I understand that the Deadbase guys are making a 50th anniversary print edition. I doubt I’ll get it, because I already have Deadbase I, II, III and IX, and though they promise updates based on the wave of information that has emerged in the digital era (starting with Deadlists, and moving through LLD, LIA’s work, some of my tidbits, etc. etc.). I hope they give credit where it is due in respect of all those and countless other sites from which, if they have done a good job, they will have gleaned their updated info.
In the spirit of updating The List, I note that Lenny Kaye (1969) drops a few little setlist nuggets about the Dead’s Boston Tea Party gig on Friday, October 3, 1969, with respect to which It (i.e., Deadlists) currently shows nothing, mentioning a long jam around/into some Anthem of the Sun material and a resurrection of that Old Chestnut, “In The Midnight Hour”, apparently with Garcia on pedal steel (!).
That info should go to Deadlists, if it were ever to be updated. And the fact that Deadbase 50 is already printed and can’t take this info onboard speaks to the limits of the print medium for this kind of thing (without denying its considerable other charms). Anyway, there you have it.
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Kaye,
Lenny. 1969. The Grateful Dead: The Year of the Dead. Fusion, November 14, pp. unk, via rocksbackpages.
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