Dave's Picks Volume 27: Boise State University Pavilion, Boise ID 9/02/83

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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.

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July 22, 2018 - 9:54am

#1471

Butch

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Cousins

I agree with most of what you said. But to say rock and roll was already immensely popular before the Beatles and the Stones, compared to its popularity after the Beatles and the Stones is inaccurate. None of those artists you mentioned brought 70 million people to their TV sets for Ed Sullivan. When you speak to people who where around for Ed Sullivan, or read interviews, The Beatles started a rock and roll frenzy. Bands started popping up all over garages in America and England due to the popularity of The Beatles in the Stones. They are the two groups most responsible for bringing rock and roll to the world. Just look at the record sales those two groups alone brought in in those days. I'm not talkin total record sales now, I mean record sales then. There was no Howlin Wolf Mania. I think the discussion is much more paletable for some if you substitute "brought rock and roll to the world" rather than "birth of rock and roll".
July 22, 2018 - 9:32am

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KeithFan2112

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DaP 26

First time I've listened to this in a couple of weeks. It gets better every time...... Really looking forward to this 83 show. Just hoping the audio holds up.
July 22, 2018 - 9:16am

#1473

Anatexis22

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Bruce Cockburn

Although I listened to Bruce Cockburn's Dancing In the Dragon Jaws when it first came out back in '79, I ultimately found it had too much of a focus on Christianity for me. Stealing Fire is a bit dated, what with it's focus on the U.S-Nicaragua issues the characterize the album. My favorite albums of his have been Charity of Night, Life Short Call Now, and You've Never Seen Everything.
July 22, 2018 - 9:16am

#1474

Oroborous

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Thanks

Clovet and Cousins...thankfully, after all that. it sounds like SOMEONE at least understands, or has a similar view..... Simonrob. Thanks for the insult. We all forgot how fucking perfect you are! Now you can go back to futilely arguing over which version of a song played differently 400 times is better then the rest....lol
July 22, 2018 - 8:56am

#1475

Thin

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vGuy

Yes nose job and I've lost weight. You didn't notice the weight loss? And my avatar is now a tele in honor of my new axe (previous avatar was Jerry's Nash strat with the alligator sticker - very similar, but the tele IS slimming..... OK, everyone - back to taking yourselves way too seriously.
July 22, 2018 - 8:49am

#1476

Mr_Heartbreak

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Vguy, daverock

Glad all you early risers liked the clip of Bruce C. working out with a band. I posted an instrumental track to show his guitar skills, but he’s also one of my favorite vocalists (at least from the 70s to the 90s; he’s about 73 himself now, I think).For his American radio “hits,” check out Wondering Where the Lions Are and If I Had a Rocket Launcher - a sunny 70s track and a dark 80s track that couldn’t be much different.
July 22, 2018 - 8:33am

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JimInMD

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Being Taken Too Seriously

I resemble that remark, and now I'm extra serious all pissed off. ...there's only one cure, the cool, soothing sounds of New Potato Caboose coming out of a triumphant an emotional Morning Dew from Winterland on 10/22/67. Enjoying the new Anthem release. ahh... all is now good with the world and I got my Sunday morning religion. On to productive things.
July 22, 2018 - 8:01am

#1478

JimInMD

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Re: Highway 61...

Got a taker on the McNally book. Glad to see it's going to good hands.
July 22, 2018 - 7:44am

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Cousins Of The…

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Birth of Rock and Roll

Before Bill Haley and Elvis, you gotta' go back to the late 40s, when big bands were no longer a viable option to make a decent living and when the small R&B combos started playing harder edge Blues; artists like Wynonie Harris, Louis Jordan, Roy Brown(who wrote Good Rockin' Tonight, later covered by Elvis); also, Hillbilly artists like the Delmore Brothers, Red Foley and Hank Penny were also pushing the envelope by adding Boogie Woogie to their folkish melodies(check out the Delmores' Freight Train Boogie, starts off as a nice hillbilly train song, but by toward the end of the song, it's fully into Rockabilly territory)My point? There's no doubt the Beatles, Stones, Dylan, etc. have made huge contributions to the genre, but they had absolutely nothing to do with the birth of rock and roll, it had already been born and immensely popular. Now, dig the two crazy, perfect guitar solos in Gene Vincent's classic Race with the Devil, courtesy of Cliff Gallup and his Gretsch Duo Jet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3gxQ1tetAQ
July 22, 2018 - 7:01am

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JimInMD

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Re: "Heathen" music, something you keep your kids away from"

No wonder I like it! I cannot add much more to this than has already been mentioned.. I find the whole topic interesting albeit a little disjointed at times. For any readers out there, I recommend McNally's latest book "On Highway 61: Music, Race and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom" I'll send my copy to whoever wants to read it.. I'm done with it, the first to send a PM gets it (assumes I will get at least one response).

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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.

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