I have looked in all of the papers, as far as I know, and the dog don't bark. I am more inclined to think happened, end that it's related to Owsley going to prison at Terminal Island.
Sent from my mobile device ... Please excuse typos and/or brevity! On Jul 21, 2012 12:20 PM, "Caleb Kennedy" <thehor...@earthlink.net> wrote: > The deadessays "acoustic sets" post is a little out of date - > along with the JGMF post comments, this post has some discussion about > 8/5/70: > <http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2011/03/hartbeats-july-1970.html> > > A lot to read, so these are the main points. (My conclusions, so > others may disagree.) > > 1. As far as I know, we have no proof there even was an 8/5/70 San > Diego show aside from this tape label. > > 2. Soundwise, it is evident the tape comes from a small club and > cannot possibly be from the Golden Hall. > > 3. I do not believe the Dead would have gone to San Diego just to play > an acoustic show, unless it was billed as such. (Like the "Thee Club" > shows in LA at the end of August, which were advertised as "acoustical > Grateful Dead and the Riders of the Purple Sage.") > > 4. That being the case, I think this tape most likely comes from a Bay > Area club show. The Dead were playing local acoustic shows on several > dates, with the New Riders. > > 5. It's very likely there was more to the show that we don't have. Our > tape seems to me to be edited down to fit on a 60-minute tape - the > cuts between songs sound too clean to have been done by the taper. (My > suspicion is that the traditional division into two "sets" comes from > the split between two 30-minute cassette sides.) > > 6. I think it very likely there was an NRPS set as well, as we have on > 7/30/70. Beyond that, there's no way to know. (My own suspicion is > that there was no Dead electric set, or it would have circulated as > well.) > > It's been pointed out that it's very strange for a tape to be falsely > labeled "Golden Hall, San Diego" (especially if there was no San Diego > show!) - this I can't explain. > > More research in the San Diego papers that week is needed. > >
