Grateful Dead - 1978-09-14 - Giza, Egypt (SBD)

Grateful Dead
1978-09-14
Sphinx Theatre
Giza, Egypt
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included

1st Set:
01. Ollin Arrageed* >
02. Not Fade Away
03. Me And My Uncle
04. They Love Each Other
05. New Minglewood Blues
06. Peggy-O
07. Beat It On Down The Line
08. Deal

2nd Set:
01. Sugaree
02. Samson And Delilah
03. Scarlet Begonias >
04. Fire On The Mountain
05. Truckin' >
06. The Other One >

07. Drums >

08. Space >

09. Black Peter >

10. Around And Around

Notes:

* with Hamza el-Din 

Grateful Dead - 1978-09-14 - Giza, Egypt (SBD)

On September 2, 1978, I saw the Grateful Dead at Giants Stadium, a good show but hardly the stuff of legends. Perhaps the Dead can be forgiven as no doubt they were looking ahead to their next gig - 3 nights of shows in Giza Egypt at the foot of the Great  Pyramid! The trip was spearheaded by Phil Lesh who said "I was one of the first people in the band who was on the trip of playing at places of power, You know, power that's been preserved from the ancient world. The pyramids are like the obvious number one choice because no matter what anyone thinks they might be, there is definitely some kind of mojo about the pyramids."  Accompanied by a plane load of Deadheads, including folks such as Bill Graham, Ken Kesey and Bill Walton, the leaders of he hippie counter culture tried to tap into the ancient mysticism of Egypt, to try to understand, as Kesey explained "Our relationship to ancient humans. To this place on the planet. To the planet's place in the universe.  All that cosmic stuff is what the Dead are based on."  Nights two and three on the run were officially released on the CD entitled Rockin' the Cradle. This soundboard recording captures night one of that historic and unprecedented long strange trip, on September 14, 1978, 4 decades ago this very day.