An institution in American rock music, the Grateful Dead continue to surprise the ears with new arrangements and altered styles. If their playing continues with the force that was heard in San Bernardino, the spirit of the Dead will live on. - Sun Telegram
We are more than pleased to kick off this year's Dave's Picks series with the much requested and quite spirited complete performance from Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino, CA 2/26/77. The Swing ’77 show was a unique beast, unlike any others from this era: as the band’s first concert of the year, it bridged the gap between the new and re-emerging sound of the returning 1976 Grateful Dead and the precision excellence of the spring ’77 Dead. Debuting two of their most intricately crafted songs of the 1970s, “Terrapin Station” (to open, no less!) and “Estimated Prophet,” the Dead demonstrated right from the start of this new touring year that they were not going to be a nostalgia act; they were going to be as adventurous and ambitious as they were at any time in their career.
Join the adventure as they soar through tried and true ("Playing In The Band," "Tennessee Jed"), well-loved covers ("Mama Tried," "Samson and Delilah," "Dancing In the Street"), and epic new jams.
Rounded out with three songs from Santa Barbara, CA 2/27/77, this one was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.
Dave's Picks Volume 29 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.
*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.
Vguys 8.30.69 Dark Star....
....it's an oldie but a goodie. Put that show in your pipe Mr. Lemieux and smoke it.
Ifn you need to hear something non gd
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Trout Mask Replica....
....you've been touting that for the past week stoltzfus. I'm getting to it.
TMR
Took me some time to warm up to it.. Some syncopated, interesting shit.
I think someone here turned me on to this, but I could have stumbled onto it on my own, I forget. A good documentary on the Captain Beefheart.
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Safe As Milk...
...that was always my favourite Beefheart album, and still is, come to that. A stunningly original blues album -Ry Cooder on guitar, too.
Box Sets, Howling Dogs and Beefheart
Really haven't started thinking about the next box set other than the Electric on the Eel box coming up in March, which by the way is down to about $30 on amazon at this point. In the meantime, I have been revisiting some releases that I haven't listened to in awhile. Listened to the first Grateful Dead album from the Golden Road box, it had been a while, and it actually really hit the spot, particularly the Good Morning Little School Girl and Viola Lee Blues. Also spun the 5/17/77 Tuscaloosa show from the first May '77 box, and DaP 13 2/24/74, both of which were stellar and well worth another listen, and today I'm spinning Cats Down Under the Stars from the Jerry studio box from a few years ago, a disc with a nice mellow sound for a snowy afternoon.
As far as Casey Janes reference to his dog howling during a Dylan album, in the '90's I had a large Akita that would consistently start to howl midway through the Dark Star from Live Dead. I have had 3 akitas so far and while they don't bark without a reason, all three have been pretty vocal in a howling sort of way when they have something on their mind.
As far as Captain Beefheart, I have the Safe As Milk album at this point and dig it, that is the extent of my Captain Beefheart knowledge. In the right mood, that album does cook.
Sing along
My cat sings with Jerry whenever I put him on (every night).
Anniversary 2/24/74. See you next month at the Cow Palace I hope
So many well played songs, the Dark Star is so mellow... My favorite It's All over Now Baby Blue!! Dave's Pick's something.. Great Playing, Row Jimmy, all of it.. I still randomly say the closing Phil Line!!! be good bob t
2/24/74
One of my favorite Dave's Picks. I can get lost in parts of that show.
Quick diversion.. love the lap guitar on this one.. wots uh the deal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itxVfQ1MZOo
Skeleton Skaters
I believe it was KeithFan who came up with that appellation for this anniversary show, DaP 13.
I know this-- I have been waiting all week for this moment, and it is currently delivering the goods as promised.
Whatever else is going on in the world, whether it's wars, kidnappings, or crimes...it is indeed a peaceful Sunday night with the Grateful Dead where I am...
Skeleton Skaters
Indeed.
Speaking of wars, kidnappings, and crimes.. I wonder what Bolo is up to these days.
Snow Day
Watching the blizzard drop snow at a steadily increasing rate here in the banana belt of MT. Pretty cool watching stuff disappear under the snow as it gets buried over the day. Gave the 11/8/76 JGB show from GarciaLive volume 7 today, dig the JGB stuff from '76.
As far as 2/24/74 (DaP13), that release is definitely excellent from start to finish, but on my most recent listen last week it was the Playing in the Band that kind of clicked for me. Always interesting to see what jumps out on different listens of the same release.
The Montana Banana Belt....
....I had to Google it. They grow tobacco in Montana Charlie? The more you know.
Jimmy Cliff has had my undivided attention for the past three days. Lovin' it.
Banana Belt
The 'Tropical' part of Montana, which ironically is experiencing blizzard conditions as I write this :D.
As for a tobacco crop, I am holding my breath that we are talking about wacky tabacy, in which case.. having a few friends living in Missoula, I wholeheartedly agree.
I think I am going to springboard into some more modern GD.. a few 80's and then a skinny dip into the 90's. On good nights, there is a raw power from this period that can be invigorating if in the proper mood.
I spent a work weekend a few weeks ago down South and one of the people there brought up the GD.. I fished out of him his first show was 10/20/84, Carrier Dome, Syracuse.. the show with the Angry Jack Straw. Great energy in that Jack Straw. I always thought a good comp to this was the Jack Straw from 4/4/85 Providence, with a nice She Belongs to Me tossed in for good measure, too bad we don't have a better recording from that date.. it's a nice show.
Somehow I am going to squeeze in a mood enhanced listen to 10/12/84 Augusta. The UJB>DrumsSpace>PITB>UJB>MDew goes to 11.
Edit: For what it's worth, my old Maxell version of 4/4/85 sounds better to me than the versions on archive.org. This could be the only example where my tape sounds better than what circulates.. it seems to be from the same source as the soundboard on the archive but the last time I listened to both, back to back (a very long time ago) mine sounded just a tad cleaner so there must be a better source out there for this show.
Charlie3 nailed it....
....every listen shows you something new when it comes to music in general, not just the Dead, although they perfected it. Is that a thing? Whatever. It is now. 🙄 Shit. The Bangles and Metallica do that to me sometimes.
Ha, Jackballer
Yeah, Skeleton Skaters, good stuff. I listened to most of it twice this weekend and today. What a great Dark Star - if only they'd played it more in '74. I snuck in Eyes of the World and Here Comes Sunshine from 2/23 on my digital / phone album. Just threw them in there like they were proper bonus tracks. Except I put them right in the middle of a show where I thought they belonged. Blasphemy maybe.
Skeleton Skaters, Coat-Tail Skeletons (Jimbo), whatever it takes to get me to remember which show is which. 1974 - a year like no other.
For some reason I played the Slipknots from this new release at the Swing back-to-back-to-back with the ones on Dave's 28 & 27. That's just dotty. But not a bad way to spend 25 minutes.
I'm ready.
I've been saving DaP 29 to listen to on its anniversary date. I have never heard this show, so here we go!
Doc at the Radar Station is probably my favorite Beefheart album.
Last five:
Tavener--The Protecting Veil (Isserlis--cello)
The Who--It's Hard
Jethro Tull--Benefit
GD--10/08-09/89 box
Sonny Rollins--Newk's Time
Banana Belt
VGuy, after reading your post I googled it too, and what do you know, it's not just a nickname for the Bitterroot Valley as I originally thought. We are the nose of MT if you look at it on a map, pretty much the westernmost point of the state, just south of Missoula, where apparently MDJim has friends. Missoula is to MT as I suspect Austin is to TX. And definitely agree, it is not just the dead, it is music of all types that can strike you different ways on different listens. What's the quote - the one good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain. I'll see your Bangles and Metallica with some Fixx and a side of the Police, maybe a Genesis abacab...
Snow Math
My driveway is about a quarter mile dirt road on a steep hill, with a 90 degree turn in the middle of the steep part of the hill, just to keep you on your toes. I will have to shovel at least the topmost 360 feet or so of a road about 15 feet wide and snow that is now about 18 inches deep. By my back of a napkin calculation, I will need to shovel at least 8,000 cubic feet of snow tomorrow to get out my driveway. If my neighbor doesn't plow the lower portion, it will be more like 30-40,000 cubic feet of snow to shovel. By hand. Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?
Public Service Announcement
Pre-order w/bonus disc (if this is old news I apologize):
Electric on the Eel celebrates the Jerry Garcia Band’s 3 beloved, biannual performances at French’s Camp on the Eel River in Piercy, CA: August 29, 1987; June 10, 1989; and August 10, 1991. The events were co-presented by Bill Graham Productions and the Hog Farm which, as producer & Hog Farmer Bob Barsotti describes "lent them an air of familiarity not always present in the urban settings in which Jerry usually played.” The audience and band both delighted in the free spirited and fun-filled atmosphere, setting the stage for 6 magical sets of music featuring the quintessential JGB line-up: Garcia, John Kahn (bass), Melvin Seals (organ), David Kemper (drums), Gloria Jones (vocals) and Jacklyn LaBranch (vocals).
The collection features several unreleased rarities including the seldom performed “See What Love Can Do”, “Twilight”, “Lazy Bones”, and “I Hope It Won’t Be This Way Always.” Other rarities from the release include “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”, “Struggling Man”, “Lay Down Sally” and “You Never Can Tell [C’est La Vie]”.
While supplies last, every CD pre-order via Garcia Family Provisions will receive the Acoustic on the Eel bonus CD feat. the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band’s complete Aug. 29th, 1987 set from French’s Camp.
Beefheart/Last 5
'Doc At the Radar Station' is my favorite as well… 1st time I heard 'Ashtray Heart' I thought what-in-Sam-Hill is that? I've been listening ever since.
From what I've read (can't say it's true) the good Dr. was known for physically assaulting his band members when they didn't play up to his expectations. Anyone hear or read anything similar?
Last 5:
1. John McLaughlin - Live In San Francisco
2. Stereolab - Switched On Stereolab Vol. 1
3. Caravan - In The Land Of Grey And Pink
4. Pixies - The Purple Tape EP/Come On Pilgrim EP
5. Hawkwind - In Search Of Space…after GD and then Pink Floyd, I would consider this band the next in space (3rd)… deep, deep frightening space.
6. GD - 30 TATS: 10/3/76 Cobo Hall - Detroit, Mi.
I had to list 6 as I forgot about Cobo Hall late yesterday…
Hope everyone has a good day (or at least a 'painless' one).
re: Charlie3
....ouch. That's a lot of shoveling. Perhaps you can play some good ole GD in your ears to make it a little more tolerable.
Oh and Happy Anniversary to This Here show....lovin it.
Sixtus
Excellent choice, Dave(no, not that Dave)
For the second time in two weeks, I have put a cd on, clicked on to this board, and seen the cd I am listening to referred to. Last week it was Skydog, today, it the 30 Trips 1976 show from Detroit, 10/3/76-great spacey Playing as I type. It must mean something.
I also have listened to Hawkwind today-Parallel Lines, which is a 3 cd set-a sort of alternative history of the band from 1970 to1975, with previously unreleased tracks mixed in with more well known ones. Definitely one of the great space bands, and infinitely more fun to see live, back in the 70s than Pink Floyd. As I may have said before.
Also regrading space bands-if you like Hawkwind I would check out some of the German bands from the first half of the 1970s. Amon Duul 2's first 5 albums are tremendous. But there are many, many great space rock German bands.
Anyway-my last 5? why not...
30 Trips 3/10/76
Parallel Lines Hawkwind
Ann Arbor 12/15/71 Grateful Dead
Live in Peoria 3/10/72 King Crimson
Live Adventures October 2009 Soft Machine Legacy
Also-John McLaughlin Live in San Francisco looks like one to get at a future date.
The Dead, My Wifes BDay & Co
Today is my wife’s birthday and I am celebrating by listening to her birthday show, (loudly) working at home while she is at work, but even better, today I pulled the trigger on Dead & Co tickets for June 7th & 8th at The Gorge Amphitheater in Washington this summer and believe it or not, she gave me the green light to do so last night, so I have wasted no time. We are due to be in Depot Bay, OR the following weekend for my in laws 40th, so when I saw the boys would be playing the prior weekend, I had to make it happen. Originally I had planned to camp but after my wife found out my plans she limited the camping to Saturday only, which meant only one show. This would not work....so last night I worked out a compromise and agreed to buy the VIP travel package at the Ramada, but it only comes with both shows...damn the luck!!!!....1,600 for 2 tickets to both nights and hotel stay for both nights along with transportation to and from the show and some other goodies. In laws are paying for flights and next weekends accommodations so fuck it....this Deal is going down. Anybody else going?
Last 5:
-Now...Dave’s 29
-Vandoliers - Forever - On Vinyl
-The Black Keys - El Camino - On Vinyl
-Dead & Co on Spotify -02/27/18
-Dicks 8 05/02/77 - Vinyl
Jimmy Cliff and Beefheart are on my hit list....these are both new to me, at least by name...looking at song list I think I know some Jimmy Cliff songs
Also have the new Dream Theatre Vinyl on the way - Distance Over Time - I’m not a big Metal Head but caught John Petrucci with G3 last year and became an instant fan. Biggest guitar tone I have ever heard live....crunchy, raw and yet sweet and soothing at the same time. For you guitar lovers out there, Petrucci is arguably the best player alive today!
On side note, I did buy my wife a nice Kate Spade purse for her birthday....that’s equal to Dead tickets in her world
Play Dead
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Slipknot
Seeing 5/9/77 referenced below tempts me to play it myself soon. My favourite show of 1977-although 6/9/77 is also high in my estimation and 2/26/77 has also now become a stand out show for me. All feature great Help-Slipknot-Franklins.
I also liked keithfans idea of playing a few Slipknots back to back. I wasn't so sure about the idea of filling a cd with different versions of Sugaree, but a whole cd consisting of different Slipknots might be interesting. A bit like those Greyfolded discs of Dark Star, perhaps. Might not work at all, of course.
Interesting comment Dave L in this weeks tapers section
Under the 12/6/81 show Dave writes that the late fall 1981 tour is the last to be recorded to two-track reel-to-reel tapes... In case you missed it... bob t
Dave's Picks 29 missing liner notes booklet
Good Morning All,
I received my Dave's Picks 29 earlier this month and everything was 'just exactly perfect' with the exception that the liner notes booklet was missing from the CD sleeve. I have initiated the email - request form process attempting to get the missing liners. Since beginning the process on 2/6/19 I have subsequently spoken with Customer Service twice in an to attempt to confirm that my request was properly submitted and the issue is in the process of being resolved. Two separate times I was provided with escalation numbers and told that I would be contacted within 48 - 72 hours. I have yet to hear back from anyone.
After years of purchasing Dicks Picks, Road Trips, limited edition sets and other offerings from the various iterations of Grateful Dead Merchandising, I guess I should consider myself fortunate that this is my first encounter with customer service and their lack of response. Is there some other method that somebody can recommend to try to get the issue resolved?
Thanks in advance for taking time to read my post and for any recommendations that you could provide.
Have an excellent day.
Happy 2/27/69 anniversary, y'all!
most recent 5:
8/12/81
7/11/81
10/31/70
10/30/70
10/18/74
Recent last 5 / Prog. Rock / GD listening
This AM's (current 5) playlist:
1. The Strawbs - Grave New World
2. Caravan - 1st S/T
3. John Scofield - Groove Elation
4. Wire - Chairs Missing/5th Demo Sessions
5. Mott The Hoople - Brain Capers
Todays GD: 5/26/77 Baltimore, MD - unfortunately this hasn't been released yet (maybe a DaP this year? Are the tapes in the vault?). A few songs have been released with 30 Days/Dead. I think this is one of the underrated gems from Spring '77.
I've been on a 70s/Prog. Rock binge of late: Genesis, K. Crimson, Yes, Caravan, Strawbs (ok Progressive Folk), Matching Mole, Soft Machine, Renaissance, Be-Bop Deluxe, Camel, Gong…newer Prog. with Big Big Train & Pineapple Thief…I'm happy to see this genre getting some of the respect it deserves…as well as Mott The Hoople, Spirit, Dylan, Doc/Merle Box, Hawkwind, Pink Fairies (don't laugh…if I recall correctly these guys can blow the roof off your house & friends with Hawkwind/Lemmy-Motorhead).
The only thing I can say with any certainty is music (and of course family) helps keep me sane and functioning LOL...
And yeah...music is HEAVEN!
This Day In Dead History....
....brings me to shows that I otherwise would pass over. Like this gem!
https://archive.org/details/gd1994-02-27.sbd.miller.32577.sbeok.flac16/…
....second set is pretty solid. Especially for '94. That Cosmic Charley tease is brutal though. I would have actually been a little bit pissed if I was there tbh.
Daves Picks 29 - Missing Liner Notes
Awesome....I will give this a few more days to see if anything happens and will follow up if necessary. Thank you Marye. You are the best.
This Day in Dead History, Part Deux...
Today is a good day! The Santa Barbara 77 show that is represented on DaP29 with the Dew, Sugar Mags, and JBG - as mentioned here a few weeks ago, that one is a killer show, and the AUDs available on the Archive are totally worth a good listen!
VGuy's 94 Oakland show - a good one for those who would like to step out of the comfort zone. I'm going to check that out later today! Thanks for the suggestion!
Also, shows from 69 (The Live/Dead Dark Star>St.Stephen show!), 70 (at the Family Dog, with an Easy Wind, and a 35min NFA>Lovelight!), the middle show of the 81 Uptown run (could that be a tasty 3-show box set? According to Bob's previous comment, perhaps :) and a 90 show leading up to the classic Spring of 90 we all know and love! That's a WIDE span of Dead! Something for everyone!
I would provide links, but I am at work, and often get kicked out of the Dead.net system by our web-blocker, especially when I try to post links. That being said, I have found that just typing 2/27/year into Google usually takes me to the right spot! Happy listening, DeadLand!
Peace
Brain Capers...yes!
I'm not stalking you...but more great musical references from Dave. There is a brilliant box set of Mott The Hoople's first 4 albums, the ones that connoisseurs regard as their finest, featuring lots of bonus tracks. There is also a cd in this box featuring two of their live concerts, including the legendary 13th September 1970 show in Croydon-up there with The Who's Live at Leeds. Its that good. Mental Train is the name of this box-great stuff.
As for the Pink Fairies....yes, they surely built the template on which Motorhead were based. In fact, in Larry Wallis they shared a lead guitarist during 1976, and Motorhead even went so far as to record the Fairies City Kids for the B side of the single Motorhead. They often jammed with Hawkwind, until the latter band had a hit with Silver Machine in 1972. The first two Fairies album are the ones to get-Neverneverland and What A Bunch of Sweeties, after which their guitarist Paul Rudolph left and their sound changed slightly. Mandies and Mescaline is probably the best album of their live shows, although the live in Finland one is pretty good, too. I wouldn't touch the recently released Rare Live Recordings and Radio Broadcasts 1970-71 with a barge pole though. Well...I would...but I wouldn't recommend that you do-terrible sound.
The Brilliant Uncertainty of the Grateful Dead’s ‘Dark Star’
...a New York Times article I came across today....cool. Not sure if everyone can access it as I sometimes have issues with this online paper, but worth a read if so.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/opinion/grateful-dead-dark-star-anni…
Be well, people.
Sixtus
Pink Fairies rule!
They were always something of a cult band. I saw them live a couple of times at the beginning of the '70s at festivals. Their sound could best be described as basic.
Dark Star Article
Sixtus, that was an interesting article, kind of weird to see a NY Times opinion piece on Dark Star and the performances thereof. No doubt that when I listened to the 2/27/69 Dark Star from Live Dead the first time it was different than anything I had heard before, and meshed perfectly with the regular tripping I was doing at the time. There is still something magic about hearing those first notes from the 2/27/69 Dark Star come wafting out of the speakers, inviting some subtle alteration in perspective, conjuring echoes of days gone by and flaming youth.
Dave Strang...
Has your '70s prog rock binge included Quatermass, T2, Jody Grind and High Tide. All well worthy of attention. There were so many great bands in the early '70s - too many to list here.
Re: Dark Star Article
Agree with Charlie.. plus reading it reminds me that today is the 50th anniversary of the 4 show run that became Live Dead, including perhaps one of the most beautiful Dark Stars ever performed.
How cool is that?
Thanks all.
Winterland '73
I revisited the Winterland '73 box yesterday and today, gave the 11/9/73 show a spin. It's been too long since the last time that I opened that box, those are all some great shows. That 11/9 show has a cool Here Comes Sunshine, and one of those nice slow Eyes. Everything from '73 just seems to hit the spot for me, both GD and solo Jerry stuff. I went with the Winterland box because winter has been on my mind, currently in day 3 of a blizzard, watching the last visible piece of my picnic table slip beneath the surface of the snow. When I finished shoveling the 2 feet or so yesterday I though I was done for a while, but apparently not.
Re: Winterland
Hearing about that amount of shoveling is making my back hurt.. Honestly, I wish we had some of your snow.. you know, share the burden. Here in the East.. we have had like five dud winters in a row. Not complaining though, getting in some great winter boating, which is fun too.
Good luck with it and be safe.
Also.. good to hear talk of psychedelics and music in the same conversation.. Perhaps I have a bias, it's good to see society taking a second, more productive look at the topic. It's not the same as pounding beers. someone here posted an article on micro-dosing a few months ago. Interesting read. :D
Love the Winterland 73 box.. those Lay Me Down's are sweet and every night has something unique to offer. Perhaps a bit under-rated?
Under Rated
Hey MDJim, definitely agree that each show in that Winterland box has something unique. I think it is a testament to how much great stuff has been released since that box came out that I haven't listened to it in a while. I really dug hearing 11/9/73 again, but I seem to recall that each night was better than the night before in that box. Pretty sure I will be spinning the other shows in that box soon. This evening I jumped over to the Hartford show from the Spring '90 TOO box to mix it up a bit, interesting to hear the two years back to back. Releases with a Shakedown are few and far between, which is what led me to the 3/18/90 Hartford show. I saw most of the shows the Dead did in Hartford in '86, '87 and '88, so I have a fondness for Hartford. I recall enjoying some really great green gels and some goony birds blotter at the '86 shows.