The Grateful Dead—Mammoth Gardens, Denver, CO, April 25, 1970
The Dead play a brilliant show with John Hammond on the co-bill. Audience tape. Acoustic and electric sets, with a hot, hot Easy Wind, and a Dark Star > St. Stephen > The Eleven combo that is absolutely crackling with energy.
A few days after the performance, Mike DeLong, from the Colorado Springs Sun, penned the following: "The Dead left the stage, and their subjects screamed and stomped for at least 10 minutes for them to return. Wisely, they did not; after that devastating medley, anything else would have been painfully anticlimactic. Understatement of the Year: The Grateful Dead are terrifyingly good. They are an overwhelming, almost mystical experience. Magic is alive and well."