Grateful Dead - 1973-03-21 - Utica NY (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1971-03-21
Memorial Auditorium
Utica, NY
Soundboard recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Bertha
02. Me And My Uncle
03. Wave That Flag
04. Looks Like Rain
05. Tennessee Jed
06. Box Of Rain
07. You Ain't Woman Enough
08. Jack Straw
09. Row Jimmy
10. Beat It On Down The Line
11. Here Comes Sunshine
12. The Race Is On
13. Loser
14. El Paso
15. China Cat Sunflower >
16. I Know You Rider
17. Playing In The Band

2nd Set:
01. Greatest Story Ever Told
02. They Love Each Other
03. Mexicali Blues
04. Brown Eyed Women
05. Big River
06. Brokedown Palace
07. Me And Bobby McGee
08. Weather Report Suite Prelude >
09. Dark Star >
10. Eyes Of The World >
11. Wharf Rat
12. Sugar Magnolia
13. Casey Jones

Grateful Dead - 1973-03-21 - Utica NY (SBD)

1973: While the Grateful Dead will always be known as a 1960s hippie, psychedelic band, the truth is that musically they reached their peak in the 1970s. Ironically, that’s also the decade where they took about 18 months off from touring and recording between their “farewell“ shows at Winterland in October 1974 and their return to live performances in June 1976. Many, including me, think that their 1977 Spring tour, about a year after their return from their hiatus marked the band’s finest moment. Others say that the year and half prior to their retirement, from Spring 1973 to Fall 1974, was the band’s high point. Since we brought you some 1977 music earlier this month, we'll give some equal time over the next few days to 1973!  Today, we’ll feature a soundboard from March 21, 1973, 44 years today, from Utica.  Download this one, then come back on the 24th, 26th and 31st for 3 more from this run. By the way - as has become tradition here at So Many Roads, we try to bring you runs of shows that coincide with official releases as usually that means the band is playing quite well at that time. In this case, Dave's Picks 16 features the March 28, 1973 show while Dave's Picks 21 presents the April 2, 1973 concert.