Grateful Dead

Dude! This show is great! Thanks for the recommendation! I have been working from home on an online course for work the past few days, so I have had the pleasure of being able to dig deep into the archives, and this one is hitting that sweet spot right now! That is one hell of a Shakedown opener, the Bird Song is nice and exploratory, Sweet Peggy-O... the band does sound great! Thanks again for the tip :) Peace

'76 Cosmic Charlie's are bad.............but in a good way (did I fool you for a second?)

On this day, like all of you, I reflect on the events 23 years ago. The reality of it is still a little hard to handle for me sometimes. This time around, I have come to this realization that my generation (or age group might be more appropriate) was likely one of the last if not the last to ever see Jerry play. I have talked before about my own personal experiences of getting on the bus in 92, to get see a few shows, and then only to have it end all too suddenly . I have also talked about what I think is a common feeling for everyone of these importance of all of the shows that were recorded. These recordings are the next best thing to being at the show. I know that being at the show is different and is the ultimate best thing about the Dead. The experience is “it" , but the reality is that experience only happens once. After it is done those that attended any given show have the memories - which by the way I greatly appreciate when these memories are shared. Please keep that going when appropriate/needed! However after that the only thing that is left are these recordings which gives all a chance to hear the band go at it. The other reality of this is we all know that the number of shows in vault is vast, with variety being the key. I think DaP 27 is good release, certainly not perfect. When i look at how many shows have been released The Dead, Rhino, and Dave L & Co. have been generous. When I look at Deadbase 50 and I see the lists of favorite tapes, a lot of them have been officially released. I know there is more to come. We have also got some releases that were sleepers or maybe lacking in some aspects. The reality is that with the volume of releases that have been produced there will be some that just aren't to the level as many others. Of course everyone will have different opinions on this but it is bound to happen. It looks DaP 27 is one of them. In the end I have yet to discover a show that I hated. With sound quality, performance, and completeness being variables I feel I am lucky to be able to own any of these shows with the 9/2/83 show being one of them. I will say this though, if I was approached by the good Doctor with a Tardis or Marty and Doc in a Delorean and I was told this: “You can go back in time to attend 3 Grateful Dead shows but you can't choose them. The shows are 4/24/78, 12/9/81, and 9/2/83. Do you want to go?” Without hesitation I would say “Hell Yeah!” I say this all of the time but I appreciate all of you regardless of show/era preference. If it wasn't for these comment pages I wouldn't have anyone to talk about this with.

It's always been right there at the start of 12/31/84, all 16 mns or so of it.Btw, this show is excellent; the band is firing on all cylinders, and nothing sounds rushed, very relaxed playing.

....lets try something new. Can we all agree that '76 Cosmic Charlie's are awesome? I'll start. '76 Cosmic Charlie's are awesome.

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76 Cosmic Charlie's are totally awesome! My favorite of all the Cosmic Charlie's! Headed to Merriweather to see the boys this weekend, then up to Watkins Glen for Curveball... I doubt you're coming east for either, but maybe you'll see me on the webcast! BTW - I have heard there is a free webcast of Friday night's show at Walnut Creek! This may be the link for it right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kcoOF7_mfU Peace

We all lost Jerry 23 years ago today. RIP good sir, and thanks for all of the joy you gave to so many. Is it a coincidence that there are no GD shows from 8/9? Peace

...this place has become lately. Not that it matters, but count me on the side that enjoys this pick and am glad to have it. I was concerned with the sound at first... the Wang Dang>Jack Straw does sound odd with the vocals WAY up and the instruments seemingly WAY down, but as others have said here before, Big River through the rest of the 1st set sounds good to these ears, and the band is cooking, (save perhaps on the verses of Minglewood, but the jam is HOT on that one, so I can forgive the lackluster "song" portion... I've got more Minglewoods than I need as it is.) The BEW, RxRBlues, LLRain, and Deal are all top notch performances too... As for Set II, not sure where the hate is coming from in terms of the Help>Slip>Frank. Does Jerry totally botch the lyrics to Help? Yes! Is the rest of the triptych well played? Absolutely! The Slipknot and Franklins are particularly strong. The Estimated>Eyes is strong too, and the patch in Eyes, while jarring, lasts for about 5 seconds... not going to lose sleep on that one. The Jam>Drums>Space is really cool, and like Dave mentioned, the Space on this release is really great. The solo in Throwing Stones? I hear noise, chaos, and craziness, and all of it sounds well placed to me, though not perfect. As a new tune, they were still working out what to do with it, and I think that it's pretty cool to hear the band experiment with Noise Rock like that... can't think of anywhere else they did. Also, isn't that Bobby making all of the noise? Obviously, they didn't think it worked, so the made the Samson-jam part, (something that has always bugged me a bit,) but it is cool to hear where they may have been heading. The rest of the second set is average... Black Peter has been called out as unlistenable by many here who say Jerry's voice sounds terrible... Really? I know it doesn't sound like 71 Jerry, but terrible? Unlistenable? I just don't get it... I think that is what gets me down about the discussion around here lately. So many here clearly have an ax to grind, or some point to prove, on both sides of the coin. What I see more than anything is a bunch of "Deadheads" shitting on the band and more over, shitting on each other. You all know that people have favorite eras, favorite keyboard players, favorite tunes, but rather than let them have that, a lot of you seem so keen to tell them that they are wrong for liking what they like. Get over yourselves. Now that Dave's Picks have made it to #27, this place seems to be more and more toxic... kind of like the lot scene 27 years in. Whatever. I like this pick, you don't. Discussion over. Now, where the hell is that HUGE n'FUNKY Shakedown Street Dave? The past few days, I have really enjoyed the two Alpine 82 shows, 8/7, which was Dick's Picks 32, and yesterday's 8/8 show. Check them both out if you have the chance! (Of course, if you Hate the 80s/Hate Brent/Hate the Grateful Dead, than these are not the droids you seek...) 8/7/82 https://archive.org/details/gd82-08-07.sbd-streeter-wise.unknown.7689.s… Pretty classic show all around... TMNS>Sugaree>TMNS opener! 8/8/82 https://archive.org/details/gd82-08-08.sbd-wise.unknown.7690.sbeok.shnf… Good 1st set, Very strong 2nd Set with Scarlet>Fire, Estimated, Other One... The Double Encore of Satisfaction and Brokedown is perhaps the highlight for me... check out Bobby dropping Wang Dang Doodle for the (1st time?) in the middle of Satisfaction. Cool stuff! Shouting in the wind, Peace

the version of Poptones on the album is exquisite. drive to the forest in a Japanese car the smell of rubber on country tar hindsight done me no good standing naked in this back of the woods the cassette played Poptones or in my case, Deadtones