Grateful Dead

I am on board with 85! I have no officially released 85 and have always heard great things about the shakedown st. Come to think of it I do not have an officially released shakedown street either.

If not an 80’s pick make it 68-69 please.

A Festivus for the rest of us.

It was certainly fun at the time.. One of my more liked experiences. I think the tapes for 85 sound better than 83 and 84 too.

For what it's worth, the Garcia Band 89 shows there were spectacular as well and did get released. One of my favorite Lucky Old Sun's of all time.

....that reminds me.

Merriweather 85
Both shows

John carter of Mars. Vol. 1,2,3. Awesome.

Merriweather? Didn't you mean Bmore Civic Center? RavenSpace?

DaP34?

Also, I think the Lille E72 art is one of the best of the set.

Thanks for always being cool.

Peace

Here's a fun connection:

James B. Meriwether, the esteemed Faulkner scholar, was the father of our own Nicholas Meriwether, the esteemed Grateful Dead scholar, essayist, archivist, and all-around good guy.

Alvarhanso - thanks very much for the compliment. I have never listened to Hawkwind while reading Confessions of and English Opium Eater, but I feel sure that if De Quincey was alive today I would be rubbing shoulders with him next time Hawkwind played London. In fact, if De Quincey was alive today he would probably be in Hawkwind .

Nappy rags...thanks for the recommendations concerning B.B King live. Curiously, the only live albums I have by him are the three you mention. Blues is King is great...but I never much liked the sound of my cd of it-a bit tinny. I'll have a look later to see if its been reissued at all in the last 10 years or so. I can remember reading somewhere that B.B. was having problems with his throat the evening Live in Japan was cut - which could account for the fact that it has much more guitar playing, and ,much less singing than other B.B. King albums I have heard. Live at the Regal is the biggy...but I think you are right...Blues is King is equal to it.

And yes, that was another thing that struck me when I saw him live...how powerful and expressive he was as a singer.

while we're talking about BB King, check out his "Live In Japan" release from 1971...he just absolutely shreds it, both musically on guitar and vocally, what a singer...and of course the classic "Live At The Regal" from 1965...it's what sets the standard for live Blues recordings...follow those two up with "Blues Is King" recorded in late '66..."Live At The Regal" gets all the acclaim and rightly so but "Blues is King" is right next to it...you can't go wrong with any of these...And regarding Little Walter, the "Blues With A Feeling" Bio written by Tony Glover is great...the Quicksilver stuff is talked about...