Grateful Dead

Egypt has grown on me over time. I find reasons to justify playing "Rocking the Cradle" occasionally, despite the absence of any real rocking (aside from "Miracle", "Deal", and "Truckin'", but even then). It's usually on in the background while I'm working under a deadline. Nothing I plug into for those musical "Ah-ha!" moments. Great sound quality though.

This looks great guy, if you (or anyone else) sees anymore info on this release send heads up to all. My quick circuit of google only found talk of the release, not the where or when. I would assume there be an announcement for the Jerry trust/family site that I get my GarciaLive stuff from, but if not.... update - of course as soon as I post the Sixtus man come thru! Pre Ordering right now. Good price on the cd's. The one cd is a repeat of the Hart Valley Drifters cd they put out last year, but I'll still bite. I'd maybe buy the LP's to put up, but I know as soon as I order it this site will announce the box set for MAY also, that will cost 500 bucks. Sometimes hard to hide these things from "she who must be obeyed".

right on - this looks pretty interesting: http://jerrygarcia.com/before-the-dead-a-new-collection-exploring-garci… Primordial Jerry... Sixtus

Before The Dead to be released May 11th.

Too be clear, I'm not saying the Egypt shows were horrible, just unremarkable and chosen more for the novelty/multi-track/year aspects of it than for the music itself. BEING at Egypt would have been amazing just for the experience. Just like being at Highgate '94 for the whole multi-night, multi-friend road trip/camping/outdoor experience was amazing even though the show itself was not.

Snow day here too up in Boston - it's heavy stuff, the guy across the street from us has half of his beautiful maple tree laying in his yard, the other in his driveway. We have a tree leaning over onto our pergola which I will go and save momentarily by shaking off the snow. Weather Report Suite indeed... Hope those out there in the realm don't have too much damage although it sounds like trees are the culprits today. Phil and Bobby are snowed in then it seems! Hope they can still fly-in any special guests for this evening....hmmmmm. Oh and as for the awesome 3-peat solo in Help on the Way ...i absolutely love that. Just keep going man, keep going... Be well today All! Sixtus

That is exactly what happened to me.. it wasn't my tree that fell, but the neighbors. Typically.. it's an act of God and the owner of the house (or car) goes through their insurance company. Unless you can prove negligence.. which would almost require notifying the neighbor in advance of the tree falling that it is dead and needs to get taken care of or something equiv. Sounds like a good day for a nice Weather Report Suite. Darkness falls and seasons change..... Besides the last one I listened to.. my second favorite WRS is the one on the bonus disc from the Beyond Description Box Set (10/17/74).

that is an 85 winner. as is the first set of the following night.

Personally, I love the Egypt shows. Also, imagine _being there_. Eg78 is not E72, yes. but it is a tasty little run of shows, imnsho. get all the E72 shows you can, then think about Eg78.

Taking a break from shoveling 5 inches of SOLID slush... a few thoughts. 80's - Sorry for the trees on the house. We had a big branch fall on our driveway (just missed wife's car - luckily I put the car on the other side of the driveway to avoid... potential falling branches!) and a neighbor's tree fall on another neighbor's house (wife and I trying to decide who pays for removal? - My take: Ya don't make them pick up the leaves, why is the tree falling any different?). Egypt: Definitely not great, imo, and there's too much "great" to waste time parsing through this release. I'm sure it seemed like a good idea when they planned to release it: "1978 is a good year, Egypt itself has a lot of mystique, the box art will look so cool! Let's do it!"." But yeah, apart from some moments of brilliance and some cool grooves with Hamza El-Din (sp?), quite unremarkable. I remember my palpable disappointment when I tape-traded for these. "Egypt!!! Wait, what the hell?" GOAT Good Lovin on DP25?? Where to start.... First of all, you have to distinguish between the long, jammed-out "Other One"-ish PigPen versions and the Bobby "US Blues"-type pop song versions - night and day. 4/17/71 (which I just realized is missing form my computer for some reason - damn) is amazing, and some of the Europe '72 versions are hard to beat, especially by one of the shorter '77 Bobby versions that basically have one brief solo and out. But I agree DP25 is a good version. I also recall being impressed with the 5/28/77 "To Terrapin" version, and kudos to 9/18/87 (mash-up w/ La Bamba), and 10/29/77 Dekalb - kind of smooth glide Good Lovin' (unlike the bombast of most) on the heels of the slinkiest Bertha ever.