2025-06-28 22:43 UTC
I can’t let June 28 pass without appreciating (for the 1000th time) these six minutes of pure improvisation by #gratefuldead from 6/28/74, in Boston. This is the first thing I play for non-Heads to illustrate jazz Dead. It’s a one-off, but it develops like a planned event, turning corners tightly, orgasming repeatedly. (The tension and release from 2:30-3:00!) Short, self-contained Dead perfection. It should have a name.
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@chrisp67@heads.social 2025-06-29 00:07
@4CPcomics Two things. 1. I thought this would be the six minutes or so before what you picked. Which is a testament to how good the whole jam is. 2. Not that more evidence was needed, but June 74 really hammers home how much better it was with just one drummer. This kind of thing can’t really happen with two. Billy is such a driver.