Franklin's Tower - Grateful Dead, 9/28/75

From one of the best audience recordings available online::: 1975-09-28 at Lindley Meadows, in Golden Gate Park.

The entire show can be downloaded here:

http://www.archive.org/details/gd1975-09-28.fob.menke-falanga.motb-0069.91769...

And a nice review can be read below:

http://www.deadlistening.com/2008/06/1975-09-28-lindley-meadows-golden-gate.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Franklin's Tower Grateful Dead
• Jerry
• Garcia
• 1975
• Live

[Gossage54]

"Nice accurate Travis Bean for this year too...nice touch!" I think it might be completely accurate. Every picture I've seen of this show Jerry's wearing the leather. Just watched some 83 vids. Amazing how in 8 years Jerry went from relatively thin (for him) and looking bad ass in the leather here to looking like a well fed homeless man in 83.

[chasefukuoka61]

@Gossage54 - hi. Yeah, one of the sad things about youtube is we get to see Jerry at so many different stages and suddenly its crystal clear how far he fell in the 80s, from his smack addiction... You can see it so clearly in various videos up here.

[Gossage54]

@chasefukuoka61 Yes you can kind of go down the timeline and pull vids seeing year by year (especially 80-82) the deterioration. And beyond the physical you can see and feel his whole personality being sucked dry by the smack. His lack of presence in the band. If you can find a vid from Merriweather 84 Phil (who probably had too many Heinis) is more animated than I've ever seen him taking control of the band. Possibly out of anger that Jerry had become so catatonic.

[chasefukuoka61]

@Gossage54 - Hi. It sounds like Merriweather 84 would be a bit depressing to watch. I had noticed how Jerry looked almost like he was dosing off in a few 1981 vids. Very sad. Can't believe that many of us hadn't noticed that, back then...

[pupils777]

@chasefukuoka61 Yeah, the 81 videos, almost everyone I've seen in 20 years has Jerry literally nodding off and bumping into the mic.........84 was a GOOD year, especially the greek theatre shows from that year.....I think 8/13/1984 was a good one...........here are my favorite years.....

1972

1977-1978

1984

1988

1990

1991

[chasefukuoka61]

@pupils777 - Hi. Yeah, my favorite years are pretty much the same. Haven't looked or listened to 84 much but mostly i'm into 1972-74, 77-78 and 1990-91. Some good shows in 76 too, great sound. Also 87 to 89, lol. The big guy sure did rock.

[DictionRedaction]

I believe it would violate some fundamental law of physics to dislike this song

[ShaggyNinja]

Wow, you weren't joking to say one of the best AUDs available. Great show

[ToGetToTerrapin]

This IS indeed a SBD that catches some audience noise bc the audience is so damn close to the stage at Lindley meadows... avail. on archive. o r g dontcha know...

[philagerryberry714]

Chris your the f,,,,, man this is some goodddddd......... Brother Sam

[tobygrey22]

damnit, I was there; I hope that you were!

[mbommari]

That solo is just too good man. Never have I gotten such intense goosebumps. Fantastic. I love them more than words can tell

[Jakedadopemane]

Big River !!!!!



[MrPete95]

Holy shit!!! Amazing!!!

[theerion]

4:15 -- whoever's having that moment sums it up perfectly

[wingman572]

phil sounds good here. my favorite years- '73 78 and 79  85 and 89