Saturday, March 22, 1969

This is a very brisk, punchy, entertaining show. Not quite as heavy or psychedelic as the Fillmore West jobs from a few weeks prior. It's loose in that the band members are relaxed, but at the same time it's a speedy and highly energized gig. Maybe this is just me, but as far as California 60's shows go, the San Francisco recordings usually sound trippier, more comfortable, more fall-off-the-bone psychedelic, whereas Los Angeles-area gigs like this one have those same qualities, but with a…

This was my third or fourth show, all of which at the time had been in SoCal. Most vivid memory is that Owsley was in experimental high gear that night. He had three ancient Tektronix scopes far stage left, beyond Garcia's double stack of Fender twins, and was mixing live stereo. In moving about the concrete cavern that the Rose Palace is (was?