![]() Located 35 miles outside the nation’s capital (and Burbridge’s hometown) of Washington, DC, the venue just off Interstate 66 hosted the band’s first visit to the state since their eventful two-show run last August headlining LOCKN’ Festival in Arrington.ĭead & Company kicked off the the southern leg of their 2019 summer tour in Bristow, Virginia Wednesday night at the Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheatre. As far as I can tell, the sheet music is accurate to the recorded song. One of the Grateful Dead’s defining characteristics was that their music would change depending on where they were playing, delivering some of their best shows when they were able to really dial into the area where they’d set up shop that day. This is my favorite Grateful Dead Song if you want to hear an absolutely superb rendition of this song, check out the recording they did for their Europe 72 Live album they were definitely 'in the groove' (and then some) when they played it. ![]() ![]() Dead & Company have carried on this notable characteristic, and whether intentional or not, many of the evening’s song choices were decidedly appropriate to the location. On a blistering summer day in 1972, the Grateful Dead t. On one hand, Washington DC is a decidedly cosmopolitan city with a gleaming center and one of the world’s centers of power. You're watching the Grateful Dead perform 'China Cat Sunflower' in Veneta, Oregon on August 27, 1972. It’s a decidedly southern town populated by tens of thousands of former student council presidents across the country who, whether they were likeable or not, grew up and moved here to do more of the same after becoming adults. Look for a while at the china cat sunflower Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun Teaching you guys how to play China Cat Sunflower by Grateful Dead on. Meanwhile, much of Virginia remains decidedly rural and proud, with non-indigenous locals being able to track ancestors as far back as the 1600s, while areas such as the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Heart of Appalachia have maintained deep social, cultural, and musical traditions that have been passed down for decades and sometimes centuries. With that in mind, the city folks got the first nod as the band opened with “Shakedown Street”, and given the current state of ongoing political enmity just up the road on DC’s Capitol Hill, the funk-infused song felt just right as an opener.
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