Grateful Dead

The Clash cover: When they kick out your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun? When the law breaks in How you gonna go? Shot down on the pavement Or waiting on death row? You can crush us You can bruise us But you'll have to answer to Oh, the guns of Brixton The money feels good And your life, you like it well But surely your time will come As in heaven, as in hell You see, he feels like Ivan Born under the Brixton sun His game is called surviving At the end of The Harder They Come... Timely?

tonight. Don't know who it is. But that's why I'm here ;) Good Night, all.

Holly Bowling's "Better Left Unsung". Just a girl and her grand piano. Dead music (no vocals) played absolutely impeccably perfect, closing with a 27+ minute Dark Star.Also, that "Dear Jerry" live compilation that came out a couple years ago. Jimmy Cliff is awesome. And count me in on the Golden Knight bandwagon.

As much as I have enjoyed this year's NHL playoffs (which admittedly I've not watched enough of!) we in Regina are so looking forward to this year's Memorial Cup. Starting tomorrow night the 100th anniversary of Canada's major junior hockey championship begins in Regina, hosted by our own Regina Pats, who in turn are recognizing their 100th anniversary season. Very special. The festivities kicked off tonight with the Eagles playing outside in rainy, cold 3C temperatures. Not very nice but the band played an inspired set nonetheless, giving everyone the hits they were hoping for. Kudos to Vince Gill (who seemed to carry the show's lead vocals) and Deacon Frey. TBS still on crutches. But I digress so back to hockey. For those who know nothing of what I'm talking about - the CHL (Cdn Hockey League) championship culminates with the Ontario, Quebec and West (which includes 4 teams from Washington and 1 from Oregon) division Champions meeting to decide junior hockey supremacy. Starting tomorrow night the tournament runs 10 days. Each of the 4 finalist teams (ages 16-20) boasts NHL draft picks and the hockey is fast and furious. A must for any true hockey fan and a 10-day drunk whether you're a hockey fan or not! Check it out if you can find it somewhere. SportsNet is carrying all the games in Canada. PS - Still love the Jets in 7! GO JETS GO!

Get some! Do it again!

But The Main Ten is not really a full-fledged Playing yet, is it. I still think 9/30/71 is the first actual Playing jam ;) I see a reference to Link Wray! Have you all seen "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World" yet? https://www.rumblethemovie.com/home I mentioned this a while back, before it came out. Please check it out, it is well worth your time.

nitecat - Good post, good observations on DaP 20, got me thinking about a couple of things. Maybe I'm just easy to please, but I don't really have any complaints about anything that they have released from the vault so far, from One From the Vault onward, and DaP 20 is no exception. What I like about listening to the Grateful Dead is the fact that it detaches some needlessly busy part of my brain and allows me to be present in the moment. I spend most of my existence noticing flaws and asymmetries in the world, it's just how I'm wired, and it can be kind of a bummer. But when I listen to the Grateful Dead I don't notice flaws, it all just flows and I find my mood lifted without conscious thought or effort. When I hear those first few notes from the 2/27/69 Dark Star I still get a shiver up my spine, when I hear the start of Help on the Way from One from the Vault, all is right with the world and my cares just slip away. It's like some cosmic escape hatch from the day to day ennui that life can become if you let it. The only other non-consumable things that routinely produce this effect for me with such predictable regularity are Soul music, certain shades of blue and certain Wordsworth poems. I guess I feel sorry for those who find themselves routinely disappointed by these releases, 'cause they're bringing me nothing but joy and that's priceless.

Ok Hi I don't post too often, but I really enjoy all the different conversations. I love all the years, 65-95. A couple weeks ago there was a thread rating the Dave's, and Dave's 20 was at the bottom for some folks. There was the Jack Straw train wreck. And those annoying patches. Not a very good choice for a Dave's release, there's gotta be better '80s shows. I was interested, and had only listened to it when I first got it. So I gave it a new spin. On the outset,I gotta say, I've been to many Dead shows where the first set was a warm up set and they get their stride towards the end of the first set. That's part of their charm. Of course, I've seen Dead shows where they come barrelling out of the gate blasting at full force,too. So yeah, that Jack is one heckava train wreck, pretty exciting actually. and damnit, they play through and finish with determination. That's another thing I've seen, and loved. A little rough patch doesn't throw them, cause they have been playing and listening together for decades. And speaking of patches, they are a sudden and unexpected audio surprise, not sounding like a clean soundboard. Maybe they could warn us. So these are rare 80's reel recordings at 7.5 ips, so changing a reel and threading it in the recorder takes a little longer. Admittedly, the long patch for the other one takes way longer than a reel change, so someone wasn't watchin' the reels. I gotta admit, I enjoy the brief excursions into hearing the audience recording during the show and what it sounded like in the room. It's educational in a way to hear, or remember the room ambience with Jerry and the boys jammin'. A lot of times I experience the Dead's unevenness as well there were those highlights... The first set, once they got going had several highlights, enhanced by the sound of a reel recording. Bird Song, Cassidy, and the China>Rider closer come to mind. But the second set is where it's at (often the case). Really, this whole second set is really strong,they are a different band. Scarlet Fire, the Space is really cool, the TOO, sweet Stella Blue, and then it's the rockin' end of the show with four rockers in a row, and come on, ending with Satisfaction! So yeah, this was a great release. Coool stuff. Not perfect, but I'm glad they recorded it, and released it. As many have said, we are so fortunate to have a great band with many awesome releases each year. Gratefully, Scott Thanks to Dave.

Been doing quite a bit of listening over the last couple of weeks after giving this release a couple of spins. Actually been listening to a few different things after seeing references to them on this thread. Saw the references to Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green recently. I had already listened to Rumours a few times recently (Dreams -can't get enough sometimes), so I went with Then Play On, the last Fleetwood Mac album with Peter Green and a great album from start to finish, including the extras on the remastered release. The song Oh Well grabs a hold of me every time I hear it, can't help but turn it up loud, and some of the instrumental songs on the album are top shelf. I also gave a listen to In the Skies, a solo Peter Green album with some haunting stuff, really does it for me, some cool stuff. Check them out if you haven't already. Also been revisiting some previous GD box sets while waiting for the next box set announcement. Listened to 5/11/72 from E'72, 5/17/77 and 5/13/77 from the May 1977 box, and 11/9/73 from the Winterland '73 box set, and before that revisited the 7/8/78 Red Rocks show from the '78 box. All of them hit the spot, really a lucky time to be a deadhead.