11/24/79 was the penultimate (David Lemieux’s second-favorite word) appearance in San Diego, as their 1980 show would be accompanied by Bobby, Mickey, and Rifkin getting hauled off to jail by the cops; the Dead would never return to the coast city.
BUT this time around, the Playing in the Band is so fat. May I describe the 11/24/79 Playing in one word? GLORIOUS.
What about in five words? NO PEPPER IN THIS AREA!
Four words and a number? THIS SHIT’S NUMBER 1, YO.
How about a sound? HHMMMNNNNNgh.
There is also a Terrapin that–for literally every second of its existence–threatens to crumble into pieces. This is some serious Grateful Dead fun, Enthusiasts.
Dead in San Diego 9/15/85 ? Or no?
Didn’t happen. CIA operation.
What is his first favorite word?
It changes day-to-day. But his second-favorite is a constant.
The end of the excellent – really, really excellent – Greatest Story jam contains one of my all time favorite train wrecks.
I believe Betty may have made the recordings, some of her last, though what circulates isn’t from her reels.
That Easy to Love You has some remarkable stuff going on.
“Remarkable” in the sense of “standing out as worth commenting on,” not as in a synonym for “good.”