Grateful Dead

Sure hope so. A Winterland 74 box is long overdue, imho.

Thanks for clearing that up...I was having deja vu. Is a Winterland 74 box ever gonna happen?

Great idea there, Dennis W. Be careful though. When I suggested an almost identical fully Norman-ized box set a short while back, I was branded a "snarky fuck". Maybe it's because I left out Bobby's short-shorts...

$26 in my handgo to the website, dead.net feel good and trippy there's more Grateful Dead to get

Yeah, like Jim mentioned, it's too bad Phil isn't the 25-year-old he was when this all began in 1965. We're lucky the remaining members are still making miracles for us. Another way to look at all the various combinations of former Grateful Dead members, new players, plus all the (more than) tribute bands is as crucibles where the next makers of the music are forged. They’re all turning on younger generations to the Grateful Dead and their music. Some lineups may be more to one’s personal taste than others, but they’re all somehow involved in the “handing off of the “IT” ”. A good example is Phil’s Terrapin Family Band (and PL & Friends, PL Quntet, etc) – ever-evolving permutations out of Terrapin Crossroads that create an opportunity for younger musicians to perform with wide range of other players sitting in. You can find some of their recent Capitol Theatre shows in Port Chester (and others) if you poke around (they’re playing the Cap again on March 14). Phil’s long tour days may be over, but TFB’s shorter runs are a prefect counterpoint to Dead & Company’s magic. Here’s a link to Grahame Lesh’s TFB’s “Songs of John Parry Barlow” at the Brooklyn Bowl last December: https://archive.org/details/songsofbarlow2016-12-14.cmc621xt.sbd.matrix… Check out Ross “F-in’” James’ guitar. The baton is definitely being passed. I was at the Chicago FTWs. It was such a nostalgic happening that it’s hard to think about the music from sterile earphones in 2018. These shows were a city-wide trip, as much about the Tribe as about the what happened on stage. They gave a small, but poignant taste of what it must have been like in the day. Even at the time, many were wondering what might have been possible if they’d been able to meld together over a tour or two (compare Dead & Company’s first tour shortly after FTW with their two 2017 tours.). BTW: Anastasio took his concentrated preparation before FTW seriously: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/trey-anastasio-on-phishs-bo…

that is key

For a '76 box the 4-night Chicago Auditorium Theater 6/26-6/29 run would fit nicely on 10 discs. I just got the Rhino "Summer of Love" disc Smiling on a Cloudy Day. It has remastered versions of The Golden Road (To Unlimited Devotion) Cream Puff War Morning Dew That's It For The Other One -Cryptical Envelopment -Quadlibet For Tender Feet -The Faster We Go, The Rounder We Get -We Leave The Castle Born Cross-Eyed Dark Star (Single Version) St. Stephen China Cat Sunflower Doin' That Rag Cosmic Charlie The sound is great and what makes it really interesting is the Anthem cuts, That's It For The Other One and Born Cross-Eyed, are from Phil's 1971 Anthem remaster which I believe has never been released on cd before. A two-cd set with both versions of Anthem on the first disc and an unreleased show on the second one would make me a very happy man.

It must be very difficult for these various guitarists, to be placed in the position of playing "lead guitar" with members of The Dead. To me, great guitar playing is an extension of the players personality. It is something that can only come with years of playing-somewhere along the line, what you are playing is no longer the music or riffs developed by other people-it still may be that-but it has something else in it to, which is unique to you. Jerry's guitar playing, at least from late 1967 on wards was his own. Even when he played songs by other people, he did it in such a way that added to the original and developed it. Its nothing to do with technical ability-its more about having a feel for the music. In the 1980s, Mick Jagger went on the road with a band featuring Joe Satriani on guitar instead of Keith Richards. Ridiculous. Joe is probably a better guitarist, technically, than Keith, but to play his music was almost like appropriating his personality. I wonder if guitar players like Warren, Trey and John are being placed in the same invidious position as Joe was. Or are they redefining the music so that it is no longer Jerry's, but theirs? Incidentally, Phil brought the Terrapin Family Band to London a few years ago-maybe 2015. Great night out. I was amazed at what they played-Viola Lee Blues, Help-Slipknot-Franklins-terrific stuff.

Ummmmmmm YES PLEASE. I've been going deep into the June 76 stuff over the past two weeks and retreading some of those that I wasn't very familiar with. There is such a laid back, drippy vibe to those shows. Also they hit a lot of my favorites on several nights, with those Eyes' inclusive of many-minute-intros, the St. Stephens, the Let it Grows, the jammy and expansive Scarlet Begonias'... a lot of cool stuff going on. And, i just love Jerry's tone during this part of the year. If it's gonna be June 76, they gotta include 6/11/76! I also LOVED the Help > Slip > Franklin's during this period; extra jammy in the Helps as well as the Slipknots... We can all dream, right? Sixtus

Dave has been listening!!! He called me last night and said fuck Gainesville, he releasing every 80's show! All 732 shows will come in one massive box, this will NOT fit on any shelf, but it will become a shelf to hold all other collections!!! The release is so massive that Mail Innovations can not handle it. (do I hear cheers?) Sets will be dropped shipped via specialized trucking firms (I heard tell it will be the "Keep on Truckin" firm,,,, details to be announced) Unbeknownst to all, Jeffrey Norman has been remastering these tapes since 1990 and has finally finished the entire decade. I can't even begin to list the incredible things in this box set, but will try. More China/Riders that one would have thought possible, Scarlet -> Fires enough to blow a mountain top. You don't have to Estimated the number of Prophet's done, we've counted them all! Sure you may be sick of Day Job, but we have them all here!! We have the plinky Fisher Price keyboard sounds fully restored to it's glorious tinneyness! We have fully restored Jerry snoring while standing with guitar on a heroin run. Lets not forget the incredible sound of Bobby's shorts riding up his ass. This collection will include a small book, just slightly large than Infinite Jest. It will include clips from every newspaper in America expounding on the Grateful Dead circus coming to town and the horde of "Deadheads" (as they liked to be called). It will include essays written by people who's opinion is better than yours because we paid them for it. The books will also contain many pictures to act as photographic proof that the Dead really did exist. Now you may ask "how can I get one" and "what will it cost". Both good and valid questions, but first let me say that this will be a limited edition run. Only 50,000 will be issued, after that we will burn every tape in the vault to protect your investment in this once-in-a-lifetime offer. So what would you expect to pay for this, is 15 bucks a show too much? How about 10? Suppose I said you can get this collection for about 4.25 a show!!!! That's right for about 3,000 dollars this piece of history could be yours!!! So check your email and this website every two minutes so not to miss out on this incredible offer, we expect those 50K units to sell out quickly. Don't miss out!! This just in, sorry all 50K are gone, you should have moved faster!