Grateful Dead

That's pretty funny... I know a lot of Phish fans here. I think Trey meant well. Just feel that with the slower tempos and all the rust, a little bit more oomph! in the lead guitar department would have been very much welcomed.

... it would be so immoral and inappropriate for anyone to even think about buying it ... seriously, if some malevolent bootlegger produced a box with 7 shows from 1971, 7 shows that were on FM radio, that could do incredible financial damage to the Grateful Dead ... with the plethora of official releases notwithstanding, and with Dave's Picks looking ahead to 50 and beyond, it is beyond comprehension how any fan could be so selfish, so tasteless, so dismissive of the financial impact on the Grateful Dead operation, to give one red cent to the villainous bootlegger maliciously cutting in on the Dead's profits without regard to the serious financial strain Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, and their poor suffering starving families would have to endure from the manifestation of such evil! For the love of God and everything Holy! Please, please I say! Do not force Bob Weir to open a SNAP account, to auction his meager possessions, as a result of the damned thievery that such a yellow box would verily represent. Oh lord have I seen the light! Here's looking ahead to Dave's 26! To 11 17 71 and 12 14 71! Hallelujah!

glad it made it to Europe.

10/31/83 It has the dread "special guests" (Airto and Flora Purim...not a fan of guest artists with the GD), but it's a fine show nonetheless.

Just got mine today in Blighty, number 1003, usual snail mail delivery for us Europeans!

Jim - It may have been Phil's strong opinion to go with Trey, but I can't imagine there was too much debate over that. Billy was adamantly against John Kadlecik (JK) who was an obvious candidate having just spent 5 years playing with Phil and Bob in Furthur - Fare Thee Well with JK would have been head and shoulders above Trey's performance, musically. But Billy publicly dissed Furthur/JK multiple times as just a tribute band, aping Jerry. So that would have ruled out other Jerry clones like DSO's guy, or some of San Fran area guys who seem like Jerry clones, right down to the guitar. Does anyone know who else they considered besides Trey? I can't recall. Space, your talking about 10/21/83, not 10/23. Great show - I also love the Big RxR Blues on 10/15/83 in Hartford. I guess it was a big month for Big RxR... (we may have had this conversation before - having deja vu). 1983 has always impressed me musically - seems to have a little more energy or ferocity than '82 and '84 to my ears (listening to the few shows I have). I used to have 4/13/83 in Vermont on cassette - nice Scar>Fire and many other highlights including what was at one point my only copy of Brother Esau. I'm only now realizing I never picked that one up digitally.... [edit: I put on 10/15/83 Big RxR while typing that comment. Whoever mentioned that the kick-drum is distracting in the early 80's recordings, I can totally hear it on 10/15/83. Especially at the beginning of Chinacat the kick drum is distracting, volume well-above the rest of the drums and left channel ONLY. Bump bump.... bump bump.... bump bump.... make it stop! Sounds like my neighbor hitting my wall with a tennis ball in time with the beat (I may have used that descriptor before, but its apt). Maybe 80's are best listened to on a stereo, not headphones, just to smooth out the mix?]

I was surprised they went with Trey. I was so proud for him when I heard the news though. What an honor to be asked to play that role in that band, fucking mind blowing! He's a busy dude with his own career who had to put everything on halt to learn 30-50 tunes proper and get in the minds of these guys to speak their musical language as far as jamming goes. I haven't bothered to buy/watch/listen to these shows, aside from a few YouTube clips, out of fear that it would be a train wreck. I love both the GD and Trey (Phish) so much but the two worlds colliding almost seemed too much. Nobody can be Jerry..everyone knows that. So, i think they wanted an original voice who lived the same spirit the Grateful Dead had envisioned. One day I'll sit down and listen to them proper. John Mayer said it was good.

That's what I mean't. Thanks. 10/14/83 Hartford has that nice hour long sequence of Scarlet>Fire and Estimated>Eye's on disc 2 from Dicks Picks Vol. 6. I've never checked out 10/15/83 before. Quick glance at that setlist and, oh my. I see I still have much to discover from '83. Even as a proponant of releases from this general era, '83 has been all too neglected from my own listening. They even pulled out a St. Stephen at that 10/15/83 show. Nice. The second to last. Bummer they dropped that song from the setlists 10 months prior my first show in '84. Actually just pulled 10/15/83 up now. Went straight to the St. Stephen, and this has just instantly become my new show request for a Dave's Pick. Apparently I don't browse the Archive as much as I should. Thanks for the suggestion! The crowd reaction on the audience source says it all. https://archive.org/details/gd83-10-15.beyer-ficca-brennan.ficca.20024…

I attended the 2 Santa Clara FTW shows, and really enjoyed it at the time. Upon repeated listening I still think those two days had songs and moments that definitely made it worth it and interesting to have Trey. Would've been great if they did more than 5 shows though. I understand that if one doesn't like trey, then I guess one wouldn't be happy about him being chosen, as he isn't not going to sound like trey. Though I personally think saying trey was the worst choice is a little exaggerated, as he certainly was more qualified than some others. I really enjoy John K, would've loved to see Steve Kimock up there, and I felt/feel strongly that Tom Constanten and Donna should've been there also. Besides those fine musicians, it would've ben great to see Howard Wales, Ned Lagin, or Melvin Seals guest on a number or two. The only musician they might've considered that would've been sort of a bummer for me was/is Warren Haynes.

6/18!!!!!!!!!!!!6/22 no complaints from me if an 83 becomes a Daves I'll never forget how much I got off on 10/15/83, listening on a road trip to Eugene to attend a Further show.