Two people jumping with Heads' Tales on the back of the tshirt and "Have you hugged a taper today?" on the front of the other t-shirt.

A woman wearing a shirt that says "Have you hugged a taper today?"

Old guy working out wearing a shirt that says "Have you hugged a taper today?"

Woman looking off in the distance with a Heads' Tales tshirt on.

Dead of the Day: 06-27-1969

Veterans Auditorium

Santa Rosa, California

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

For our Dead of the Day, we head back to an amazing 1969 summer show where the Dead roll with a country twang, but also bring the psychedelic power you would expect from the era. The show opens with a rare Slewfoot, which is a real treat to hear. The music continues with another new tune for the band, Mama Tried. On this version, the fourth of 297 times they played it, the Dead drive home a serious country sound. But then the Dead lead right into a fine, psychedelic rendition of Dupree’s before coming right back with one of Bobby’s cowboy tunes, Me and My Uncle. Another “new” Dead tune in Casey Jones rolls out next, again just the fourth time played. The boys deliver an extended intro on the song as they continue to feel out just what is possible within the confines of good old Casey Jones. Following that, they head into a Dire Wolf, but with Jerry on pedal steel and Bobby delivering the vocals for another interesting number.

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Identifier:

gd1969-06-27.sbd.finney.10344.shnf

Source:

SBD > Master Reel

Notes:

D1T7- Glitch at about 4:23 “From Good Ole San Francisco, the Good Ole Grateful Dead”. This is a very interesting tape, recorded as the band was moving from the Live/Dead sound to the Workingman’s Dead sound. Note the C&W twang in Bob Weir’s voice and the alternative arrangements in some familiar songs. According to Deadlists, Jerry plays pedal steel guitar on “Slewfoot” , on “Dire Wolf” (Weir on vocals!) and on “Green Grass”. Digitized from a cassette which, reportedly, was made by Dick Latvala. Apparently, the original recording of “Slewfoot” had the levels set too high for the first several seconds of the song. On the cassette, this portion didn’t appear to be saturated, but did have higher levels than the rest of the tape. This portion was captured separately from the rest of the tape, then spliced together later. This explains the distorted sound at the beginning even though the average level is the same throughout. The rest of the song is in pretty good shape, but the subsequent songs sound much better. There is some tape noise in “Dire Wolf”, which is sung by Bob Weir. “Baby Blue” has an internal cut, plus it is clipped at the end.

Description:

Set 1 Intro Slewfoot Mama Tried -> High Time Dupree’s Diamond Blues Me And My Uncle Jam -> Casey Jones Dire Wolf Sittin On Top Of The World -> Big Boss Man Dark Star -> St. Stephen -> The Eleven -> Green Green Grass Of Home Encore It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

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MR>?>Cas>CDR

Transferrer:

DFinnney and CPelz

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