tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post3662680002912756894..comments2024-03-17T11:10:04.872-07:00Comments on Grateful Dead Guide: Buffalo 3/17/70Light Into Asheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-89099716846951328292022-10-30T11:26:10.645-07:002022-10-30T11:26:10.645-07:00I recall it wasPhilharmonic percussionist who , in...I recall it wasPhilharmonic percussionist who , in his tuxedo, was invited by Mickey to play Lovelight while it was in full jam mode & he just relished hitting the snare on the 4/4 and Mickey Hart stood next to him, beaming, and would be clapping and looking into audience just smiling & pointing at the Philhrmonic drummer hammering away, a total joy to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-14842050818061161282020-10-01T00:37:14.387-07:002020-10-01T00:37:14.387-07:00Hopefully not the same Michael Caputo as the asini...Hopefully not the same Michael Caputo as the asinine k00k Drumpssolini supporter...<br />https://www.npr.org/2020/09/15/913114446/michael-caputo-hhs-official-acknowledges-warning-of-sedition-and-violenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-16697258585517484202020-01-14T22:34:40.118-08:002020-01-14T22:34:40.118-08:00Interesting update... did anything come of this? O...Interesting update... did anything come of this? Of all the Dead shows not to be recorded by anyone on either side of the stage/ soundboard..! There are Buffalo audience tapes from 1969-72 I'm aware of. Erik Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553344805039772377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-7951547979538133302017-09-19T11:06:35.098-07:002017-09-19T11:06:35.098-07:00I was there. I was a student at UB and also worke...I was there. I was a student at UB and also worked for the promoter and went to the airport to pickup members of the band. I remember Jerry Garcia was a nice guy--Pigpen was grouchy and drank alot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11229994682831686836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-67889206055977782982017-07-28T18:43:23.391-07:002017-07-28T18:43:23.391-07:00An outtake from Gans & Jackson's This Is A...An outtake from Gans & Jackson's This Is All A Dream oral history, a lengthy recollection of the show from musician Peter Case: <br /><br />"They were playing in Buffalo, at the Kleinhans Music Hall. It was a very strange gig, because the billing was the Grateful Dead, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lukas Foss. The opening act was a top-40 band that was starting to Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-89745450038618956512017-02-15T21:40:16.140-08:002017-02-15T21:40:16.140-08:00And now the Buffalo News on Jan. 6, 2017 provides ...And now the Buffalo News on Jan. 6, 2017 provides this headline: "$500 reward offered for elusive recording of Grateful Dead with the BPO"... The Buffalo News reports that Buffalo area radio personality, Michael Caputo is offering $500. And in the comments section of this piece, Foss' son throws in another $500. Then on Jan. 24th, 2017 a follow-up article in the Buffalo News states Cypherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038050901711875714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-26098700792402178852015-07-20T00:34:45.797-07:002015-07-20T00:34:45.797-07:00Thanks for the invaluable webpage and research int...Thanks for the invaluable webpage and research into the articles! <br /><br />The Spectrum (the University of Buffalo student newspaper) may well have reviewed the show. They've started digitizing their newspaper archive online, but I believe the Spectrum is only available up to 1962 so far: <br />http://library.buffalo.edu/archives/bestof/ Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-79286702369182803682015-07-19T06:39:59.750-07:002015-07-19T06:39:59.750-07:00I posted my research in to this show here http://w...I posted my research in to this show here http://www.thedeadblog.com/grateful-dead-buffalo-philharmonic-1970/ - There are scans of some of the newspaper articles at the time. One thing I did not do that would be worth following up is whether the University at Buffalo sent someone to review the show. Not sure if they have archives going back that far.Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494632957395514447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-19636192348604956332013-12-15T18:50:43.677-08:002013-12-15T18:50:43.677-08:00mosh is that you?mosh is that you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-84166301879011237492013-05-22T11:59:33.295-07:002013-05-22T11:59:33.295-07:00Blair Jackson interviewed Weir in 2010, before the...Blair Jackson interviewed Weir in 2010, before the First Fusion symphony concert, and Weir had the same memory of the Buffalo show: <br />"I seem to recall we made quite a racket in there. I remember we brought our smallest amplifiers and we were still three or four times too loud. We had to turn them down to the point where we couldn't get tone out of them, in order not to drown out theLight Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-8129024778295641732012-11-24T18:04:56.865-08:002012-11-24T18:04:56.865-08:00Thanks for the comment! Some interesting new detai...Thanks for the comment! Some interesting new details - it figures they couldn't play overtime in the Kleinhans. <br />After some digging, I've found that the Kleinhans actually does have a lift platform - technical info on the hall states, "The pit is a screw jack elevator. It is manually operated and has the capability to stop at any level between basement and stage."<br />For Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-4503651649773995982012-11-23T22:42:13.664-08:002012-11-23T22:42:13.664-08:00I went to this show with a half dozen friends. We ...I went to this show with a half dozen friends. We were students at UB, Buf State and Canisius. Kleinhans had a motorized orchestra pit that could lift up flush with the stage. The Dead were down in the pit when they started their set in the dark with a very slow and loose Dark Star. They segued into St. Stephen after rising up to stage level. Very cool. I also remember Pigpen playing this huge Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-17115105637815388622012-04-26T13:23:51.802-07:002012-04-26T13:23:51.802-07:00Just for a little tid bit, the Buffalo Orchestra r...Just for a little tid bit, the Buffalo Orchestra reinacted this event in March of 2012. You can go to their facebook site to see the posters and comments.<br /><br />A Rochester HeadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-37183830995441162012011-03-25T20:52:18.075-07:002011-03-25T20:52:18.075-07:00Another writer also said, "I was on stage at ...Another writer also said, "I was on stage at the end of that extended jam session playing some percussion with a bunch of other folks from the crowd." <br />So that's an interesting detail. <br /><br />I also found another mention in a recent Bob Weir interview (he will be playing with the Marin Symphony Orchestra in a couple months): <br />"The first time The Dead ever played Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-35913245974264249462010-11-10T10:54:23.801-08:002010-11-10T10:54:23.801-08:00My dad was at this show and during the extended ja...My dad was at this show and during the extended jam at the end he was on stage and actually got to play the drums for a few minutes. One of the quotes in the article is <br /><br />"I remember clearly a Philharmonic drummer sitting in with Billy, while Mickey played various percussion instruments around the stage."<br /><br />I wonder if that could have been my dad who was mistaken for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-81263198485112910652010-05-12T21:52:39.227-07:002010-05-12T21:52:39.227-07:00A Buffalo researcher took his own image of one of ...A Buffalo researcher took his own image of one of the newspaper reviews of this show, to confirm that it was indeed real: <br />http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=304495 <br /><br />He also wrote the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra archivist, who replied: <br /><br />Yes - the concert took place in Kleinhans Music Hall - it was a special program <br />for which maestro Lukas Foss Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-508596483308849125.post-26676785409258752482010-04-24T18:24:39.804-07:002010-04-24T18:24:39.804-07:00For a lost 1970 show with no tape, this is actuall...For a lost 1970 show with no tape, this is actually quite a well-documented show, with two newspaper reviewers there (and one of them was clearly a Dead fan already). I consider their reviews quite reliable. I am not so certain about the audience witnesses writing about the show decades later (our best witness says he was blasted on acid and doesn't remember Dark Star!)....it's likely Light Into Asheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06943335142002007213noreply@blogger.com