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    Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

    WHAT'S INSIDE:
    6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
    • 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
    • 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    • 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
    • 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
    • 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    • 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
    Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
    Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
    Photos by Richie Pechner
    Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

    Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

    "We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

    Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

    The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

    For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

    Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

    Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

    Get it while you can.

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    Last year's big box...
    Recently (since Warner has taken over handling orders?) the value on the customs declaration on packages has been stated as $1. This first came to my attention with my order for the "Get shown the light" box which cost $139.98. Instead of the postman delivering the package he delivered a letter from the Dutch customs which asked me to provide proof of the value of the package. Unfortunately they were unable to give me any details about the package whatsoever, but luckily it was the only international order that I was currently awaiting. As well as having to fill out a customs form which threatened all sorts of dire consequences for stating incorrect information (bearing in mind I was guessing what package they were referring to) I had to provide a copy of the original order where the value was naturally given in dollars and also a copy of my credit card transactions which showed both a dollar and a Euro value for the order. Subsequently my package was delivered after a wait of some two weeks, meaning that it was took more than a month from shipping to arriving at my house. When it did arrive, I checked the customs declaration sticker and saw that a value of $1 had been stated for this fairly large box set of CDs. No wonder the customs didn't believe the declaration. Not all customs were as savvy as the Dutch customs, meaning that some lucky punters did not have to pay duty. Again it really had little to do with "snail mail" shipping.
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    Well thank goodness for the newbies Seth
    Your comments about newbies and their "ignorance" were made in such a condescending manner that the context is irrelevant. You're just a jackass for talking down to people who aren't as Deader than Thou. The fact of the matter is that there ARE more and more people coming across this music for the first time (in no small part to Dead & Co), and they're used to better quality than what these archive tapes often provide. Instead of insulting them, why don't you kindly explain the backstory of these tapes and provide some links. Better yet, since you are so interested in having them aboard for their financial contribution to the machine that provides you with so much personal pleasure, why don't you really put that burnt-out head to use, and point them to something that sounds a little more like a common commercial release from a band, like Get Shown The Light.
  • simonrob
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    Brokerage charges
    This is what (in this case) UPS charge for doing the work of the customs for them. The amount is an additional charge above the import duty. However, here in the Netherlands (and probably in most other countries), if a package enters the country and duty is levied by the customs themselves, they also add their own administrative charge on top of the duty. It is not only UPS who add on such charges, governments do it as well. Ain't nothing for free these days in a world where everyone is a thief. Sad but true department.
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    Bloody UPS Charges
    Likewise in the UK, I've arrived home from work to find an invoice from UPS for charges totalling £48.71! At least this amount correlates to what another person here has said they have been charged. If £37.46 of such is the Import Tax (it's shown as Import VAT on the invoice), then I guess there's not a lot I can do about that one. BUT what the hell are the brokerage charges of £11.25???!!! Like others, I've already paid postage to the UK of $53.99, roughly £41.42 (at current rates).The total postage and charges is therefore going to be approx. 50% of the price of the box itself!!! Has anybody reached out to dead.net, or got an answer from them. If I'd have known about these additional charges.....!
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    It is indeed disturbing that folks in England seem to be being charged varying/random amounts by UPS for import duty. I cannot see how that can be right. @marshie59: You state that "my agreement with Dead.Net was for "snail mail" not UPS to be used." Personally I have never seen a choice of international shipping options here on dead.net. Normally there is only the one option, i.e. International shipping. It is not stated how this will be done. Mostly it is by USPS and takes a few weeks, longer if the value of the order attracts the attention of customs. Sometimes they choose to use UPS for some reason. Delivery time with UPS is typically much quicker. As for sometimes paying duty and sometimes not, that is down to the value of the item(s) rather than them shipper used. Here in the Netherlands, I never have to pay duty on items like Dave's Picks but always on high priced items such as box sets. There are clearly stated values at which VAT and import duty are levied on goods and they stick pretty closely to those values.
  • marshie59
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    UPS Highway Robbery....
    Just got hit for £50.69 so there isn't even any consistency to their thievery!
  • cbtaco19
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    Disc 15 missing
    I got my set yesterday and opened it this morning. It is really beautiful but very oddly, disc 15 from the Portland '74 set is completely missing. I emailed customer service, hope they get back to me soon. Anybody else have a problem like this?
  • deadboss
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    UPS Charges.
    Just arrived home to find a failed delivery card from those most legal of highway robbers, UPS for my PNW box set. Those dolts want £71.99 from me to release the goods....we'll see about that !. Now, does anyone know of anyone i can contact initially (GDM etc) in order to get the ball rolling ?. The fact that different fees have been levied for various purchasers of the box prove beyond all reasonable doubt that these morons (UPS) are arbitrarily plucking figures out of a hat for charging purposes. What a cluster@&ck !.
  • marshie59
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    Quite agree SimonRob. As my name is not Mr A M Azon I do not wish to dodge tax. But when the things are imported via UPS they offer up the duty on entry whereas when the deliveries come using international snail mail they quite often (not always) do not attract the attention of Customs. That's why quite a lot of us in the UK and Europe are prepared to wait the month or so for delivery. On a boring technical point my agreement with Dead.Net was for "snail mail" not UPS to be used. Now I appear to have some listening to do! And the whole package is a thing of beauty :-) Cheers
  • roccodh
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    AWESOME!!!!!!!
    Will be receiving my box set today by UPS, just need to finish my day of work, luckily I get off at 12;40 pm and shoot to the dentist, my teeth cleaning and get home and hope to see my box sitting there. very excited
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Pacific Northwest ’73-’74: The Complete Recordings Boxed Set

WHAT'S INSIDE:
6 Complete Shows On 19 Discs
• 6/22/73 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 6/24/73 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 6/26/73 Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA
• 5/17/74 P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C.
• 5/19/74 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
• 5/21/74 Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering
Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes
Original Art by First Nations Artist Roy Henry Vickers
Photos by Richie Pechner
Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 15,000

Includes an immediate digital download of "Eyes Of The World (P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada 5/17/74)"

"We were in the Pacific Northwest...between somewhere in Washington and some other where in Oregon. The road took us to the lip on a ridge, from where we could see around us for many miles in all directions … It was breathtaking to behold, but as we watched, we had a firm realization that we were witnessing something even more beautiful than our eyes could ever take in … Life causes life. Heaven and Earth dance in this way endlessly, and their child is the forest. And so there we were, epiphanously watching that grandest and most glorious dance of life—of which we are just a tiny part—awed by a magnificence without beginning, without end..."

Bob Weir, “Sell Headwaters—Everyone Wins,” San Francisco Chronicle

The Pacific Northwest offers up a rich feast of land, sky, and water. It is ripe with influences, abundant with symbols, deep and spirited. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that the Grateful Dead played some of their most inspired shows on these fertile grounds. It does, however, sometimes take a breath for the elements to re-align years later. It seems for us, they finally have and we are able to present not just a glimpse of the band's extraordinary exploratory tour through the region, but a two-tour bounty as the PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS.

For PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS, we've paired two short runs made up of six previously unreleased shows - P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, B.C. (6/22/73); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (6/24/73); Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, WA (6/26/73); P.N.E. Coliseum, Vancouver, Canada (5/17/74); Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (5/19/74); and Hec Edmundson Pavilion, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (5/21/74). Each show has been mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. The transfers from the masters were transferred and restored by Plangent Processes, further ensuring that this is the best, most authentic that these shows have ever sounded.

PACIFIC NORTHWEST ’73-’74: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS comes in an ornate box created by Canada’s preeminent First Nations artist Roy Henry Vickers (more on this tremendous artist soon). To complement the music, the set also includes a 64-page book with an in-depth essay by Grateful Dead scholar Nicholas G. Meriwether and photos by Richie Pechner.

Due September 7th, this release is limited to 15,000 individually numbered copies and available exclusively from dead.net. You'll want to grab a copy while you can and sit back, relax, and enjoy all the exclusive content we'll be rolling out over the next few weeks.

Looking for something a little more byte-sized? The collection will also be available for HD digital download in FLAC and ALAC, exclusively at dead.net, on release day. You can pre-order it now too.

Get it while you can.

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Congrats on your new addition. Hope we can have another family outing at a daytime DSO show... Take care and give Ingrid our congrats! Bob and Darlene
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It always amused me that Sonny needed an older generation Italian to "translate" the Sicilian message, "Luca Brasi Sleeps with the Fishes". What if Clemenza wasn't there at that hour to interpret? Sonny would have been like "hey check out this new wall decoration someone sent as a get well gift for Pop...this is so cool....a couple of fish in a bulletproof vest - why didn't I think of that?!?" And then Tom Hagen is like, "no Sonny, this is a Sicilian message" and Sonny's like "I know Tom, I know! I didn't want to discuss too much of the family business in front of Michael - but as always, our trusted concierge, you know best." And turning to Michael, Sonny says, "Tom's right... It's a Sicilian message alright... It means, if Pop makes it through this, he needs to start wearing a bulletproof vest..."
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Congratulations Sixtus family and welcome to il nuovo bambino che rimbalza! We're counting on you Tigran! All the best! Onward!
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Got this one rockin this morning, my first listen....Beautiful Sunday show makes for perfect Saturday morning listening! Gorgeous TLMD, WRS>LIG>China Doll Some other interesting moments...first and last performed "Let It Rock" (Chuck Berry Cover - I wonder why the first & last performed?), and first ever Seastones.... Congrats Sixtus on your new addition to the family!! Big shout out to Jim for helping to fill my calendar for probably the next 3 years...And to Oxford 88 for filling my order for all KC shows that are known to exist, plus the other "tasty boots" that he has promised. You guys rock...thank you very much!!! Oroboros.....I've been thinking about your Winterland Story all week....makes me smile, smile, smile everytime! Looked up the you tube video and sure enough, at the end of Fire on the Mountain, the dragon lurks....so fuckin cool!!! Happy Saturday Dead people, KCJ
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Congratulations, Ingrid, Tigran, and Sixtus! Today is Robert Hunter's birthday, I believe. The word gifts given us by this master poet make the music we all cherish infinitely more fascinating. Without Robert's lyrics, I know I would not crave this band as much as I do. Even on song versions where the group's playing may lack a certain X Factor, I can always take interest in, and find new depth in Robert's poems. Happy Birthday, Robert! You are a crucial member of the Grateful Dead.
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Whereabouts in South Jersey, KeithFan? 'Cause that's the land of my origin.
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I am continuing my gentle canter through Europe 1972, and today was Amsterdam, 5/10/72. Its a show that meant absolutely nothing to me-I've played it before-3 or 4 times , I guess, but nothing stuck in my mind about it. Surprising-because its amazing! The first set-in fact the first two cds are pretty good-like any other cds of a band you like playing at the top of their game. Its on the 3rd cd that things really take off-an incredible jam from Truckin' to The Other One-Me and Bobby Mcghee-The Other One and winding up with Wharf Rat. One of the best uses of a wah wah pedal I have ever heard. A truly exceptional sequence of music. The 4th cd feature some more high energy music, punctuated by another excellent Sing Me Back Home. If they hadn't played so many other great shows in Europe 1972-and maybe if they hadn't all been released at the same time (not that I'm complaining) this would surely have been heralded as one of the best shows of all time. I normally leave a gap after playing a Europe 72 show...but after this I felt like some more-so off we go into Rotterdam for the following night. Great news from Sixtus, too-happy days indeed!
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Happy belated birthday Tigris. Hopefully you'll find a way to get some sleep.
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Holy Smokes!!!!! Sweden has got to be wondering how the hell a ball can spin like that!!!!!That was awesome, regardless if you dig the Germans or not. Would have liked to see the Swedes advance. But no denying the skill of that last goal! Darn!!
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Thanks for the link eyes43. I was able to catch Peter Rowan's set. Dang, that brought back memories. I used to see him at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA some 30 years ago. He and his band still sound as great as ever!
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6/23/26 Louis Armstrong6/23/38 Billie Holliday 6/23/57 Hank Mobley 6/23/58 Count Basie 6/23/67 Miles Davis 6/23/74 GOGD And one more for Septimus: Sound Dimension: Mojo Rocksteady Beat (wicked!)
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....damn Deadicated. That is some serious mini umbrella drinking, smoking ganja stuff going on. Thanks!! Loving the trombone. Kudos....p.s. Spotify is your friend.
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Great place to see a show.. I hope everyone there is having a good time.
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It would be nice to see a portion of the proceeds for this amazing release being donated to the tribes of the Northwest Coast for using their traditional story-telling iconography. This is by far the the most beautiful cover art to ever grace the band's albums.
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please enjoy 12/3/79 another nice show from 79 where _dat_ box at?
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Sitting here sipping a little coffee and jamming on a crunchy Miller SBD of 6/24/90 (he does just as good a job as Jeffrey Norman) Just sliding into Slipknot!!!! Love it!!!
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Mitch Mitchell was a cool drummer. He was a major part of the JHE's sound, at least live.
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And get the hell of my lawn, you damned hippies!Guess Bobby was having a bad day. Happens to the best of us.
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Any indication of the size of the actual box? Dave mentioned in his seaside chat that he was thinking about displaying this box in his home as a de facto piece of art or some sort of display piece. Despite my wife's love for Vancouver Island and the fact that we already have a Roy Henry Vickers print hanging in our home, that will be a tough sell in my house if this box is ginormous, beautiful as it may be.
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Been diving into early 80s Grateful Dead recently. While the setlists may seem uninteresting on paper, this era contains some of the most imaginative playing of the band's career; particularly Jerry. I listened to the Dane County show and Poplar Creek shows from 1983 this weekend. Jerry's playing is inventive and different. He seemed to be at the peak of his creative power in the early 80s, before the diabetes and health issues really began to take effect. This is a generally unfamiliar era for me, with scores of shows I've never heard, but it's worth digging around a little bit, and you will find yourself pretty blown away.
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that when ya read it(or type it or write it...),it reads "Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo" but when they sing it it's "Half-Step...Mississippi Uptown...Toodeloo"? Bueller...Bueller...
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First - I always only type "Mississippi Half-Step" in my song titles. I have found if the titles get too long I can have file path names that are too long for my backups. This isn't the bone. The "Bone" - I'm working thru the labeling of D&C shows and I find they played a show at the "Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center"!!! What the hell kind of name is that!?! Nothing said musical entertainment like home mortgage. Remember when they called them things like "performing art centers",, "memorial stadiums" (sure we memorialize our troops until we could sell the name for a buck) This is a thing I wish they stop. You see a name today like "Preparation H Hemorrhoidal Stadium" and NEVER think you're seeing the Yankees. The other side I hate,,, everytime we talk about corporate tax we hear corps don't pay taxes, customers do. Then who the hell is paying for the name on the building???? Can you show me one report that shows return on advertising dollars from stadium naming rights! Ok, bone picked. Back to what you were doing.
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The tapes from that show suck.. but if you were there you know how hot a show that was... Just saying, you had to be there. Too funny.. I hate that too. We have become so corporate and not for the better.
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Excellent, entertaining read; very detailed and fascinating insight into all the business aspects of post-Jerry years, as well as all the inter personal ups and downs. All things considered, not as ugly as I expected; Jill Lesh comes across as a greedy control freak, the exit of Steve Kimock was particularly unpleasant. Other than that, it's pretty much typical band arguments. Of note, was the disagreements regarding tempos and loudness, with Bobby insisting on slowing everything down to emphasize lyrics, and wanting Phil to turn down his bass(sacrilege!) Oh, we also learned that rowdy Billy K. grabbed Jill's breastusses backstage...
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you have to wonder how much money are in mattress sales that you can afford to purchase naming rights? Or do new mattress come with cash in them?
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....they should let everyone bring a pillow in. During drumz, let everyone have a pillow fight. That would be awesome!!
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Mattress Firm? Cripes. Proud of KC's Arrowhead and Kaufman Stadiums. Hang in there KC.
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I recall there being some drama as Kimock left The Other Ones.... He appeared a week or so later at a separate event and, If I recall correctly, he got a rousing ovation and flipped an emphatic double-bird, as if at his previous band mates.. Can someone give a quick thumbnail gyst of that beef? I call the song in question simply "Half Step." I think the multiple "official" names are just a SNAFU, similar to "Brown Eyed Women" being given a typo and accidentally listed (and officially published as) "Brown Eyed Woman" (singular instead of plural) on Europe '72. As for song tempos and bass volume, etc... I'm in a band - these topics are all pawns in a power struggle. As with all rock bands, you get to a point where you're not going to back down after xxx years.... Me, I like the slower tempos - most of the time it works, but sometimes yes, it drags. As for bass volume, my experience is the bass may be too loud on stage, but away from the stage it sounds just right - this is why bass players are often placed on a far corner of the stage, not in the middle, as Phil likes to do sometimes.
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Steve Parish & Ramrod fired by the Leshes; they resented the fact that Jill was making decisions such as how to load/unload equipment, and what attire was acceptable or not on stage.Parish told Kimock he should be making more $$ Kimock asks Jill for a raise, Jill goes on a tirade. Kimock leaves the room. Jill catches up with him, yelling and then throws a bunch of crumpled dollar bills at Kimock, while shouting "you want more money?" Kimock left the tour the next day, quoting Dylan and Hunter on his website. After reading the book, it's obvious all these people had really bad tempers!!
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………..lost in a shaft of sunlight, The wild thyme unseen, or the winter lightning Or the waterfall, or music heard so deeply That it is not heard at all, but you are the music While the music lasts. T.S. Eliot
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Just popped in 6/26/76 Relaxing, sipping a brewski I feel bad for Heads that don't get '76. Such good vibes. Looking forward to the Playin>St.Stephen>Wheel>Playin' sandwich
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I think Kimock split from a Phil and Friends Tour Fall '99. We saw P&F play 3 shows at The Fillmore in Denver, 10/21-23. Band was Phil, Steve, John Molo, Paul Barrere and Billy Payne. Fun line up. Steve was also with Phil and Warren at Red Rocks that August. I remember a guy with a "Got Kimock?" shirt (play on got milk?) in line outside Fillmore one night. From there, band was hooking up with Dylan's band for a series of shows. Whatever went down happened at Fillmore or at next show on tour (10/27), as Steve (or someone for him) sent out a cryptic email 10/28 that he had left tour. Sigh. I'll have to do some time traveling and revisit those shows on sugarmegs. I loved the instrumental Stella Blue they were playing in those days. At Red Rocks they played Stella -> Wish You Were Here. Yowza.
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