlier than I remembered, 12/30/81, so I was wrong, it wasn't at the Kaiser it was at the Oakland Auditorium (details matter).
Listening to it now I again think it sounds cool without keys. In those days I really liked Brent but I remember being just slightly disappointed when he came back onstage. I really enjoyed the "openness" of that Stranger. I always loved the band as spare as possible; more room between the notes, more room for Jerry, Bob & Phil to "talk".
IMO the Grateful Dead never NEEDED a keyboard player to be the Grateful Dead.
https://archive.org/details/gd1981-12-30.sbd.miller.117246.flac16/gd81-1...
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Bill was sick and missed 11
Bill was sick and missed 11/22/68, leaving Mickey solo, though it's hard to hear on this very early AUD: https://archive.org/details/gd1968-11-22.aud-goodbear.cotsman.21933.sbef...
12/7/68 also has only one drummer, believed to be Mickey. Pretty clear Charlie Miller SBD: https://archive.org/details/gd1968-12-07.sbd.miller.88674.sbeok.flac16
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12/7/68 is also the only
12/7/68 is also the only known live performance of Rosemary
https://archive.org/details/gd1968-12-07.sbd.miller.88674.sbeok.flac16/g...
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Nice uncle sam on those 68s.
Nice uncle sam on those 68s.
..but Rosemary was, in fact, performed once more live.. 1-2-72 Winterland
Set 2: Good Lovin'>China Cat>Rosemary>Good Lovin...
Lance I agree they never needed piano to be the GD
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..in fact some of my favorite
..actually some of my favorite GD is without a keyboard player: The October 11,12,13 1968 Avalon Ballroom shows Pigpen is absent.
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Not missing, but did not sing
Not missing, but did not sing. Jerry played, but he had lost his voice. San Diego, Jan. 1978. Two shows all Weir, all the time.
Golden Hall, San Diego, CA (1/7/78)
New Minglewood Blues,
Cassidy
Sunrise
Passenger
Mexicali Blues
Me and My Uncle
Looks Like Rain
El Paso
Let it Grow
Promised Land
Jack Straw
Dancin' in the Streets
Samson and Delilah
Playin' in the Band
drums
Not Fade Away
Around and Around
One More Saturday Night
Golden Hall, San Diego, CA (1/8/78)
Jack Straw
Mama Tried
Big River
Sunrise
It's All Over Now
Looks Like Rain
Lazy Lightnin'
Supplication
Samson and Delilah
Good Lovin'
Estimated Prophet
drums
The Other One
Truckin'
Sugar Magnolia
Johnny B. Goode
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^^^I always wondered why when
^^^I always wondered why when Garcia lost his voice again later in the year and the 11-25-78 New Haven show was canceled after letting the fans in the venue^^^
Issue started after the break on the 6th in San Bernadino
Set2:
Playin' In The Band
Estimated Prophet
Drums
The Other One
Truckin'
Encore:
Johnny B. Goode
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>> ..but Rosemary was, in
>> ..but Rosemary was, in fact, performed once more live.. 1-2-72 Winterland
Not sure where that info is from but the tapes don't back it up: https://archive.org/details/gd72-01-02.sbd.eD.8709.sbeok.shnf
Good Lovin' > China Cat > Good Lovin was definitely weird and maybe the only time they did that? But no Rosemary in there
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https://archive.org/details
https://archive.org/details/gd83-04-13.sbd.sacks.1614.sbeok.shnf/gd83-04...
4-13-83 Patrick Gymnasium, Burlington, Vermont
The first performance of Brent's "Maybe You Know", with just Brent and the drummers. They played it twice more on this tour, then one final time at Brent's meltdown show on 4-21-86 at the Berkeley Community Theatre.
https://archive.org/details/gd83-04-13.sbd.sacks.1614.sbeok.shnf/gd83-04...
4-21-86 BCT
The GDTRFB after Brent's hissy fit rips, and leads in to a comforting Morning Dew. They probably should have been getting Brent into therapy, but this was really all they knew how to do.
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I stand corrected, sam. Good
I stand corrected, sam. Good call.
I just gave it a listen again, it must have been the stand alone china cat that was so unique maybe why I thought of this show.. nice little jam though
good looking out
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Standalone China Cat is super
Standalone China Cat is super cool. Sounds like Garcia just decided he was going there and everybody followed
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Love the 1/2 Step into I know
Love the 1/2 Step into I know you Rider
https://archive.org/details/gd85-11-10.sbd.barbella.12264.sbeok.shnf/gd8...
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That I know of the GD played
That I know of the GD played Rosemary at least once.
Bellarmine College - Louisville, KY ~ 12/07/68
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuflLjOvCCw