Hello gang, we are about to release a SHN set of Viola Lee rehearsals from 1966. Following is a detailed breakdown of the contents. The sound quality is really good considering the age and unknown lineage. January 1966 seems a plausible time frame for this tape since they're obviously still going
through the basic stages of the song. 47:01 total time 01 02:31 talk & tunings - "It's just Weir and his ass-holed guitar" 02 00:52 Viola Lee Blues #1 verse 1 - aborted 03 01:33 Viola Lee Blues #2 verses 1 & 2 - aborted - "watch it pig! b, man, b" 04 01:09 talk & tunings 05 00:14 Viola Lee Blues #3 with harmonica - aborted 06 01:26 discussions 07 01:28 Viola Lee Blues #4 with organ verse 1 & harmonica - aborted 08 01:44 tape playback? more talk 09 01:48 Viola Lee Blues #5 verse 1 - "same verse again" - verse 1 - aborted 10 00:34 Phil comments 11 01:55 Viola Lee Blues #6 verses 1 & 2 - aborted 12 02:44 more discussions 13 01:29 Viola Lee Blues #7 verses 1 & 2 & 3 - then stopped 14 01:19 talk & tunings - "that's tasty" - "let's just play" 15 02:27 Viola Lee Blues #8 verse 1 - aborted 16 00:28 talk & wild comments & confusion 17 03:57 Viola Lee Blues #9 verses 2 & 3 - aborted 18 03:39 talk, "You may know by ..." passage repeated 19 15:36 Viola Lee Blues #10 verses 1 & 2 & 3 ; jam ; tape cuts The long jam in the last Viola Lee is excellent early Dead. There is some extremely funny banter here too. Now, does anyone have more information about this ? Where does this come from ? Anyone have a more complete tape ? Is this the same tape than the one used for the Deadlists entry of 1966 Viola Lee rehearsals ? (This tape has no Cardboard Cowboy.) Hanno Bunjes & Uli Teute
