Grateful Dead

Muppet box is a reference for Manhattan. Who knows what year they chose. Would love to see the Manhattan Center shows! I'm A Hog For Ya Baby!

I'm terrible at these but here goes. I think the Seven movie reference was just there because we were all clamoring for what the next box was going to be hence a good ribbing from Bolo. I think the bacon reference was code for the Beacon Theatre. The 6 is for June, the 2 is for two shows June 14, 15... The Johann I have no idea. At the end of the day i will buy whatever it is and then start wondering what the next box is going to be!!! Please no more snow in the Northeast.. be good bob t

To badly invert and paraphrase Hank Williams... Bolo writes: "HF: The presence of bacon in the Muppet box would indicate that the "donor" of said bacon had, shall we say, moved beyond this earthly realm." That's either the biggest head fake since March Madness or Bolo is saying "not Summer '73," but "think Pigpen." I'm suspicious of Bolo's obviousness. BUT, if instead of Summer '73 we get a Pigpen-centric box, then that's even better. What would such a box look like? If truly Pig-centric, they'd have to put together one entire CD of Pig's home tapes and any studio outtakes they may have. Then a few complete shows that really feature Pig. And there's the returned tapes angle. If Bolo means grease = Pigpen, then I'd have to place my bets on a series of 1971 shows, some from returned tapes. Perhaps this is the box that should have been released for the 50th to honor the GD's first frontman? But released in the back half of the year to avoid too much redundancy with DaP 26? And what is the commercial potential for a Pig-centric box? Unless it's just a holy @#$%!^&* slice of primal GD to rouse the faithful. (It's all about ME again...) Ah, Bolo, when you toss a pebble into the pond, many concentric circles result. You obviously enjoy your "work." If my musings hold any truth, then Bolo's role is to get speculation redirected to the actual planned box. Perhaps an announcement is closer than we think. Mr. Hype-ster Numero Uno, that's me. Never would've thunk it.

Hey Dantian.. Saw your post, gave you a shout-out at the end of my reply yesterday... I'm still alive and kicking. Shoot me a PM the next time you're around. Good to see you..

... for all my brother and sisters!!! http://youtu.be/x1YuCc9qJDk

https://archive.org/details/gd1985-04-03.sbd.walker-scotton.miller.1062… https://archive.org/details/gd86-04-03.sbd.samaritano.18509.sbeok.shnf Here's night 2 at the Centrum '87. https://archive.org/details/gd1987-04-03.140292.sbd.miller.flac2496 This was my second show and only Easter Sunday show. Jerry was sick so the show was OK. If you can get past the vocals Black Peter was good. Walking around the back of the civic center before the show I was almost hit by the gold van that was dropping off Jerry for sound check. https://archive.org/details/gd1988-04-03.sbd.miller.91161.sbeok.flac16 Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 9 - 4/3/89 Not as much energy as the night before but a very good show. Set 1 Greatest Story Ever Told, Bertha, Walkin' Blues, Jack A Roe, El Paso, Built To Last, Victim Or The Crime, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Don't Ease Me In Set 2 Blow Away, Estimated Prophet-> Crazy Fingers-> Uncle John's Band-> Drums-> Jam-> Gimme Some Lovin'-> I Need A Miracle-> Stella Blue-> Sugar Magnolia, E: Johnny B. Goode, E: Black Muddy River The last Spring 90 4/3/1990.

We've got Pig . . . We've got "Departed this earthly realm" . . . And we've got a grassroots populist movement for summer 73 . . . So maybe its a run from 73 shortly after Pig departed this earthly realm?

April 3, 1968http://gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-03-1968 Winterland Arena San Francisco, California This show does not seem to exist in recorded format. There is even some questions about whether the Dead even played on this night. What is known is that this was a benefit fo the employees of KMPX, a San Francisco free form radio station, who had gone out on strike. There were a number of concerts in support of the strikers, including a street show as soon as news broke that the workers went out on strike that some also put the Dead at. On April 3rd, it seems very likely that the Dead played with The Youngbloods, Moby, Electric Flag, and a few other San Francisco-based bands in support of the KMPX employees. Reports have the setlist as Cryptical> Other One> Cryptical> New Potato Caboose> Born Cross-Eyed, Alligator>Drums> Alligator> Caution. 4/3/68 Poster http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1960s/19680403c.html

Dead of the Day: April 3, 1970http://www.gratefuldeadoftheday.com/04-03-1970 University of Cincinnati Field House Cincinnati, Ohio The show gets off to a solid start with a clipped entry into Casey Jones. From there we get a standard, but oh so good China>Rider. Then Pigpen makes his first appearance and throws down on the Hard to Handle; it will not be his only highlight on this night. Bobby then calls for a “drummer’s choice,” which elicits a rocking Dancing in the Streets that devolves into a smoking jam, dominated by Mickey, Billy, and Jerry. The second set is acoustic and all Jerry tunes, save Pig on Katie Mae. The early Friend of the Devil includes some alternate lyrics. Deep Elem, Candyman, and Uncle John’s are all tasty and clean little nuggets of Dead sweetness. Jerry’s voice is so resonant and touching throughout all of them. Then Pig gives us a solid Katie Mae to cap off the middle period. The third set opens with a fine Good Lovin’. With Pig on vocals, the boys enter into a straight-up blues-rock jam in the middle of the tune that has the whole band playing as a single writing beast, culminating in some awesome vocal vamping to end the song. Next up is an Other One Suite that is the standout of the entire evening, especially the second Cryptical which arches outward and then thrashes about before heading off soaring again; it is a thing of beauty. A great Cosmic Charlie follows only to lead to a short, hard jammed Not Fade Away that sort of breaks into Lovelight. While Pig does not get into a full-on rap at the end of it, he still takes out all the stops and delivers a monumental effort. Unfortunately, the We Bid You Goodnight encore is not on the recording. On this night, the Dead highlighted a bill that included the Lemon Pipers and Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. The Lemon Pipers were a psychedelic bubblegum pop band that had a number one hit that year with Green Tambourine. One can imagine that they played a fairly standard musical set. However, it is entirely unclear what the Merry Pranksters would have been doing for their act, short of handing out LSD. Lossless Bootleg Bonanza: Grateful Dead – Cincinnati, OH (04/03/70) grateful dead - cincinnati - 1970-04-03-Cincin-Field-House Grateful Dead 4/3/70 Field House, University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH gd70-04-03.sbd.cotsman.sbefail.flac16 Download: FLAC/MP3 https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/03/05/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu… SBD from bootleg “Cincinnati 1970″ This is a flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 4283 –Setlist– –Electric– 101-d1t01 – //Casey Jones 102-d1t02 – China Cat Sunflower -> 103-d1t03 – I Know You Rider 104-d1t04 – Hard to Handle 105-d1t05 – Dancing in the Streets 106-d1t06 – Me & My Uncle –Acoustic– 107-d1t07 – Friend of the Devil 108-d1t08 – Deep Elem Blues 109-d1t09 – Candyman 110-d1t10 – Wake Up Little Susie -> 111-d1t11 – Black Peter 112-d2t01 – Uncle John’s Band 113-d2t02 – Katie Mae –Electric– 114-d2t03 – //Good Lovin’ 115-d2t04 – Cryptical Envelopment -> 116-d2t05 – Drums -> 117-d2t06 – The Other One -> 118-d2t07 – Cryptical Envelopment -> 119-d2t08 – Cosmic Charlie 120-d2t09 – Not Fade Away -> 121-d2t10 – Turn on Your Lovelight% notes: -missing encore (We Bid You Goodnight). -Casey Jones fades in at…at trouble junction.” -Good Lovin’ fades in about 30 seconds before the drum solo, during the chorus. -There is a minor splice in Lovelight during Pigpen’s rap. -This is the first known Candyman. From the original uploader: As this show is from a bootleg, no source info was given, though the sound indicates that at least one, and probably two analog generations occurred before being transferred to digital. The pitch was corrected using Sound Forge as the original recording was flat. Retracking was done with CDWave. There are occasional, very faint pops in the recording as well as occasional oversaturation. Lastly, and significantly, an intermittent buzz occurs throughout the show from a bad connection somewhere. It is most evident during the acoustic set. 4/3/70 Poster http://www.deadlists.com/posters/1970s/19700403a.html

Jim, was hoping to touch base with you, maybe next time... Peace, all. (This user name is now deleted.)