Lost Grateful Dead Show: 'Collectors Are Going to Flip Out'

Lost Grateful Dead Show: 'Collectors Are Going to Flip Out'

     Six months ago, some lost tapes of a Grateful Dead show in 1970 at the Family Dog in San Francisco were discovered among the late Jerry Garcia's belongings.  They were sent to David Lemieux, the bands arcivist.  He was able to confirm that these tapes were among ones not currently known.  The sound quality of the reel is great, even though it spent 43 years in less than optimal storage conditions.  The reel is significant because the band wasn't called the Grateful Dead back then.  They were billed as Mickey Hart and the Heartbeats and Bobby Ace and the Cards from the Bottom of the Deck.  They didn't perform a full set, only an 80-minute acoustic set.  Lemineux describes this as "transitional" time for them.  ""People are going to be pretty shocked by what's to come," [Lemineux} promised."  For Lemineux, as an archivist, this is exciting for him because fans will get to hear something that no one ever knew existed six months ago. "It's very rare, it's unique, and collectors are going to flip out on it," he said.