jesse jarnow on Nostr: 10/20/74 winterland: as usual, bill graham (in a white suit) both cheered & booed but ...

10/20/74 winterland: as usual, bill graham (in a white suit) both cheered & booed but nails intro: “as it should be on a sunday night in san francisco, the grateful dead.” besides garbled MAMA TRIED, 1st set sparkles. most songs will return in ’76, CHINA CAT SUNFLOWER > I KNOW YOU RIDER in 12/77 (& not really ’til 2/79). lesh is raspy, but BROKEDOWN PALACE (last ’til 5/77) is a stunner, final “american beauty” tune with its original harmonies (& lesh’s last show as a vocalist for a while). [3/9]