Jer gives one of his top vox deliveries, but otherwise it's very straight. Black Peter is wonderfully recorded (on the official). But given the other sets by Santana, Airplane and the jam, that's probably all that's missing. There was probably a CR&S opener, as Pig would not have opened with Hard to Handle.
It's exactly the mess it sounds like on paper, though a couple brief moments are okay (it sounds like most free-form Santana from the era, but unpracticed). At the end is a jam with Kaukonen, Garcia, Santana, Casady, and Santana's rhythm section.
#China cat sunflower i know you rider plus#
On the plus side, this sounds different than other Feb '70 gigs and the quality of the official release is incredible - though none of the songs stand out against other Feb '70 versions. For this format, the songs were tight and short and the playing restrained. The vid has just three songs from the Dead's set and does not use the same great audio source as the GDP release. On the vid, some missing footage is filled with slowed down B-roll, but at least it's not the usual early '70s rapid zooms, jerking camera, negative image or swirling background (usually anything but the actual person playing). Back then, in many locales you had to switch your antenna to the UHF band (the 3 networks were on VHF band). NET at the time had scattered participation and it was up to local affiliates to decide whether to broadcast the show later that year. It was eventually purchased for open space and today it's a vacant lot. But the next time they played the name had changed to "660 Great Highway". For just a short while this was like a home venue - they played here 17 times in just 8 months.
This was the first night in home territory after busted down in New Orleans - must have felt like circling the wagons. There was a podium on each end for bands to set up, so NET would be able to film several bands without long waits. The venue was called "Family Dog On the Great Highway" (though the official release used "At"). After promotions company "The Family Dog" lost the Carousel, they found a ballroom, the Ocean Beach Pavilion, and used it as a venue for a rock club (Ocean Beach is at the western end of Golden Gate Park but this was actually a few block up, at the end of Balboa St).
So, unlike most events here, instead of being promoted by Chet Helms the club was rented. This was an invite-only show as part of a mini-festival that was put on by some hippies at KQED and Ralph Gleason, and videotaped for an NET special (PBS didn't exist yet). This is a well-documented show though, and the set list is completely different from the one above. There has been some confusion about this tape where it was initially labeled as 08-30-70, which was a KQED broadcast called Calibration.
#China cat sunflower i know you rider tv#
Hard to Handle and the "All Star Jam" included here and sourced from the PBS TV broadcast were missing from the previously circulating tape. Accordingly, it appears that this is all one set. Stephen > Midnight Hour following China > Rider is continuous with the China > Rider in terms of the source quality, crowd and overall musical feel.
The China > Rider has been matched with this date but the rest of the setlist does not match either Deadbase or Deadlists which also lists a 06:26 Hard to Handle prior to China > Rider and notes that sets were also performed by the Jefferson Airplane and Santana. Recorded by PBS at the Family Dog on 02-04-70 and originally broadcast on 12-13-70 for a television documentary entitled, "San Francisco Rock: A Night At The Family Dog" filmed at the Family Dog on 02-04-70. Hard to Handle, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, St.
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