Dead of the Day: 08-01-1973

Roosevelt Stadium

Jersey City, New Jersey

On Jerry’s birthday, the Grateful Dead only played a handful of shows. But they did lay out an excellent celebration in 1973 that serves as our Dead of the Day. A Promised Land breaks the show open with the Dead rocking it out of the gate. And then they go into a Sugaree, which is a classic early version, elemental and sparky. After a very solid Race Is On, Donna busts out You Ain’t Woman Enough, and, depending on your perspective, it is either one of the highlights of the first set or something to flip right on through. Regardless, Keith delivers some phenomenal keys in the effort. The Bird Song that comes out next is absolutely transcendent with Jerry and Keith coming together to make a truly standout version. The first set continues in tremendous fashion with a Mexicali and an upbeat They Love Each Other. A song later, a beautiful, haunting Stella Blue completely changes the tenor of the set as Jerry throws his all into the tune and Keith mingles in some lovely fills. Big River comes out right afterwards, erasing the melancholy of Stella with the hot picking.

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Identifier:
gd73-08-01.sbd.cotsman.12222.sbeok.shnf
Source:
Soundboard with audience patches
Notes:
complete show from most up to date SBD sources with AUD patches; compiled from S. Kaplan and N. Weiner seeds; source 1: SBD>MR>R>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN; source 2: SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN; source 3: AUD>MR>C>C>C>CD>EAC>SHN; See info file for details; Seeded to etree by JCotsman; With thanks to Alan Schlissel & Jeff Cook
Description:
Promised Land, Sugaree, The Race is On, You Ain’t Woman Enough, Bird Song, Mexicali Blues, They Love Each Other, Jack Straw, Stella Blue, Big River, Casey Jones Around & Around, Mississippi Half Step, Me & My Uncle, Row Jimmy, Dark Star-> El Paso-> Eyes Of The World-> Morning Dew, Sugar Magnolia; E: Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad > One More Saturday Night
Lineage:
source 1: SBD>MR>R>R>D>CD>EAC>SHN; source 2: SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN; source 3: AUD>MR>C>C>C>CD>EAC>SHN
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00:00
1
Phil’s announcements
00:47
2
Promised Land
03:13
3
Sugaree
08:01
4
The Race Is On
03:06
5
You Ain’t Woman Enough
03:09
6
Bird Song
11:14
7
Mexicali Blues
03:25
8
They Love Each Other
05:07
9
Jack Straw
04:54
10
Stella Blue
07:40
11
Big River
04:52
12
Casey Jones
06:45
13
Around & Around
05:08
14
Mississippi Half Step
08:39
15
Me & My Uncle
03:09
16
Row Jimmy
08:43
17
Dark Star
24:50
18
El Paso
04:23
19
Eyes Of The World
20:05
20
Morning Dew
13:19
21
Sugar Magnolia
09:45
22
Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad
09:27
23
One More Saturday Night
04:55
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The second half gets off to a fiery start with a ripping Around And Around, followed up by a tasty Half Step that brings the pace down a notch. And after Me And My Uncle, the slower, contemplative pace resumes with a totally styling Row Jimmy as Jerry shows, once again, just how dialed in he is on this night. With the crowd calling out tunes, the band then peals out the first notes of Dark Star, bringing a quick cheer from the audience. The version is tremendous with the boys completely focused on the matter at hand, spending nearly thirty minutes just working around the interstices of the theme, playing out the possibilities while drifting along on a cloud of space dust. Somehow El Paso bursts out of the Dark Star, providing a momentary interlude before the band blows out an epic Eyes Of The World. The Eyes heads off with momentum and exuberance, streaking into the planetary space and continuing to hum along for the duration. What’s more is that the Eyes eventually leads into a milky, cosmic, scintillating Morning Dew. The Dew stretches out before releasing into a sparkly, so fun Sugar Mags that sees the set out. But the boys come back out for a Going Down The Road Feeling Bad> One More Saturday Night encore that makes certain everyone went home shaking their bones.

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6 responses to “08-01-1973”

  1. Sly Avatar
    Sly

    Mighty nice “Jerry Day” show…

  2. John Avatar
    John

    Happy Birthday Jerry! Really amazing setlist. Wake of the Flood added so much.

  3. P_P_K Avatar
    P_P_K

    I often forget how good Keith was at times.As for Donna, so much hate. Phil’s voice was truly awful, yet Heads asked for him to sing something.

  4. Dave G Avatar
    Dave G

    Was At this show. Closest I ever got to the stage at any concert with them. Jerry really connected with us in the audience. As crazy as it may sound I think he was wearing a dark blue t shirt and denim jeans. Or maybe that’s just how I want to remember him!

    1. kevin j caldwell Avatar
      kevin j caldwell

      If you were lucky enough to see them there next Summer in ’74 you got to see a clean-shaven Jerry…..a unicorn siteing

  5. kevin j caldwell Avatar
    kevin j caldwell

    Half my hometown from just across the Hackey were there ……. my 1st time hearing Dark Star * live – pure joy

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