Concert Poster from 5/19/66Grateful Dead
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
5/19/66
Set 1:
1. Beat It On Down The Line
2. Standing On The Corner
3. Mindbender
4. It Hurts Me Too
5. Viola Lee Blues
6. I Know You Rider
7. It's A Sin
8. Sick And Tired
9. Cream Puff War
Set 2:
10. Sittin' On Top Of The World
11. Minglewood Blues
12. Cold Rain And Snow
13. Come Back Baby
14. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
15. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
16. Good Lovin'
17. You Don't Have To Ask
Sorry I've been away a while. Life got kind of busy. I'm finally ready to post about the Dead's return to San Francisco after their time in Los Angeles. Four shows from Longshoreman's Hall, and a couple shows from Berkeley are currently missing from circulation. The 5/19 show is the next in the existing chronological order.
By the time the band returned from Los Angeles, the scene in the San Francisco area had blossomed into a handful of dance halls putting on shows each weekend. People (and bands) had the Fillmore West, Winterland, the Avalon Ballroom, and the Carousel Ballroom to choose from. This performance constitutes the Dead's first appearance at the Avalon.
The appearance is mentioned in McNally's history of the band:
"The gigs began to come, first a couple in Berkeley in early May, and then one at the Family Dog's new location, the Avalon Ballroom, upstairs at Sutter and Van Ness Avenue, in San Francisco. The Avalon was an old swing ballroom once called the Puckett Academy of Dance, with good acoustics, a wonderful sprung wooden dance floor, mirrors, columns, red flocked wallpaper, and lots of gilt. The Dead's first show there was to raise money for the Straight Theater, a dance hall on Haight Street that some local young people were trying to open" (McNally 148).
Jerry described the Avalon as, "A good old party" (148).
The recording of this show constitutes the first 2-set show I've heard so far. This is the first known version of "Cream Puff War," Jerry's first tune. I was lucky enough to witness the Dead breaking Cream Puff War out in 2009, for their first performance of the song since 1967. The 5/19 show is also the first time I've heard the late 60's standard "Sitting On Top of the World." The arrangement in '66 is the same as the later versions I've heard.
One tune that interested me in particular is "Good Lovin." It is arranged into a very quick tempo - much different than the band will later play it. Before starting up, you can hear band members making sure that Jerry remembers the "new arrangement."
Listen to this excellent show on archive!
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-05-19.sbd.miller.106828.flac16
Avalon Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
5/19/66
Set 1:
1. Beat It On Down The Line
2. Standing On The Corner
3. Mindbender
4. It Hurts Me Too
5. Viola Lee Blues
6. I Know You Rider
7. It's A Sin
8. Sick And Tired
9. Cream Puff War
Set 2:
10. Sittin' On Top Of The World
11. Minglewood Blues
12. Cold Rain And Snow
13. Come Back Baby
14. Silver Threads And Golden Needles
15. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
16. Good Lovin'
17. You Don't Have To Ask
Sorry I've been away a while. Life got kind of busy. I'm finally ready to post about the Dead's return to San Francisco after their time in Los Angeles. Four shows from Longshoreman's Hall, and a couple shows from Berkeley are currently missing from circulation. The 5/19 show is the next in the existing chronological order.
By the time the band returned from Los Angeles, the scene in the San Francisco area had blossomed into a handful of dance halls putting on shows each weekend. People (and bands) had the Fillmore West, Winterland, the Avalon Ballroom, and the Carousel Ballroom to choose from. This performance constitutes the Dead's first appearance at the Avalon.
The appearance is mentioned in McNally's history of the band:
"The gigs began to come, first a couple in Berkeley in early May, and then one at the Family Dog's new location, the Avalon Ballroom, upstairs at Sutter and Van Ness Avenue, in San Francisco. The Avalon was an old swing ballroom once called the Puckett Academy of Dance, with good acoustics, a wonderful sprung wooden dance floor, mirrors, columns, red flocked wallpaper, and lots of gilt. The Dead's first show there was to raise money for the Straight Theater, a dance hall on Haight Street that some local young people were trying to open" (McNally 148).
Jerry described the Avalon as, "A good old party" (148).
The recording of this show constitutes the first 2-set show I've heard so far. This is the first known version of "Cream Puff War," Jerry's first tune. I was lucky enough to witness the Dead breaking Cream Puff War out in 2009, for their first performance of the song since 1967. The 5/19 show is also the first time I've heard the late 60's standard "Sitting On Top of the World." The arrangement in '66 is the same as the later versions I've heard.
One tune that interested me in particular is "Good Lovin." It is arranged into a very quick tempo - much different than the band will later play it. Before starting up, you can hear band members making sure that Jerry remembers the "new arrangement."
Listen to this excellent show on archive!
http://www.archive.org/details/gd1966-05-19.sbd.miller.106828.flac16
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