4/8/72 Wembley Pool, London, England
Day 2 of a 2 day run in London. There is an announcement at the start that although the show is sold out, that Radio Luxembourg will be broadcasting the May 16 show. It seems as though Radio Luxembourg was popular with Londoners at that time, I guess we will hear more on this as we get deeper into the project.
This show opens with Bertha. I didn’t quite get all of the progression here. It’s in G. First part of the verse is G to C. The chorus seems like it might be D to C to B. Later on I think there is a 2-4 back to G, but not 100 per cent sure.
Next up is Me and My Uncle, and Mr. Charlie. I haven’t done a comparison but my musical memory says that each of these has some key differences with the same songs on the previous day. Maybe I’ll do a comparison in a different blog post.
Next up is Deal. Key of A. Putting this one on the figure it out list, chord progression, that is.
Black Throated Wind follows. Again, this is a repeat from the show the day prior. Wow there’s a lot of chords here! Gonna take awhile to figure this out, I’m slow. In E
Next Time You See Me seems little heard. Pigpen does the vocals here. I’m really liking his stuff. It’s a shame he left us so soon. Some bad lifestyle decisions.
Cumberland Blues. Interesting form for a blues tune, Key of G. Several parts. The song open with the bass walking in a repeating D E G pattern. The next section I think stays on G and periodically walks from B to Bb to A to G. Later on I hear some movement between G, C,D, and E. I think this is a very early Dead tune. But updated for this tour.
The Yellow Dog Story is apparently an effort by Bob to kill time while a broken guitar string is repaired. The other members of the band, sans Jerry begin an unrehearsed (I think) musical accompaniment to the story. I guess Jerry is fixing a string.
Brown Eyed Women is turning into one of my favorite tunes. Michael Palmisano does a great analysis of this tune from later in the tour on his YouTube channel. Look for it under his name or Guitar Gate.
Beat It On Down The Line was also performed the day prior. But the vocals were by Pigpen. This rendition by Bob.
Tennessee Jed is the final tune on this disc.