Spend the 4th with the Dead

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On a blisteringly hot late August day in 1972, the Grateful Dead dropped-in on the Old Renaissance Faire Grounds in Veneta, Oregon to play a benefit concert for the Kesey family Springfield Creamery. Tagged by many as the greatest Dead concert ever, this is a glorious 3-set plus encore show to spend the Fourth of July weekend with. Enjoy! (And one more thing about this show: dig the fire truck spraying everyone down with lsd, nah, just kidding, water from the creek to help them cool off under that hot hot sun. The community feel on this recording is special.)

Set 1:
01 Promised Land
02 Sugaree
03 Me & My Uncle
04 Deal
05 Black Throated Wind
06 China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider
07 Mexicali Blues
08 Bertha

Set 2:
01 Playin' in the Band
02 He's Gone
03 Jack Straw
04 Bird Song
05 Greatest Story Ever Told

Set 3:
01 Dark Star
02 El Paso
03 Sing Me Back Home
04 Sugar Magnolia
05 Casey Jones
06 Saturday Night


This and other splendid Dead shows may be streamed more easily at your friendly GD Archive.org


Here's a clip from Sunshine Daydream, an unreleased film of the day.