Grateful Dead
1972-03-21
Academy Of Music
New York, NY
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
1st Set:
01. Bertha
02. Black Throated Wind
03. Sugaree
04. Chinatown Shuffle
05. Greatest Story Ever Told
06. Loser
07. Mr. Charlie
08. Looks Like Rain
09. Tennessee Jed
10. Playing In The Band
11. You Win Again
12. Cumberland Blues
13. tuning
14. Next Time You See Me
15. El Paso
16. Good Lovin' >
17. Casey Jones
2nd Set:
01. tuning
02. Truckin' >
03. Drums >
04. The Other One >
05. Wharf Rat
06. tuning
07. Sugar Magnolia
08. tuning
09. The Stranger (Two Souls In Communion)
10. Ramble On Rose
11. Me And My Uncle
12. Big Railroad Blues
13. Not Fade Away >
14. Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
15. One More Saturday Night
GD 1972 - Back To Back - #1: For the Grateful Dead, the year 1972 would be a transitional one, marked by some incredible high points but marred by sadness. The band would integrate new keyboardist Keith Godchaux (who joined in late 1971) and his wife, vocalist Donna Jean, into the band. The Dead would travel to Europe, a legendary venture originally marked by the triple album, Europe 72, and later commemorated by the official release of every show from that tour. On August 27, 1972, the band would play a show at Veneta, OR which Deadheads rank along with the May 8, 1977 Cornell show as one for the ages. Alcohol abuse finally caught up with founding member and organist Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, who played his last show with the band on July 17, 1972, and eventually passed away in March 1973, another rocker whose lifestyle cost him his life at age 27. With Pigpen departing the band, the Dead lost some of their bluesy roots. The band began experimenting with some jazz influenced material, as evident on the album Wake of the Flood released the following year. As many of you know, 1973 and 1974 are often considered (along with 1977) as the Dead's peak, but 1972 set the stage. The soundboard recording captures the Dead on March 21, 1972, 53 years ago today, on night 1 of a a legendary 7 show run at the Academy Of Music in New York, perfromances that served as a warm up for the Europe 72 tour. Download this one, then come back tomorrow and the next day for parts 2 and 3 of this Back To Back Set.

