Grateful Dead

So this band played at a local restaurant in January and blew my mind. I've been back every Thursday since, and even recorded a few shows. I'll post a Youtube playlist for them below. I highly recommend Boston area folks check these guys out live, and out-of-towners can check the videos - the audio in the recordings is top-notch. The "B3 Kings" is a mostly-instrumental band that doesn't do any Dead tunes - soul/R&B covers and some originals. Format is JUST like Saunders/Garcia "Live at Keystone" (though they do no Saunders/Garcia songs either) with lead guitar and hammond organ trading solos. Guitarist has a wonderful melodic, finesse-y style like Jerry (though none of these guys are Deadheads) and organ player is on a Hammond B3 with full Leslie. The personnel shifts slightly week to week, but ALL these guys are either Berklee professors, Berklee alums, and/or play in nationally touring bands (J. Geils, Ryan Montbleau, etc - they've all been on the SNL stage at some point). The level of musicianship is amazing. They play every Tuesday at the Plough and Stars in Cambridge 10-1am, and Thursdays in Needham at Three Squares restaurant 7-10pm. I go often so if you think you're going, let me know and we'll connect for a brewski. Three Squares is tiny and is usually pretty empty on Thursdays (sleepy suburbs and no one no knows they're' there!). Imagine walking into the Keystone in '73 and sitting down right in front of the band - that's what this feels like to me..... Check it: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAdhYn7_F5kfRjtPZjWq_M2uzp3k3dGGU

I have been mainly wading about between 1969 and 1974 this year-especially 1969 and 1972. So I decided to branch out a bit this morning into the post retirement years. And I chose 5/5/77. It immediately struck me what a smooth and excellent sound it has. Nothing is played too fast-or too slow-everything seems to lope along evenly. I have only played the first set so far. Two of the best songs in this set are ones that were much played in 1972-Sugaree and Looks Like Rain. But both versions here are utterly transformed from what I have become used to. The Sugaree is amazing-the highlight of the set-with beautiful long guitar solos from Jerry. Looks Like Rain isn't a favourite of mine-although I do like the 1972 versions with Jerry on pedal steel guitar. But this version is good too. It has lost some of its country flavour, but it is superbly sung-Donna's voice sounds just right, and again it has a top drawer guitar solo. Its interesting though, that the best song of the set ( and possibly the show) is the second one played. Maybe that was a characteristic of the band in 1977- the last Dave Picks was the same -that they peaked earlier than in earlier years.

That should be on a GD T- Shirt....LOL!

Awesome show all around, killer 2nd set; Other One is candidate for best post-hiatus; unusual,and goes places. Might As Well, Mama Tried, Row Jimmy, It's All Over Now, Loser, Minglewood Blues, Bertha, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Sugaree, Promised Land Eyes Of The World-> The Music Never Stopped, It Must Have Been The Roses, Samson & Delilah, He's Gone-> Drums-> The Other One-> Comes A Time-> Franklin's Tower-> Sugar Magnolia Edit: Comes a Time = GOAT, incredible coda.

https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/03/08/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-gratefu… Grateful Dead May 6, 1970 Kresge Plaza, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA gd70-05-06.sbd.gans.94.sbefail.flac16 Download: FLAC/MP3 This is flac encoded & tagged version of shnid: 94 Free Concert nationwide campus strikes to protest Kent State killings Details: MSR (MIT Reels) 1/2 Track Mono -> Otari MX 55 2 track (playback) ->TC 2000 Studio Effects Processor (using only the A->D converter, no effects) -> Sonic Solutions (at 20 bits resolution) -> mastered to CD using Sony SBM 2 (No DAT generations) -> CD (from Gans) > EAC > SHN Source: Mastered by David Gans 2/2000 Tape Curator: Eli Polonsky Shorten Converted by Rango Keshavan (THANKS!) seeded to etree by dnsacks@usa.net –Setlist– 101-d1t1 – /Dancin’ in the Streets [16:38] 102-d1t2 – Lost Kid Announcement/Tuning/Crowd [1:11] 103-d1t3 – China Cat Sunflower // -> [4:16] 104-d1t4 – // Jam -> I Know You Rider [6:12] 105-d1t5 – Next Time You See Me [4:03] 106-d1t6 – Morning Dew [11:15] 107-d1t7 – Tuning/Crowd (to end of reel) [:38] 108-d2t1 – Tuning/Crowd [1:17] 109-d2t2 – Good Lovin’-> Drums-> Good Lovin’ [14:43] 110-d2t3 – Casey Jones [5:20] 111-d2t4 – St. Stephen-> [6:00] 112-d2t5 – Not Fade Away [12:09] –disc 1 total time–47:03– –disc 2 total time–41:13–

Thanks Dick! Good dinner music. Mmmmmm.....tacos and margaritas for dinner, followed by beer for dessert.

"Honey come quick with the iodine" "What shall we say, shall we call it by a name" ~ 9.28.76 ~

Doceleven surely set the tone for the day! A few weeks later, 3/12 & 3/13, at Fillmore East, the ABB added to the glory of Spring '71. I'm jammin' that now. (The sound continues today through the Tedeschi Trucks Band). For dessert get some Wynton Kelly, "Kelly Blue", 3/10/59.

Have the homestead all to myself as well. Wife's at the mall (which will take her hours), and my son's at rehearsal most of the day. Set the sound system to just the right decibel, put on Dark Star from 8/27/72, and opened the window so the rain falling outside adds that extra bit of ambience...

Something to enjoy while waiting for jerry pre-order https://themidnightcafe.org/2018/03/10/lossless-bootleg-bonanza-jerry-g… Jerry Garcia Early Garcia Compilation Download: FLAC/MP3 61-07-xx Listed on my tape as Boar’s Head Coffee House, San Carlos, CA Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, Rodney Albin, Peter Albin, Marshall Leicester, David Nelson. 01. Banjo Instrumental 02. Poor Ellen Smith 03. Wildwood Flower 04. Brown’s Ferry Blues 05. Jesse James 06. Late Last Night When Willie Came Home 07. All The Good Times Are Past And Gone 08. Darling Corey Deadlists Notes: Jerry Garcia, acoustic guitar; Marshall Leicester, banjo; Robert Hunter, bass?. This performance took place at the Boar’s Head Coffeehouse, located in the upstairs loft of the Carlos Bookstall. Droncit notes: I don’t know what to conclude about the discrepancy in personnel between the two listings. I hear a mandolin on several songs. Especially evident on Brown’s Ferry Blues. There’s an autoharp on Wildwood Flower and ATGTAPAG. Bass is not very prominent but can be heard on most songs if you listen carefully. Poor Ellen has at least 4 instruments: Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar; others sound as if there are more than three instruments as well. Wildwood Boys 63-02-23 Top of The Tangent Palo Alto, CA Jarry Garcia – guitar, banjo, vocals David Nelson – guitar, mandolin Robert Hunter – guitar Norm Van Mastricht – bass, guitar 1. Rollin’ In My Sweet Babys Arms 2. Jerry’s Breakdown 3. Standing In Need Of Prayer 4. Muleskinner Blues 5. Saturday Night Shuffle 6. Pike County Breakdown 7. Little Sparrow (Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens) 8. We Shall Not Be Moved Droncit Notes: Little Sparrow appears to be inspired by the Country Gentlemen’s (1959) version, which they called Little Sparrow, and the Wildwood Boys introduce it as such. My tape had about one minute missing of this song. I used SHNID 4501 as a patch for that part. You will notice it at about 30 seconds into the song, for about one minute. Patch is bassier. There was evidence of cross-fade edits at the beginning of Standing in Need of Prayer, Pike County Breakdown, and Little Sparrow, so there could be material missing, could be spots where the tape was re-ordered, or it could be where the tape was stopped and restarted and the tape recorder rested. I have left it in the order I had it (same order as SHNID 4501), although some of the evidence suggests it may be a re-ordering of songs. Standing in Need of Prayer may be from a different set as the rest, or these may be an amalgamation of material from that night. SINOP has an odd introduction where it is first described as time for a sacred number, and, less than a minute later, Garcia says ‘once again we have a sacred number for you.’ Combined with the cross-fades and other cuts, makes me think this is just a combination of songs from that night in roughly the order they were played. Jerry & Sara Garcia The Tangent Palo Alto, CA 63-05-04 This is not from my cassette. The source for this is SHNID 17914. I reworked it while I was working on the other material. I just corrected the speed. 1. Deep Elem Blues 2. Will the Weaver 3. I Truly Understand 4. All the Good Times are Past and Gone 5. Long Black Veil 6. The Man Who Wrote “Home Sweet Home” Never Was a Married Man 7. Keno the Rent Man 8. Foggy Mountain Top Droncit notes: Deep Elem sounds like Bass, Autoharp and Mandolin or else Guitar, Autoharp and Mandolin. If that’s right, then personnel is not quite accurate. Black Mountain Boys 64-03-06 Palo Alto, CA Top of the Tangent Jerry Garcia – Banjo Eric Thompson – Guitar David Nelson – Mandolin Jim Beamis (Robert Hunter) – Bass 01 Salt Creek 02 Katie Kline 03 Homestead on the Farm (patched) 04 Bare Foot Nellie 05 She’s More to Be Pitied than Scolded 06 They Can Lock Up Me Up For Loving You 07 Somebody Touched Me 08 Who’ll Sing for Me 09 Darling Aller //Lee 10 Set Break Instrumental (“back in 15 minutes”) General notes from the original uploader: Except where noted (i.e., material from other sources), I used a modified Nakamichi BX1 converted for flat transfer for the player; transferred to my Tascam DR-07mkII at 24 bit/96kHz using a flat preamp. Correct EQ applied through Diamond Cut Forensics 9 (alpha). Tracks normalized to -.5 dB. Converted to 16 bit/ 44.1kHz using 32bit interpolation. I obtained the cassettes in the mid-1990s. There were many speed issues across the tapes (the speed problems are also evident in the other sources). Most of these speed problems involved linear and curvilinear speed changes (i.e., the speed was off by different amounts throughout the recording). I corrected these to steady speed (within tolerance for the time of recording). All speeds were corrected with DC8Forensics. I didn’t use any noise reduction on any of it, so some is hissy. There were edits in many places, so these may not be in the order performed, and some songs may be from a different night or different set. I intended to have 62-11-10 as part of this compilation, but my copy is missing some material that is listed on etree. If you have it and are willing to share, please email me at droncit@yahoo.com. I can fix the speed changes, etc. Droncit notes: My tape did not have Homestead on the Farm so it is patched in from shnid 17914. Patch begins at the end of track 2 when they inroduce the song. Noticeable hiss increase. Back to my tape immediately after the clapping ends for HOTF, so intro to Barefoot Nellie and the rest of the show is from my tape.