Grateful Dead - 1970-07-14 - San Rafael, CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1970-07-14
Euphoria Ballroom
San Rafael, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

Acoustic Set
01. Don't Ease Me In*
02. Friend of the Devil
03. tuning
04. Dire Wolf
05. Dark Hollow
06. Candyman
07. Black Peter
08. How Long Blues
09. Deep Elem Blues
10. Cumberland Blues
11. New Speedway Boogie

Electric Set
01. Casey Jones
02. El Paso
03. China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
04. Easy Wind
05. Me and My Uncle
06. Cryptical Envelopment >
07. Drums >
08. The Other One >
09. Cryptical Envelopment >
10. Cosmic Charlie
11. Good //Lovin'

Encore:
01. Uncle John's Band

*Audience source

Grateful Dead - 1970-07-14 - San Rafael, CA (SBD)

After the psychedelic live trip that was the year 1969, the Grateful Dead used 1970 to hone their song writing, vocal harmonies, and studio recordings. Two of the band’s finest albums, Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty, were released in 1970. In fact, legend has it that Jerry Garcia had made an arrangement that in return for his playing pedal steel guitar on Teach Your Children, CSNY would teach the members of the Grateful Dead how to sing harmony for those albums. In any event, just because the Dead spent significant time in the studio in 1970 doesn't mean they didn’t go out on the road. In fact, the band played 142 live shows in 1970! This soundboard captures the Dead on July 14, 1970, 45 years ago today, with a set list filled with tunes from both Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty.

1970 in Grateful Dead History

• On January 31, the Dead, along with their sound man, Owsley "The Bear" Stanley, are busted in New Orleans for drugs. The band would immortalize the event in the lyrics to Truckin, the closing song on American Beauty, where they sing of being busted, down on Bourbon Street”.
• The Dead release Workingman’s Dead on June 14. The album was ranked #262 on Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 albums of all time and includes classic tracks such as Casey Jones and Uncle John's Band. 
• From June 24 to July 5, The Dead participated in the Festival Express, along with Janis Joplin and The Band, a concert tour featuring shows in 3 Canadian cities during which the artists traveled by train to each gig. The tour was documented in a 2003 film that includes footage of the band members jamming together during the train rides. 
• The Dead play their first gig in Europe on May 24 in Newcastle. The next time they cross the pond it will be for the legendary Europe 72 tour. 
• The Dead release American Beauty on November 1. The album was ranked #258 on Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 albums of all time and includes classic tracks such as Sugar Magnolia, Friend Of The Devil, Ripple, Box Of Rain and Truckin'. 
• Live concerts from 1970 that have been officially released include: January 18, February 2, February 4, April 18, May 2 and May 15.