Garcia with Allman Bros

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Strange times call for great music:

The Allman Brothers Band Featuring Jerry Garcia (and Billy and Boz Scaggs) ‎– Live at the Cow Palace, 1973 NYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNAmXz8kc6I

The posts that puts it all in context - awesome rock archeology:

http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2012/12/december-31-1973-cow-palace-dal...

http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-dead-and-allmans.html

 

Butch: New Year's came after our first set… So far, so good. We then kicked off our second set and about an hour or so into the set, just before Les Brers in A Minor, that was to include Jaimoe and my drum duet, my drums started just drifting off into space. When I could actually hit one it was like hitting a marshmallow. I just went, oh hell, he got me again. I turned around and there stood Bill Kreutzman looking just like Jesus, complete with the halo, and I held out my sticks and asked him if he would play my drums, I couldn't catch them. He did and went on to play what was to be my big time in the sun before an audience of millions. I moved to the side of the stage and thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the show which included the following jam with Jerry Garcia and Kreutzman still on my drums.
Years later I ran into Owsley and he told me that he had filled a water gun with LSD and got close enough to my wine bottle that was under one of my floor toms and shot it till he hit it enough to do the trick. Well it certainly did.”

But Trucks wasn’t upset about it: “I was disappointed that I wasn't able to finish the show, but I did have a great time listening to Jerry and the guys back when they were still really playing. And if you know Owsley "The Bear" there is no way on earth you could ever get mad at him. He was a big man (thus the nickname) but a kind and gentle soul with a mission. He truly believed, and I tend to agree with him, that people's minds would be more open after taking LSD.” (

 

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Good call Alan, thanks for posting.

But from everything I've seen and heard, Bear was not a "big man", but he certainly was a BIG MAN!

If you have the time and need an enjoyable read, the two blog posts are very well researched.

The show is unusual for the fact that Greg apparently also got dosed and couldn't play after a certain point (along with Butch). So Allman Bros with no Greg -- sorta unusual.

Butch tells the story (mistaken about the year):

https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/abb-dead-nye-1973-butch-acid/

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