Tuesday, July 31, 1973

Hey man - I was there too, and the next night as well, BUT 7/31 was THE night. Nice review; too bad you lost your tape b/c in some ways it sounds better but lucky to have Jerry (Moore's) as well b/c D*** L. himself told me the SB for this night didn't survive in the vault before he upgraded the storage conditions. What's interesting is, as you say, it was one of the most energetic auds I've ever been a part of - but not just noisy - EVERYONE was LIT!

Forty year ago this month my older brother Donald took his 14 year old brother and 17 year old sister to our first Grateful Dead concert. He had a Mercedes Benz then too. But it was the kind that when I accidently locked the keys in it, I could crawl through a hole in the floor board to get in and unlock the car. It was an eye opening day, I drank beer and smoked little funny cigarettes that were passed to me. Today I emailed Donald the audio link to that concert.