Tuesday, December 12, 1972

12-12-72...12 hours in a day, 12 hours at night, 12 months in a year, 12 astrological houses, 12 tones in western music, 12 letters in Grateful Dead. The way this show sounds, they like the 12th day of the 12th month also! This may be the BEST SINGING from the entire group at one time that I have heard. I mean, most times I see 5 star reviews I understand that there will be out of tune singing from any number of the band and that is a given. Well, they are spot on during this show!

BIODTL is about the worst thing I’ve heard… awful. Half-Step is slow, then cut. Mexicali comes in cut, but has a nice feel to it. Bird Song doesn’t really get me where I would like to go. The finale after the last verse his some pluck to it, but it was too little, too late. Jack Straw picks up some umph again, well played throughout (and not an easy song to play well) Cumberland Blues has a small cut in it, but the playing is fantastic, as we expect. They really seem to have it together now.