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    Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

    When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

    DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

    *Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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  • #601
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    Deadhead Stories

    Good morning dead people....if you haven’t ordered your copy of deadhead stories, I would do so quickly. As of yesterday there were only 60 copies left. It is very well done, with 11x8.5 color, and over 300 pages of awesome stories. Got mine on last Monday and already 1/3 of the way through. By far my favorite book about the Dead so far. There is one Grate story about the 2nd group to get in line for The Closing of Winterland...5 days early! By the time the show started the line was around the block!!!!!

    Link to deadhead stories site to order is here. All proceeds go to Charity.

    https://deadheadstories.org

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    Great story-thanks. Almost makes me wish I lived in America!

    Listening to 7/1/78 from the 1978 box set as I type. This was the one where the Dead played with many other bands as part of "Willie Nelsons Picnic", so its a single set show. But its got some great playing on it. Estimated is the highlight for me-great jamming leading into The Other One. Minimum slide show - it doesn't detract from a great Tennessee Jed, if you factor it out, and actually sounds quite nice and mournful leading out of Playing in the Band. Less is more, as they say. Great Jerry guitar in Wharf Rat, now, too- hey, this show is really alright!

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    Entry lines....

    ....it's all about timing. If you snooze, you lose. Fact checking from Vguy, who has spent more time in lines because he pushed the envelope. Nobody's Fault But Mine....

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    The Buttons, then the stems and caps.... and a three week delay in posting. Thanks to the good, quick thinking folks here at dead.net.. we set up a GoFundMe to get KCJ out of jail and back to work..

    Don't mind me, I didn't have time to read your whole post, but I did quickly skim through the text, and having gotten four hours of sleep this week alone, I am quite sure I absorbed the entirety of your post:

    ' ..sorry didn't post, gone for three and a half weeks, brought my newbe brother in law to a show against his wife's best wishes, dosed him.. then got him stoned.. and there was nothing left to drink but hard liquor and IPA's.. what's a guy to do? '

    It was Sixtus and his grower/attorney friend Cosmic Charlie that first come through with the plan that freed the J' family from the calamity that was sure to catch up to them. In the end, a clear case of mistaken identity.

    Tragedy narrowly averted.

    Great tale, KCJ.. good to hear you had fun and escaped the long arm of the law (meaning your sister in law in this case).

    In all honesty.. I really wanted to go to the Gorge this year (and perhaps Folsom Field as a close second), but the timing and ticket prices worked against me. Still, I love the PNW.. a truly great spot in the planet blue I plan to revisit as often as I can.

    Glad it all worked out.

    Edit: Did nothing but art (woodworking, live in a 115 year old Victorian - it ever ends) and a moderate bike ride today.. but listened to the Good Ole GD the whole while. Started at 7 am with 06/24/90 Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR which only fueled more high intensity GD.. so for the bike ride and table saw amped it up with 10/12/84 and 9/18/87 from 30 trips. Good golly. I realize 30 trips got mixed reviews.. but they are just wrong, it's pretty freaking awesome when an 84 and 87 show can get someone so amped up. Perhaps not my best purchase but, well.. No Regrets. Diplomatic enough?

    Back to your previously scheduled June '74 GD.

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    Some are starting them
    Others are forming them
    Most are standing in back

    Some folks are cutting them
    Others are snorting them
    Come on dude, spare me some slack

    No Cuts...more on these later :-)

    Edit: Hey Stoltzfus....missed you out there. I have a button for you and the Mrs. if you would like a couple of them?......please PM your address. Happy to oblige!!!

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    Interesting synchronicity

    I am listening to motorhead at park
    "Runaround man" lyrics
    Chase my tail
    Catch me if you can

    5 seconds later i see a tee shirt emblazoned with "catch me if you can"

    Totally true

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    Dont get me started on the entry lines

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    Tales from The Gorge, A Dead Head Story (part 1)

    Hey now Dead Rockers......first let me apologize for my long absence. Landed back here in KC a week ago today at 4am, fresh from a 10 day trip to the beautiful PNW....back to work last week and then Friday a very large tree uprooted from our back yard and fell on our power lines, so we have been without power and internet for most of the past weekend, but onward!!!!

    Although I have been only lurking here the last few weeks, I have still been keeping up and appreciate the call (Oroborous) for my return......and so now that I have taken the opportunity to get everything exactly perfect, let my inspiration flow till my tale is told and done........

    Me, Mrs. Casey, and her brother (brother in law-BIL), all caught the red-eye into Seattle from KC on the night of June 6th. By the time we scooped up our bags and negotiated the rental car lines it was 2:30am. We checked into a blue light cheap hotel there by Sea-Tac that I had booked months before in preparation for our drive to the Gorge for two nights of Dead & Company. In the morning BIL and I hit the nearest dispensary to load up on some legal party favors while my wife finished getting ready to go.

    Now I’ve been to Colorado since legalization, but the “Cannabis Clinic” we found was on a different level than anything I’ve experienced before. There were a lot of options and we took full advantage., and the bud tenders were of course very helpful…..
    “What would you recommend for pre-rolls”, I say…..
    ”Do you like Indica or Sativa”, she asks,
    “both”, I answer!
    “Hash Infused”?
    “Sure that sounds Grate”!
    Went through a similar process with some other goodies, and out we came 30 minutes later with 4 tubes of pre-rolls (hash infused and also Willie’s Reserve), a couple grams of flower, 2 oil cartridges, a new pen (Seattle Seahawks – 12th Strain branded - for the oil), a couple packs of chewable candies, and last but not least, a plastic syringe filled with some hashy goo which we found to be very applicable to the candies….
    “Be careful with this she said”, “Only rice grain size portions”…..
    “Sure, no problem” I say…….(smile, smile, smile), out we go, back to pick up the Mrs., sharing candies along the way, and on to our hotel at Moses Lake about 40 minutes east of The Gorge.

    After stopping for lunch, and a very scenic 3 hour drive through the mountains and over The Columbia River (wow, what a site), we rolled into Moses Lake about 1:00pm. First stop….the liquor store, to load up on IPA for me, Jack Daniels for BIL & wine for the Mrs., a bag of ice, plus a disposable cooler if we could find one. I asked the liquor store dude if he had any styrofoam coolers, but no dice. Payed for everything else and walked out…..then, just as we were loading up I spotted some old buckets that someone had piled up…looked like trash in front of the store….and just like that we had a cooler  Time to check in to the room

    Ok, for those who already know the background story on my choice of accommodations, I apologize, but I think for context it bears repeating. I planned this Dead & Co tour stop in connection with my in-laws 40th Anniversary Celebration to be held on the Oregon Coast the following weekend (what timing….couldn’t believe my luck). I would have preferred to camp, and my wife agreed to do so, but she is no Deadhead, or camper for that matter, and so she only agreed to one night. I of course wanted to see both nights, and BIL also wanted to come to a show, so in compromise, I offered to purchase the VIP package which included 2 tickets to each show, 2 nights hotel accommodation in Moses Lake, plus bus ride to and from each show. Needless to say, she agreed, and so here were leaving the liquor store and on our way to the hotel.
    When we get there and walk into the lobby it is a quarter till 2:00 and there are already 25-30 Heads milling around in the lobby. The guy at the desk tells me that they are all waiting for the ticket packages that would be handed out at 2:00. First bus to The Gorge leaves at 3:00, 2nd bus at 4:00……that means BIL and I have 1 hour to check in, get ready, get our tickets/wristbands, and then be across the street to load up for the first bus.

    Back in the room we start getting ready and stocking supplies. Gonna be a little nip to the air tonight so I wear some jeans, one of my Courtney Pollock Tie Dye’s, Bolt hat, and my bright green Morning Dew sweatshirt tied around my waist for the later chill. I load up one plastic tube with 4 or 5 pre-rolls, pocketed my oil pen plus cartridge and then grabbed a half a handful of stems and caps that someone had mysteriously packed inside of my zip up shorts pocket that I had stuffed in my checked baggage…...what luck!!! Next we stock our new disposable cooler bucket full of IPA’s, bottle of JD, couple Cokes, and some ice. BIL is in his 30’s, about 10 years my junior and 13 years my wife’s little brother, and so before we go, she makes sure to tell me not to lose him….make sure he gets back OK! Of course, Of course…no worries BIL and I laugh!!!!! Now up to the lobby to grab tickets just before 3:00, and out to the bus….do I have everything? Nope, Oh shit…….I forgot THE BUTTONS!!!

    Here’s the background on THE BUTTONS….I think most of y’all know Agent Jeff Smith from our boards here, but if you don’t you should, because he’s one of the coolest Heads around these parts, always quick to share his fine art work of making our Dave’s Pick’s and Box Sets Digital Album covers pop with High Definition detail. Earlier this year, Jeff had helped me acquire some GD digital shows that I was missing from my collection, and in his mail parcel he included a button that he had made for the Dead & Co Boulder shows last summer. After seeing Jeff’s Boulder button, I asked him if he wouldn’t mind designing me a button for the upcoming Gorge trip and he kindly obliged with one of the coolest designs I could have imagined (see my avatar). I ordered 200 of the 2 and ¼ inches in diameter with sparkle background for the shows.

    Back to the room…grab 100 of the buttons, run across the street, and then finally after 28 years of being of being a GD fan, I AM ON THE BUS…..which is a fucking Greyhound!

    No folks, although we were just a few hundred miles north from where the famed vehicle now rests and rusts, this was no Kesey bus. There was no day-glow graffiti, or Merry Pranksters riding on top. The music was not blaring shows from long past as it should be, nor were there any stray travelers looking to hop aboard. And thank God Cowboy Neal was not at the wheel, because I don’t believe we would have had enough defibrillator machines to account for the carnage. Not surprisingly BIL and I were the only ones on the bus who had thought forward enough to bring a bucket full of beers, and so we sat quietly sipping beers and sucking on our oil pipes and eating edibles, hoping against a last minute ransack by the group of aging hippies on our supplies..

    After arriving at the scene/parking lot, and not listening closely to instructions about how to get back to The Bus……we straggled off with beer bucket in hand down the Golden Road (walking path) to the entrance of The Gorge, and things were starting to pick up as we were high steppin’ in to town, it was a rainbow full of sound…..there were fireworks, calliopes and clowns, and everybody was dancing!!!

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    Anyone see the Grateful Dead get name dropped on The PBS Newshour this evening? That's twice in 2 weeks!

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    Still upright- So Fine :-) Hanging in there...

    P.S. This reply is stale, but late checking in. tehe

    P.S.S. Vehicles AND Traffic Lights.

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Who's up for a revolutionary evolutionary ride? DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 1/2/70 captures the Grateful Dead as they make their first foray from the experimental 60s into their early 70s acoustic Americana period. Yes, this one is a little bit country and a little bit (psychedelic) rock and roll.

When the "Magnificent Seven" - Pigpen on percussion, T.C. on keys - first took the stage on 1/2/70, evidence was clear that the trip was about to take a turn. From their western wears to the twang in Jerry’s “broken-string blues,” it appeared they'd brought the Bakersfield sound to the Big Apple. They worked through much of what would become Workingman's Dead, stunning the crowd with laid-back numbers like "Uncle John's Band," "Casey Jones," and "Black Peter." Just the same, they satisfied 60s stalwarts with magical versions of "Dark Star," "St. Stephen," and "That's It For The Other One." Sonic alchemy, indeed!

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30: FILLMORE EAST, NEW YORK, ​New York 1/2/70 has been rounded out with a bit of 1/3/70 (the subscribers-only bonus disc features the bulk of 1/3/70). It was recorded by the great Owsley "Bear" Stanley and has been lovingly mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

DAVE'S PICKS VOLUME 30 is limited to 20,000 individually-numbered copies*.

*Limited to 2 per order. Very limited quantity available.

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:08

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I have a habit of hitting these Europe '72 shows early, simply due to the fact of the days-long gaps that tend to exist between shows. These people were obviously enjoying themselves and taking it all in while they could in between venues. And I think it shows in the music.

4/26/72 aka Hundred Year Hall contributed to my habit today.

All I really have to say is that the Turn on Your Lovelight, Jerry's initial in-song jam, the very first one, is one of the best passages of the entire tour. He never comes up for a breath and the intensity is beyond palpable. You think they're done, after Bobby throws melodic machine-gun chords left and right with Garcia responding all over the place, but it keeps chugging and churning until your jaw is on the floor and you're holding it in both hands being all WTF?

And that's just the first little jam of the song. Don't even get me started on what happens after that. This was an all-time favorite the moment it was released as Hundred Year Hall way back when. I can still remember where I was listening to it for the very first time rightfully enhanced. Funny how these things will never leave you.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:55

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Like I said... These shows are GD crack.

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Submitted by icecrmcnkd on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:55

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I first heard it in a car on the way to a Phish show (turned out to be a pretty good one, at least to me).
http://phish.com/tours/dates/fri-1995-10-27-wings-stadium/

I was collecting GD tapes at the time and this was a welcomed release (although I was hoping for the complete show), since I spent a lot of time listening to cassette hiss.

Nice Seinfeld reference.

..as to the other thing. It's not a problem for me, I can quit anytime. I just chose not to quit because I like it and it sounds good.

The more I think about it.. the more I Ark for it. If not now.. when? It just turned 50 a couple days ago. Three back to back Morning Dew's.

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Submitted by Deadful Head on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 19:16

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When will we know or where can we see the track list for the bonus disc of the forthcoming vol 30?

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Submitted by Oroborous on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 19:26

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But an Ark binge does sound groovy!

Sixtus; your making me want to skip ahead on 4/26, but I’m saving it dammit for Friday night......see, no problem lol
Relistened to 4/24 D.S., because I wanted to, not because I had to! Gulp....who am I kiddin’ Phewy!...that kick sss jam at the end you were referring to is where I felt that Throwing Stones vibe.....really subtle, just like part of one Jerry lick but?? Wouldn’t be the first lick/theme/vibe or whatever I’ve heard before that turned into something structured later...
Speaking of the jones’ big weekend; Hundred Year Hall, Dicks 26: 4/26&27/69, plus some 77 for those inclined...
and some playoff hockey for fux sake!

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Submitted by Thats_Otis on Thu, 04/25/2019 - 22:12

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Random check in! Glad to see everyone doing so well!

Last 5: Dick's Picks Vol. 6 - 10/14/83 - Discs 2 and 3

Really, can't get enough of these gems! The S>F is out of this world... the "Spinach" Jam > Other One > Stella Blue... breathtaking! That Stella!!! So good!

Disc 1 (set 1) has some sound issues, but do not overlook discs 2 and 3!

Excited for DaP Vol. 30! Is the wolf the same one from the "Little Red Riding Wolf" release at Fillmore East (2-11-69)?

Peace

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 05:07

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Make your way over to the Jam of the Week...Universal Amphitheatre from 6/30/73....

Edit... There is a reel flip in the Dark Star before the Eyes

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Submitted by nappyrags on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 06:08

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Ahhh the Universal Amphitheater when it was still an open air venue...and one of the nights we could not remember where we had parked the van...tsk tsk....I wonder why....

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 06:24

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seeing the GD in 1974 or prior...it must have been amazing.

6/30/73...wow. as Napoleon Dynamite sez...

"lucky"

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Submitted by DeadVikes on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 07:37

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Can't stop thinking about what we may get for this year. In spite of having so much Dead music, I can't even come close to listening to all I want to each day. I had this same problem in the 80s. Except now we have the best quality dead, it is all so damn good!
And of course there is the prospect of getting more.
My guess based on past years is we will most likely have an announcement within the next 6 weeks!
Peace!

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:16

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Too funny. I think we could fill up an entire forum with lost minds/lost vehicle stories. I have two.. Foxborough Stadium and downtown DC. DC was the scariest for me, spent till nearly dawn walking block after block searching parking garages.. It was daunting. aack! SimonRob might just have the best.

I'd like to think good times, but.. well.. not quite.

We are due a box announcement. I think they are just waiting for log rolling opportunities and carnivorous birds to congregate so Dave can do a seaside chat.

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Submitted by WharfratWhitey on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:29

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So far in 2019 we’ve had a 1977 show, then we will be getting a 1970 show with bonus and then 1969 material with aoxomoxoa reissue. Cannot remember Dave’s exact words from the volume 30 video but it sounds like 2019 will be a mixed bag of years. My money is on a box from 88-92. Peace

Oh yeah how could I forget Warfield 1980?!?!

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Submitted by Cousins Of The… on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 08:39

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Happy Friday all.
I've always thought that as far as studio playing, Jerry did his best work on guitar not with the Dead, but when he guested on other artists records, especially the Jeffersons
In that spirit, my last 5 songs this morning:

1. When I was a Boy I watched the Wolves Kantner/Slick/Starship
2. Your Mind has Left Your Body Kantner/Slick/Freiberg/Starship
3. Sketches of China Kantner/Slick/Freiberg/Starship
4. Million Kantner/Slick/Starship
5. Starship Kantner/Starship

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Submitted by Sixtus_ on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 09:53

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...I always enjoyed his pedal steel playing on 'Teach Your Children' by CSN. It's rather iconic and employs such a playful, lilting vibe.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:11

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Agree, although I like the some GD too (thinking Anthem, King Solomon's Marbles and Unbroken Chain for example.

I also like his Pedal Steel contributions with various artists, usually at Wally Heider Studio.

Interesting topic.

Edit: Looks like Sixtus and I were on the same page... Lots of Pedal Steel with NRPS too. Miss seeing those guys live. I think the David Nelson Band is playing tonight at Terrapin Crossroads. Wish I was there.. great band.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:47

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Television: Marquee Moon
Swans: Public Castration is a Good Idea
Swans: Feel Good Now
Motorhead: Bomber
Motorhead: Aftershock

I love love love Marquee Moon

Perfection, I say

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Submitted by bob t on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:47

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Haven't listened to this show since 1990 on cassette. I know everyone isn't a fan of the Martin Fierro and Joe Ellis tour, but I enjoy it's place in Grateful Dead history. I think this is one of the better sounding boards from this tour, along with William and Mary shows. If you have time to listen between Let it Grow and Stella Blue is a pretty unique jam, and it sounds like Phil (just a guess) is screaming non sense along with the horns. You also get a stand alone Eyes of the World. P.S. Phil says "Howard Cosell said that, after Long Strange Trip..... have a good weekend everyone.. bob t

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 10:48

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Jerry also played in studio with Tom Fogerty, David Bromberg, Robert Hunter, Mickey Hart, Paul Pena, Peter Rowan, Warren Zevon, Country Joe McDonald, Pete Sears, Ken Nordine, Ornette Coleman, Bruce Hornsby, Bob Dylan, David Dawg Grisman, Sanjay Mishra and others.....

Edit: how could I forget Uncle Merl....some of that funky soul jazz stuff they did is some of my favorite JG of all time!
After Midnight etc, hell that whole Fire up Album is awesome!

Speaking of, haven’t had a chance to hear much of this tour. I know it gets slagged, but there must be at least some great stuff that’s useable from this run? I mean it was 73 and right before one of their best tours ever (fall/winter).
I had a tape of ?Buffalo? Way back when I was just getting onboard that I recall liking but some bastard stole it (David H). As I say I was a neophyte then so perhaps my perspective and/or memory is warped?
Curious to hear what all y’all know/think about that tour, especially those a “mature” 😉 enough to have been around then?

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Submitted by reijo29 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 11:39

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I had an unfortunate incident in Worcester Mass spring 87 where a friend and I scored some blotter supplement that was a bit too strong. By the middle of the 2nd set I became incredibly paranoid and feared I would never be able to find my car or my way home (New York). I unfortunately forced my friend to leave the show early. Thankfully we found my car and I drove about a block or two on a flat surface. I felt like I was driving into a deep ditch so I pulled over, shut the car and wisely decided to wait it out. Ended up calming down and jump starting a few people’s cars and vans. Finally at like 4 am I was able to operate my vehicle. We cruised down the Massachusetts Turnpike in the right lane at about 25 mph. Crazy night but I was at least able to find my way home.

He also played on "If I Could Only Remember My Name" (ironic that that one was forgotten) by David Crosby. Great guitar tone on "Cowboy Movie"-I assume its Jerry-Jorma Kaukonen also plays on the album. As ever with these cast of thousands S.F. albums I am never always sure who's doing what. "Blows Against The Empire" was always, and still is, for that matter, my favourite of these allstar collaborative albums.

Thumbs up for Television's Marquee Moon, too-both that and Adventure are great albums.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 13:06

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DaP 30 Bonus Track List - unpublished. I emailed the guy who knows, but he wasn't budging in his response. It's up to the first DaP 30 subscriber recipient to let us know.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 14:25

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...so far, 77’ Daves Pick, 80’(Warfield) then 1970 Daves Pick, next the 1969 album 50th Anniversary release and then the ‘1966 vinyl’ release included in the “comic book series”(actually 2020 release) and then and then and then... ;)
This year the Grateful Dead are covering the most adverse releases to date besides the past release of the “30 TATS Boxset”... 2019 is and will continue to be a grateful year for us deadheads and the band as well! ‘What a long strange trip it’s been’ but I can’t help myself but to ‘Smile Smile Smile’!
Have a grateful Friday my brother & sisters, peace be with you all! Long live the Good Ol Grateful Dead.
PS- I love Jerry’s steel pedal guitar work with all the different bands he performed with over his career period but when it comes to the NRPS nobody even comes close to ‘Buddy Cages’ Playing/Performances, mr Cage is the man!!! Just my humble opinion folks.
🙏❤️😎
Rock On! 🤠✌️

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Submitted by Charlie3 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 15:24

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I've been waiting for a clear block of time to spin the 4/24/72 Dusseldorf show, and this afternoon it arrived. Had a clear block of time to listen to the whole show without distractions and I am glad I waited. This is possibly my favorite show of the tour from start to finish. Somewhere around Good Lovin I settled into the couch, equidistant from the speakers and looking out my living room window across the valley to the Bitterroot mountains. Spent the entirety of Dark Star watching clouds glide down the face of the mountains and back up again, leaving behind what looked a lot like fresh snow at the higher elevations. Pretty much perfect visuals to accompany that spectacular Dark Star.

Liked the stories about losing cars and vans and stuff. I never lost my car while tripping, but I did lose my virginity while tripping, and that was way cool.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 17:05

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Oooops, thought I had Cros on there......
Blows against Empire is one of my favorite albums of all time, and hey, how many people get credited on an album as “spiritual Advisor”, especially for the likes of the Jeffersons!
Hell like Cousins said, Jerry always seemed to rise up on other folks albums. Maybe he didn’t feel the same pressure as if it was his own?
So as if he didn’t gift us enough amazing art elsewhere, we have all this incredible sideman stuff too!
Tanks big guy, we truly miss ya!

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 18:24

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Not to bring up a sore subject, but if you are watching the Islanders/Hurricanes game, you must have just thrown your beer through the TV screen. Same location on the ice for a faceoff, an Islander high sticks a Cane. He goes down, but none of the refs see it. No penalty.

But wait. The Cane is bleeding. Double minor. NOT a major. Just like I posted a few days ago, that was always the standard when a player is cut and still seems to be.

Looks like an awesome festival set! The last performance of The Eleven. Don't understand why they dropped that one, such an awesome song that shows the brilliance and risk-taking of the Dead.

While I'm salivating over the 30th Pick arriving next week, I listened to it's immediate forebear over the last 2 days on my commute to and from work. Forgot what a great Pick it was. The Help> Slip in particular; it just thundered in my car. Great (and loud) sound on Betty's recording. Can't wait for Owsley's 49 year old recordings to hit my ,ailbox!

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Submitted by Vguy72 on Fri, 04/26/2019 - 20:33

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....but a Foolish Heart is worse. NHL refs follow that mantra for sure. AJS. I saw that. Life lessons.
Foolish Heart is a good song. Under the radar. Unlike five minute majors for Foolish Bullshit. Lol.
Blood on the ice.....whelp. It's friggin hockey! NFL rules are now filtering.

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Submitted by KeithFan2112 on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 09:06

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Traveling down the road doing 95 miles per hour. The radio's blasting and I'm passing cars faster and faster. Sixtus' Lovelight is on from 4/26/72. The sun is shining and it's occurred to me that this song is about sunshine. That's the love light. Probably not, but it works for now. And the Grateful Dead is jamming like the Allmans.

Couple of news flashes:

10/19/71 - Enter Mr. Godchaux. Uncle Gary sent me this one last year, and it is f****** outstanding. Sounds like it was recorded off the radio - loud audience presence that drives the excitement. You guys should be so lucky to get an Uncle Gary one day.

Check out Bombed at the Omni, 6/20/74 on archive. May need to search around for the best sounding one, but the second set is well worthwhile. UG, I hope you don't mind me borrowing this verbiage that I sent you last night: The Truckin' => Jam => Eyes of the World => Slipknot! => China Doll is fabulous. Jerry plays the opening of China Doll with some effect that's so thick and crystalline, it sounds like a 12 string, but I've never heard of him actually playing one. Then he solos with that really muddy distorted bluesy effect that you hear from time to time in '74 (Scarlet Begonias has it on DaP 17). But to hear a 5-minute Slipknot! in its infancy.....

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Submitted by DaveStrang on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 09:37

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Also 1st performances/debuts of:

1. Tennessee Jed
2. Jack Straw
3. Mexicali Blues
4. Comes A Time
5. One More Saturday Night
6. Ramble On Rose

At this point, every time they turned around they 'tripped' over a new (great?) song. 1971 was a most prolific year for the band.

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Submitted by dreading on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 11:24

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That title reminds me of "Dozin' At The Knick". It gave me a chuckle. I've had this show on tape for many years then found a better copy on archive. Great one for release IMHO, but I think it might suffer the same indifference as Dave's 17, since there is no Dark Star or The Othe One. I believe there is still room for partial show compilations, Road Trips style. I believe there should be some random Road Trips releases. They could make it a ongoing thing, like one two and three From the Vault. No schedule, no expectations, just release stuff that doesn't add up to a full show. Like June 16th and 18th 1974. A couple of seconds sets, and we're off to the races.

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Submitted by Oroborous on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 12:26

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Yea Rhino, what Dreading said.....more releases, more ways if necessary.......what???....problem, I dont have a problem 😃

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Submitted by bob t on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 14:45

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Always has a special place for me because along with 7/25/74 Chicago, only shows back in the tape trading days of the 80's and 90's that you could not find from 1974!!! First show I ever listened to when I discovered Internet Archive!!!

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 17:37

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9/10/83
Phemonal

1/11/78
Yeeeeeeees

3/7/81
Yahoo!!! a la Slim Pickens

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Submitted by MrHeartbreak on Sat, 04/27/2019 - 21:03

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Nice Ace Frehley reference, man. Was wondering if any of our fellow Deadheads here would pick up on it and comment. Been listening to a bunch of that old stuff recently as I starve myself of Dead for a couple of weeks in advance of receiving DaP30.
The Space Ace rules!

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 07:50

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...greetings to everyone on this grateful Sunday...hoping all my brothers & sisters are enjoying their last weekend in April... 🙏😎
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Bob Dylan’s The Original Mono Recordings is comprised of his first eight albums painstakingly reproduced from their first generation monaural mixes as the artist intended them to be heard: One channel of powerful sound, both direct and immediate. While stereo recordings had been available as early as the mid-1950s, mono was still the predominant, and often preferred, mode of recording and mixing by the top artists of the 1960s. As a result, artists like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylandevoted their attention to the mono mixes, leaving the stereo mixing process to studio engineers.

As is fitting for a box of this magnitude, The Original Mono Recordings are accompanied by a deluxe booklet, featuring vintage photographs of Bob Dylan and an expansive essay from renowned author and critic, and longtime Dylan aficionado, Greil Marcus. Each disc in the set comes in its own individual jacket which faithfully replicates the original album artwork, complete with labels and stickers that were found on the original 1960s releases.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 08:54

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Hoping for the best.. and passing some good vibes your way.

I knew the mere whisper of Santa Fe would draw VGuy out. Plus.. it has a rockin' Cumberland Blues, what's not to like.

In truth.. I find '83 a little all over the place. I think of it like a old-time train, a steam engine that jumped the tracks and is rolling through town unbridled, unrestrained. I think of all the years in the 80's, 83 might have the most uneven recordings. Sometimes lots of audience pumped in (thinking Harrisburg PA for example), sometimes they are pretty clean and crisp (thinking Morgantown WV). Anyway.. an interesting year and to me the year Jerry's health issues became visible. Some of those shows are crackling with energy though.. I had fun in '83. '84 continued the unevenness, but there are some recordings that come through pretty clear. I tend to like '85 the most from this period. The summer tour was pretty even and solid and fall had some moments, Richmond comes to mind. I do recall being front row, Jerry side on 6/26/84 Merriweather Post Pavilion and they opened with Casey Jones. Keep in mind.. this was '84 and Interstate 95 from Miami to NY was paved with Colombian Cocaine (95 is about three miles East of Merriweather).. It was everywhere, it was high quality and it had become 'relatively' cheap (or at least cheaper because it had become very pure). There is little question in my mind why they opened with this and as raw and raunchy as this version was, the energy during the refrain was off the charts. They kept repeating it, it kept going on and on and each time with more intensity and enthusiasm. I am a little embarrassed to admit how much I enjoyed that moment with the understanding I think this is a terrible drug and ruined the lives of countless friends. But the building was shaking that Tuesday night.. This was the only time they opened with CJ post hiatus. It was not a great show, but it was a good show and the energy rolled out of the shed that night and into symphony woods and beyond.

Anyway.. it's in the low 40's here today and the rivers are full. I might take the day off though and get some cleaning and listening done. I need to get caught up my E72 adventure, I left on the DS from 4/14. Like Sixtus said, one of the gems from that tour.. it might not be the best but there certainly isn't one better...

Be good all, sending positive thoughts LMG. Play dead, happy Sunday.

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Submitted by Lovemygirl on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 09:28

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...thank you for the well wishes and positive vibes, my friend, your very humble. That’s means a lot to me my brother, enjoy the rest of your grateful weekend! 🙏❤️😎
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Peace be with you JIMINMD!!! 🤠✌️

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