Location
Uniondale, NY
Venue
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Playing here in what would become a classic Grateful Dead venue in the heart of Grateful Dead country, the Dead began their somewhat conflicted relationship with Nassau Coliseum with a series of Bill Graham–produced Swell Dance Party shows in March 1973, just a week after Pigpen’s death. And in fact there probably are Heads dancing to this 20-minute set-closing “Playing In The Band” as it swerves into a bass stomp that sends the jam careening in a different direction. Performing in their Nudie suits for probably the last time, the Dead show off an assured collective voice as powerful as the classic compositions they debuted that year.
Top
40.3
Left
79.8
I was there
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