The Dead Atlas
One fan's effort to consolidate every nerdy Dead stat — with a 30-year listening journey woven in.
November 9
“Some folks trust to reason, others trust to might. I don't trust to nothing, but I know it come out right.”
Today's Top Show
Winterland Arena
San Francisco, CA
1973
19651995
Curator Score
How this is computed →70CanonicalRank #30 of 1,978
archive.org ratingOfficial releaseRelisten ratingShow length
Official release
- Winterland 1973: The Complete Recordingsno streaming
Song of the Day
Throwin' Stones
The highest-rated version across the Atlas:
1990-03-29Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NYplayed 242 times across the Atlas
Digging 1973? · Top of the Year
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Jerry Tone · for Today's Show
Keyed to 1973 · Europe / Wall era (1972–1974)
- Guitar
- Alligator (Strat), then Wolf (Doug Irwin custom, debut Sept '73)
- Signal
- Guitar → Mu-Tron III → MXR Phase 100 → Twin Reverb preamp → McIntosh power amps → Wall of Sound stack
- Vibe
- Pristine, articulate, with the Wall of Sound's three-dimensional clarity. Jerry's signal was direct — OBEL (on-board effects loop) wasn't added to Wolf until '77.
- Dial in
- Single coils → tube amp at low-mid gain. Add a Phase 100 (or any 4-stage phaser) on slow setting for shimmer. For jam passages, layer in a Mu-Tron envelope filter, sensitivity 5. Tape echo or analog delay (300–400ms, one repeat) on solos.
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