Saturday, January 20, 1968

Another well traded 1968 that I had for years, but my copy was missing the short Dark Star at the end, so it's nice to have a more complete version. Why is this show so popular? For me, it's the inclusion of Born Cross Eyed, Caboose and Spanish Jam - songs which all appear on Anthem of the Sun, but strangely were dropped early in the year, and appear on too few bootlegs. In many ways, these 3 songs really capture the essence of the Haight Ashbury 68 Dead sound.

Awesome. The true natural openness and experimentation is the best part- something the dead disappointedly lost later on going with MIDI and losing their country swing feel. Its great to hear any musicians really be into and loving their playing. I love the jazzy bluesy swing feel to the show particularly Clementine. Reminds me somewhat of Garcia with Legion of Mary. To bad it was lost later on. This show definetly is worthy of my first review.