Howdy Barry Barnes or webmasters,
Since occasionally I've noticed you folks need a little enhancement, (obviously why youv'e provided this e-mail), on so far only small portions of the total picture, yet understandably so, as these are more easily missed, however of sufficiect significance that I've written before and am now again in hopes they won't be forgotten)
Perhaps either you and your friend Gordon Sharpless, upon who's authority, based on the frequency of which he's cited you rely heavily; (to which I certainly don't object since probably his sum total knowledge and /or access to a base of data far exceeds mine) aren't aware of or consider them of little signficance. The following being examples of similar types.
That is, one of the all-time greatest versions , or at least while Brent Myland was involved although I haven't heard them all, but saw several live, (including this one, my probable favorite, since it is so well developed, and I used to and may still in the future, use a part of on my telephone answering machine) as well as having heard quite a few on tape, of what most call "Spanish Theme" isn't listed and so should be corrected from simply "Space" (a word I think is silly, since sound can't travel through a vacuum !) to "Spanish Theme Improvisaton" or "Improvisation on". Since this isn't a full-fledged tune even as far as instrumentals are concerned; that is, the few that Grateful Dead rarely performed have well defined names and origins it isn't surprizing how it listing can get lost in the shuffle. Similarly I suppose the 1973 listing! which I assume your not the caretaker of, and that 1973 has another caretaker, has no mention of "Beer Barrel Polka" on 9-12-73. It seems no one knows just what to call this ascending chord progression/melody. I once asked Bob Weir near they they parked on the South side of the Greek Th. in 1981 "where or how did you come up with that little instrumental "March-like" theme that we all call..." He replied Sketches of Spain, and I said Miles Davis and he nodded affirmatively and left (So I guess Spanish Theme" is as good a title as any. Even though I spoke to him on another ocassion at those same shows as well as others, I never got around to clarifying my ignorance. Despite having seen Miles Davis live several times and heard several albums, I don't own that album despite its notariety nor have I heard it much. If this melody is a direct quote from that album; I didn't qui! te hear the resemlance the last time I heard what I&nbs p;don't think was all of that album but maybe (perhaps I should go buy a copy), Or perhaps if he was inspired by that album to compose these changes himself; since of his gifted compositional capabilities we are obviously all to aware !
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