Ned replies:
About 4/8/71 (and the day before, 4/7/71): the answer, as you might
expect, is yes; I remember the beginning of the gig, and a great Dark
Star later and then a long jam, and also there is a great story about
the Boston police back stage and in parts of the Hall removing most
of THEIR clothes after drinking a little too much of something....It
was one of those special nights with a lot of magic, and deep forces
at work.
(Another plug for CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD, the new edition, which
features a 19,000-word interview with Ned.)
He is going to put up a web page soon, and it will include a
comprehensive list of his appearances with the Dead.
Does anyone have 4/7/71 and 4/8/71 on CD? I have 'em on DAT, but no
time to make CDs. Ned would like to have copies -- he's never heard
these tapes.
At 1:55 PM +0100 5/25/02, Paul Mcfadyen wrote:
>
>Listening to 4/8/71 the other day, I weas struck by the fact that
>there appear to be TWO keyboard players. Although Pig's Hammond is
>v.low in the mix for most of the show, there are certain moments
>where you can definitely hear two instruments,
>
>a) During Truckin' - organ is distant in left channel, with e.piano
>in right; both can be heard about 3:45 into the song...
>b) In Playing: Pig is playing percussion (guiro?) alongside Billy,
>whilst there is an electric piano in the right channel
>c) The tuning jam before BIODTL - at 6:52-7:00 on Loser you can hear
>both organ & electric piano tuning
>
>To my knowledge, Pig never played electric piano on stage (it sounds
>like a Fender Rhodes or Wurlitzer) and I'm curious as to who the
>mystery player is - Ned Lagin was supposed to be guesting on Boston
>11/21/70, although the tapes don't apparently bear this out; is this
>actually Lagin's Boston debut appearance??
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