The Beatles - 1965-08-18 - Atlanta, GA (SBD)
The Beatles1965-08-18Atlanta Fulton County StadiumAtlanta GASoundboard Master Recording192 kbpsArtwork Included01. Introduction by Paul Drew02. Twist and Shout03. She's A Woman04. I Feel Fine05. Ticket To Ride06. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby07. Can't Buy Me Love08. Baby's In Black09. I Wanna Be Your Man10. Help!11. I'm Down
Speedy says:
"Almost every rock artist has been influenced by The Beatles, and Jerry Garcia was no exception. According to one biography of Jerry Garcia, the reason Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions morphed into the Grateful Dead was all thanks to the Fab Four. "For one thing, like half of America under the age of 25, Jerry had been seduced by the Beatles, especially their film, A Hard Day's Night, which depicted life in a rock and roll band as just about the most fun that could be had on planet earth. The Beatles were deliciously irreverent and in-your-face anarchic; untameable gadabouts on an endless lark, always living in a completely different universe than the pitiable straight forces that were constantly trying to control, or at the very least, restrain them." "The Beatles were why we turned from a jug band into a rock and roll band" said Bob Weir. Over the years, The Grateful Dead incorporated a host of Beatle tunes into their live shows, including A Day In the Life, Blackbird, Day Tripper, Hey Jude, I Want To Tell You. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Rain, Revolution, Tomorrow Never Knows and Why Don't We Do It In The Road. They also played McCartney’s That Would Be Something. Jerry Garcia’s solo shows included covers of I Saw Her Standing There, Eleanor Rigby and Dear Prudence, as well as McCartney’s Let Me Roll It. In the 1960s, Linda McCartney did a photo session with the Dead. Those pictures were later incorporated into a nine-minute film released in 1996 called Grateful Dead: A Photofilm. It was directed by none other than Sir Paul McCartney. McCartney had hoped to show the film to Jerry Garcia just before the guitarist passed away. ”I heard on the news that Jerry had died, and I thought, ‘Oh no, I was just about to show the film to him,’ ” McCartney told the New York Times. ”I’d been in correspondence with him, because he was a painter and I thought he’d like this. Unfortunately, I missed him. I suppose it has become a little bit of a tribute to Jerry because of it.” McCartney admitted he had never been to a Dead concert, but after making the film, regretted he never took the opportunity to do so.
This soundboard captures the lads from Liverpool three days after their historic show at Shea Stadium, on August 18, 1965, 6 decades ago today, in Atlanta for the 3rd concert on their 1965 North American Tour. As in other cities, their arrival in Atlanta was more than just a concert. The city declared it Beatle Day. DJ Tony Taylor, who along with Paul Drew, served as emcees for the show, wrote that "The Beatles concert at Atlanta Stadium sticks in my mind as perhaps the greatest event I ever witnessed. The stadium bordered on hysteria. I can still see the faces of the girls, tears in their eyes as they hung over the wall and the policemen tried to restrain them. There seemed to be one continuous scream. It was super high pitched and unrelenting." Such was the power of Beatlemania as it swept across America. For Atlanta. it was the first, and only time, The Beatles would perform in the city. The Beatles, as we know all too well, broke up in 1969. Fulton County Stadium, site of the concert, was demolished in 1997. All that remains are the memories of the 34,000 fans in attendance that night, fans who were among the lucky few to experience one of only 25 concerts the Beatles played in North America on their 1965 and 1966 stadium tours."
I Feel Fine - Atlanta 1965
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