"Slewfoot" was a great selection for the Dead's Santa Rosa shows June 27-28, 1969: "Bear tracks" in the Bear Republic.
6/27, Corry: http://lostlivedead.blogspot.com/2009/07/june-27-1969-sonoma-county-fairgrounds.html
6/27, Bear: https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-27.sbd.samaritano.20547.sbeok.shnf
6/28, Bear: https://archive.org/details/gd69-06-28.sbd.samaritano.20548.sbeok.shnf
Some classic 6/28 banter, including Phil, "This song is about Bear Drops". Heh heh - that'd be an LSD reference, ladies and gents.
Oh yeah, can I get a ruling on the venue? Deadlists gives Veterans Auditorium, Corry gives Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
The poster on Deadlists says Veterans Memorial.
ReplyDeleteI don't actually recall my logic. Veterans Memorial is at 1351 Maple. The Sonoma County Fairgounds are across the street. I think Veterans Memorial is correct.
ReplyDeleteOTDIDH has Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Santa Rosa, CA for both 27th and 28th June 1969:
ReplyDeleteToday is June 27. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Santa Rosa, CA. Nice Dark Star. The proto Hot Tuna played, as well as the Cleanliness and Holiness Skiffle Band. Tom Ralston (of the C&HSB) sat in at the start for Mickey Hart, who may have been late arriving.
Today is June 28. On this date in Deadhead history:
- In 1969, the Grateful Dead played the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Santa Rosa, CA. The proto Hot Tuna played, as well as the Cleanliness and Holiness Skiffle Band, with Garcia sitting in on pedal steel for the CHSB set.
"Slewfoot" is one of the few country tunes Weir picked up in '69 that you can tap your toe to. Usually when Garcia headed to the pedal steel in a Dead show that year, it meant Weir was about to do another slow country ballad...
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