3/12/2024 0 Comments Introduction to the grateful deadThe Madison Square Garden shows from the early ’80s are held in particularly high regard by discerning Deadheads – six of which are seeing official release for the first time on In and Out of the Garden. Although the band didn’t first play there until 1979, it would become their homebase on the East Coast, the site of a grand total of 52 shows before their dissolution in 1995 following the death of Jerry Garcia. The Grateful Dead’s appearances at Madison Square Garden over their 30-year run is the stuff of much lore. Where does one start with a band whose back catalog and influence are so dauntingly massive as to be incomprehensible? How do you learn to navigate the endless world of studio albums, official live releases, bootlegs when there’s such a dense thicket of scholarship, lore and fanatical fan appreciation? What makes one Grateful Dead performance noteworthy over another, in this case worthy of the lavish, deluxe 17-CD boxed set, In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83?
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