lefko@leadsv.UUCP (Martin Lefkowitz) (08/26/85)
Went to the Borreal Ridge concert Saturday 8/24/85. It was one of the
weirder ones I've been to. They had major equipment problems. It was so
bad that Garcia took a break in the middle of the first set to get the sound
fixed. He looked pissed too. They lost the bass in the sound system twords
the end of the first set.
During New Minglewood Blues Wier screwed up (so whats new?) He
sang; " I'm a wanted man in Turkey, busted jail and gone for good."
I guess he ment to say Truckie which was about 5 miles away. A
wanted man in Soda Springs wouldn't have sounded so good. Thats actually
where they were. He said it with a slight hesitation and that look. You know
the one. ' I'm fucking up, I know it but what the fuck' look. It was realy
funny. He also said " These Turkey phillies all look so good." At first I
thought he was talking about dope smugglers, but no he just didn't know
where he was. Also a wet naked lady came through the crowd and started
climbing on stage during Feel Like a Stranger. Bob was cracking up. He
said "you can't get any stranger than that!" She was a serious wet naked
lady.
Hart was realy hot that day. He was making all kinds of faces. He
went wild on the drums when Bob's equipment screwed up. During Day Tripper
(the encore) He took a tamborine and started smashing his drums.
Borreal Ridge is a realy nice setting. Twords the end of the second
set the moon could be seen just over the top of the mountain. Two fighter
jets passed over the concert fairly low to the ground and could not be
heard. There was a slight parking problem. There were minor promoter
problems. This was not a Bill Grahm Production. I found out by asking one
of the security gards and he replied "Who is Bill Grant?"
The Teeshirts were the best I'd seen in a long time. My only other
comment is that the stage should have been moved back to the bottom of the
slope so everybody would have had a better view.
Does anybody else have any comment about the show?
Marty Lefkowitz--
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I though this show was fairly mediocre. I've only seen
about five Dead shows in the last year, but this was
far below par. The equipment problems were not really that
severe, I just thought the dead, especially Jerry, were
not up to the occasion.
"slight parking problem" is an understatement. It took
hours for some people to get out of the lot at Boreal
after the show. The last Dead show the same promoters put
on, Grass Valley 9/18/83, also had a long unparking delay.
The location and weather were fantastic. The only
problem was it was very dusty anywhere near the front.
Reminds one of the Ventura county dust bowl.
T-shirt stands and other concessions above average,
also, no shortage of facilities, so I would give whoever
staged this show maybe a B-minus overall.
steve