Grateful Dead

....Phil!!! Back on track. Rocking with their rocks out. Nowhere else will you hear "stay right here in Boise" so it's a keeper.

....way too fast. 4/10. Not a very solid version. Oh well. Time to sell it.

Thank you. Pulling out 21 tonight. Phish video. Scroll by. Phish video. Scroll by. Phish video. Scroll by. No problem. But very weird.

I'm loving this Boise pick and all the debate about it. For me, it is easily tied with Augusta 10/12/84 (30 trips) for my favorite release from 80-85. I think the instrumental mix is almost perfect (except the keyboards might be a teeny bit high). Finally, an 80-85 release where Weir's guitar is right up front in our face where it belongs! Such a treat to hear Weir's early 80's guitar like this. IMO, this is the best sounding recording yet from 80-85 (not counting Dead Set/Reckoning and Go To Nassau). Well, we are all listening on different equipment and are looking for different things, right? Musically, I think it is as fascinating as 10/12/84. Better or worse? I'll need many more listenings of each to decide.

....OK. I'll admit. The harmonies are off, but the music is still breakneck speed. I think Bobby's more off than Jerry. Jerry even throws some growls. Brent is in your face. But I love Brent, so there's that. The train comparison shows up during Garcia's solo. Chugging along. Watch your speed....

yeah I was also wondering why we needed constant reminders that phish psucks........sry to those who find listening value?????

.... suddenly, Bobby's singing in a barn. A little more echo than the first three songs. We all know it sometimes takes that many to get the sound just exactly perfect. Jerry's throwing coke infused licks. It is what it is. You can't un-coke it. It's not Norman's fault.

It's been an interesting roller coaster on this board lately. Like a pack of psychedelic colored licorice, choose your color. Here's one example. Black Peter. Some like it. But lots of people seem to hate this version, and mhammond had the funniest crack about Garcia nearly dying singing it. Oddly, that's one reason I liked it. Normally I'm not such a fan of that song, as it can drag on forever and the so-called harmonies can be utterly atrocious. On DaP 27 though, I actually sort of liked it. Sure, Garcia's voice is ragged throughout the show, but he somehow relaxes it a bit on parts of Black Peter (even though it's still rough) and goes deeper in tone than he usually does on that song. For once, it gave me the sense that he WAS Black Peter, not just some white guy singing about him. He really was dying, and his delivery showed it, but in a way that got my attention rather than making me grimace. It's not my favorite version (I've only heard 2-3 that I thought were really great), but it was something definitely different than usual, and worthwhile from my standpoint. Especially because this ain't my favorite era, so I was looking for a few tunes that stood out as being different and made me notice. On a different note, there's a couple of interesting shows coming up at Weir's Sweetwater in Mill Valley for those who are in the area. Barry Zito, the ex Oakland A's and Giants pitcher (who had an incredible house on a ridge in Marin County that I got to tour vicariously online when he sold it recently) has become a wandering troubadour with an acoustic guitar. He's performing at the Sweetwater on August 8th. But more noteworthy is Julian Lage, one of the best guitarists alive (mostly jazz, but mixes in some rock, folk, country and classical, and can play about anything), will be there on Sept. 21. Unfortunately I'll be out of town, or would be there in a heartbeat, to see him at such a small venue. It's strange, to see that Lage's show, for one of the best guitarists in the world, is cheaper than Barry Zito's show. Goes to show the power of celebrity, I suppose. https://www.sweetwatermusichall.com/calendar

....our wedding song. I'm biased so this would be an unfair review. I love them all. Next!

....but in reality, I think Bobby was too far away from the mic then stepped up. Shazam!