And the encore 'One More Saturday Night' isn't the best I've ever heard but it still it cooked! For the encore, since the show was so long, I was forced to use a lesser quality grade of tape (see below), rather than all before on Maxell XLSII.

Mine was not perfect, although I got all the way through to the end, with Mathew Kelly on Harmonica etc., unlike even this here soundboard (not counting its patches) which ends all together going to another audience recording somewhere in 'St. Superior even than any of the ones at Winterland, and even more so than the rather future dull performances! This monumental performance is not only well over 3 hours in with this 12 song 1st set (one of the three longest I ever saw) was tough to record without any cuts!. This was the the very best ever performance of 'Olin Arrageed' with Hamza El-Din.

Stephen'! Despite my apparent bias this one is relatively if not absolutely unique if for no other reason than the fact that Garcia uses the envelope filter (save perhaps the next day at Winterland although I watched that one too live I have to re-listen) in part of the instrumental progression in the fact that Garcia plays in the opposite direction in terms of ascending verses descending, unlike every other I can recall! Why and how do I know? (see below). Absolutely unique, I never elsewhere quite heard him grab that chord like he does here! Check out the way Jerry really powerfully instrumental especially the final C chord of (as I am at this moment feeling the chills all over not just in my spine as I listen again now) definitely the greatest version I ever heard 'Tennessee Jed'. It certainly isn't the only time I've heard Weir say the following in 'Mexicali Blues' but not often 'Everybody Polka' since the rhythm of that song is in a polka style. He was apparently in attendance here, but supposedly complained that they didn't play 'any new' or was it 'many' tunes! Oh, contraire, indeed they played five tunes from the 'Shakedown Street' album alone and one from the Terrapin Station album! He is enjoying the extra attention that comes with being the model for Alligator Loki.Firstly, who is 'Clive' that Weir substitutes for 'life' Jack Straw? Bob Weir is referring to Clive Davis the head of Arista Records with whom they had recently signed a contract with for the 'Terrapin Station' & 'Shakedown Street' albums. Wally is a ham for the spotlight, as you can see for yourself in this photo of him enjoying a visit to a roller skating camp in York City in July 2021. Someone asked if the #AlligatorLoki plushy was actually used in the action and the answer is YES and here’s the proof.

On-set, Alligator Loki was frequently portrayed by a stuffed blue rag-doll style alligator (you can learn more about this in Assembled: The Making of Loki, which also includes a shout-out to Wally). While #AlligatorLoki is wholly a creation of weird mind, we did have a real world visual reference for him. Photo: Ty Lohr/York Daily Record/AP NewsĪccording to a Tweet from Eric Martin, one of the writers on Loki, Wally was the real-world model for Alligator Loki (although Martin notes that Alligator Loki himself was wholly the product of head writer Michael Waldron’s mind). Henney got approval from his doctor to use Wally as his emotional support animal after not wanting to go on medication for depression.

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