1974-09-18 [Wed]

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Parc des Expositions, Dijon, France

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Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia - electric guitar (lead), vocals
Bob Weir - electric guitar (rhythm), vocals
Phil Lesh - electric bass, vocals
Keith Godchaux - keyboards
Bill Kreutzmann - drums, perc
Donna Jean Godchaux - vocals
Guest Musicians
Ned Lagin (partial show) - electric piano, synthesizer

Complete Release
30 Trips Around the Sun
Soundcheck:
Seastones [1] , Space [2] , Cumberland Blues , Brokedown Palace

Set 1:
Uncle John's Band [3] , Jack Straw , Friend Of The Devil [4] , Black Throated Wind , Scarlet Begonias , Mexicali Blues , Row Jimmy , Beat It On Down The Line , Deal , The Race Is On , To Lay Me Down , Playing In The Band

Set 2:
Seastones [5] , Loose Lucy , Big River , Peggy-O , Me And My Uncle , Eyes Of The World > China Doll , He's Gone > Truckin' > Drums > Jam [6] , Ship Of Fools , Johnny B. Goode

Encore:
U.S. Blues
[1] As per spiritcats, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, and Jerry Garcia joined for Ned's soundcheck, there is even a recording
[2] Jerry only
[3] Released on 30 Trips Around the Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965 - 1995
[4] Last known performance (by GD) 1972-12-11 (108 events ago)
[5] With Ned Lagin on electric piano and synthesizer
[6] Contains elements of Caution (especially from Phil) and, briefly, Mind Left Body.
Tour
Grateful Dead Europe 1974
Videos
  • Some footage of the soundcheckfrom Steve Brown's home video
    • Notes
  • Hervé ex post says only 1,500 attended, because Dijonnais are lame.
  • review: Hervé 19740919.
  • preview: Hervé 19740917;
  • NedBase: Annotated Nedbase 1970 - 1975
  • deadessays: Deadbase Corrections
  • Steve Brown's Grateful Dead Europe 1974 - Wall of Sound 8mmHomeMovies. Synopsis by Ned Lagin - "Steve's Super 8mm movies cover the 1974 Grateful Dead European tour. London's city life of the times and the Alexandra Palace set up of the Wall of Sound (2:02), Munich and the Olympic Halle (4:26), band (5:37, me at 6:01 reading the Sunday Times) and family members getting on the bus and the bus ride from Munich through Luxembourg to Zurich, hanging out on the street in Geneva with Jerry, Parish, Hunter, Keith, Donna, baby Zion, Bob Matthews, and others, and then Phil, Steve, Dan Healy, and me on our drive through the high Alps and villages of Switzerland (7:25), into rural France (with castles) and on to Dijon (14:58) ending in Paris."
    • Sources
    Weather
    High: 69.9 °F
    Low: 60.9 °F
    Feels Like High: 69.9 °F
    Feels Like Low: 60.9 °F
    Wind Speed: 13.6 mph
    Humidity: 92.9 %
    Moonphase: 0.08
    Precipitation: 0.492 in. (rain)
    Cloudy skies throughout the day with rain.
    Show Certainty
    Confirmed
    Setlist Certainty
    Confirmed
    In Attendance
    1500