A Beacon of Light | Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre · June 14, 1976 | S3E01
🎸 JUNE 1976 EAST COAST · GRATEFUL DEAD · 1976
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Grateful Dead · The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY · June 14, 1976 ·
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➡ Next: Beacon Theatre 6-15-76
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═══🎸 OFFICIAL SETLIST:
Grateful Dead - The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, June 14, 1976
Set 1
Cold Rain And Snow
Mama Tried
Row Jimmy
Cassidy
Brown-Eyed Women
Big River
Might As Well
Lazy Lightnin'>
Supplication
Tennessee Jed
Playin' In The Band
Set 2:
The Wheel
Samson And Delilah
High Time
The Music Never Stopped
Crazy Fingers >
Dancin' In The Streets >
Cosmic Charlie
Help On The Way >
Slipknot! >
Franklin's Tower
Around And Around
🎵 Encore:
U.S. Blues
═══🎙 CONCERT ANALYSIS
Never had such a good time during the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. The Grateful Dead storm into The Beacon Theatre in New York City for two nights. Then it's a quick jump over the lazy Hudson River to the Capitol Theatre in New Jersey for three more shows.
Can the vibe inside the shows match the outside heat? Well, if it is summertime then the time is indeed right.
People get ready:
With that, the white-gloved attendants remove the banner reading "1,541 Days since the last NYC Show" from the balcony and carry it to the concourse, where it is folded into a tight triangle and stored away, never to be used again.
As they do so, take a moment to wish each other a joyful bicentennial. While the nation is preparing for its journey into its second century, a throng of Grateful Dead fans has spilled onto the Upper West Side, along with a crew of misfits, hangers-on, freaks, psychopaths, and yours truly, who lick their lips in anticipation of the return of The Magnificent Seven: Jerry, Bob, Phil, Donna, Keith, Bill, and Mickey.
The NYC run kicks off with Cold Rain and Snow. It is a tale as old as time: emotional stagflation and trouble with the missus. Regardless of who's to blame, we sure as hell aren’t gonna be treated this way.
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