| Identifier | 6175874 |
| Created At | Mon Feb 20 2006 19:04:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Note |
A fascinating glimpse of extremely early Grateful Dead, with the band arranging and rehearsing Viola Lee Blues, the song that would blow many a mind on their first LP, the following year. Legendary LSD chemist and soundman Owsley Stanley mixed and recorded this rehearsal session and can also be heard communicating with the band. The recording is excellent quality and sounds like a studio recording. The band does multiple takes of Viola Lee Blues as they discuss and develop the arrangement, with Garcia, Pigpen and Weir all taking a stab at lead vocals. The earliest known live performance of this song is dated February 23, 1966, so this is presumed to be recorded sometime prior to that, in January or early February of 1966. This is one of the earliest surviving Grateful Dead recordings. Thanks to Uncle Alan for the files. ENJOY! Stu |
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Source
| SHNID | Date | Venue | City | State | Archive Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18846 | 1966-??-?? | Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals | Unknown | CA | |
| January 1966 (?) - Viola Lee rehearsals; 47 minutes from unknown generation cassette played back on Nak CR7E; via Uli Teute and Hanno Bunjes | |||||
Performance
| Grateful Dead 1966-??-?? Viola Lee Blues Rehearsals, Unknown, CA | |
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| Set 1 | ~10 rehearsals of Viola Lee Blues, with banter |
| Set 2 | |
| Set 3 | |
| Comment | Date uncertain, possibly January-February 1966. Note the ??/??/66 material that was redundantly listed here in the db prior to 8/2003 is elsewhere instead (~2 users may want to move). This entry is now for Viola Lee Rehearsals. Thanks, admin.
entered as "Portland Acid Test - day uncertain"; Owsley's comments quoted at deadlists.com: "Portland acid test was either on Dec 18 '65, or Jan 15 '66"; this setlist submitted by user from GDH 557, marked "??/??/66 date uncertain" |