Friday, September 20, 1974

This show contains one of the best Scarlet's I have ever heard. The jamming is fluid and trippy, perhaps a result of the China. This whole show is a highlight of '74 with amazing versions of all the songs. If you listen closely during the long jam of Scarlet, you can hear Ned Lagin playing synthesizer briefly. I'm not sure why, but Ned was onstage playing with the Dead for their whole show sometimes, but you can never hear him?

These are incredible performances ... songs played before many thousands of people at an incredible volume but here played with some very interesting nuances that will only be apparent to those ready and willing to understand. How did they do it? By the way, someone down below noted that they could hear Ned on the synthesizer during Scarlet Begonias (awesome version here!). I'm pretty sure that's Keith. First, you'll notice that when you hear the synth, you don't hear Keith's keys.