Without much debate, the 1969 show at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis is our Dead of the Day for February 6th. Following a good, but not stratospheric Morning Dew, the band whips the crowd into a psychedelic frenzy, tearing up the rest of the show. So much of the show is so very good, but the highlight may very well be the Eleven, which, building out of a furious jam, has the band presenting one of the sweetest deliveries of the lyrics, which themselves are reminiscent of some acid dripped bedtime nursery rhyme. However, the Dead didn’t intend to put the seething masses to sleep, instead they kept up the furious pace until, finally, relenting with a heartfelt We Bid You Goodnight…
February 7, 1970Fillmore WestSan Francisco, California
Great show. The Hanno version is the only one to include “Hard To Handle” out of the recordings available, albeit from an Aud source. Just a ‘Heads Up’ (Pun intended 😜)