Grateful Dead – Madison Square Garden, New York, 3/9/81 | 3/10/81: This week was a deep dive into these two shows. Some things that blew me away:
- There is so much to uncover in these two shows, and I hear different things every time I listen. A big one for me is that this is the best live version of “Brokedown Palace” I’ve heard yet.
- So many bands play the same stuff the same way every night, and this completely rejects that approach. Two completely different sets on two back-to-back nights. This is my favorite kind of live music.
- They took intermissions. I can’t imagine that today