James Giordano Percussion

July 27, 1973
Grand Prix Racecourse, Watkins Glen NY

The legendary Watkins Glen soundcheck, with a Hunter Seamons matrix and AUD from near the soundboard by Kidd Candelario.

"Great stuff here, although one really can't compare this to other "shows" - it IS a soundcheck, after all, and lacks that familiar dramatic arc that connects the entire experience of a Dead show together. This is just a bunch of tunes lazily sort of scattered together - they repeat a few the next night, so take your pick as to which are better.
"That said, there is some *seriously* heady music here - Bird Song glides along as easy as you please for damn near 15-20 minutes, and the big, famed jam that leads into Wharf Rat is, I think, the first time the band played around with Mickey's Happiness Is Drumming (aka Fire). Ironic that Mickey wouldn't be there for the "debut", as it were, of this oh-so-familiar chord pattern, but I think it does show just how connected he still was to the band.
"So, yeah, great stuff abound here, an easy five stars for the audacious ballsiness of the band's intuition to turn a soundcheck into a full-blown afternoon of music, the tunes themselves, and this beautiful matrix - I think is my favorite way to listen to this most famous of warm-ups. And, no, I do NOT think this is better than the actual show - the actual Watkins-Glen show is something to behold."
~doug_the_dude, LMA

Bird Song audio via The Bolillo
https://youtu.be/_anpGfMl_jw

Full show audio via Chris from Jam Buzz
https://youtu.be/I8im5C1_ph8

Set 1: Promised Land, Sugaree, Mexicali Blues, Bird Song, Big River, Tennessee Jed

Set 2: Mississippi Half Step, Me & My Uncle, Jam-> Wharf Rat, Around & Around

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-07-27.mtx.seamons.100410.sbeok.flac16

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-07-27.146057.sbd.miller-smith-berger-cloverman.flac1644

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-07-27.123407.candelario-smith.flac24

https://archive.org/details/gd1973-07-27.152005.moscal.mandel.sonyecm.flac24

📷 Suki Coughlin

New Rock City Asteroids performing "New Rock City" at R&R SD 2/8/2020. StarQuake on Drums, Stratus Fear on Guitar, Jet Wizard on Bass & Vocals. Captured by Allied Producti...

New Rock City The Intergalactic Band of Mystery: ASTEROIDS performing "New Rock City" at Navajo LIVE. Stratus Fear: Guitar; StarQuake: Drums; Jet Wizard: Vocal and Bass

Playing this Fri. April 12 with same kit on same stage as pic. We're up after the great Madman, a Sabath Tribute. Come see two great bands