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"The Grateful Dead picked up their instruments and hit the first note with perfection. They never missed a note for the next three and one-half hours. People followed the flow of the tunes. Down on the floor in front of the stage was a sea of heads keeping time with the music. No one sat still. No one, except the youngsters behind us sat still. They were still and stunned." - The Power County Press
And what a stunner it was, that show at the Boise State University Pavilion in Boise, ID on September 2, 1983. Dave's Picks Volume 27 contains every stitch of music from this mid-80s show (our first in this series), one that's as good as any other in Grateful Dead history. When the Dead were on, they were ON! Straight out the gate with a definitive take on the old standard "Wang Dang Doodle," the band swiftly switches back to a setlist of yore, firing off 70s staples like "Jack Straw" and "Brown-Eyed Women" and wrapping things up with a terrific trio of "Big Railroad Blues"/"Looks Like Rain"/"Deal" (don't you let that epic guitar solo go down without you). Primed for the second set, they tackle the complexities of "Help>Slipknot!>Franklin's" with heart and ease. It's clear there will be no stopping their flow - Bobby and Brent hanging in for a fantastic pre-Drums "Jam" and Jerry and Bobby in the zone on a not-to-be-missed melodic "Space." Not a skipper in the whole lot!
Dave's Picks Volume 27 has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman and it is limited to 18,000 individually-numbered copies*.
*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.
daverock re: tele
Thanks - It's an 80's Japanese-made tele with new antiquities pickups. Reasonable price but vintage-vibe - rings like a bell. I'm more of an acoustic player so when I play an electric I tend to hit more than one or two strings. Humbuckers are just too wide sounding and it makes my tone muddy. Tele does the trick... bright, sustain-y, looks cool.
People seem to be playing teles more than strats these days.
This is not gonna be great.
I am now well aware that my original post did not come across as intended as several people have pointed out. Point taken. I am not prepared to engage in one of those pitiful slanging matches that seem to occur far too often on here as a result of bruised egos and a stubborn refusal to back down. I see little sincerity in the stated observation that I am perfect, but I can live with that. 1) The guy doesn't know me and 2) I'm not perfect. Who is? End of story as far as I'm concerned.
Daverock & Thin
Thanks Dave for the kind words, and to Thin for making me laugh. Sorry to everyone else....I come here to hang out with Dead Heads, who usually are open minded and tolerant, even when I act like a fool, not for insults. There’s enough fucking hate in the world, and things personally have been rough lately, so I’ve been coming here for the community, to try and tap into some of that ole GD love....
This BS, church shit, insulting Hippy Chic WTF? What the hell happened to us?
Ok, enough, let’s talk about some good ole Gol Dang Greateful Dead!
Just listened to Run for the Roses for first time in forever......obviously not his best work, but some nice moments, and better than what came after...........like thick air and crickets!
Becoming targets....
....what happened to us indeed? There's uppercuts and then there's low blows. Cut me Mick. I'm going back in!. Haha!! I'm going full Hawaiian today. GarciaLive Vol 10 followed by DaP 19. Remember when there was an argument of there being a terrapin on a surfboard on the cover of a Grateful Dead release that was from a show prior to Terrapin Station even being a cum stain on the sheets? I do. That was hilarious....still stuck in a UB40 mood btw. Going on a month now. That's unusual for me, but then again, I'm not entirely normal.
Remember last fives?....
....I do.UB40 - Labour Of Love Volume 2
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Zuma
GOGD - Anthem Of The Sun '68 mix
Cowboy Junkies - All That Reckoning
Metallica - Master Of Puppets
Every one of these records kick ass, because I said so.
Ok everyone. Show your hands or fold 'em. Because the cards are not always the same....poke, poke, poke. Just gotta poke around.
Bruce Cockburn, etc.
Bruce is a phenomenal guitarist and has written a whole raft of songs that I find beautiful and amazing, and that have affected me as profoundly as that of any musician other than the Dead. A lot to say about him, perhaps I'll put some of it to "paper." Surprised that no one has mentioned that Jerry covered his song "Waiting for a Miracle" (maybe I missed it?)
Last 5
Bruce Cockburn - Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws
dbh - Mass
Railroad Earth - Last of the Outlaws
Dave Picks 11 - Wichita 11/17/72
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (& others) - Will the Circle be Unbroken
Thin’s guitar
I know nothing about guitars.
But doesn’t it look a little bland without a fake f-hole sticker like Mayer’s guitar?
Seriously, why would you put on a sticker to make it look like there is a hole there?
A couple dancing bears and stealies would look way better.
Yeah. Jerry's dead....
....been dead for a while. Thanks for the reminder. (that was a joke, not a jab. One could interpret what I said as truth. Another could interpret that as sarcasm. Someone else might say I'm antagonizing fourwindsblow.) Human nature is unpredictable as the weather. Everyone is wired differently....I love reading these boards. Give me insight into topics that wouldn't have registered otherwise. Who is it that always ends their post with "the door is opened but only you can walk through." Or something like that. Close enough.
Heathen music
And then there’s a band called “Grateful Dead”.Spawn of the devil I tell you.
I hear that they live at 666 Hate Street.
Last 5
Cage the Elephant - Tell Me I'm PrettyYardbirds - Shapes of Things (greatest hits collection)
Grateful Dead - 10/22/67 from AOTS 50th
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Live Alive
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Vguy, good call on the attempt to rejuvenate the Last 5, previous iterations have turned me on to some cool stuff.
Storm cells....
....these boards fire up at times where I need to refresh the page every five minutes or so just so I can keep up. I fuckin' love it. Feed me people! I love you all, although you can be assholes and bitches at times. I can be a dick too. See? All good in the neighborhood. Give me four hours and I'll have a new last five.
Does It Have...
a basket, a bell that rings and things to make it look good?
Last 5
AOTS 50th (spinning now)10-22-67
Ladies & Gentlemen
GD Movie Soundtrack
10-22-67
AOTS 50th
How ‘bout that sandwich?
Being one for whole shows and not compilations I previously did not buy L&G. Recently picked it up and it’s quite nice, but confirms my original belief. Those shows are too good to be chopped up.
Also recently obtained the soundtrack which is also nice, but also confirms that those shows need to be released as a complete Box of CD’s and DVD/BR.
listening to 5/14/83
just before Playin' starts, you hear a guy yell, "HARD TO HANDLE!"
lol...
Metallicas Leper Messiah....
Spineless from the start, sucked into the partCircus comes to town, you play the lead clown
Please, please
Spreading his disease, living by his story
Knees, knees
Falling to your knees, suffer for his glory
You will
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah
Marvel at his tricks, need your Sunday fix
Blind devotion came, rotting your brain
Chain, chain
Join the endless chain
Taken by his glamour
Fame, Fame
Infection is the game, stinking drunk with power
We see
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat
Bow to Leper Messiah
Witchery, weakening
Sees the sheep are gathering
Set the trap, hypnotize
Now you follow
Time for lust, time for lie
Time to kiss your life goodbye
Send me money, send me green
Heaven you will meet
Make a contribution
And you'll get the better seat
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
Lie
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I'm Christian and these lyrics are truth for some "keepers of the flock".
Fanning of the flames....
....refreshing page. Make it so number one. Damage Inc.Dealing out the agony within
Charging hard and no one's gonna give in
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
Inbred, our bodies work as one
Bloody, but never cry submission
Following our instinct not a trend
Go against the grain until the end
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
Slamming through, don't fuck with razorback
Stepping out? You'll feel our hell on your back
Blood follows blood and we make sure
Life ain't for you and we're the cure
Honesty is my only excuse
Try to rob us of it, but it's no use
Steamroller action crushing all
Victim is your name and you shall fall
Blood will follow blood
Dying time is here
Damage Incorporated
We chew and spit you out
We laugh, you scream and shout
All flee, with fear you run
You'll know just where we come from
Damage Incorporated
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Love the "Honesty is my only excuse" line. Yup. Master Of Puppets is pretty much a perfect record.
tele's-Thin.
I've always preferred them to strats, myself. Yours looks very much like a 1952 reissue. Not meaning to show off-but I've got two. An American Special, which has hot Texas Special single coils pick ups and looks quite similar to yours. Its blonde with a black pickguard. I have this tuned to open G, with the bottom E string removed-like you know who.The other tele is a Japanese Pink Paisley. That also has single pick ups. It looks amazing to me-although its not to everyone's taste. Its got a much better sound than the American Special. Very trebly. A Fender Champ amplifier and a Memphis Sun echo box-way to go!
Anthem Of The Sun 50th....
....to be honest, I haven't even listened to the '71 remastered remix re-release yet. Might be a while before I do. Trying to catch up to icecrmcnkid. Just plopped it into the player. Alligator is the highlight imo. Pigpen never sounded so "melodic". Never met an Alligator I didn't like. And the 50th 3D lenticular cover is worth the price of admission.
Last 5
Might as well share my last 5 before I disappear into the world of music for a few hours-
Dicks Picks 35-6th August 1971-featuring the classic Other One-Uncle-Other One jam
Blue Jean Bop-Gene Vincent
Whole Lotta Jerry Lee Lewis cd1
A Date With Elvis-The Cramps
ORTF TV Paris Live 22 March 1974 blu ray King Crimson
Last fives!!!!....
....and all you peeps needed was a poke! The Cramps! Thanks for the reminder dave! See? Coming, coming, coming around. Loving it. Keep feeding me. I disappear into musicland as well. Refresh page! Just out of prison on six dollars bail. Mumbling bitches and wagging his tail. Sploooooosh.
The Cramps A Date With Elvis....
....I haven't listened to that in like twenty years. Making up for it now. Better than Elvis himself! sic
Tele, Mayer's f-hole
Tele - That's a stock photo - not my actual tele. tele's rock. Glad you have 2 - wish i had a back-up for gigs.
Mayer's f-hole sticker is likely because he has a signature model with an f-hole. But when playing stadiums, hollow body's act weird, so he probably opted for the solid body. The folks buying his signature model won't be playing stadiums... more likely living rooms and small clubs where an f-hole doesn't provide unwanted feedback and low-hum a stadium creates. Just my theory.
everyone knows Mozart started
everyone knows Mozart started rock n roll
The Cramps started it....
....what a record. I live in the moment.
Cramps, date with elvis...
Don't forget The Residents, The King and Eye!
...so what do you think he was king of?
Birth of Rock N Roll
According to a documentary I saw called Back to the Future, a mysterious young man named Calvin Klein invented Rock n Roll one night at a high school dance in California in 1955.
Last 5
I always feel silly as they are often just GD.
- GD 10/22/71, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL (DaP 3).
- GD 10/21/71, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago IL (DaP 3 Bonus Disc).
- GD Anthem of the Sun Bonus Disc (Winterland, San Francisco, CA 10/22/67).
- River Montage (5/3/72 select cuts, 5/7/72, select cuts, 6/18/74 select cuts, 12/26/79 select cuts).
- Revisit of DaP 26 (11/17/71 Albuquerque and 12/14/71 Ann Arbor).
Sorry for the boring setlists. Nothing but incessant, yet mind pleasing chaos and noodling.
On a bright note.. some good friends of mine took their 13 year old son down the river I live on yesterday.. his first trip down in a kayak, which is an incredible feat at 13 years old, it's pretty stout. His parents own and operate a local gear manufacturing company called Immersion Research and I got the honor/nod of having them ask me to show them the the 'easy' line down one of the bigger drops, National Falls. Always puts me in the US Blues mood for some reason. Anyway.. pretty cool stuff.. I was honored.. whitewater royalty in the making.
Rogue - True, Calvin Klein was the inventor and father of Rock and Roll. I had a difficult time understanding the controversy over the last couple days. It's pretty clear cut. If anyone wants to borrow the wayback machine and check it out.. it's all right there plain as day.
Foolish Heart....
....Speak with wisdom like a childDirectly from the heart.
....I wanna be whitewater royalty. Take my hand.
Bruce Cockburn ...
... is playing the Regina Folk Festival August 12. I've seen him 4 or 5 times over his illustrious 4-decade-spanning career, from simple folkie to protest rocker. Definitely some of his albums come off preachy as Anatexis22 points out. But his guitar playing is outstanding and has never disappointed when I've seen him live. IMHO a must see if he comes to your neck of the woods.
Re: Senator
I will gladly get you down the Upper Yough.. consider this an open invitation. I will toss you in a raft with a professional guide though, or Mrs. VGuy will certainly do me in when you show up in town with one ear and three eyes.
As for royalty? You are the only Senator that replies to my emails and posts. We could knight you, but would you trust us tapping you on the shoulder with a sharpened sword?
Oh.. the river offer goes for pretty much anyone here. We can get you down in once piece. Usually.
Whoe..
Brand X Moroccan Roll? I thought I was the only one on earth that had that album or even listened to it. I would be surprised if they converted it to CD??
Talk about eclectic.. what a great prog album. I'm not a huge Phil Collins fan, but I chalk this up as this was back before he gave up and went for the pop dollars.. like when he still fancied himself a serious musician. If that's fair to say.
last five
12/1/73 (disc 2 plays currently)5/14/83
David Bowie Low
David Bowie The Man Who Sold the World
David Bowie Heroes
another bunch
5/13/83
2/4/69
12/20, 21/68
8/27/83
6/22/83
Bowie Lodger
another several
9/2/83
5/29/71
Bowie Aladdin Sane
Bowie Diamond Dogs ("as they pulled you out of the oxygen tent, you asked for the latest party")
Bowie Station to Station
another few
Bowie Hunky Dory ("please come away...away...")
Bowie Space Oddity
Melvins Houdini
You know....
....back in the day (1700's), we would be sitting in New England slat back chairs, round a fireplace, with snifters of brandy, smoking hemp, talking of the harvest. Listening to the hounds howl. Here's to a rhyhmic beat. And 23% thc. No joke.
stoltzfus posted his last dozen. Lol. Now I want eggs....I make a mean omelette. The kitchen sink is extra.
England / Hemp
Were they really smoking rope in England? or just the immigrants tending the fields?
I don't think weed made its way to England, but would be happy to be proven wrong on this.
I'd imagine if they were, Henry VIII wouldn't have been such a prick and would have had many, many male heirs.. perhaps a with a queen with a full rack of hippie furry under-armor of her own.
Just saying or hoping that oppressive, dictatorship rule just might have been more tolerable if a little Indica made its way to the people doing the work and the ruling class too.
:D
und jetzt, etwas ganz besonderes...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFHQiYvuVlM
get green, turn this up, and listen to this.
if you can make it to the end of the clip, you will feel like Superman.
Oh....I'm green....
....let's see what's on tap stoltzfus. Beautiful noize I see. Watching the clock though. Phish's last set at the Gorge is coming around....
That was loud, obnoxious, and awesome....
....but it's 10:12. Time to get Crosseyed and Painless.
Look, Mom...No Head!
The Cramps were truly inspirational. A sight for sore eyes, too. They toured England many times between 1979 and 1996, and I saw them whenever I could. All there albums are worth getting. A wonderful antidote to all the drek that was around in the 1980s and 90s.
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