Hollywood Bowl
July 21, 1974
Los Angeles, CA US
Notes:
Commander Cody; Maria Muldaur with John Kahn opened
Set List:
Promised LandTennessee Jed
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Jack Straw
Mississippi Half-Step
It Must Have Been the Roses
El Paso
Scarlet Begonias
Around and Around
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Big River
Row Jimmy
Playin' in the Band
Wharf Rat
Truckin'
Nobody's Jam
Playin' in the Band
Ship of Fools
Sugar Magnolia
U.S. Blues
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International Amphitheatre - July 25, 1974 »Attendees of this show
Another lovely day in and with the sunshine.
The Commander is always good, and Maria seemed delightfully ripped this day, leaning backwards to plant kisses on John Kahn (great Walkin' One And Only and Paul Butterfield dropped by to blow harp).
That monster PA literally covered the mouth of the Bowl. The energy level was only part of a notch down from UCSB a couple months earlier, but, well, there was always something magical about that combo of clarity and tunes like Scarlet, Chinacat, and Truckin'.
A very nice touch was the tables of free stickers and album cards (the UGLY RUMURZ sticker graced my Sunn bass amp for years). Lastly, the Bowl parking lot is small, so they always park the cars side-to-side and bumper-to-bumper. On this day, it was us that strolled to the front car and drove out, breaking the log jam. Our best post-gig departure time EVER!
Merry pranksters giving bumber stickers away that said, "Ugly Rumors" - one of the biggest bloopers in Chinese Communism every achieved. BUT, I got two stickers, after insisting to the dapper Prankster dude that, "YES, I had met an african last week,"
keep your character, enjoy living, share your fortune,
OXOX Merple Reddin
Hitchhiked up to this one with no money and played hide and seek with security.[hey c'mon we were little kids it was fun]
My first show also.At the age of 12 !! Hooked ever since.Think I fell asleep some during Nobodys Jam.Started playing guitar right around this time also.Then about 77 ish I bought the Dead's Anthology songbook & learned every song in that book & then some.Just couldn't get enough of this band.STILL can't.This band should NEVER die !!! One way or another we MUST keep this bands music & ideals alive !! And,one way or another we MUST make these MORE MAINSTREAM !!!!!!!
Can any of you attendees please tell me about what time the show started and ended? Thank you in advance!
Maria Muldaur
7/21/74
Hollywood Bowl, L.A., CA
original notes:
(opener for Grateful Dead)
John Kahn - bass
Paul Butterfield - guitar
01: chatter
02: Midnight At The Oasis
03: Any Old Time
04: Walking One And Only
05: Lover Man, Where Can You Be?
06: Intros
07: Tennessee Mountain Home
08: Take A Look At Yourself
09: Chauffeur Blues
10: I Can't Stand The Rain
11: Brickyard Blues
12: The Work Song
13: I'm A Woman
14: Nobody's Fault But Mine
Locations
Who are these guys? I had seen Sabbath, Zeppelin, Tull, Floyd and Alice Cooper, but driven to check out this band from literature.
Fell in love with "Box of Rain" when I first heard the song 9 years before (used some lyrics in my brother's wedding toast), but no Box....
Knew Mexicalli because I was in love with a girl who was just 14. No Mex.
I did rcognize "truckin," barely...Wiped out alternating between joints of Red then Gold Columbian, some dipped in honey oil.
Could hardly stay on my feet, top of the bowl, but the music made me feel like I was standing on the moon (where have I heard that?).
"On the Road," Kerouac was assigned reading (religion class!!!). Led me to "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," the bible. Led me to Thomas Wolfe and the permanent recogintion that October 6, 1966 was a sorry event in the history of California.
Leary was a federal fugitive at the time and it wasn't until 5 months and ten days after this show that I took my first dose and line of coke. Yeah Casey!!!!
But I knew that I was on the bus from this day forward.
Thank you,
Forever Grateful