In this newly-restored footage from the 1982 US Festival, you’ll see:
- Bobby shorts!
- Phil playing a bass you could, like, walk into a Guitar Center and buy!
- Dancin’ white folks!
- An exceptionally clean stereo mix! (Okay, you won’t see that unless you’re synaesthetic or on farr too much acid, but you get my point.)
- Hawaiian Shirt Billy!
- No sign of Brent until 19 minutes in!
- Absolutely no social distancing!
*I like the sour gummies.
I’m glad I clicked through, because I was about to ask on Twitter whether Phil forgot he was in The Grateful Dead and bought a Music Man from Guitar Center.
That’s not a Music Man (which were so super cool). That’s a G&L, which was the company that Leo Fender founded after CBS bought out Fender and started making crap.
Fair points all. You can tell by his body language he hates that it probably only cost four figures and is made from identifiable tree products.
In the Time of Covfefe-19
1. Cannabis has undoubtedly eased the burden of lockdowns on communities. However the impact of declining hastily assembled inventories is yet to be assessed.
2. There is growing evidence that smoking mitigates the effects of Covfefe-19, although the studies are not yet refined sufficiently to distinguish between tobacco smokers, pot smokers and those who smoke
both pot and tobacco, and whether by pipe, dhurry, bong or vape. However, since tobacco smoking is known to damage lung capacity, and pot smoking has the opposite effect (at least based on a dismaying
demonstration by Junior Marvin in the carpark of the Apollo Theatre in 1979), it is not too early to draw some tentative conclusions. If adjusted for the negative results from tobacco smokers, the data is
revelatory.
3. All current studies on the holistic herbal cleansing effect of ingested cannabis in boosting immune system response should be accelerated immediately.
4. Ongoing functioning of the cannabis supply chain is of critical importance to global efforts combatting Covfefe-19. It may be necessary to recruit retired cannabis supply chain experts to step up to the mark, with A and B standby teams deployed at each critical supply point, full testing capabilities and squads of volunteers to ensure quality.
This video is a literal cornucopia of visual delights. And sound is fantastic as noted; Weir’s sound is particular on point and forward leaning, if I may say so, and I do.
If I may continue the observation list:
Rare Cowboy Fancy appearance !!
Blue Balloon
Doughy Phase Jerry
Bikini top wearing female photographers
Blue Balloon !
My, how large the cameras were back then
Blue Balloon !!
Squirt bottles galore
Large, unsheathed breasts
Disappearance of Blue Balloon
Distinct possibility cocaine was involved
All in all a fantastic video. Must find more. Thank you for posting it.
And also:
Radio Shack beach ball.
Camera on Brent the entire time Bobby’s singing, panning over immediately for camera on Bobby the entire time Brent’s soloing.
Grade A Mickey face.
Can you all see the heat in the crowd shots? It hit 110 that weekend. I only vaguely remember the show, but I have vivid memories of the dust and fire like temperatures. They played Sunday late morning to mid-day and it was easily 95+ when they opened and over 100 by their two encores.