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Grateful DeadGrateful Dead Live at Nashville Municipal Auditorium on 1978-12-16 (December 16, 1978)

Collection: : GratefulDead
Band/Artist: Grateful Dead
Date: December 16, 1978 (check for other copies)
Venue: Nashville Municipal Auditorium
Location: Nashville, TN

Source: (FOB) Sony ECM 250 -> Cassette Master (Maxell UD-XLII/Dolby B) D
Lineage: Cassette Master (Tascam 122mkII) -> Apogee MiniMe (24bit/48k) ->
Taped by: Joani Walker and Paul Scotton
Transferred by: Charlie Miller
Keywords: Charlie Miller; Joani Walker; Paul Scotton

Description

Set 1

Sugaree
Beat It On Down The Line
Candyman
Me And My Uncle ->
Big River
Stagger Lee
Looks Like Rain
Tennessee Jed
Lazy Lightnin' ->
Supplication

Set 2

Scarlet Begonias ->
Fire On The Mountain
Samson And Delilah
From The Heart Of Me
He's Gone ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Other One ->
Wharf Rat ->
Around And Around

Encore
One More Saturday Night

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Reviewer: foreveryoung2 - - August 28, 2009
Subject: Ausome
The Second Dead Concert I attended!! The previous night in B'ham Al. being the 1st, didn't think anything could be better until this night!! Check out the Stella Blue on 12-15, sounds as if Jerry & Keith playing in Honky Tonk~~!! Also, I distinctly remember a speaker blowing during the concert(can't remember during which song)

Reviewer: D.Belts - - August 12, 2009
Subject: Help
I can not seem to download anything. Someone please help. I have a mac and when i do the stream i am only able to get the soundchecks. how do i get the whole show..


Anyone????

Reviewer: Rafi_ifdawn - - August 3, 2009
Subject: OMFG Jerry is on FIRE for this one
He's frisky tonite! SCREAMING HOT LICKS!!!!
[Excellent sound quality too - thisn's a keeper

Reviewer: BIG_R - - July 16, 2009
Subject: GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY
This is what every audience recording should sound like. Also a legendary show to boot. Joani Paul & Charlie I love you all.

Reviewer: majordomo - - July 15, 2009
Subject: nice!
just stuffed the scarlet fire in my ears but the quality has a real in the room quality and Garcia really burns. download now.

Reviewer: portmcgroin - - July 10, 2009
Subject: hair raising
Amazing sound quality for a audience, restored my faith in large place audience recordings. Love it, download it, bravo to taper and transfer.

Reviewer: xbalanke - - July 8, 2009
Subject: My 3rd GD Show
I haven't listened to the tape yet, but this was only my 3rd show and WOW, I loved it (though Jerry's voice was painful to listen to in places). I also remember being well dosed for the show.
The crowd was very small (~3000) since Ted Nugent, who was a MUCH bigger draw in Nashville at the time, had just played the night before. The Dead seemed to sense that the crowd was mostly hardcore fans and played accordingly.
I can't say how thankful I am to have found this site!

Reviewer: nigeldavahah - - June 10, 2009
Subject: thIS SHOW ROCKED
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Reviewer: IowaNic - - May 27, 2009
Subject: great for Jerry fans
I'm first and foremost a Jerry Garcia fan, which is probably why I started drifting away from the Dead in the late in the 80s when his health and playing (with the GD, anyway) started declining noticeably. But this recording has Jerry front and center--each note is right in your face. I love it. You really get a chance to reflect on his approaches to all these great songs. Bobby does some interesting slide work--better and more subtle than the standard Minglewood/Rooster/CC stuff he palyed slide on in later years. I really like it in Sugaree. Anyway, very nice AUD recording of a very nice show.

Reviewer: JustAFloatingSage - - April 21, 2009
Subject: Good Ol' Nashville
You gotta understand the place Nashville holds in the minds of musicians... Something mystical... Like wandering across holy ground where eons of folk have long strained to capture that perfect emotional expression... The gods of sound smile upon even the lowest of musical clumsicants when they visit Nashville....

I did some graduate studies at Vanderbilt there at Nashville.... I have never since experienced such delightful finger-ability across the frets of my guitar or shown such canary-like crone-ability to sing ... it was so nice... Sigh....

I love this show ... I didn't click fast-forward once ... 2nd set opens well enough ... but not as keenly as the 1st set closes (imo)... the band gets transcendent during He's Gone ... drums keep that groove going ...By the time we hit The Other One it's on... Jerry's playing is sharp, crisp, exact... I love the way the audio puts his guitar front and center

Tears occurred listening to this one...gets a 5-star for hitting that emotional boingo-boingo inside me

Reviewer: BlackThroatedWindbag - - April 15, 2009
Subject: One of the Greatest Big Rivers
I'm not even done listening to this and it's one of the best Big Rivers I've ever heard. Jerry's solos are insane in the brain. OK, I'm at From The Heart Of Me and it's completely terrible (yes, worse than a nineties To Lay Me Down), and unfortunately tamps the incredible Fire before it. Quaalude He's Gone, gotta move on; coming from a drummer, I don't know how they could play that slow (I'm not kidding, it's difficult). Great Other One stuff gotta go.

Reviewer: thebone - - April 8, 2009
Subject: "Music City" Masterpiece
One of the greatest Dead shows. Truly amazing!!!

Reviewer: Sir-Mix-Alot - - April 7, 2009
Subject: Sweet Recording
Very good audience recording, "sounds like you are there"...great performance, too!

Reviewer: snow_and_rain - - April 4, 2009
Subject: are you kidding me?
this has to be one of the most mind-bending scarlet> fires ever. outstanding.

Reviewer: wwlknsn - - February 6, 2009
Subject: omg
i know exactly where to go with it

Reviewer: flashbackmagic - - January 6, 2009
Subject: bobby slide
as a previous reviewer stated, Bobby did in fact, learn how to play slide, on stage. Ala Grateful Dead.

Reviewer: popps - - December 31, 2008
Subject: v-good
Thank you Charlie.
That’s it, thanks man.
Popa
ps what a candyman!

Reviewer: Zaorish - - December 23, 2008
Subject: This show is an example of 1978's greatness
The Grateful Dead. What the Hell? How do they just keep pulling f**king amazing stuff out of their asses???? Everyone knows 78 was a year in which shows had great versions of a few songs, but dragged a little in the second sets.

Not so this one. EVERY SONG I LISTEN TO IS F**KIN' FLAWLESS.

I thought that all He's Gones after 1974 sucked. No way. He's Gone is ABSOLUTELY FLAWLESS. Drums rocks too, which is extremely rare for it. (SBD drums almost always sound like shit, because there's little or no echo) Other One is very hot at 15 mins, the show closes with a furious Round&Round, a standout version you can compare to 4-12-78 and 2-5-78.

This show is excellent. And Scarlett>Fire rips hard, just as it usually does in 1978. This show is like all the great things about 1978, with none of the drawbacks.

I consider myself a big '78 fan...how did I miss this one??!?!?! Anyway if you liked this, definitely get 12-19-78, the stella>nfa is a priceless moment.

Other great 1978 shows:
01-22-78 - other one > st stephen
04-12-78 - smokin'
04-24-78 - mns, scarlet fire
05-07-78 - mns, scarlet fire
07-07-78 - nfa>nobody's jam>nfa
07-08-78 - terrapin, franklins, werewolves
09-01-78 - eyes
09-16-78 - ollin arrageed>fire
11-17-78 - Deep Elem Blues, Dark Hollow, etc.
11-20-78 - playin>shakedown>world to give>playin
11-24-78 - sugaree, ollin arrageed>fire
12-12-78 - half step>franklins
12-16-78 - this one!
12-19-78 - S>F, stella>nfa, casey jones
12-30-78 - s>F, st. stephen>nfa>gdtrfb
12-31-78 - this one is famous
02-03-79 - counts as 78, this one is a mind-blower!
* * * * *
If any one wants info on alternative show sources, just post your email with your review, I will tell what I know.

Reviewer: bottleneckbill - - December 22, 2008
Subject: Hot Stuff!
The band brought their best game to Nashville this night! Joyful sounds!

Reviewer: NYLifer - - December 16, 2008
Subject: No Dolby?
No problem. Bright and crystal clear. Thanks for the choice Charlie! Great sounding gem.
Jake

Reviewer: bigtoe25 - - November 29, 2008
Subject: who wears short shorts? Weir wears short shorts
One of my favorite versions of ' looks like rain ' & it may be a stretch, but I get a little 'Dear Prudence' toward the end?? Not really sure on the time-table's of the two songs but regardless, just a nice little gem, thank you!

Reviewer: jeremiah johnson - - November 27, 2008
Subject: Funky Tonk!
What a fun show!WhooHoo!

Reviewer: Ron A. - - September 26, 2008
Subject: Scarlet>Fire
I've listened to a lot of shows (in addition to attending quite a few back in the day), and this is one of the best Scarlet>Fire jams that I've ever heard. Totally amazing!!

Reviewer: pnc - - August 18, 2008
Subject: This show....
...is dope! Jerry's sound, let alone his playing, is just so sweet here. And the recording is simply superb.

Reviewer: UKDEADHEADKUWAIT - - August 15, 2008
Subject: AN IMPORTANT SHOW - ESSENTIAL
If you like the Dead you are on this archive
If you are a Deadhead - this is a rare show
If you appreciate great music - download this
If you apprecaite great sound quality - you have it here
Then you can dance around all day to the best sugaree I have heard in ages amongst other things
Even Donna aint shit on this!!!
Just to remind you - Coldplay and John Mayer should be systematically rounded up, sent to Guantanamo Bay and have 5 Molar concentrated sulphuric acid poured on them. Id love to watch!!

Reviewer: Bob Gnarley - - August 5, 2008
Subject: download this now!
Great '78 Tennessee Dead! This show is great from the opening notes of Sugaree thru the OMSN encore.Beautiful sound to boot. One of the finest auds. on this site.

Reviewer: wtciv - - July 1, 2008
Subject: My Second Show
I went to this show mostly sober because I wanted to remember it -- I'd gotten too wasted at my first Dead show at the Municipal Auditorium earlier that spring and didn't remember a thing. Oddly enough, except for a '73 gig at Vanderbilt, I'm pretty sure that these were the only two times the Dead ever played Nashville.

A few things I remember: seeing reams of unsold tickets at the ticket window, so it wasn't anywhere close to being a full house (maybe 5,000 out of 8-9,000?), watching Donna Jean sit down on a folding chair on the back of the stage when she wasn't singing, seeing a hippie chick holding up a single rose in the middle of the crowd. And even though I'm pretty sure they were done with the Wall of Sound by then, I remember that the speakers were piled up higher than any other band I'd seen up 'til then.

Music-wise, I'd say it's a solid late-'70s show: Bobby must've been learning how to play slide or something because there's a lot of that going on.

The highlight for me, then as now, is the long, spooky moaning and wailing that Jerry, Bobby, and Donna Jean get into at the really drawn-out ending of "He's Gone." I remember thinking at the time: "Wow, that's some cool shit!"

It's still pretty damn cool almost 30 years later.

Reviewer: Still_Grateful - - June 18, 2008
Subject: GD Nashville Mun. Aud. 12-16-78
This is truly a great show. My first show was the beautiful Shea's Theater, Buffalo, NY 1-20-1979 . A great small venue, I think approx. 3500 seats. It was the first of many for me. I enjoy going back to the late 70's shows where it all began for me. Hey Zaorish - I'd be interested in hearing about other alternative sources. You can e-mail me at bmorgan@rochester.rr.com . Thanx man! Definitely download this Nashville show - you won't be dissapointed.

Reviewer: Pulver@Noyo - - May 30, 2008
Subject: Vista/XP loads
Jeepers, "If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it".
Somebody at MS shoulda' laid that bit of hillbilly wisdom on Bill Gates.

Great show. I don't much cotton to Donna's catterwallin' but it is what it is. She's in pretty good form this night. The whole show kind of has this jerky kinda' rhythm to it, which is interesting. Not particularly inspired or innovative but "interesting". It's gotta' be pretty weird being the Grateful Dead and playing in Nashville anyway...

I DL'd the show and will no doubt, come to like it even more in ten years. "You dang kids get off of my lawn, I'm tryin' to listen to the, aw, fergit it..."

-Pulver

Reviewer: jef926 - - May 2, 2008
Subject: trouble with some files
I had trouble with Sugaree, Candyman, and Samson and Delilah. The tracks would cut off after being burned to a CD. I just downloaded the mp3 versions but wondered if anyone else had this problem.

Reviewer: shields1223 - - April 28, 2008
Subject: Score!
Came upon this and read a few other reviews. I'm not a true deadhead but have followed them since 1966. This is like looking through a Windowpane into my younger years. Thanks to the GD, not all of my memories are blottered (sic) out.

Reviewer: IMPROVISATION - - April 21, 2008
Subject: Would love to know more
Hey just saw your post. WOuld love to get turned on to more good 78's. I've been looking for a 74 show (i think) that has the best dark star-Me and my uncle transition I've ever heard.

Reviewer: jeeper - - April 6, 2008
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP!!!
Howdy fellow archivers :~)
So for the past year I've been downloading with no problem using Windows XP. I'm now using the new Vista and can't figure out how to "get" the downloads. Could somebody please help?! As far as this '78 show...ROCKIN'!!The slide work Jerry & Bobby use in the 1st set is awesome, especially in Stagger!!!"The song that woman sung..."---Thanks in advance if you can help out!

Reviewer: dead-freak - - April 6, 2008
Subject: Best audience recording here!!!!!
I have only begun listening to this amazing nugget. It sounds like the mics are sandwiched right in the heart of the sound. Great levels and high end. Weird that Jerry still sounds far away, but don't hesitate to dl this one. The whole show is fantastic.
"I knew w/o askin' she was into the BLUES!!"

After truly ingesting this show I do belive it is one of the tightest (to abuse a term) displays of symbiotic jamming of which ONLY this band is capable. The He's Gone through the other one is as organic as they come with a terrific thundering Phil intro for good measure and totally out of the blue like Jack Cassidy carrening to a bus stop where I got on...back in '86...oh lest I reminesce, this show smokes! The other one meanders with Jerry's quitessential filigree fret work. Then plunging into a lower register jam and noodling his way throughout the theme. He is expending harmonies and lets one know how close rock/jazz/blues are. All interwoven in a splendid tapestry of aural carpeting.
I am so humbled to know a fellow Minnesotan developed this archive. Hats off to all involved! true heroes raviging the storied past of the greatest American band ever!!

Reviewer: curtisclogston - - April 4, 2008
Subject: woah
this is nice

Notes

Patch Info:
Nakamichi 300 -> Cassette Master -> Dat -> CD (By Robert Wagner)
Drums (9:08 - 9:26)

Notes:

-- 2nd Set is seamless
-- Thanks to Paul Scotton and Joani Walker for the tapes
-- There were fades and gaps between almost every song which I fixed
-- First few seconds of Sugaree are missing
-- This version is played back without Dolby