Grateful Dead

goes out to CaseyJanes for one of the better new avatars in a long time/

P.S. Anybody ever get an owl hooting right at the end of a Lazy Lighning/Supplication? It's a particularly good effect if the timing is right (and the moon is big)

P.S.S. Busses

Great album. It always seems to be referred to as a parody of Sergeant Pepper, on account of its cover, but it doesn't sound anything like that to me. Every track works. Its the only one I do like, that he- Zappa- was involved in, having said that-but to me its right up with there with the best psych albums to come out of America in the late 60s.

Thinking of The Dead in 1979-specifically the December show that Lovemygirl highlights, one of the things I liked most about that show, and shows at that time, was the second set jams. They really do sound as though they are on the cusp of a new era-and Brent plays a huge part in adding to the unpredictability. There is a real experimental edge to the jams Maybe one of the last times they really sounded as though they didn't know where they were going-but were enjoying the ride anyway. Purely subjective, obviously.

Bought Zappa “We Were Only In It for The Money” earlier today......make a visit here tonight, and what do ya know....Zappa is on the board.....Also bought Eagles, Hell Freezes Over, which has excellent sound, and Tedeschi Trucks Band, Signs, which is big, Bluesy and Beautiful!!!

Really enjoying all of the positive interaction here....Cheers to you all Dead People!

Oroborous...my dragon looks like your dragon, but does not eat it’s tail!

Eel x 3
Trivium - The Sin and the Sentence
Trey Anastasio Band - TAB Live at the Fox Theater, Oakland 11.3-4.17....

Dark Side
DP 11 9/27/72
A really good Scarlet>Fire from early '80's probably '80 or '81 (it was a past selection from the Taper's Section
little bit a Dick Dale
that Shakedown trailer on the homepage

sympathy can by. I ain't buying the hype.

Boblopes - the Record Store Day Dead is two night's acoustic performances, Oct 9 and 10 1980. Reckoning was actually a compilation from different nights of the run.

...I really love Dicks Picks #5, the first in the series being a complete show(I prefer complete shows vs compilations), plus the first release with Brent on board, it was a benefit Show for the Seva Foundation, an organization started by Ram Dass and Wavy Gravy. Bob Weir is still on the advisory board. The set-list is great in my likings.
This description on Amazon made me smile...
Description:
“By the end of the 1970s, the Dead had modified their nuanced, multifaceted sound and had become much more of a rock & roll band again. What they lost in subtlety, they made up for with aggression. This 1979 show comes from their annual year-end run in Oakland and features recent addition Brent Mydland on keyboards, not to mention a near-metal edge. Jerry Garcia often sounds like Chuck Berry gone mad (well, madder); the band covers three Berry tunes as if to illustrate the point. However, this one was a prototypical "Bobby show," with Garcia struggling at times to keep up with the rest of the band, although he does seem spurred on by Weir in many spots. Raw, angry, and frayed, Volume Five sports the Dead at their roughest. “--Marc Greilsamer

*Track listing -

Disc: 1
Cold Rain & Snow
C.C. Rider
Dire Wolf
Me & My Uncle
Big River
Brown Eyed Women
New Minglewood Blues
Friend Of The Devil
Looks Like Rain
Alabama Getaway
Promised Land

Disc: 2
Uncle John's Band
Estimated Prophet
Jam 1
He's Gone
The Other One
Drums

Disc: 3
Drums
Jam 2
Not Fade Away
Brokedown Palace
Around & Around
Johnny B. Goode
Shakedown Street
Uncle John's Band
....I’d love a new 1979 release in any form, especially for the Dave Pick series... I also enjoyed the Road Trips Releases of 1979, but for whatever the reason may be I don’t hear much talk about this mysterious era in the Grateful Dead’s recording history... :) I also believe Betty still remembers and has memories she still could share on 1979.
Today I listened to the ‘Jones Gang’ , Daves Pick #12, Hamilton NY Nov. 4th 1977 with the Primo Filler from 11/2/77 Toronto, Ontario ‘Seneca College Field House’ !!! A beautiful ‘They Love each Other’, ‘Me & My Uncle >> Big River and a sweet ‘Candyman’ mid CD on Disc 3. And a nice ‘ Scarlet >>Fire’ then finally one of my favorite ‘Terrapin Station’s’ from 1977 to bring the CD to an end. I remember someone bring up this show recently on the board so I decided to give it another listen. Thank you for who ever that was.
And tonight for a special treat from a beautiful friend, ‘ The Winterland 1973 Box Set, starting from beginning to end or whenever I fall asleep, lol ha ha...thank you my dear friend ; )
Have a grateful night folks! Peace be with you all! :) Rock on brothers & sisters the music never stops!

Did anyone else notice the Humira ad of the band with the guitarist holding (I mean playing) a guitar that looked like a Doug Irwin / Cripe guitar?

We are everywhere!

I was wondering if anyone had images of the covers for this wonderful box set. Thanks.