04-01-1995
The Pyramid
Memphis, Tennessee
This show at the Pyramid in Memphis is probably best known for the epic breakout of Al Green’s Take Me To The River. Al Green was from Forrest City, Arkansas, more or less just across the Mississippi in Memphis. The Dead’s rendition is somewhere between Al Green’s R&B and The Talking Heads’s new wave spins on the tune. The crowd goes wild for the song, which you can hear on an audience tape; we have a soundboard monitor recording cued up here.
Today’s Dead of the Day:
Other April 1st Shows and Recordings:
- 1967 – KMPX Radio – San Francisco, California
- 1980 – Capitol Theater – Passaic, New Jersey
- 1984 – Marin County Veterans Auditorium – San Rafael, California
- 1985 – Cumberland County Civic Center – Portland, Maine
- 1986 – Providence Civic Center – Providence, Rhode Island
- 1988 – Brendan Byrne Arena – East Rutherford, New Jersey
- 1990 – The Omni – Atlanta, Georgia
- 1991 – Greensboro Coliseum – Greensboro, North Carolina
- 1993 – Nassau Coliseum – Uniondale, New York
- 1994 – The Omni – Atlanta, Georgia
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