Grateful Dead fans Drew Hamilton and Mike Widmer tackle 1972 and review Jerry Garcia’s Garcia, Bob Weir’s Ace, and the Dead’s Europe ’72. Like a bad Dr. Scholls’ commercial, the chemistry between Hammy and Widdy is gellin, so tune in as the boys act like they know what they’re talking about even though they were five years old during this time period of the Dead.
Show Highlights (or Lowlights depending on your viewpoint):
- 06:55-06:59 Don’t worry about that little technical meltdown. Way to fight through it, Widdy.
- 29:53-30:13 Hammy dips into the way-back time machine for a throwback to Episode 1
- 1:07:26-1:08:05 Quite possibly Hammy’s best analysis yet
On a good note, the boys finally accurately forecast what they’ll cover in the next show. Come back for Episode 4 when Hammy and Widdy will review the albums Wake of the Flood, From the Mars Hotel, and Steal Your Face.
Hop on the bus for this long, strange trip through another time’s forgotten space…on Shakedown Speak!
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Great show, fellas. I enjoy the humor and insight. Drew, if you want a great version of an outdoor, daytime Loser, check out 7/12/87. It was during the Dead/Dylan summer tour of 87. They played three sets that tour, so the shows started earlier due to curfews and three full sets of music. It was a scorcher of a Sunday at Giants Stadium that summer afternoon and Garcia delivered a scorcher of a Loser that day. The stadium was sold out, wrap around style. There must have been 90,000 people there and listen to the audience reaction during the Garcia solo in Loser and when they finished the tune. Stuff of legend!
Andy Wine, thanks for listening. Widdy wants to do a theme show around the Dead/Dylan tour, so we’ll give this Loser a listen then. Stay tuned…
Rokkin’ like Dokken
Hmm. Think Dokken ever covered the Dead?
Squid, how do you know you saw excactly 124 shows?
Way too detailed 😉
Wid Kid might rattle off all 124 setlists from memory if you’re not careful. Don’t poke the (dancing) bear.