Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead - 11-24-1978 Passaic, NJ (NEW)
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- Опубликовано: 20 мар 2011
- (WITH MY ADDED VISUALS)
At the time, this show didn't rattle any of our bells. Oh, sure, it was fun to see them "on TV" ... but shit, we hadn't been used to hearing this new s--t like "Passenger", "Need a Miracle", let alone this fucked up, disco-crap "Shakedown Street" ... To boot, Jerry had laryngitis this night which even caused the cancellation of the last shows in November and notably the 25th in New Haven for which I had 7th row tickets!!! A reaaaal bummer.
But time always proves worthwhile !!
This was an extraordinary transitional time for the Grateful Dead. Two months prior, in mid-September, they spent a week in Cairo, Egypt (including three concerts next to the pyramids and the sphinx). If those three shows, with the almost exception of the closing night on the 16th, were not musically successful (partially due to weather / wind conditions, who knows, maybe jet-lag, heat or liquids ...), that excursion nonetheless seemed to have transpierced their mind and bodies to give them new musical energy and spirituality for the end of 1978. As Bob Weir mentioned afterwards : "we crossed through many time barriers".
Oh well ... they returned to the States and did a very strong 5 night homecoming at Winterland, S.F. in the end of October. Standard sets (for the most part) but with hind-sight there was a tingle of 1977 magic mixed with these new songs and Egyptian winds to bring new spice back to the stage.
Having said that, both Donna Jean & Keith Godchaux, by the end of November, were probably already in Jerry's, or the band's, back-mind of asking them to leave. Donna Jean who often had delightful smiles seems already on the way out during Shakedown Street (6:30). But then again, who knows ...
Following this show were two exceptional concerts on Dec 30th (Pauley Pavillon, UCLA) and New Years at, again, Winterland, S.F. And, in the end, perhaps those last four months of 1978 definitively closed the first two or three chapters of the musically and intensely rich era of The Grateful Dead during those 1968-1969, 1970-1972, 1973-1974, 1975-1978 periods before embarking on their new spaceship by 1979.
Ken Kesey, once again, very cooly stated two things which I always fully adhered to : 1) "The Grateful Dead are simply a CLASS act" and 2) "Jerry was not just a guitar player, cause they're a dime a dozen, but a real revolutionary". RIP.
In sum, I encourage you to listen through this entire segment which goes from :
Estimated Prophet ~
Shakedown Street ~
drums ~
Hamza El Din (Egyptian drummers) ~
Fire on the Mountain ~
Sugar Magnolia.
Enjoy !! 
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YYYEEESSS !!!!!!!
Between 1975 and 1979, I saw The Grateful Dead live and in concert 25 times. This is EXACTLY as I remember them! I'd be about the age of the kids in the audience in this video, late-teens/early-20s at that time.
The Dead, who toured way more than any other band, ran hot and cold. When they were off, many people could not understand why we Dead Heads love them so much. When they were on, they were simply the best band you'll ever experience. When they were on, you'd swear the entire arena transcended into another dimension of bliss, unity and love, and THAT was the whole point! IMHO, only The Grateful Dead every achieved that!
They never gouged us on ticket prices. They used to say, "Our fans? We are them, and they are us!" Yes! They began as simple hippies, not so much professional musicians at that time, who decided to set the soundtrack to The Hippie Culture emerging in Haight-Ashbury.
They were not out to become rich and famous rock stars, though they eventually did so. They were out to celebrate living, beauty and joy. I'd say many old-time Dead Heads would agree with their own version of what I just said. The younger Dead Heads sense this joy and celebration of life instinctively and love the band for that reason too.
A beautiful world IS possible. It all starts with a simple decision to make it so. I believe THAT was what they tried to communicate with their music. Again, just my opinion.
In about 1.5 years, I'll hit The Big 6-0, and I'm proud to be and claim myself as an aging hippie. If I could do it all over again, would I? In a heart beat, baby! Take me to a Grateful Dead concert!
Peace & Joy
thanks 4 posting love hearing Donna
Fantastic live performance of this song ❤❤
And in Passaic NJ no less.
Thanks.
And thank you New Jersey. 😘
Those licks at the beginning just lift me to another world I can't even describe. This song's meaning to me is spiritual.
Yeah, Spiritual Man........Ahm feelin' it baby! Love ya, Man!
I hear ya, man!
It's so weirdly well written. I heard this song in the grocery store. I started dancing and everyone else joined in
This is still one of my favorite songs by the dead and I never get sick of hearing it.
It doesn''t get better than this! I love all the cows all knodding their heads at the same time! Hillarious! The ending jam is literally off the charts! The Sunshine Daydream encore is also rockin' ass! One of the best versions I have ever heard. This is by far one of the best SM ending jams ever! Great energy! Unbelievable rhythm & melody! The ending jam is rockin' ass! All i can say is: "Long Live the Dead"!
like the first one awesome i'm from Louisiana, and love the second one ,awesome job guys ty
thank you for sharing with us!
This sure does rattle my bells now as it did then.. Was only 14 at the time, but had seen my first show 10 nights before this at the Boston music hall and listened to this on the radio... Thanks for posting...Cool visuals!!
At this show. 3rd row stage right... a great night. Believe it was a live radio broadcast on WNEW FM. Usually hosted by DJ Richard Neer.
Brought a great date that night too. Good times.
Donna rocks it here.
Yup, I also was at that New Haven show, the audience getting so stoked, as the band were late in taking the stage. Finally, Weir came out and delivered those awful words, "Garcia's real sick." Such a bummer. When the show finally got rescheduled, it was in the middle of a snow storm, and it felt like an off-night for the band anyway. So, yeah, the November '78 shows, including this one, were not the greatest, but they pulled it together for the Closing of the Winterland!
It's like a purple grasshopper and white frog driving a pink van up a hill with sunshine and smiles blowing soap bubbles while daydreaming about sugar magnolias in Mississippi somewhere
Living close to the NH coliseum we had 14th row on the floor. After they announced the cancelation the dude in front of us lost it. he had just done a couple of hits of acid. His friends carried him out wearing a wake of the flood jean jacket...
The canceled New Haven was a serious bummer! Listening to this on FM was as close as I got that month. I think the instrumentation is generally excellent throughout....
The Dead were like a baseball team-some night your so so, some nights your good, some nights your transcendent
Great version!
awesome!
wish i coulda been....
Was at this show!
Hahaha!!! The cows!! That made me laugh really hard for some reason
It's just incredibly funny! I mean, imagine thousands of rows of cows all nodding their heads at the same time! Hilarious!
He,he...cows were diggin !
Jerry was hopped up maximally and surely at Rochester on 11/21. Tough to keep that up in the cold damp northeastern environs
How could 7 people hit thumbs down?
Sunshine and day dreams
Listened to this on shrooms, made for a great trip
The canceled New Haven was a drag given the buzz.
Was mountain girl Jerry’s main squeeze back in the day?
3:13ish was getting a little akward but jerry pulled them right out of it!
I saw this show, tickets were cheap and Passaic was only 6 miles from where I was living. The Capital Theater showed porn during the week and had great acts on the weekends.
Was she Jerry's main squeeze back in the day? What about mountain girl?
im sorry but jerry's jaw lolool
Yakked
Was she Jerry's main squeeze back in the day.
Yes
Mmmmm, sex and drugs. What a wonderful combination!