Grateful Dead - 1978-01-06 - San Bernadino CA (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1978-01-06
Swing Auditorium
San Bernadino, CA
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set
01. Tuning
02. The Promised Land
03. Phil breaks a string > Bobby's Hunter joke.
04. Dire Wolf
05. Tuning
06. Mama Tried >
07. Big River
08. Tuning
09. Loser
10. Tuning
11. Looks Like Rain
12. Tuning
13. Tennessee Jed
14. Tuning
15. New Minglewood Blues
16. Tuning
17. Deal 
18. Lazy Lightning >
19. Supplication

2nd Set:
01. Introduction
02. Playin' In The Band >
03. Estimated Prophet >
04. Drums >
05. The Other One  >
06. Truckin'

Encore:
01. Johnny B. Goode

Grateful Dead - 1978-01-06 - San Bernadino CA (SBD)

GD 1978 - Back To Back - #1: In the lore of the Grateful Dead, 1978 has always been a year that receives mixed reviews. As regular readers of this blog know, 1977 was THE YEAR for the Dead with a run of shows that may be unmatched in the band’s history. So, 1978 has always founds itself in the “tough act to follow” position. In truth, the Dead’s playing in 1978 wasn’t quite at the same level as the prior year. For example, their 3 shows at the Pyramids, while historic in terms of the setting, did not feature the band's finest musical moments. Their performance at Winterland on New Year’s Eve, however, is the stuff of legends. My own Dead experiences from 1978 reflect the same dichotomy. On the one hand, I saw them on May 10 and 11 in New Haven and Springfield, 2 shows that were so good they were officially released as Dick’s Picks Volume 25. On the other hand, I attended their September 2 performance at Giants Stadium, the last show before they headed to Egypt, and the band was clearly not firing on all cylinders. That said, when the Dead were good in 1978, they were very good, maybe as good as they were in 1977.  In fact the band opened the year with several strong shows in their home state of California, despite the fact that Garcia was suffering from a terrible sore throat that limited his singing. Today we bring you the first of 3 straight concerts from January 1978, starting with his soundboard recording from January 6, 1978, 3 dozen years ago today, from San Bernadino. Downlead this one, then come back tomorrow and the next day for parts 2 and 3 of this Back To Back entry.