Tagged: bostongarden

A few days ago long-circulating video of the entire Grateful Dead show from Boston Garden on September 24, 1991 was uploaded to YouTube and I've been enjoying the hell out of these clips. Jerry was clearly enjoying Bruce Hornsby's addition to the "musical conversation" as displayed during a perky Althea, an energetic China > Rider, a spacey Dark Star and a tear-jerking rendition of Standing On The Moon. We've put together a playlist of Duanebase's videos so you can watch the entire show in order... Grateful Dead - [...]

You want a Great Pop Moment? James Brown playing Boston Garden right after MLK's assassination, having it broadcast live on TV, and having the city respond by largely staying home and not destroying the city—that's one for the ages. Which makes it kind of odd that no one thought to write a book about it until now. Not just any book, either. The Hardest Working Man: How James Brown Saved the Soul of America may have been saddled with an ungainly, not-exactly-appropriate subtitle [...]