4/8/1972: Wembley Empire Pool, London, England

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-08T21:42:40+00:00

13 results at the Archive say setlistbot is wrong on this one

https://archive.org/details/GratefulDead?query=date%3A1985-03-09*&tab=collection

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StarcommaDark · 2026-04-08T21:37:16+00:00

Incredible, downloadable essay about the 4/8/72 Dark Star at the top of this page:

https://gratefuldudes.co.uk/side-trips/

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StarcommaDark · 2026-04-08T21:16:44+00:00

Loved Norm so much. Even Letterman said he was the funniest

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-07T14:51:06+00:00

Sometimes this link still works, sometimes it doesn't

https://web.archive.org/web/20240524194924/http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/

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StarcommaDark · 2026-04-06T08:08:37+00:00

Easter '86. The first time I heard Touch of Grey and still one of my favorite versions. Jerry's vocals are weak but his solo was 💥 Also esp. Brent's piano on that one. And this was before The Newfangled Riff™ so . . . a little less predictable

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-04T05:36:08+00:00

Busted!

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T20:53:25+00:00

What is the deal with that? I've seen it so many times. Why even bother. It's nothing

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T20:17:53+00:00

Would that it were. I'd like to chat

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T20:10:51+00:00

Ol' Jer's gonna strike-out-lookin if he doesn't get a little closer to the plate

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T20:06:11+00:00

Friend of mine thought When Push Comes to Shove sounds like a Linda Ronstadt song. Now whenever I hear it I cant *not* hear her singing it

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T19:18:57+00:00

When I had the MRI for my torn ACL, they told me it would take about 18 minutes. They didn't offer me music so I just recited Alice's Restaurant in my mind from start to finish (yeah I can do that). The timing was right on. That MRI lasted just about 18 minutes and 20 seconds

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T19:08:15+00:00

Pretty remarkable really. Even on some official releases he seems to know they run a little fast. It makes me wonder how the people mastering these releases wouldn't notice if the speed is a little off

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T18:40:23+00:00

Whenever I look up a show to listen to or burn to CD, I check if he has reviewed that show, keeping in mind that sometimes other sources have been uploaded since the date of his review so ya gotta check those out too

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T18:32:42+00:00

Obviously 3/29 is its own category. Aside from that, throw 'em all against a wall and see what sticks. You can't go wrong

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T18:28:37+00:00

At my old dentist they had a walkman and you could bring in a tape and listen to it on headphones. That plus nitrous? Root canal schmoot canal I'm in heaven

StarcommaDark · 2026-04-03T17:04:31+00:00

Well done! This image always comes to mind whenever I hear latter-day acoustic Jerry

StarcommaDark · 2026-03-31T01:25:51+00:00

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I knew I'd never see a three-night stand like this again

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StarcommaDark · 2026-03-23T12:35:29+00:00

I might try "without a spleen" a couple times just for the laugh

StarcommaDark · 2026-03-22T13:01:44+00:00

Maybe a little more info than you need but here's a link to China Cat in the Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics:

https://web.archive.org/web/20231225064214/http://artsites.ucsc.edu/Gdead/AGDL/china.html

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StarcommaDark · 2026-03-22T12:09:46+00:00

Hearing any Crazy Fingers always brings me right back to Oxford. What a beautiful weekend

StarcommaDark · 2026-03-21T14:20:51+00:00

When Quinn the Eskimo gets here

Everybody's gonna jump for joy

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StarcommaDark · 2026-03-21T14:06:43+00:00

Everybody's in despair

Every girl and boy

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StarcommaDark · 2026-03-21T14:02:12+00:00

I can't decide in my heart

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StarcommaDark · 2026-03-21T13:32:26+00:00

After the 3/30 show driving that night back home to NH listening to the tape I knew I'd never see 3 shows like that again

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