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Keep it to the Dead. We don't care about your politics.

after all that, there is still people on this site who are trying to sell me stuff that I don't need. Get em, Mary. Ps Vote like your life depends on it, cause it does, stop the madness that is 45 and his republican cronies, vote a straight democratic ticket, rid the country of these self centerd, lying, racists, money loving bullies.

Nice take on your Dylan outing. He's never disappointed me, either, and that's a goddamn crack band he has propping his old ass up every night. Charlie Sexton had been there forever, guessing he still is but not doing any homework tonight. They all underplay massively and support the Bard in such a graceful way.

Goddamn Bob Dylan. I fucking love him, what an American treasure. Thank you Unkle for sharing.

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That sounds like a great time ! I'm going to have to check it out

If anyone has the chance to see Bob and Wolf bros , I would recommend highly. I may go to Louisville Tuesday. Chicago Halloween was really nice performance, I bailed right after the show though. Made it back home by sunrise, with rain the entire drive

Spinning Dave's Picks 28 along the way. Disc 2 & 3. I had a healthy serving of disc one before I hit the road.

And coincidentally two Chicago shows stashed at the top of stack of CDs tucked away in a Garcia hat got some spins too

6.29.76 second set ~ Wheel is turning and you can't slow down. You can't let go and you can't hold on. Can't go back and you can't stand still. If the thunder don't get you THE lightning will !!!

And good portion of 7.25.74 !! Scarlet Begonias. The Wall of Sound !!!!!!!!

Caught Bob Friday night. You can see the recent set lists on his web site, he is pretty much playing the same set list every night. There are 4 other musicians on stage with Bob, he is seated or standing at the piano most of the night, on a few songs he blew his harmonica. The band is top notch, very professional, very tight. A drummer, a bass player (both stand up bass with bow sometimes and hand held), an awesome lead guitarists and a pedal steel/mandolin player who was also very good. There were no introductions, in fact, Bob didn't say a word. He did come out from behind the piano twice to sing with the band, holding a mic with stand and looking very dapper in his black suit with wing tipped shoes. I have seen Bob in every decade since the seventies and this time around, he did not disappoint, the new arrangements of his old songs was just great, loved the way they did highway 61, simple twist of fate, serve somebody, but scarlet town was a real burner, just lovely. I recommend going to see him, he is playing small venues and there are limited seats available. The one thing that was great about the evening was that there were no electronic devices allowed, no cell phones, no ipads, nothing. A card was given out at the entrance door stating that no taping, pictures or video would be allowed and if caught trying to do any of those things, you would be escorted out of the hall. Thank you Bob for that, it was great not having to look around somebody who stood up all night long trying to record his performance (like what I experienced at Roger Waters' concert) There were a couple announcements stating that no recording of any kind would be tolerated and the ushers did a great job keeping those who tried to break the rules in check. Also, like an opera, there was no seating allowed while the band played, if you got to the show late or got up to get a refill, you had to wait by the door for the song being played to be over, then they let you go back to your seat. We had a blast and I highly recommend going if you can get a ticket, selling out quick due to the small venues. He played exactly 2 hours, from 8:02 till 10:02, and it was over including a two song encore. The stage setup was quite nice too, very low key with just the right amount of lighting.
Out of all the times I have seen Bob, this ranks up there as one of the best.

I only sprang for the single disc version of More Blood--halfway regret it now.
The liner notes say that the Idiot Wind version included there--take 4-- is the same version that came out on the first Bootleg Series Box, Vol 1-3, only it's been remixed and the organ removed. But on the original Bootleg Series version, Dylan stumbles over "wasn't" in the lyric "You tamed the lion in my cage, but it just wasn't enough to change my heart." He doesn't do that in the "remixed" version.
Anyone obsessives out there who got the full boxset have any insight? I'm glad it sounds like a different version, but don't know why the liner notes would be wrong. Can't see them fixing the lyric stumble.

Anybody check out his recent performances? How many musicians are on stage with him ?

I noticed he is playing in Youngstown Ohio and Kentucky, which would be suitable for me to attend because of proximity to where I'm at. Jeez it's been quite a while since I saw him in concert (only once) but certainly he is one of all time favorites to listen to.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dZYh6o3Q1P4

"Narrow streets of cobble stone"

My DaP 28 copy arrived a few days ago and as with all the other DaP's it played perfectly (no skips). I did have a skipping problem on one of the disks of the PNW Box which was the first I had ever encountered from all the Dead box sets.

I thought DaP 28 was a good show although I actually think that Download Series Vol. 4 (June 18 & June 21) is slightly better owing to the wider selection of material. I certainly would be fine with more 76 shows in future DaP's.

76/77 had a lot of good shows with proficient playing although my favorite period is still '68-'74. 76 was the year that Donna's started interjecting her vocals on an increasing number of songs (especially Jerry's) which I don't think was a good thing (which is also a view held by Billy Kreutzmann).

If so many discs are defective that Rhino ends up making a loss on a release maybe they will rethink their aims, e.g. maybe they should go for good quality rather than the cheapest production. Give consumers what they want.

Still waiting for my copy here in the Nether-regions. With mounting trepidation.

11-2-77 yesterday, 11-4-77 now, 11-5,6-77 to be played this weekend.
A day or two early is ok.