Grateful Dead - US Blues 4-12-78

Love Jerry here doing his best Pete Townsend impersonation at 1:25!

@bigriverbum: Thanks for the insights. It sure is fun to see the band so energetic. I really like this '78 show at Duke. Its great to have the milky old vid of the show.

the reason the boys were so animated and "rocking out" during this song is because the people running the venue were dicks to them. telling them they couldn't play so long, had better not encourage "the pot" smoking and other sh*t. so the band decided they'd try and work the crowd into a frenzy and piss off the promoters. i'd say they did their jobs

OMG this is awesome

jerry's feeling it....lol

Wow, this is one of the best ive seen and listen to, simply awesome. God, i wish i was at this show

not to mention this is probably one of the sickest us blues ive ever seen, the whole band is just so animated and on there game, billy poundin on his set like no tomorrow, jerry windmillin, and even jumpin, bobby being bobby, phil with a huge smile, doesnt come better than this

well, w/o reading any other comments, this was a big cocaine era for the dead, and jer was flying high durin this one, no doubt, yes high energy as well, but jerrys just so out of control.... rock and roll BAND!! STEAL YO WIFE@@@@ def some coc pre this encore, nevertheless, the grateful dead with or without drugs is the best thing ever to happen with music..

hey man thanx for the 4-12-78 post enjoyed watchin them all thanx for sharin'

Not that I need to defend myself but it seems I didn't adequately explain my point in the above post. I was responding to the guy below, "bryceschmidt" about the cocaine. I never even thought about it until I read the comment. I watch this video every month or two because it gets me off so much to see his energy and the band just exploding. So read his comment and then read mine and maybe it will make a little more sense, maybe not. It certaintly wasn't even negative.