G Dead's stage costumes , Bromberg, and Aronoff article

That Aronoff article, which was recently cited, implied that the Dead's lack of stage costumes made them seem like working class stiffs. I remember when I first saw the Dead in concert I was impressed by their lack of costumes in an era of over the top stage costumes (I even knew a friend of a friend who designed rock costumes). But what I thought about their lack of costumes was that the music was so good they didn't need to put on a show with their personages (not to mention there was always stuff jiggling in the background with the lightshows anyway).
Of course it was also the era when Zappa was saying everything you wear is your uniform...

Also related to the Aronoff article, Bromberg came to my little midwestern college about that year and blew the roof off the women's gym with great picking, solid horn backing, and Sharon... I suppose with the nasty things Aronoff was saying about Bromberg he avoided naming him to avoid a lawsuit.
But on the Bromberg topic, I'm remembering a quote somewhere a couple years ago that he really liked working with the Dead, although there was one member that couldn't quite get in the groove they were going for (and at the time it was speculated that was Weir). From the Aronoff article it sounds like that person was Phil, if in fact Weir was just not available.

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