headyversion

find the best versions of grateful dead songs

please login or register.

FranklinTowers

Drummer

+1897


Submissions

2
Big Boss Man
May 25, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Surprised this isn't here already...
2
Drums
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Another nice bridge between Truckin' and TOO from E72
4
Me and My Uncle
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Excellent, as you'd expect on this tour...
2
Deal
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

Very nice early version...surprised it's not already here.
2
Beat it on Down The Line
May 24, 1972
Strand Lyceum

I've yet to hear a '72 version that doesn't kick at least some degree of ass, and this is no exception...
show more submissions

Comments

Playin' In The Band
May 11, 1972
Rotterdam Civic Hall

One of only seven times (out of 600 total plays) that they opened with PITB! This one feels much longer than its 10:33 run time — in a good way. You can tell this show has that "it" factor from the start...
The Other One
May 10, 1972
Concertgebouw

I ranked this fourth of the tour last year, but I now realize that was a mistake. I'd put it ahead of Bickershaw for third at least (had Paris first and Frankfurt second). Goes very far out and covers some crazy terrain, yet stays every bit as refined as the gorgeous venue it was performed in...A++
Dark Star
May 7, 1972
Bickershaw Festival

Fantastic 15-min pre-verse...on pace to be one of the best before it gives way to Drums and TOO after just 19:50
Good Lovin'
May 3, 1972
Olympia Theater

One of the most sophisticated versions ever...somehow jazzy and out there, yet still totally Good Lovin'
Playin' In The Band
May 3, 1972
Olympia Theater

One of the most gracefully intense jams I've heard...criminally underrated.
show more comments
headyversion loves the dead but is in no way affiliated with The Grateful Dead or affiliated enterprises. find out more >:) >:)