Grateful Dead

One more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DyHdOJqJw makes for the lead-in,,, anyone seeing Paul Simon on this tour? We're seeing him on 6/1. Reviews?

Nice cover. I can't copy videos in, but I can copy an address in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x-1Y9KNs9w Just copy and paste the address from the web page.

Mr. Jack Straw is the man. They all have their place and they are all pretty damned good.. but we all have our favorites.

Oh boy, that’s like asking “name your 26 favorite beers” hell, that’d be easier!See, imho part of the point of the whole deal was that they were a dynamic, constantly mutating organism, not a one show pony like most top “acts”, where the goal is to play the same show, perfectly, exactly, “just like the record” every show..... Read More than Human, study gestalt theory, sprinkle liberally with the bands whims, influences, whether their backs/feet hurt, it was raining, it was sunny, someone’s ol lady was pissed, combined by the line up; 1 or 2 drummers, which keys etc, new versus stale material, playing to the times, well you see that that’s what makes it the dead.... It was an always changing constant that sometimes sucked, but often transcended....see, its all good, check out what ever you can and “sometimes you get shone the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right” Don’t think, just listen. If you get confused just listen to the music play......

Hello: Pretty new to site. I have few of Dave's Picks However, I was wondering if someone could rate them 1-26 for me. Which ones are the classics. Luman

Rehash seems to be a prevailing factor in all things media these days, hell they take half hour tv shows, turn them into an hour by repeating aa you come back from commercials, stuff you just watched!And movies, fo-get-aboutit...is this because there is a lack of creativity/originality (probably cause nobody can see the boys anymore he-he)—or do they know we all suffer from short term memory loss yuck-yuck.. The whole remastered deal is suspect too....usually just crank up and compress the hell out of it...thank goodness not the good ol GD. Norm and the boys know how to let the music breath....you know, this thing called dynamics.... But your right, probably won’t be long before the 10 disc American Beauty rehash with one complete disc of Ram Rod and Steve farting while telling inappropriate jokes etc

Been recently, pleasantly getting back with the 81-82s, whole bunch of great energy there etccheck out 5-17-81; saw in 3rd row, JG was using a McIntosh MC 2500 instead of usual 2300, holy moley was he loud! Great show!...had to take a final the next day and my ears were ringing so bad I couldn’t hear the prof ; ) 7-13-84, I wish...have never heard it, but they musta had a reason to release the hounds.... 6-9-90, unfortunately can’t remeber much. Always love Cal expo, great layout etc. Finally made it to the promised land after being on the bus for like 15 years at that point....3 Cal expos, 2 JGB Warfields, and 3 Shorelines....booyah!!!

The record companies are anxious to milk the hardcore fan market as fewer and fewer people actually pay for music. The company behind Guns And Roses' huge debut album, Appetite For Destruction, has just started the marketing campaign for the marketing campaign for that album's re-issues. 5 editions, I think. The topmost edition is priced at $999. Vinyl LPs, vinyl singles, CDs, BluRay, and LOTS of replica paper and tchochkes all in a "faux" wood/leather box. Only the $999 and $180 editions include 5.1 tracks. How long before Rhino sees that this idea will make lots o' money from the devotees of American Beauty and Wake Of The Flood? And what will they limit to only being in the ultra-pricy editions? Some Deadheads may have to sell their Cadillacs... As for my listen to Dap26: 11/17 was very fine, particularly the PITB and TO1. I have noticed before that the jam section in DS and the one in TO1 cover very similar ground by late '72 (see 8/21 & 22 for evidence), but this is the first time I noticed motifs I expect in the DS jam section occuring in an TO1 jam section in a '71 show. REALLY ENJOYED that TO1! The two sampler discs from 12/14 were fine listening, but I always have trouble getting into live Dead that isn't full-show-in-order. Oh well. VGuy, sorry for you and your family's loss. Some say death isn't "the end", but it sure does feel like it. Keep on keeping on...

Why thanky Jim, but not so much thinking as “Thr faster we go, the rounder we get” here-hee

I like the way you think.