Every Dark Star

that a song, like a life, can morph and evolve and wind up as something unexpected

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Friday, January 29, 2021

32. 1969-02-04

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7294 Omaha, NE 13:13 Main theme at 1:54, 2:33 and 3:06. First verse at 3:38. Verse melody at 7:17. Sputnik at 7:53. Bright Star at 10:07. M...
Friday, January 22, 2021

31: 1969-02-02

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123283 Minneapolis 15:38 Main theme at 2:03 and 3:10. First verse at 4:44. Verse melody at 9:05. Sputnik at 10:06. Bright Star (sort of) at...
Friday, January 15, 2021

30. 1969-01-26

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109642 Avalon 9:38 (cut in the middle) Main theme at 2:10. Main theme at 3:15. First verse at 4:03. Second verse at 8:10. Goes into St. Ste...
Friday, January 8, 2021

29. 1969-01-25

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109641 Avalon 14:06 Bright Star at 2:09. Main theme at 3:00. First verse at 3:35. Verse melody at 6:32. Sputnik at 7:42. Main theme at 12:05...
Friday, January 1, 2021

28. 1969-01-24

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110304 Avalon 19:53 (actual 19:38) Main theme at 6:36. First verse at 7:30. Bright Star at 13:29. Main theme at 16:17. Second verse at 16:4...
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Sunday, December 27, 2020

27: 1969-01-17

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89798 Santa Barbara, CA 13:09 Main theme at 1:53. Bright Star at 3:24. Main theme at 3:55. First verse at 4:35. Verse melody at 6:44. Sput...
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Friday, December 18, 2020

26. 1968-12-29

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80197 Gulfstream Park, Florida 10:25 Main theme at 2:14, and again at 2:44. First verse at 3:00. Verse melody at 6:31. Main theme at 7:21 ...
Sunday, December 13, 2020

25. 1968-12-07

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88674 Louisville, KY 13:26 TC’s first Dark Star, although he’s hard to hear. Main theme at :019, 0:46 (briefly), and 2:52. First verse at 3...
Sunday, December 6, 2020

REHEARSAL WITH TC (1968-11-06?)

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82393 Pacific High Recording 14:38 Main theme variations at 5:28, 6:18, and 7:08. First verse at 7:27. Main theme (a bit) at 10:01. Bright ...
Saturday, November 28, 2020

24. 1968-11-22

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21933 Columbus, OH 11:52 Last Dark Star with Pigpen on keys for a good while (He added some organ on some 1972 versions, at least, but thi...
Friday, November 20, 2020

23: 1968-11-01

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9965 Chico, CA 12:23 (actual time 12:10) Main theme at 2:39. First verse at 3:08. Verse melody at 6:18. Bright Star at 7:51, 9:32 (feint) a...
Friday, November 13, 2020

HARTBEATS D: 1968-10-30? (2)

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1205 MATRIX 19:47 Probably not from this date, but this is how it circulates. Main theme at 1:59. Sputnik (pretty much, anyway) at 9:42. ...
Friday, November 6, 2020

HARTBEATS C: 1968-10-30 (1)

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1205 MATRIX 17:24 Main theme at 3:34 and 13:10. Verse melody at 13:20. Goes into Death Letter Blues. Loose and relaxed, with Garcia play...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

22. 1968-10-20

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9071 (also on 30 Trips) UC Berkeley 10:17 Main theme at 1:41, and a variant thereof at 2:35. First verse at 2:59. Verse melody at 5:42. S...
Friday, October 23, 2020

21: 1968-10-13

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  115606 Avalon 13:08 Main theme at 1:28. First verse at 2:12. Verse theme at 6:45. Bright Star at 8:25. Falling Star at 9:12. Sputnik at ...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

20: 1968-10-12

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86759 Avalon 14:52 Main theme at 3:45. First verse at 4:17. Verse melody at 8:09. Bright Star at 10:29. Falling Star at 11:00. Sputnik at ...
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Saturday, October 10, 2020

HARTBEATS B: 1968-10-10

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Matrix 4513 15:29 There’s some tuning, accompanied by a chiming bell, at the beginning. Intro starts at 2:18, so this is really about 13:...
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Saturday, October 3, 2020

Hartbeats A: 1968-10-08

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HARTBEATS A: 1968-10-08 25757   Sometime around this point Weir and Pigpen were supposedly fired from the band, although the exact dates, a...
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Saturday, September 26, 2020

19: 1968-09-02

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14:06 115592 Sultan, WA Main theme at 2:05, and again at 3:46. First verse at 4:49. Verse melody at 8:13. Sort of a flash of Bright Star...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

18: 1968-08-28

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10:49 133762 Avalon Ballroom Intro is very slightly cut. Main theme at 1:36. First verse at 2:03. Main theme, sort of hinted, at 4:59 before...
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