Oil Well Bootlegs - RSC CD: Grateful Dead - I'm A King Bee

domenica 4 novembre 2018

Grateful Dead - I'm A King Bee - Oil Well, RSC 085 CD

Grateful Dead - I'm A King Bee
Oil Well, RSC 085 CD

1 Truckin' 9:34
2 Beat It On Down The Line 3:52
3 Loser 6:32
4 El Paso 5:31
5 The Rub 5:12
6 Bird Song 5:58
7 Playin' In The Band 5:07
8 Cumberland Blues 5:05
9 Ripple 5:02
10 Me And Bobby McGhee 5:58
11 I'm A King Bee 8:01
12 Bertha 4:46
13 Casey Jones 5:34

Note:
All songs by Hunter/Lesh/Garcia/Weir unless noted
Live in New York City, April 28/29, 1971 - Vol. 1
All songs recorded on April 28, 1971 in New York City except track 13 recorded on April 29, 1971

Lineup:
Jerry Garcia – lead guitar, vocals
Bob Weir – rhythm guitar, vocals
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan – keyboards, harmonica, percussion, vocals
Phil Lesh – bass, vocals
Bill Kreutzmann – drums

This album is a digital clone of: "Typical Daydream" CD1 - Silver Rarities ‎– SIRA 119/120/121
1971 was a good year to catch a live Grateful Dead show, and the Fillmore East was a good venue to catch them at. Ladies and Gentlemen...The Grateful Dead presents some four and a half hours of Grateful Dead garnered from their final five-day run at the Fillmore East in 1971 before it closed down for good. Compared to larger arenas, the 2400 seat venue had an intimate feel, but Bill Graham had decided to shut it down due to the high cost of bringing bands to the theater. While adjusting to the absence of their second percussionist Mickey Hart, the Grateful Dead are in good form for these performances.All songs recorded on April 28, 1971 in New York City except track 13 recorded on April 29, 1971

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© Official released material:
Tracks 2,3,4,5,6,8,910,11,13 have been released officially on: Ladies & Gentlemen: The Grateful Dead.
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Dead of the Day: April 29, 1971
Truckin’ opens the show in strong fashion, with some alternative lyrics and an eruption of laughter from Bobby at one point. A few songs later, the Cumberland absolutely smokes with fiery picking and so much more stuffed into the short little version. The Bird Song – one of the first dozen they played – a song later is elemental, so far from the richer, though no more splendid, renditions from the late eighties and early nineties, nearly three hundred iterations later. After a Dark Hollow that is sumptuous in its simplicity, the band switches gears completely by heading into a Hard to Handle, which is certainly among the best ever. Pig is solid on the standard vocals and delivers an extended, funky rap before the song transitions into a scrumptious, extended jam featuring Jerry and Phil, returning again to Pig and the chorus one final time.

A bit later, the Morning Dew comes forth as a glorious thing of beauty with the band regally launching off into jams then coming back down for Jerry’s vocals backed by Pig’s luscious organ fills. Next, the Minglewood offers up something else entirely; I have never heard Bobby sing the tune – or any song, for that matter – quite like he does here, all big and up front. Moreover, Pig’s organ is really coming through, providing some depth and texture to the tune along with the blues guitar riffs and strong work by Billy on the drums. As we have commented before, the Dead do a tremendous version of I Second That Emotion, and this one is second to none. It is also the last of the far too few seven that they played. Despite an unbelievably resplendent show up until this point, the real highlight of the night begins with the steamy - and, sadly, the last - Alligator, and continues on with the insane Drums and the Jam> GDTRFB> Cold Rain and Snow.

Dead of the Day: April 28, 1971

This show, the penultimate of the fabulous spring '71 tour, is another monster. As you would expect, Pig dominates, playing an unreal Hard to Handle and an excellent King Bee. But he is in the background for most of the show as the rest of the boys serve up some seriously mind-altering jams. Jerry is sublime on Dew, and everyone comes together to make the magic happen after the Hard to Handle with a 20-minute Other One into a Wharf Rat. But, as you might have guessed looking at the setlist, The Dark Star> Stephen> NFA> GDTRFB> NFA may very well be the best part of the show. Tom Constanten sat in on that latter stretch, and his presence is much appreciated, as you will hear.

The jam, with the Stephen tease, takes a little time to get going, but then rockets off into incredible territory with all five members of the band coming together into a writhing mass of pure awesomeness to make it happen. The boys continue on into Going Down the Road and then head off to an incredible Cold Rain and Snow. From there, the rest of the show is just icing on the cake, albeit some of the best frosting ever.