Grateful Dead Inc. has shared yet another archival pro-shot video, as part of their “All The Years Live” video series.
This week – to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday – they’ve posted a version of the Garcia-Hunter original “Bird Song” from the band’s 7/1/92 gig at Buckeye Lake Music Center in Ohio.
Arriving on the tail end of set one, this “Bird Song” finds Garcia taking on lead vocals, and singing the classic lyric, “Tell me all that you know, I’ll show you snow and rain.”
Explains GD archivist/legacy manager David Lemieux, “From the Dead’s final show of their Summer Tour of 1992, this ‘Bird Song’ from Buckeye is from the Dead’s first full tour featuring only Vince Welnick on keyboards, as Bruce left the band after the Spring Tour of 1992. Following this show in Ohio, the Dead took nearly six months off from touring for some much needed rest. When they returned in December 1992, they were refreshed and re-energized.”
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Watch “Bird Song” below:
3 Comments comments associated with this post
Captain Obvious
August 2, 2019 at 3:02 amWhat a rarity! Jerry taking on lead vocals for this version!
jaggerrich
August 1, 2019 at 2:38 pmRain Rain Rain in ’94, but I agree, I loved the venue and vibe, too. (Traffic opened) Rained so hard my Buddy took the show off, on our opus of 37 states. A good “19 Songer” show, with “Rain” of all sorts thrown in, as they did, at Three Rivers Stadium, etc.
Rain
Feel Like a Stranger
Bertha
Wang Dang Doodle
Loser
El Paso
Althea
Eternity
Deal
Foolish Heart ->
I Want to Tell You
Looks Like Rain
Samba in the Rain
Uncle John’s Band ->
Saint of Circumstance ->
Drums ->
Space ->
I Need a Miracle ->
Standing on the Moon ->
Lovelight
E: The Mighty Quinn
19 Songs
Wichita Jack
August 1, 2019 at 2:12 pmBuckeye summer shows were fun. I enjoyed the year w/ Steve Miller the most.