Merl Saunders finishes the show, in which he thanks the others for supporting him, which looks like the way it was on the disc, though not on the cover. Official site includes information about The Dead, individual band members, merchandise, the Dicks Picks series, links, pictures, almanac, message board, tickets and tour information. Of course, there’s less than two hours of a three and a half hour show on the disc.
Watch Jerry Garcia Birthday Bands Second Night in Vail 8/18/18 Full Show Video. The largest back cover shot shows Dawson and Danko singing together, with Danko holding a mic and no guitar, but interestingly Dawson has a jacket on. Listen to Jerry Garcia Bands Friend of the Devil at Humboldt State. In The Shape I’m In he seems to be having a lot of fun, dancing and even twirling. There are four short solos, all well-taken on piano, both guitars and violin. Pity John Dawson is shaky on the words, but after singing backing on the chorus, he seems surprised to be invited to take a verse. In his interview sequence Danko says he met Garcia "Back in the sixties - 1965 I guess, when The Band and The Grateful Dead were cutting their teeth".ĭuring The Weight he slips his guitar off during the first couple of lines and sings the rest of the song walking around the stage with the mic in his hand, looking uncannily like Ronnie Hawkins. They’re not even ones that Jerry Garcia covered, and I thought the point of these things was doing versions of the artist’s songs. It’s rather a bizarre tribute, in that Rick Danko simply does four old Band songs.
It’s a pretty low profile release with Tom Constanten, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Merl Saunders and The Rainforest Band. I found this in the reduced price rack in the Virgin Megastore in Paris.
Recorded April 8th 1997, Shibuya On Air West. Various Artists: A Tribute to Jerry Garcia - Deadheads Festival, Japan 1997