Grateful Dead - 1973-12-06 - Cleveland OH (SBD)

Grateful Dead

1973-12-06

Cleveland Convention Center

Cleveland, OH

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

1st Set:

01. Bertha                               

02. Mexicali Blues                                       

03. Loser                                

04. Black-Throated Wind                

05. They Love Each Other           

06. Beat It On Down The Line          

07. Deal                           

08. El Paso                             

09. Row Jimmy                          

10. Greatest Story Ever Told             

11. China Cat Sunflower >                

12. I Know You Rider                     

13. Around And Around                    

2nd Set

01. Ramble On Rose                       

02. Me And My Uncle                     

03. Stage Talk                           

04. Here Comes Sunshine                 

05. Big River                            

06. Dark Star >                         

07. Eyes Of The World >                 

08. Stella Blue                          

09. Sugar Magnolia   

Grateful Dead - 1973-12-06 - Cleveland OH (SBD)

1973 - The Grateful Dead found themselves rebounding from personnel losses in 1973. Drummer Mickey Hart had left the band in late 1971, and would not return until late 1974. In early 1973, original keyboardist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan passed away at age 27, the first of the band's keyboard players to die tragically. The Dead's sound began a new evolution, with Bill Kreuztman handling the drums solo, while Keith and Donna Jean Godchaux added new musical elements to the mix. Keith's piano playing was more jazzy compared to Pigpen's bluesy sound, while Donna Jean helped fill out the band's harmonies. New tunes such as Jimmy Row, Let It Grow, Eyes Of The World, Loose Lucy and Wave That Flag (an early version of U.S. Blues) entered the band's repertoire. During the summer, the Dead would tour with both the Allman Brothers and The Band, including the historic concert at Watkins Glen in August which drew over 600,00 fans. By the fall and winter of 1973, the band was hitting on all cylinders, as evidenced the fact that a DOZEN shows from that period were officially released, featuring concerts between October 19 and December 19. This soundboard recording captures the Dead in Cleveland during that outsuanding run, on December 6, 1973, 49 years ago today.