Literally. They rock it, drop their shit and walk off. Branford Marsalis and Warren Haynes whack it right over the head. And Bob sounds great. Jerry would approve. The back end of Terrapin came out of space and into this, which started at MSG with the China Cat. …
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The key to the whole thing was the guy playing the Strat, stage left, wearing a brown vest over a short-sleeved, yellow/white striped polo shirt! THAT – is Amos Garrett.
When Tyson asked me to come to an I&S concert in Feb. 69, he wanted me to hear this new thing he had going – new way of writing, new music. Turned out to be one of the seminal folk/rock cum country/rock bands of that period. Great Speckled Bird, he called it.
He already had a steel player, Bill Keith (yeah, Bill of the Banjo!) but they hated each other. He had heard me playing with Ronnie Hawkins, wanted me and told The Hawk (and I quote) “When you’re done with him. I want him!”
Tyson’s a cowboy – a real one. He doesn’t fuck around.
I went to the concert, took my hippie girlfriend (the very epitome of what a hippie chick should look like!), I was loaded for bear. But what I wasn’t prepared for was this guitar player. Holy fuck!!!!! Up to today, I’ve never heard anything like this guy. Now, moving up the ladder to I&S was something but man…I would have done this gig just to carry this guy’s suitcase.
Jerry knew!
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PS/I was 24
PPS/Pix from the GSB album, recorded in the Fall of 69
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Sirius XM’s Grateful Dead Channel will take you inside select live performances of the upcoming tour, and resident experts David Lemieux and Gary Lambert will give you the play-by-play from backstage and beyond. The first live broadcast hits the airwaves on Saturday, April 18th from the DCU Center in Worcester, MA.
Stay tuned to The Grateful Dead Channel, SIRIUS channel 32 and XM channel 57, and click here for a full schedule of dates and times.