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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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July 21, 2018 - 1:23pm

#2351

bob t

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November 21, 2007

7/21/90 28 year anniversary

The mail order gods were never as good as these three shows at the World Amphitheater!! I am not a braggy person but we lucked out and had 7 row 3 row and 10th row for these three shows. My office at my house has a bunch of pictures i took with my Pentax camera!! Not a big fan of the venue and the parking lot scene was ok... maybe we were in wrong spot.. Take a listen to this show if you never have especially the Birdsong Scarlet>Fire, Playing> He's Gone, because you get about an hour and 5 minutes of awesome jams... 16 and a half minute Birdsong is so fun to get lost in.... The He's Gone doesn't have a long jam at the end like it did At Cardinal Stadium.. 21 rst was my favorite of the 3 shows!!! be good sorry to be over posting lately... never saw them in august!!! bob t
July 21, 2018 - 11:16am

#2352

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

Hair of the Dog

Now, that could be the Nazareth gem also expertly covered by Guns N' Roses, but it's more like my advice to Hippy Chic. Tie one on! Have a morning drink, a screwdriver or a bloody and go get a big, greasy breakfast at some all-day brunch joint. Then keep it going. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the day to spend on the couch licking your wounds. Oh and please airbrush that disgusting pit hair out. You won't get many likes with that. An old friend talked me into going to Def Leppard tonight. The family is way, way out of town and, what the hell I had nothing better to do. We got $39.50 seats just to get into Coors Field but we'll run straight for the Rooftop Bar, grab some rail space and watch the spectacle from there. The On Through The Night and High N' Dry albums are classic hard rock, before they exploded in popularity and became the watered-down, commercial enterprise they remain to this day. I guess I'd have done the same thing for castles and Bentleys. After all, it's only rock n' roll. Most people don't know what a great covers band they are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DYxzfBW1uo&start_radio=1&list=RD1DYxzf… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKizNo4Ojik&list=RD1DYxzfBW1uo&index=4 \m/
July 21, 2018 - 8:14am

#2353

Gratefulhan

Joined:
June 6, 2007

Track labeling

Yeah I too get very particular about track labeling. Good to see that others feel that way too, strength in numbers! Since every thing I acquire gets uploaded to my work computer I am stuck with what programs the IT department allows it to have. It uses an older version of Windows Media player. Because of this the program identifies the tracks differently from show to show. Part of this is due to the way some releases are produced and tracked. A great example is the AOTS release that just came out. The last track on CD 2 is labeled That's It For The Other One. I know that is the name of whole suite for the most part. Still I changed it to Cryptical Envelopment > The Other One > Cryptical Envelopment. Other release might label it that way or even split that into 3 separate tracks. That is how I labeled it back in the tape trading days so I kind of stick with that. Now even though I still follow the old labeling from the tape trading days, there are some things I have dropped. For example I dont use BIODTL for Beat It On Down The Line. Yet I still use NFA for Not Fade Away. Its weird but I have some mix of old and newer label systems. The other unintentionally, yet sinister thing that the Media Player does to me is when I am uploading and ripping the the CDs to the music library. The Media Player will retrieve info differently, mainly album titles. So the first CD of the release might read Dave's Picks Vol 27. Then inexplicably for the 2nd CD the Media Player will read it as Dave's Picks 27. Of course I miss the detail that the Vol label is missing. Then once the CDs are ripped into my media library they are not listed in the correct order because the titles are slightly different. Sometimes the titles are completely different. Anyway I find myself tantruming at my computer because it looks like I didn't rip one CD from a set. I try to go back and change them to make the all uniform once I figure it out. Of course I also make playlists for each show , but still I have so much on that computer that the library is massive. Lots to look through. Good times!
July 21, 2018 - 5:32am

#2354

Hippychic

Joined:
April 27, 2018

Yawn

I woke up 20 minutes late for work and realized silly I don't work today its Saturday! Went on a real bender last night. My young looks ain't going to hold up long like this. Somebody called me a uber and the dude was so creepy looking I was sure I would get ravaged in a dark alley before I made it home, but I wasn't that lucky. Last thing I remember was a bong hit on the sofa with my roommate and putting on Dicks Picks Vol. 20. Now there's one with a good PeggyO. I'm not usually one for coffee if there's tea in the house but a morning like this is driving me to the coffee pot. The effort is discouraging. maybe I will jUst go back to sleep!
July 21, 2018 - 5:27am

#2355

fourwindsblow

Joined:
October 13, 2008

PNW '73 - '74 Upgrades

This is the best we have available. 6/22/73 - MSR > PCM > PCM (14-bit) 6/24/73 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat -> CD 6/26/73 - SBD>MR>C>D>CD>EAC>SHN 5/17/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Cassette -> Dat -> CD 5/19/74 - SBD -> Master Reel -> Dat 5/21/74 - MSR>C>Dats>CD>EAC>SHN This is whats were getting, all shows mastered in HDCD from the original master tapes by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Masters transferred and restored by Plangent Processes. All shows will be huge upgrades to what is available.
July 20, 2018 - 11:54pm

#2356

rambly

Joined:
June 22, 2007

Seaside chat and 6/22/73

As a Vancouver Islander I love seeing the familiar beach area for chats. Thanks for the local content Dave! And thanks for rhapsodizing about 6/22/73. The listening party tunes are sublime. Any thoughts on why 6/22/73 seems to take things a bit further? Was it freeing for the band to be in an unfamiliar yet familiar place with enthusiastic support to stretch out a bit and get in some smooth grooves? Do those wowowowow keys on Bird Song show up in other shows around the same time period? Can't wait for the box!
July 20, 2018 - 8:45pm

#2357

hbob1995

Joined:
June 26, 2007

AOTS t-shirt

Holy shit! I just received my Anthem Of The Sun t-shirt and it has THE most phenomenal colors I have ever seen (sober) in a tee! And I live in tees, 90% of which are the GOGD Rock on
July 20, 2018 - 8:02pm

#2358

Rob Mixon

Joined:
December 25, 2017

P.N.C.- 73'/74' Box

I'm a little surprised (to say the least) this hasn't sold out yet! I've heard 7500 sold, 7800 sold so I'm guessing somewhere around the 1/2 way mark. Just wondering what people holding out for, I mean if $'s tight that's one thing! But otherwise what's the hold up? It's already selling on ebay for $300 and I really don't think waiting around is the way to go! Remember fellow heads, once they're gone you'll be kicking yourselves (like so many do with Dave's Picks and all the other Box Sets we might have missed out on!!!)Solid advice- Strike while the iron's HOT folks!-end of rant-
July 20, 2018 - 5:44pm

#2359

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

EST/Eyes, Vguy, Keithfan, Dark Star

Estimated Eyes; thanks for sharing.....especially about getting your cherry popped (hey, settle down now hippy chic!). Nice perspective. Can understand new enthusiasm, being bummed about no fire combo...while personally at that point I liked how they broke it up. Hee-hee, some times you feel like a nut, sometime you don’t... Vguy; I’m tellin ya folks this kid hasn’t even hit his stride yet. In fact I here he’s totally a second set peaker! See folks how he can do the one liners, aaaaand the more complicated stuff also. I’m tellin ya this kids got talent! Keithfan; what he said! Dark Star; aaah, dear old DS....”ah, boobala, let me pinch those cheeks” the meatier the better, the longer, weirder, farout, the better! Those nice lil 60s ones are tight and spirited and great for when I don’t have the time to FULLY invest in a biggin’ Favorite? What, are you fuggin’ kiddin me? Exercise in futility, imho....like Jim says “ I never met a DS I didn’t like” WORD! Of course using poker logic, I believe any DS your at, trumps most others...Vguy, can we get a house ruling here? In which case I’d have to say 1/20/79......My first show, first DS out of 4,5?? have to look? Yes, folks you always remeber your fist(s) ; ) in my deaddreams to another land that ended up being mucho grande? Mucho Garcia’s to the RR gods por favor! Listening to that now jam>TOO>drums>jam>TOO>Daaaaaawwwwwkkkk Starrrrrr Jaaaaarrrrrryyyyyyy Obviously not in the big leagues with the pre-Hiatus stuff, but I wouldn’t kick er outta bed for eatin’ crackers! Ironically, it’s SORTA tight and sweet like those above mentioned DS’s.... Ok, nuff bla, blah, blah, I go listen now.....”seeeeaaarrcch light casting.....” Edit; there’s almost a Serengeti like out of the drums.....short but SWEET!
July 20, 2018 - 3:56pm

#2360

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Vguy GVF

I got that email a few days ago and listened to it. Watch it on YouTube for some video effects. I meant to notify you the other day but forgot.

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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.

Free live Phil on nugs....

https://youtu.be/85EYtjVjyiQ

Phil. Gotta see him soon.

That kicks ass. Muchos gracias.

Sixtus

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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Bolo / Luca Brasi

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..."

1971 for Solstice Doc

Hang in there boy, woops manWe Love You

Welcome Bambino Sixtus!

Congratulations Sixtus family and welcome to il nuovo bambino che rimbalza! We're counting on you Tigran! All the best! Onward!

Jai Alai - 06/23/1974 - Miami, FL

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

Birthdays

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.

congratulations, Sixtus family!

welcome, little Tigran! And happy birthday to Hunter also.

Re: South Jersey KeithFan

Whereabouts in South Jersey, KeithFan? 'Cause that's the land of my origin.

Another great 1972 show

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!

Congratulations Sixtus and Co

Lighting up a cigar (using the term loosely) in celebration.

Another grate '74 show....

https://archive.org/details/gd1974-06-23.mtx.seamons.105867.flac24/gd74… a Hunter Seamons matrix to boot....Amazing. i agree with everyone that commented on The Archive except the first guy.

Congrats Sixtus & Company

Happy belated birthday Tigris. Hopefully you'll find a way to get some sleep.

Kraut Kumback

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!!

Telluride Bluegrass Festival

Here is a link to the online live radio broadcast from Telluride all weekend. http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/index.cfm?stationCode=koto

mousetrapreplica

Telluride

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!

It's All Good aka six for Sixtus

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!)

R.I.P. Vinnie Paul....

....Pantera drummer. Saw them once. Was not disappointed.

Mojo Rocksteady Beat....

....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.

Alpine Valley

Great place to see a show.. I hope everyone there is having a good time.

Donation to Northwest Coast tribes?

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.

while we wait...

please enjoy 12/3/79 another nice show from 79 where _dat_ box at?

Bobby ain't got time for this shit.....

https://youtu.be/9LqsPEqgFgYI guess it wasn't just exactly perfect....

%$^&&**^%##

Microphone!

6/24/90 Eugene

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!!!

in case you didn't know...

Mitch Mitchell was a cool drummer. He was a major part of the JHE's sound, at least live.

there's a sound bite from one of the Acid Tests where...

Pigpen says something about "we've got to fix these microphones!" came immediately to mind seeing the microphone thread

%$^&&**^%## Microphone!

And get the hell of my lawn, you damned hippies!Guess Bobby was having a bad day. Happens to the best of us.

Size matters

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.

Early 80s Dead

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.

Poplar Creek!

Love those shows

Why is it...

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...

Bone to pick....

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.

Preparation H Hemerrhoidal Stadium...

lol

stoltzfus Prep H

Stadiums do like big holes from above, true?

Prep H Stadium '83

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.

Fare Thee Well book

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...

Please let that last sentence be untrue

yee-ouch

Stupid music auditorium names....

....that's nothing. Dead & Co is playing the Mattress Firm Amphitheater in Chula Vista on July 6th.

vguy and bedtime

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?

Mattress Firm Amphitheater....

....they should let everyone bring a pillow in. During drumz, let everyone have a pillow fight. That would be awesome!!

Naming, Arrowhead

Mattress Firm? Cripes. Proud of KC's Arrowhead and Kaufman Stadiums. Hang in there KC.

Kimock, "Half Step", band power struggles....

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.

Kimock vs. Jill in a nutshell

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!!

The Dry Salvages

………..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

6/26/76

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

the split

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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