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Grateful Dead ??/??/75
Ace's, Mill Valley, CA
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Set I
- Sessions Part I -
s1t01 - banter
s1t02 - tuning/changes (Phil/acoustic)
s1t03 - changes/banter (multiple takes)
s1t04 - Habanera/banter
s1t05 - changes/jam
s1t06 - changes/banter (multiple takes)
s1t07 - changes/banter (multiple takes, cuts out)

- Sessions Part II -
s2t01 - tuning/changes (Phil/acoustic)
s2t02 - tuning/banter/Distorto (multiple takes)
s2t03 - banter/tuning/Distorto/banter/noodling (multiple takes)
s2t04 - banter over joint
s2t05 - tuning/changes/banter (Phil/acoustic)
s2t06 - jam/banter
s2t07 - banter/changes (Phil/acoustic)
s2t08 - banter (He's Gone)
s2t09 - banter (Jerry's got an idea)

- Sessions Part III -
s3t01 - jam/banter (multiple takes)
s3t02 - Blues for Allah/banter (multiple takes)
s3t03 - Blues for Allah/banter
s3t04 - Blues for Allah/banter
s3t05 - drums/jam/banter
s3t06 - drums/jam/banter
s3t07 - drums/banter/drums (multiple takes)
s3t08 - banter
s3t09 - Help on the Way (multiple takes w/banter)
s3t10 - Help on the Way (multiple takes w/banter)
s3t11 - Help on the Way (multiple takes w/banter)
s3t12 - banter/tuning/jam -> Blues for Allah

- Sessions Part IV -
s4t01 - tuning -> jam -> Blues for Allah -> jam -> banter
s4t02 - banter -> tuning -> Blues for Allah (melody)
s4t03 - tuning -> Blues for Allah/banter
s4t04 - Blues for Allah -> jam -> Blues for Allah
s4t05 - tuning/banter
s4t06 - Blues for Allah
s4t07 - banter/jam/banter/tuning
s4t08 - banter/tuning (Phil/solo/electric guitar) (fades out)
s4t09 - tuning/changes (Phil/solo/electric guitar) (fades in)
s4t10 - banter/whistling/dead air/piano/dead air
s4t11 - Slipknot! (demo playback) banter/dead air/banter
s4t12 - tuning/Phil practicing changes on electric guitar (fades out)
s4t13 - tuning/dead air/banter/tuning(Phil, bass)/banter (fades in)
s4t14 - coffee brewing/tuning/Sage & Spirit/banter/tuning
s4t15 - tuning/noodling (Garcia - the hip kind)
s4t16 - banter/tuning/banter
s4t17 - tuning/The Music Never Stopped/tuning/banter
s4t18 - The Music Never Stopped/banter/tuning
s4t19 - The Music Never Stopped (blues jam)
s4t20 - The Music Never Stopped jam
s4t21 - banter/tuning/playback/dead air
s4t22 - playback/Otis/drums
s4t23 - piano/banter/Otis
s4t24 - [Otis dropping dimes]
s4t25 - banter/tuning
s4t26 - tuning/jam (multiple takes)
s4t27 - Lazy Lightnin' (early progressions, multiple takes)
s4t28 - tuning/banter/Lazy Lightnin'
s4t29 - banter/tuning/Phil's tune
s4t30 - tuning/Phil's tune
Set II

Set III

Comment
As far as I can tell the diligence leads me to conclude that these sessions have never been widely circulated before. These are not the SNACK Sessions as David Crosby, Merl Sanders & or Ned Lagin are not present. All tracks are instrumental which leaves no work for Donna. Mickey, as far as I can tell is not present either. The month and day are not given on any of the information provided. Listening to s2t14, using deduction, puts us somewhere in the month of March.
Session I starts out with the boys talking nicely amongst themself round the, on strike, coffee pot. It's not on strike, no one bothered to turn it on. After "properly" caffeinating themselves they begin to practice. First up is a new piece from Phil. First, Phil works on the changes using a six string acoustic guitar, then one by one the band joins in & eventually Phil goes to his bass. Part II has Phil working the chord progression & changes for another new, untitled theme. Phil continues to work the changes on an acoustic guitar.
Sessions III & IV are all electric workings of Blues for Allah material.
Last Changed By Chris Masciangelo
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