Grateful Dead - 1979-07-01 - Seattle WA (SBD)

Grateful Dead 1979-07-01
Center Coliseum
Seattle, WA
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo >
02. Franklin's Tower
03. Mama Tried >
04. Mexicali Blues
05. Peggy-O
06. New Minglewood Blues
07. Stagger Lee
08. El Paso
09. Brown Eyed Women
10. Passenger

Set 2:
01. Don't Ease Me In
02. Samson And Delilah
03. Sugaree
04. Terrapin Station >
05. Playing In The Band >
06. Drums >
07. Space >
08. Stella Blue >
09. Truckin' >
10. Around And Around

Encore:
01. Shakedown Street
 
 Grateful Dead - 1979-07-01 - Seattle WA (SBD)

We open our July tribute to the Grateful Dead with the first of 4 shows today. This one is a soundboard recording from Seattle from July 1, 1979, 3 dozen years ago today.

1979 In Grateful Dead History

• On January 7, The Dead play their first show at Madison Square Garden. They would eventually play 52 shows at that venue, setting a record for the most performances by any artist at the "World's Most Famous Arena".  That record would eventually be surpassed, first by Elton John, and then by Billy Joel.
• On February 17, the band plays the first of 66 shows at the Oakland Coliseum.
• That first show at the Coliseum was also the last for Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux, who left the band.
• On April 22, Brent Mydland joins the Grateful Dead on keyboards and vocals.
• Live shows from 1979 that were later officially released include November 5, November 6, December 26 and December 28.