Grateful Dead

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

KCJ

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.

....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

'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).

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.

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?

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...

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

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.

....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.