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clayv

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During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf.

As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76

Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76

Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76

Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76

Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson

Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman

Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

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April 6, 2020 - 9:48pm

#681

Angry Jack Straw

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Random thoughts

With all of this free time on hand, I’m going to do something others have done. Europe 72 on the anniversary dates. Someone else mentioned that it took them 2 1/2 years to get through the first listen. It took me a year and a half. Now I have time.

Hard to believe that it’s coming up on 25 years since Garcia passed. I’m a bit surprised that not more has been made of it. A special release perhaps?

71 is the deal. Doc was on top of this long ago. Flat out rock and roll. A Capitol release would be very welcome.

As for the person who asked why many of us shun the later years.

Easy Answers
Eternity
Samba in the Rain

And many, many others. Not banging. Just providing clarity.

A little bit too much Vince Gilligan in tonight’s episode of BCS.
April 6, 2020 - 8:47pm

#682

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

I'd like to go on wreck-erd...

as saying, with all due respects to everyone and all, I'd go for a 30-disc box of spring '71 in a heartbeat, even if it destroyed the business model and it was the last thing I every heard.

Love, HF
April 6, 2020 - 6:37pm

#683

billy the kid

Joined:
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8/30/70 - Easy Wind

Great version of Easy Wind! It would be nice if this whole video of Calibration could be cleaned up and released. The Dead at their best.
April 6, 2020 - 6:07pm

#684

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Easy Wind

Charlie3, the ones that come to mind - my fav from the Closing of Winterland bonus disc. I don't even want to tell you what I traded to get this CD into my collection back in my completist days, when my credit card had no balance :D

Anyway that has one from I think New Year's Eve 1970 into '71. Or was it 71 in the 72... I get the years confused on that disc because they're all New Year's shows. Dave's Picks Thelma, DP 16, Fillmore East Road Trips 3.3 all have Easy Wind. Hmmm could that be it?

I wonder why they didn't play this one more. I would have traded it for a couple of the shorter tracks he did on the Europe 72 tour. Next time you see me & Hurts Me Too.

Hi Doc, good to hear you weigh in on 1971 - any discussion on that subject matter without your input seems kind of in vain. Vein. Veign. Vaughn. Stevie Ray Vaughn. WHO IS Stevie Ray Vaughn. That's my final answer.

I would be less interested in Port Chester and Fillmore East Spring 71 if they had not been recorded on multitrack. It's that tease for pristine sound that really elevates them on my list. If I think about it, the 30 Trips show from 3/18/71 is IMHO the best sounding two track from 1971 pre-Keith (of the official releases). Come to think of it, I wonder if any 1971 Pre-Keith shows came back with that acquisition of tapes from the lost storage locker. Hmmmm. Chin scratcher.
April 6, 2020 - 4:36pm

#685

Forensicdoceleven

Joined:
June 17, 2008

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders

Yo, rockers!!!!

I must admit that I'm both amused and amazed at all the 1971 chatter flying back and forth. Seems like old times....

First and foremost, my prediction----there will never be a single complete April 1971 box set. It's not because it isn't good, great, classic, and occasionally sublime. It is, and so much more. But for most, it's too big and unwieldy. People bought 30 Trips because there was variety. The E72 box had all that amazing jamming. Selling a box with 20 shows that on first glance (and I emphasize, "first glance") are very similar is a much tougher nut to crack.

Generally, the "detractions" about this period fall into two camps:
1) "The repertoire". Yes, there is a lot of repetition. Some new stuff, Bobby cowboy tunes, Pigpen's grease---but hey, if you don't care for that, then April 1971 is definitely NOT the month for you. And as some have pointed out, "big jams" are generally lacking. That can't be denied. The big jams vehicles that month were The Other One and Good Lovin'. Hey, works for me, but not for everybody.
2) "The style". Since I'm a rocker, I'm drawn to the style of this era and revel in it. Pared down, lean, mean, Bakersfield blasts of hard edged rock and roll. Not all of it is sledgehammer material, but some is, which means it's very powerful. But others like their Dead smoother, creamier, jammier. I get that.

Then there's the issue of the Fillmore shows. Since portions were released already, that makes their inclusion in a big box a little redundant. And there's all those guests, and the legalities, and the hassles, and the lawyers. But I'd love to see 4/25 as a solo release----that Hard To Handle is as crunchy as a Jake Lamotta right hook.

Make no mistake----while every April 71 show has something to recommend it, not every show that month was a gem. I won't name names, folks know who I mean. Personally, I think an April 71 mega box would sell poorly, which is something that TPTB dwell on over fine cigars and cognac. But I think a pared down box, excluding the Fillmores, would sell very well. Maybe 5 or 6 shows, my preferences would be 4/6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 21.

Actually, I'd much prefer a Port Chester or Fall "FM shows" box (IF it include 11/7, 10/29, and 12/5!)

Guess that's all for now, time to go read some cosmology and strum the guitar....

Rock on,

Doc
P.S. Anybody who needs/wants any 71s, Aprils or otherwise, you know where to find me...……….
April 6, 2020 - 4:33pm

#686

Charlie3

Joined:
September 21, 2015

'71

All of this talk of '71 made me think of the awesome 2/19/71 Port Chester show released as 3FTV. That show has one of the best versions of GSET ever, a version that like some others from '71 has that great loping feel to it. I also realized that 3FTV has a great Easy Wind, another song I dig and a premium Pig vehicle. Which made me wonder, which other, if any, official releases have an Easy Wind? Haven't had a chance to look thoroughly, but can't think of any others off the top of my head. Nice summary on some of the appeal of '71 Keithfan2112, not really much else to add beyond what you already pointed out.

Last 5 - more 1967
Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed
Grateful Dead - 11/10/67 from 30 Trips. Yeah, I have underestimated this show, it smokes. Can I amend my top shows from the 30 Trips box answer?
Cream - Disraeli Gears
The Doors - The Doors
Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come

Edit: DP 16, DaP 10, and DaP 30 all have Easy Wind.
April 6, 2020 - 3:02pm

#687

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Keith

Oh yes, so would I !
April 6, 2020 - 2:51pm

#688

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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Daverock

You're probably right. It's probably one of those deals like Winterland October 74. Once you actually list out what didn't make the movie soundtrack, you're not missing that much. But I would take any of these over a nineties box set for example.
April 6, 2020 - 2:25pm

#689

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Ladies and Gentlemen

Its a great release, no question, but I am not sure I would prioritise a release of the whole run as a box set. Those 2 second set jams mentioned from 4/28 and 4/29 are incredible, though. Its years since I listened to tapes of the whole shows from those two dates, but I seem to remember the first two sets were quite similar, in feel if not actual song selection.
I feel the same way about Portchester February 71-very popular on here, and frequently suggested as the source for a future box - but it wouldn't be my choice.
April 6, 2020 - 2:14pm

#690

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Spring '71

What I like about it:

* From Feb - April '71 they introduced one metric fuckton of new songs. And if they didn't introduce them, they began peaking on stuff from Workingman's Dead and American Beauty. If I look at the track list for Ladies and Gentlemen and Three From the Vault, I would guess 65 to 75% of the songs are not on official release prior to these. And prior to that, Skull & Roses came out as an official release in that actual era, so people were getting some of these tracks for the first time. I can't find a better released Morning Dew prior to the one on Ladies & Gentlemen for example, or Midnight Hour to name a couple. I guess add King Bee. New Minglewood Blues. Only Ripple. Second That Emotion. Dark Hollow.

Truckin' and Bertha tightened up by Autumn '71, and Bird Song went into hyperspace after they gave it a rest between the summer of 71 and the summer of 72. Those are really the only songs I can think of that may have gotten a little bit better on a more consistent basis. I'm not saying there aren't any great Truckin's in Spring of 71, just saying it got even better later. China Cat IMHO gained an immediate infusion of energy; the two drummer versions that came prior always seemed a bit crowded to me.

* One drummer. I think they really began to swing a bit more wiith just Billy back there. Take a listen to St. Stephen from Ladies and Gentlemen - the last-minute is pure rock and roll. Hard to Handle peaked big time and continued into the summer with those great August versions, where one drummer allowed for some intense improvisational instrumental solo sections - I'm talking about the little 2 to 3 minute jams within some of the shorter songs, when they chose to rock out. Greatest Story Ever Told is another. It rocked out extra hard and Spring 71, prior to Jerry picking up the Wah wah on it.

* Agree, they definitely took a step back in the duration of a lot of the Dark Stars and they played it frighteningly few times compared to 72 and 73 and 69 and 70 before it. But that being said, the times they did play it were some of the best 12 to 15 minutes of Dark Star you'll hear with acouple of 20s. No cacophony, no meltdowns, no atonal space drift. Just pure Dark Star melodies and Garcia noodling. February 18th was awesome, all 3 in April were awesome. You will find beautiful Jam on Feb 18th, which is one of a kind, as well as the Jam on Ladies and Gentlemen which may as well be in the middle of a Dark Star.

* Pigpen peaked on the organ. It's funny you mention it actually. House listing in the Cold Rain and Snow from Ladies and Gentlemen this morning, thinking how accomplished Pigpen had become by then. By then he was still playing sparsely, which is good because it didn't overwhelm the soundscape, but he also wasn't limiting himself to chords and basic melodies; he was actually improvising a bit in between. You can really hear him on the 30 Trips show from March.

* Sound quality - the Port Chester and Fillmore East runs are all multi-track sourced.

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During the mid-1970s, the Grateful Dead saga was unfolding like a Greek classic. The Sisyphean Wall Of Sound had nearly broken the band. From it spawned a Medusa head of countless side projects, all deliciously fruitful but woefully not the same as the whole. The chorus lay in wait, pondering the reemergence of their heroes, and wondering if "THE LAST ONE" had really been it...

But in early 1976, Apollonian light and healing would shine upon our intrepid wanderers once again. No more epic battles for the people with cops and lines and tightness, the Dead would return triumphant in smallness, playing intimate theaters and renting equipment along the way. No more ticket scams and greedy promoters, they'd give back with first ever mail-order ticket program, one that had a few kinks to work out but eventually served the fans well.

Musically, June 1976 signaled a Golden Age of harmony and prosperity for the Dead. It marked an Odysseusian-like return for Mickey Hart. Donna Jean was in lock-step with the sirens' call. Jerry and Bob delivered orphic delight with solo musings like "Mission In The Rain" (the only tour they ever played it on), "The Wheel," and "Cassidy," emboldened by group effort. There was fresh repertoire from Blues For Allah, breathing new life to the Dead's continually morphing sound - as Weir once said of the '76 tour, they wanted to play "a little bit of all of it." Old favorites were re-envisioned with cascading tempos and unique sequencing, making the crowd question if they'd ever heard these songs before. And there was comfort and joy in the familiarity of watching the band make it up as they went along. By all means, it was clear that the bacchanalia of live Dead would reign on.

And now the revelry from this epoch, evidenced by the near-studio quality sound captured on two-track live recordings by Betty Cantor-Jackson, lives on, bolstered by Jeffrey Norman's HDCD mastering. It's housed for posterity in a handsome box featuring original art work by Justin Helton. It’s documented in liners by Jesse Jarnow and photos by Grant Gouldon. And it’s ready for a spot on your shelf.

As part of our pre-order for this Dead.net exclusive boxed set, we'll be delivering downloads of each listening party - one for each show included in JUNE 1976 - to purchasers from now until the March 20th release. Order at any time before release and you'll receive all the listening parties to date.

Individually Numbered, Limited Edition of 12,000

What's Inside:

5 Previously Unreleased Complete Shows On 15 Discs
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/10/76
Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA 6/11/76
Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/14/76
Beacon Theatre, New York, NY 6/15/76
Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ 6/19/76
Sourced from Two-Track Master Tapes, Recorded By Betty Cantor-Jackson
Mastered in HDCD by Jeffrey Norman
Restoration and Speed Correction by Plangent Processes

3/23/74 and last 5

After listening to the three 1973 shows in PNW, I decided to go back a few months in 1974 before tackling the 74 part of the box. So 3/23/74 is rolling at the moment. And very impressive it is too, after the customary-for 74-imbalance of instruments during the opening track. But its a good first set, which in this year bodes well for the second. Still tempted to get this show on vinyl.
Last 5
Live at Victoria Palace London 6/16/74 Tangerine Dream
Seattle 6/26/73 Dead
Nosferatu Popol Vuh
On Your Feet Or On Your Knees Blue Oyster Cult
Second Set Allman Brothers Band

Shipping update

Looks like it left LA last night at 8:38 still to be delivered Friday.

Ordered a 4 tb harddrive from Amazon last night so I can keep DL because I read on here they might be canceling orders. I got the email this morning it's 'canceled'.

Good new for our European friends regarding the new box set

Good for you Colin. Let's hope for a new box set's timely arrival despite all of this truly unfortunate news happening world-wide. And, yeah, Algeria can wait. Take care everyone!

3/18/67

This would make a nice release. There are not many versions of the Golden Road out there, this has one of them.

Help On the Way....

Got my tracking number so shipping notice to follow. Official guesstimate approximates sometime between tomorrow and April 1. Errghh… patience is only a means unto itself. Last five:

Grant Green- Born to be Blue
Grant Green- Matador
Larry Young- Young Blues
Larry Young- Groove Street
MMW- 11/26/96 Austin (w/ Charlie Hunter Quartet)

(I only listen to GD on weekends, which includes Thursday night. So tomorrow I’ll be back on the bus. Last GD was 3/25/90 Knickerbocker, that Truckin’>Spoonful>Drums being a hidden gem for the tour).

Last 5

Trouble Over Bridgewater - Half Man Half Biscuit.
Mr Fantasy - Traffic.
Persian Surgery Dervishes - Terry Riley.
Le Marteau Sans Maitre - Pierre Boulez.
The Fish That Became The Sun - Frank Denyer.

I walked through a small local supermarket this morning they had just put out a delivery of toilet rolls. I should have filmed the feeding frenzy as they were snapped up :-)

Live Dead - 69

cancelled all uk shows, sorry Daverock

Looks Like Rain Friday

Good thing I’ll be home to get my Box out of the rain.
Maybe time to start shrink wrapping Boxes to keep them dry while they sit outside.

Davestrang, what’s the lifetime of coronavirus on plastic? At least with shrink wrap you could spray Chlorox on it before picking it up.

Tracking hasn’t been updated since it left L.A.
Shipping notice says ‘Standard Shipping’ not ‘Mail Innovations’ so hopefully the brown truck brings it to my house. That should save 1-3 days since it won’t have to go through USPS.

I’m not sure the virus could survive Keith Richards or Chuck Norris.

Our English Brethren

Pick up some album from the library the other day "Dust on the Nettles: A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72".

https://www.amazon.com/Dust-Nettles-Journey-Through-Underground/dp/B00W…

Anyone know this album? I haven't listened yet. Also got some Gary Moore album. Once again people here talked about him and I had none. Now I have "Blues Alive". Got that spinning.

Social Distancing

"Take a step back...take another step back.."

COVID-19

a maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajor event in humanity's history.

"Duh", you say.

this is truly surreal.

made a trip to a "specialty" store yesterday

you don't know when THEY might get closed down

I am taking advantage of the time to strategize many things, read, paint, reorganize, etc.

I miss the old normal, anyway.

you wanna blow your mind with pandemic history and stories? read about yellow fever in the 19th century.

Cousins

you win the Deadhead post of the month.

moo-vee review

on a completely different topic:

saw "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" last evening

35% really good
65% "there's some time I will never get back"

from the time Brad Pitt picks up the young lady at the bus stop to the time he leaves the ranch...creepy and satisfying af

oh, and I would put a Deadhead sticker on that Cadillac

Social Distancing

Ha..

Social Health, yet another area where the GD were way ahead of their time.

One way or another, this darkness got to give...

Green with Envy

A belated Happy St. Patrick’s Day to everyone. Based on the comments it seems we are all making the best of the hand that’s been dealt.

Funds have been a little tight lately so I’ve been holding off on purchasing this boxset, but seeing all of the delivery notices has made me a little jealous and so today I said fuck it. Hoping it still hits by this weekend.

Originally we were supposed to go to Washington DC for Spring Break to watch my niece while my sister and law and her husband went to Barcelona for his birthday. I had plans to return a certain beer truck to a friend that I’ve never met and then go see JGB with Melvin Seals and John Kadlecik tonight. Obviously and sadly those plans were foiled, and now that the beer from the truck is all gone, the reality of the situation is starting to hit home. My wife decided to take the opportunity to do a visit with her sister and so she and my daughter kept there flights to DC and have been there for the last couple of days and returning on Sunday. I bought another case of beer and a bottle of Bourbon and have been playing the music at a constant 11!

Anyone here into Bourbon? I watched a documentary/movie about it a few weeks ago and have started to experiment. Bought a bottle of Horse Soldier which is an award winning, handmade bourbon from a distillery in Columbus, OH called American Freedom. The distillery is operated by a group of Green Berets who were famous for riding into Northern Afghanistan on horseback shortly after 911. When they came back home they wanted to keep their unit together and so started making whiskey. Anyways, it’s very good stuff...super smooth...maybe even PRIMO!!!

Last night after coming home from a small gathering (less than 10), I dumped out half the remaining veggies from my stash into about 4oz of water and slammed it down. I chased it with some Boulevard Space Camper IPA, and then sipped on the Horse Soldier Bourbon. So I’ll say this...tripping while listening to Jazz turned up blistering loud is amazing and slightly apocalyptic. At one point during On The Corner, I could have just as well been sitting on a sweltering street in summertime New Orleans, or maybe in meat grinder. Anyways, I would recommend trying it if you can.

Last 5:

Miles Davis On The Corner - Vinyl
Grant Green Nigeria - Vinyl (listen to this...it is phenomenal!)
Melvin Sparks Texas Twister - Vinyl
R.E.M. No. 5 Document - Vinyl (fitting for the times)
Cookin’/With The Miles Davis Quintet/Prestige 7094 Vinyl

Now Get Back Home Where You Belong, and Bring On This Box!

Take Care Dead People,

KCJ

Box Shipping

Is UPS ground.
Now, do we let it sit for 24 hours before we open it. Open it with gloves on?
I don't know.
This is terrible.
I will say, they need to start making public the people that are recovering. We need some good news!

Hope I live...

...to enjoy the new box? Stuck working at this nasty job site for last 4 months...now, even though the house is basically finished, this insane rich fucktard changes everything almost daily. Meanwhile there’s usually over 50 people here (which is against the law!) with no sanitizer anywhere, basically no way to wash our hands and they removed one of only 2 porta potty’s for all these people. Heaven forbid wecoukd use a couple of the 12 bathrooms here!
Not only is this beyond disgusting, it’s a serious health violation. Furthermore, we live in a very rural resort area with no where near enough medical facilities. So of course greedy fucking Vail Resorts didn’t shut the skiing down until some tourists spread it around, so now our case count is going through the roof. We were bitching about lack of sanitizer etc at the site, and some kid goes “oh, I heard you can’t catch from touching stuff”” WTF!
I’m pushing 60 in less than ideal health, but my health is dependent on idiots like this?
For some insane reason, I’m trying to stick it out a few more days to get at least the original scope of work functional, only out of loyalty to my associate who’d get thrown under the bus if I bail.
We’re so short handed and with all these crazy changes, it’s like we’re going backwards. I feel like I’m treading water as fast as I can but still slowly sinking.
I swear to God if I get this bug and die because of this BS, I’ll fucking kill someone!

Oroboros

harsh, bro.

stay healthy, my man.

The Doors

I listen to them once in a great while

When I do listen I am reminded how great they are

albums:
Waiting for the Sun
LA Woman
Morrison Hotel

the other Doors LPs are great, too, but rate juuuust below the ones above

5 to 1 baby
1 in 5
no one here gets out alive

"a Doors fan" - the kids in the hall

close the door on Covid-mfah

KCJane doing the Jazz

Try Lee Morgan, The Gigolo,,,,,, opening cut is incredible.

Stoltzy - Doors? I'm painting one right now :-)

Painting it green?

I have a creepy memory about a green door

Eww.

Where have all the people gone my honey?

Where have all the people gone today?

I thought while walking my dog through the empty streets of Chicago last night. As in Christmas Eve everyone has left the city for their in-laws or parents kind of empty.

Tone Poems sure did make a great easy start to the day. Just David Grisman and Tony Rice playing nice and easy.

So nice in fact I think i'll go straight into Tone Poets.

What Now...??

Had me one of those "moments" this morning that I know we all have…you know, that perfect moment when a Dead tune appears at precisely the right time--like some kind of perfectly timed soundtrack—hand-picked by the Cosmos to fully emphasize a normal, everyday, event.

Like so many in this country, I'm currently stuck in the house, fortunate to still be employed, but forced to telework now daily from home. So this morning, I drag myself out of bed, make a pot of coffee, log on to my computer, and reluctantly grab the remote control to quickly subject myself to the bad news of the day. (my routine would have been ESPN/or NHL channel—no fucking sports!!!!, but I digress).

Anyway, as I'm fumbling with the remote---my house begins a slow, steady, shaking, apparently the beginning of an earthquake!...a fucking EARTHQUAKE!...in UTAH???! Now I've been through a couple of tremors in my day, but this one sure felt like it meant business, with dishes rattling and family photos falling off shelves...the whole nine yards. Fortunately for me, I was standing just a few feet from my sliding glass doors, which I used to make a hasty exit outside my dwelling, my panicked dog running behind me in tow. As my dog and I stood in the back yard, ground still moving, I watched my house as it seemed to slowly sway side to side, it seemed almost unreal--like being on some hallucinogenic trip. And then, just like that...it stopped.

When I finally digested what just happened, and deemed it was safe to go back inside the house, I was met by my phone exploding with texts and messages from friends, co-workers, and well-wishers. Answering back, I explained that I was fine, my wife was fine, the house was fine, and all my neighbors were fine. Also there appears to have been no damage to any structures in my neighborhood. All good news.

However, this virus, the coffee, the GOD DAMN news, this earthquake, had put me a bit on edge, so I decided to take my daily “after work run”, right now!...fuck work…I’m going for a run, right fucking now! I need to clear my head.

So I lace up my shoes, toss on a fleece, hat, grab my phone and ear buds, locate the Spotify app--locate Grateful Dead--and deciding on a "game-of-chance", I quickly flick my thumb across the huge variety of Dead albums Spotify currently houses. The choices spinning by like a roulette wheel—where it stops, nobody knows.

As I begin my trot down the neighborhood street, it’s eerily quiet, no movement, no birds, no cars or anybody about, overcast skies but not cold, I eagerly await my first Dead song of the day…..then slowly I begin to hear a crowd coming alive, and first notes of “Morning Dew” begin to fill my ears…Spotify, or should I say, the Cosmos, has delivered me exactly what I needed--Dicks Picks Vol 14, 11/30/73 Boston Music Hall.

“Where have all the people gone today” the show opener, wafts thru my head like a sweet incense. Almost fifteen minutes of pure bliss. And as the music plays, and the scenery drifts by, I find myself smack in one of those “moments”…Morning Dew--surreal music, surreal words…perfect...just perfect.

So thank you Cosmos, I feel much better now……but still a bit shocked we had an earthquake in Utah.

Hope everyone here is doing well…stay safe, and take care of one another. It’s a fucking weird world out there….

Califor....err, UTAH Earthquake

WOW, RoBBZ - I had heard about that earthquake, but holy crap you actually lived it. Glad all is ok. I mean, additive to the already existing shit-show, just what someone needs is unprovoked, uncontrollable earthly destruction. Good lord. What's next, a meteor? Volcano? Aliens? it's DEFINITELY GONNA BE ALIENS.

Be well people - and may your walks in the Morning Dew provide solace and beauty, if even for a fleeting moment.

Sixtus

P.S. Oro taking a hit for the team....The Man is unscrupulous. Hang in there dude.

Pipers

Saw that on someone's list. I just purchased it for the first time the other day, after having many later Floyd CDs (and cassettes) forever. Gave it a listen the other night, but can't say that I quite "got" it.

But I DID get my Last Five: Wayne Shorter's Adam's Apple, Jimmy Smith's The Sermon!, Loose Tubes' Open Letter, Joe Ely's eponymous debut and Honky Tonk Masquerade, and Monk/Trane at Carnegie Hall. Sounds like some Grant Green and On the Corner should be next . . .

I saw McCoy Tyner a few times. The final time was about four years ago. They had a backing band play sans McCoy for about twenty minutes, then they dragged the barely-alive McCoy out to the piano. He played one tune, then told some stories, then left. The backing band played a bit more, then that was it. Curious and sad.

Listened to 3/17/93 yesterday. Great show! There are some real gems in the 80s and 90s, despite what I used to believe. I'll probably hit the next two from that run next, as those are supposedly quite hot, too.

If I WERE a robot, then I wouldn't have to social distance myself . . .

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

p.s. GarciaLive 13 is $11.97 at Bull Moose . . .

Pan-demic/dora's Box on the way

Glad to see a ship notice in my ebox. Looks like Monday by end of day. Hang in there Oroborous and don't trust anybody over. . . . . . anybody! And fine Utah Quaking Dew story RobbZ. Be safe and let the music play. Onward.

No Live Dead 69

Sam - I am quite glad they have cancelled. There is no way I would go to London at the moment, and with a bit of luck, we will all be still standing later in the year, the darkness will have given, and they will come over to celebrate then.

Oroborous - sounds like the sooner you get off that site the better. Reading of the property owners - it is incredible how some people still put there own petty wants before other peoples needs.

Jazz Fest

Postponed until the fall...wonder if D&C will still headline?

Oroborous...sorry to hear man, sounds likes bunch of BS! Hope it gets better....

Robbz - that’s crazy anytime but especially now....glad everything seems to be intact! Stay safe!!!

Just watched “Yesterday” on Netflix, about a struggling musician who wakes up to find out that he is the only person alive that knows about The Beatles or their music....light hearted and entertaining!

One great thing about the wife and kid being out of town....afternoon bong hits in the living room!

Day 3

Day 3 at home. I don't want to get used to this. My daughter is going crazy with boredom. Praying they don't cancel school for the rest of the year. Still listening to the first Spring 1990 box. 3/26/ up today. Love it. Read the hardcover linear note book again. I miss Blair Jackson.
Maybe I will get around to reading the whole 77 cornell book that came with the GSTL box.

Stay well folks.

great story Robbz

:)))

UK Blues

Glastonbury cancelled, all gigs cancelled - this boxset is keeping me going! Waiting for it all to kick off in the NHS, but eerily quiet in London. Bit of '76 will help calm the nerves, until then got to keep truckin' on. Hope everyone is staying safe wherever in the world they are

Last 5

One nice thing above being stuck at home and working is I get to listen to a lot of random stuff i havent caught up on:

Bill Frisell - Good Dog Happy Man
Bill Frisell - Unspeakable
Cream - Live Cream Vol 1
Chatam County Line - Wildwood
David Grisman - Tone Poets

Waiting for the '76 box before I play any more dead.

6/17/76 Cap. theater

Help>slip>frank is what I need. 1) NOD bba 2) 78 red rocks 3) 12/31/78 cow 4) the who-meaty beaty big and bouncy 5) Deep purple- burn.

Strange Days

I'm still going to work. I manage a brick and mortar, so impossible to do remotely. The owners have mandated staying open and I have mandated continuing to receive my salary, so, there you go. Fortunately, everyone involved seems healthy. I ran 5 miles this afternoon and feel great. Have been handwashing religiously and applying hand sanitizer after virtually every contact. The bulk of our business is delivery and there is moderate to low foot traffic in and out all day. I would consider it much less dangerous than a trip to the grocery store or gas station, and we can control the environment (wiping down surfaces, spraying Lysol, etc.)

Anyway, enough of that. I hope the rest of you remain fortunate in your endeavors whatever they may be. Oroborous, I loved your jobsite story. My trade is building-supply related here in CO, so don't I know. Good luck getting the hell out of there.

Last five:

Pearl Jam - Vs.
Pat Martino - Alone Together
Bernie Marsden - Green and Blues
Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On
Tommy Bolin - Teaser

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine For Sure

And it's getting stranger and stranger.

Small acts of humanity, kindness and generosity go a long way. No pun intended, but We Will Survive.

Wallace Wade Stadium 4/24/71 show night before Fillmore East run

A show i don't think I have listened to since 1990. But I was in the mood to listen to an early Sing Me Back Home. Whenever i listen to any version I always think about a woman that goes up to the Mic, and says " Can't you see how beautiful this all is" I forgot it was this show. I checked out how big this stadium is.. I wonder how many people showed up for an outside gig in April in Durham... Any one know about either of my random thoughts tonight?? Also this show is vintage April 1971 so good!!! P.S. it happens about a minute into the song...... be safe everyone, bob t

The faster we go

Good evening rockers -

Just wanted to check in, and send regards to everyone. I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

I was always a singer and maybe no more then that. Sometimes it's not enough to know the meaning of things, sometimes we have to know what things don't mean as well. Like what does it mean to not know what the person you love is capable of?

If you haven't seen Dylan's movie Masked & Anonymous, go check it out..it's just come out on Blu-Ray. Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lang, Luke Wilson, Penelope Cruise, John Goodman, Ed Harris as the minstrel...Oscar Vogel.

And dig this, there was a prophecy. Just before his head died, his last words were Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back.

..anyways, it wasn't a casket, it was a banana crate.

The rounder we get

Ha ha my boy..

That all said, nobody knows what's going to happen to Anybody, besides the forlorn Rags of growin old.

Things fall apart, especially all the neat order of rules and laws. The way we look at the world is the way we really are. See it from a fair garden and everything looks cheerful. Climb to a higher plateau and you'll see plunder and murder. Truth and beauty are in the eye of the beholder. I stopped trying to figure everything out a long time ago...

I just want to tell you both good luck, we're all counting on you.

Automobile repair facilities are "necessary"....

.... Still punching the clock. Thankful here. Thousands of Vegas residents aren't so lucky. I have clients I've serviced for twenty years. Many involved in gaming and entertainment. I worry about them. The pay may suck for a bit, but I'm an optimist. Thanks Grateful Dead!! I've also met friends here over the past thirteen years. Im looking at all of you heads. Met some in person even. Wash your hands. Wash your keyboard.
Someone really needs to make a t-shirt or sticker of Cousins "Take A Step Back" social distancing comment. Might not be for everyone, but if not, makes for a good butt rag if needed.
edit. Shipping noticed received from Cali. It will probably go to Alabama first, then up to Indiana, time zone warp to Wyoming, then land in the City That Can Finally Sleep before it gets here. But I've gotten a crash course in patience lately. All good.

Last 5

Grateful Dead - DaP 25 11/6/77
Khruangbin - The Universe Smiles Upon You
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
The Doors - Strange Days
Steel Pulse - Handsworth Revolution

Be well, be kind, and wash your hands.

Last Five....

J.J.Cales - Really.
Trey Anastasio - The Horseshoe Curve..
Anthrax - Spreading The Disease...
Judas Priest - British Steel....
Joker - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack .....

3/19/77 Anniversary show

43 years ago today, I was at Winterland listening to the Grateful Dead.

Billy

Wow! Really cool Billy, would love to hear more about this show and would love to see these March shows released. Some day.

Since you're all sitting home....

… a mystery!?!

Was sent this by my buddy about a song NOBODY knows!!! Do You?!?!

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-unsolved-case-of-the-most-myster…

Billy the Kid

the envy is all mine

every show at Winterland should be released

as should every show at the Greek in the 80s

thanks for the song Dennis.

Bring it on home

Package progress still says departure scan in L.A., but I got an email from UPS that I have a package coming tomorrow from WEA ECOMMERCE GNARLYWOOD.
Woo Hoo!

Ha. Gnarlywood.

When you're a strip club in Vegas....

https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/las-vegas-strip-club-to-offer-dr…
....sometimes to need to think fast to keep your doors open.
Shipping notice update. Delivery by end of day tomorrow. No shipping notice on the keychain bottle opener though KCJanes, but i didn't forget.

Bob T, I was fortunate to be…

Bob T, I was fortunate to be at that 71 show at Wallace Wade Stadium at Duke University, my first show. Held in glorious spring sunshine, it really was a beautiful thing! Beautiful enough for me to keep me going back all the way through 95

Slow Dog, Mystery, Last 5

Slowdognoodle, so great to see Bill Frisell on someone’s last 5!! With all of the guitar players in this community, I am surprised we don’t have more Frisell fans. He’s a hero to so many guitar players. When I saw him at the Village Vanguard 13 years ago, the first 5 people down the steps waiting to get in had a fantastic conversation about our all-time favorite guitar solos.
I played the mystery song backwards and I’m pretty sure it’s “I’m Henery the 8th I Am” by Herman’s Hermits!!
My last 5:
Dead, 9/25/76 Capital Centre
Fastball Live-Freddie Hubbard-4/23/67-Baltimore
Santana-8/18/70-Tanglewood MA
Peter Gabriel-8/10/83-Seattle
Dukes Of Stratosphear-Psurroundabout Ride

Please stay safe & healthy all!!

When In Vegas: Gnarlywood Mysteries

So Iggy is telling me over my shoulder that the Drive Through Strip Club has been a real thing out in rural PA for quite some time (she went to State College for undergrad/grad). Imagine that. Vegas can't possibly be doing this now for the first time....amirite?

The Gnarlywood vector is now known to me as well. Let's see how this all unfolds. Like that Mystery Song (cool link Dennis!)...who knew? I mean, no one, apparently, but that is a pretty interesting story. It's sort of how I felt during the limited but perplexing period of time between Phish's Halloween Performance of Kasvot Vaxt and the explanation it was all a very elaborate ruse.....confusing as hell but fun as shit!

Be Well People. Daily life is fluctuating rapidly...I hope you are all coping. I am, and this helped a bit when I came across it earlier; mesmerizing and beautiful and man, kids these days are inventive:

https://youtu.be/k3_crTZ0NHg

Sixtus

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