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    "To my ears, the best Dead shows are those that not only fit the criteria that make them amongst the best of a year, but that are also completely unique for their era—shows that fit perfectly into their year of performance, but also fall somewhat outside of the norm for that year. Harpur College, Veneta, Cornell, Cape Cod, and Augusta are all shows that are objectively excellent, and if they are not the best from their respective years of performance, they are certainly unique. Miami 6/23/74 falls into that category: not only one of the very best shows from this outstanding year, but also one of the most interesting and unique. It’s certainly worthy of many, many deep listens." - David Lemieux

    ¡Ándale, ándale! ¡Arriba, arriba! We're back with a hot one from Miami, F-L-A. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 34 features the complete show from the Jai Alai Fronton, 6/23/74, one with unparalleled sound quality due in equal parts to the Wall Of Sound and the beautiful sonic clarity of Kidd Candelario's tapes. The first set is chock full of dynamite takes on classics like "Ramble On Rose," "Mississippi Half-Step," and "Cumberland Blues." The second set delivers on the JAMS - one leading into a gorgeous "Ship Of Fools," one rare instrumental version of "Dark Star," and a "Spanish Jam," this is Miami after all! The show also offers up a "first" and an "only" - the former, a Seastones set featuring Phil and Ned Lagin and the latter, the sole Grateful Dead performance of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."

    Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.34: JAI ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL 6/23/74 has been mastered from the 7.5 IPS reel-to-reel tapes to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. ¡Agarrarlo mientras esta calientito! (Get it while it's hot!)

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

    Subscribed to Dave's Picks? With this release, you'll also get a bonus disc with selections from Miami 6/22/74. Excellente!

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  • CaseyJanes
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    You are correct sir about the Bm...also a Dm and Dsus2 according to Ultimate Guitar Tabs on the “Official Version”. I love the above mentioned app. Has most every song that you can think of and usually there are many versions to play so if you’re not quite getting one arrangement there is usually a way for guys like me to dumb it down a bit. That said I need to add those chords on UJB as they are in my range. Will also try the riff....I have a little pentatonic game as well! (I’m guessing there)

    For the record, and if memory serves, I do believe I’ve seen youtube of you playing WilfredT, and you are an excellent player. I’m like a wanna be campfire player at best, but it’s more fun then a frog in a glass of milk.

  • Oroborous
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    Hola Senor Janes

    Good to see ya!
    I think Bob was alluding to what I’ve heard/read all of them say over the years; it got harder and harder to get the band (especially Jerry) to rehearse and some of those songs you just couldn’t do well without rehearsal: LS, Cosmic Charlie, St Stephen etc. Unfortunately another side effect of ole Jer Bears monkey...especially when you consider how hard many of Jer’s parts were on these songs...it’s a bummer but no wonder many of the greats were set aside.

    GUITARS & CADDILACS; used to play all the time. Tried to play guitar for ten years, occasionally professionally, once in the studio....switched to bass and rarely looked back. Did try the solo acoustic/apre thing briefly, but wasn’t that good and it’s really hard carrying the whole show by your self. And Scarry! Don’t have that front man Mojo either “star waaarrrsss, nothing but staaaarrrrr wwwaaaarrrsss” much prefer to play with 3 to 5 people, the interaction is where it’s at. But the rush of playing in a hot band in front of a bunch of people IS uncompareble....talk about a high!
    But yeah, I preferred being in the back row under the dark lights grooving on the Bass. Played that professionally on and off for 20 years, last ten it was my main, though not only job...It was a gas, but after 100-150 nights a year, often at shitty bars and clubs, when your feet are killing you and your back can’t take that heavy lumber anymore, we’ll sometimes it’s a double edge sword doing what you love for a living....unfortunately haven’t really played in like ten years now. Had to TRY and grow up and get a real job....plus after I got booted out of my main gig, eventually all the calls stopped coming as it is a small, close knit group that gets the gigs here.
    I truly miss it in my minds eye, but I don’t miss schlepping that heavy ass gear at 3 in the morning, or getting hassled by the law, or trying to get inspired when your back hurts and it’s late, and there’s only 4 drunks left, but I do miss it.
    GUITARS
    - Ibanez Muscian Series I got in 79 and modified with Alembic circuitry/pickups in 84.
    - Madeira Acoustic
    - 84 Alembic Spoiler 4 string electric Bass
    - Michael Kelly Club Deluxe 5 String Acoustic/Electric Bass. picked this up early century when I was playing a lot to get upright sound etc. Never spent enough on upright to be proficient as it’s physicaly painful, and it’s a drag trying to play live with a loud band. I liked the sound I good get with the Kelly and a Sans Amp tech 21 Acoustic DI. It’s made for Acoustic guitar but works awesome for the Acoustic Bass. Seceret is the adjustable mid....
    shit, ramblin again, sorry, fun topic. DAVEROCK sportin’ the Bobbie Dazzler! Nice axe bra! My guitar teacher always played and sold Gretches. Wish I would of got one, but wanted a Bob Weir Ibenez so bad. Almost had one but got the Muscian series instead. I’ve seen pictures of both Bob and Jerry playing one but not sure what show (s)? Think it was around when Bob was first using Ibenez?

  • wilfredtjones
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    There's a B Minor in there somewhere...I think after the G. The riff is fun, too! Don't forget to learn that :-)

    Thanks for sharing info. on your guitars, too. I also have a '96 Washburn (D-20 in Koa). My brother just bought his first guitar, a Seagull S6... :-)

  • Oroborous
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    6/22/83 source

    Yeah I think that’s the same source as I had. As I say at the time it was definetly my best sounding tape which in those days wasn’t saying much, but this one shined! Great show too, and looks like it must of been a great place to freak freely from the news clip.
    So my buddy Doug hooked up with some dude who either was doing the taping or ? Not sure I really knew, but they knew WTF they were doing, had like Nac with sennhieser mics and were usually low generation and near that quality.
    I had the best gear so most of my friends/cousins would bring their new tapes to my house for coping etc so I’d usually get decent generations. Some shows better than others depending on where they were located. Remember, this was before taper section so some diehard pros would poach in front of board, which sometimes was awesome, other times too loud or tone unbalanced etc...
    Anyway, we start getting some killer 83’s, probably end of year I’m guessing. Unfortunately I never got the source guys info and next thing you know ole Doug’s knocked up the bosses daughter, whose family is super religious so shotgun wedding and no more fun for ole druggles, poor bastard! And no more tapes for us! Dooaah
    Funny part was he got our band to play his ultra conservative wedding, but’s that’s a whole nother story for the bonfire....

  • CaseyJanes
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    Hey all, COVID seems to have me busier than I’ve ever been with both the wife and kid working and schooling here at the cave...so I’ve just been lurking here lately on the site, but I have to jump in on a good guitar convo.

    Dennis, I’ve read that 1983 is right around when Gibson started producing great acoustics again, shifting back to some of the methods that they used on 60s flat top guitars. I would love to play that Hummingbird. I’ll bet it sounds awesome, and from knowing what I know of you, it is probably very well cared for! I just recently learned UJB. It was surprisingly (to me at least) very easy to learn and made up of only 5 basic chords (G, D, C, Am, Em) which are some of the first chords (and easiest) that most guitar players will learn. Rhythmically, the toughest part of the song IMO is probably in what would be considered to be the chorus....that is the part that goes “whoa-o what I want to know is ______________....there are some quick chord changes in that line which take some practice, but all in all, not to difficult. That said, singing it and playing at the same time for me is much more difficult. I have only recently been able to incorporate some singing along with my playing and I have been playing for more than 20 years. Some of that I think is confidence factor of worrying about what others think I sound like, which I really don’t give a shit about anymore, but the other part is that rhythmically it is not easy to learn, especially if the song has difficult chord phrasing. Did anyone hear the Bob Weir Shakedown interview from Friday night? He had some interesting comments about Lost Sailor and the reason it didn’t stay around for too long in the bands repertoire. Too difficult to play and the other band members didn’t want to spend the time on it. And we’ve seen that LS has only recently been brought back into D&Cs repertoire. So this got me thinking about the progression of Bob Weirs playing ability. Of course it’s widely know that Bob was nearly kicked out of the band early on because of complaints about his guitar playing. And to be fair he only started playing guitar at the age of 13 and then met Garcia just 3 years later. And any player is going to experience some plateauing, especially early on. That said, it make me wonder if the shift in style on WMD and AB were at least partly made in efforts to help with this handicap as the arrangements are much simpler and back to the basics. (Here is a quote from wiki on the subject:
    “The incident apparently led to a period of significant growth in Weir's guitar playing. Phil Lesh said that when drummer Mickey Hart left the band temporarily in early 1971, he was able to hear Weir's playing more clearly than ever and "I found myself astonished, delighted and excited beyond measure at what Bobby was doing." Lesh described Weir's playing as "quirky, whimsical and goofy" and noted his ability to play chord voicings on the guitar (with only four fingers) that one would normally hear from a keyboard (with up to ten fingers).[13].

    Cousins: what kind of guitars do you own? What gets the most play? Based on your bands genre, I’m going to guess a Fender Telecaster?

    Here are my guitars:

    1). 1996 Washburn Limited Edition Acoustic
    2). 2017 Gibson Les Paul High Performance in Cherry Red Sumburst
    3). Seagull Artist Studio CW Deluxe Element
    4). MJT Custom Telecaster build that is aged vintage relic...Taos Turquoise over 3-Tone burst
    5). Rhino issued Grateful Dead Dancing Bear/Stealie ukulele (don’t really play this one just decoration
    6). I also recently ordered a Taylor GS Mini Koa Plus E with edge burst on my 4 years zero interest Sweetwater card. I needed a good travel guitar and this one gets phenomenal reviews....can’t wait!, but sshhhhhh! Don’t tell Mrs Casey!

    -the one I play the most (currently) is the Seagull...most accessible hanging on the wall right next to the couch in my living room. It has a pick up so I can plug it in but I rarely do as it projects nicely anyway. It as a solid Sitka Spruce Top, with Solid Rosewood back and sides, Mahogany neck and Ebony fingerboard, gold vintage tuners. It’s a beautiful guitar that sounds just as good as it looks.

    Oro - Great repo car story...had me LOL as usual! For those interested, I promise to finish my Gorge story very soon. Fell off the wagon on that one, but the details are still there. Anniversary is also fast approaching....bummed I can’t do the repeat as I planned for Boulder in July...hopefully we can get back at it soon!

    Doc - Great to read your regular posts again. Glad you’re back.

    Be Well Dead People!

    KCJ

    Led Ded: just read your post...couldnt agree more. No better hobby and incredibly gratifying when you are able to overcome a plateau....repitition and practice....I’m at least one hour a day usually early mornings or later at night!

  • LedDed
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    Yes, some of us really play...

    I am a guitar freak. I have about two dozen electrics, two acoustics and a couple basses, untold effects pedals and several amps. I actually do pick up those instruments with my two hands and play the shit out of them, every day, sometimes only for a half hour and other times all day long, esp. on weekends.

    It's the most gratifying hobby I've ever known. When you start out, you suck and sound like shit. Over time, you learn other people's songs, chord changes, scales, etc. One day you find yourself sitting there with a drink and wailing along to "Layla" at full volume, kicking ass and blending right into the record. And then, you start coming up with your own stuff. Some people eschew covers and play as themselves right off, but if there's a kind of music you like, learning that stuff gives you a toolbox of techniques from which to start doing your own thing.

    You get out of it what you put into it, practice practice practice. I don't really practice so much as play, but you hone your skills through repetition and hours devoted as you pick up new things here and there. One of my favorite things is to crank up a "Big River" like the one on One From The Vault, and wail along with Jerry. He was so good in his prime it's sick.

    I'm not in a band. I have a straight job and a family (and a mortgage etc.) However now and again getting in a room with other musicians, especially with drums present, and turning up is as much fun as it looks. Unfortunately it looks like a bleak time right now for anyone struggling to make it as a musician. First album sales were destroyed by the internet and bands had to depend on live concerts and merch sales. What are they going to do now?

    A long time ago, I might have leaned that way, but I'm glad I went with the straight job, keeping the guitar playing on the side, pure artistic expression with no strings attached or record company bullshit. Last, anyone who's always wanted to learn to play the guitar, go buy a decent one and get after it! If you keep with it, it will reward you more than you can imagine.

    \m/

  • Deadheadbrewer
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    Did someone say, "Saint Paul"?

    LOVE that show from '77 (AND the Saint Paul show from the 1978 box), but cannot allow myself to get distracted from my E72 studies. I still need to finish Bickershaw AND Amsterdam, then get to Rotterdam on its anniversary today. The back-to-back concerts on this tour make things difficult . . .

    I didn't get into Grateful Dead until I was 21 (1991), but if I had been born ten or fifteen years earlier, I would have attended those old MN and upper-midwest shows.

  • Cousins Of The…
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    Hey Dennis, I'll take your Hummingbird if it's lonely :-)
    I play guitar in a band(Western Swing/Honky Tonk) , although not sure when we'll be able to play out again this year.

  • Dennis
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    Just got DP29 in from Real Gone Music. I never bought any of the DP's when they were coming out, my buddy was getting them and sending me copies, money was tight and what the hell. In the end, wish I had bought them all as they came. Now I'm too cheap to pay some of the prices I see for complete sets, and the wife would never understand :-).

    I have to say for anyone who hasn't bought these real gone music releases, they did a nice job on it. At first blush I thought the bonus tracks weren't included, but though not listed, they are there. It was 60 bucks from amazon (got a price cut before it shipped!) So maybe I'll look into getting the real gone collection,,,,, if it's cheap enough :-)

    Dave the Rock and the Gretsch - I know Dave's not the only one on these boards who has guitars AND I know absolutely NOTHING about guitars or playing. But I looked up your guitar and yeah, pricey things. The demo's online made it sound very nice. My question, can you really play? I've met many people over the years who have instruments of all types, played "in my youth", they can still strum a few basic cords, but really can't play. I have a Gibson hummingbird my wife gave me back in 83-ish, why, I have no idea. Maybe she thought I develop unknown talents. I told it's a nice guitar, quite a few people have strummed it over they years and say "very nice". But one night at the store a customer who came in all the time (doctor of some sort), had just bought a new hummingbird, asked me bring in my old one. Bastard sat down and knocked out UJB off top of head. Blew me away. BTW - said my old hummingbird was much louder than new ones.

    So Dave, do you play? Also other folks out there, do you really play? I believe some of you are in bands?

    Just curious.

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    The bonus disc is simply amazing! Classic songs/jams and the sound is superb. This was a GRATE addition to a magnificent show. Thank you Dave!

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"To my ears, the best Dead shows are those that not only fit the criteria that make them amongst the best of a year, but that are also completely unique for their era—shows that fit perfectly into their year of performance, but also fall somewhat outside of the norm for that year. Harpur College, Veneta, Cornell, Cape Cod, and Augusta are all shows that are objectively excellent, and if they are not the best from their respective years of performance, they are certainly unique. Miami 6/23/74 falls into that category: not only one of the very best shows from this outstanding year, but also one of the most interesting and unique. It’s certainly worthy of many, many deep listens." - David Lemieux

¡Ándale, ándale! ¡Arriba, arriba! We're back with a hot one from Miami, F-L-A. DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 34 features the complete show from the Jai Alai Fronton, 6/23/74, one with unparalleled sound quality due in equal parts to the Wall Of Sound and the beautiful sonic clarity of Kidd Candelario's tapes. The first set is chock full of dynamite takes on classics like "Ramble On Rose," "Mississippi Half-Step," and "Cumberland Blues." The second set delivers on the JAMS - one leading into a gorgeous "Ship Of Fools," one rare instrumental version of "Dark Star," and a "Spanish Jam," this is Miami after all! The show also offers up a "first" and an "only" - the former, a Seastones set featuring Phil and Ned Lagin and the latter, the sole Grateful Dead performance of Chuck Berry's "Let It Rock."

Limited to 22,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL.34: JAI ALAI FRONTON, MIAMI, FL 6/23/74 has been mastered from the 7.5 IPS reel-to-reel tapes to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman. ¡Agarrarlo mientras esta calientito! (Get it while it's hot!)

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

Subscribed to Dave's Picks? With this release, you'll also get a bonus disc with selections from Miami 6/22/74. Excellente!

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6 19 76

Soooooo good

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Fellow Canadian deadheads be heartened - DaP 34 arrived this morning in all of its new-packaged glory. Canda Post may sometimes be slow and annoying, but ultimately they get the job done!

... Speaking about killer versions of ‘The Other Ones’, I cant help but remember & think the 40 +minute versio on Dicks Picks # 23 is Primo with a capital P!
Dick's Picks Volume 23 is a three-CD album. It was recorded on September 17, 1972 at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore. It contains the complete concert, except for the encore, which was "One More Saturday Night". Another Primo 72’ performance by the Grateful Dead!
Also, It contains the longest CD version of the song "The Other One" to date, clocking in at nearly 40 minutes, holy Toledo my brothers & sisters! Its mind blowing & a pure example how the dead can take a song and add to its overall sound, structure & vibe into som new forbidden fruit just waiting to be consumed into Grateful Dead’s own trademarks & style / structure & arrangements to boot! We lucky fans are blessed with a vault filled with Magic & love !
Each volume of Dick's Picks has its own "caveat emptor" label, advising the listener of the sound quality of the recording. The one for Volume 23 reads:

"Dick's Picks Twenty-Three was mastered from the original 1/4" analog tapes, running at 7.5 ips. The mix you hear was done live to two-track at the show, and the results are remarkable. We hope you'll dig it as much as we do." And I must concure, I love it!

***Track listing -
*Disc one
**First set:
"Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:39
"Sugaree" (Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia) – 7:59
"Black-Throated Wind" (John Barlow, Bob Weir) – 6:34
"Friend of the Devil" (John Dawson, Hunter, Garcia) – 4:19
"El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 5:11
"Bird Song" (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:55
"Big River" (Johnny Cash) – 5:22
"Tennessee Jed" (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:05
"Mexicali Blues" (Barlow, Weir) – 3:57
"China Cat Sunflower" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 5:18
"I Know You Rider" (trad., arr. Grateful Dead) – 6:16
**Disc two
"Playing in the Band" (Hunter, Mickey Hart, Weir) – 18:48
"Casey Jones" (Hunter, Garcia) – 6:12
***Second set:
"Truckin'" (Hunter, Garcia, Phil Lesh, Weir) – 12:19
"Loser" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:20
"Jack Straw" (Hunter, Weir) – 5:22
"Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodleloo" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 8:38
"Me and My Uncle" (John Phillips) – 3:16
***Disc three
"He's Gone" > (Hunter, Garcia) – 10:21
"The Other One" > (Bill Kreutzmann, Weir) – 39:07
"Sing Me Back Home" (Merle Haggard) – 10:50
"Sugar Magnolia" (Hunter, Weir) – 9:25
"Uncle John's Band" (Hunter, Garcia) – 7:22

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got a meme yesterday from my buddy -

"Hard to believe we've already been in quarantine for an entire Grateful Dead song"

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Today I did receive a CD through the post from America. It was something I pre-ordered before lockdowns and the like. It shipped on April 23 which means it took 33 days to cross the pond. My Dave's Picks 34 shipped a week later, so will maybe, possibly, hopefully arrive a week from now. Time will tell.

Pre-crisis shipping time was typically around two weeks.

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Yeah, this is it! That's a good catch man because I Googled it too a few years ago. I think I may have heard 15 second clip of it in documentary which I think is called Amazing Journey. That's how I know of its existence. But I did check The Kids Are Alright at the time, and unfortunately it's not the one. I even checked the Smothers Brothers TV show recording to see if that was it. I checked the Sellout remaster, 30 years of Maximum R&B box set.....nothing. and here it is. Thanks man.

And Dennis - thanks again, that Echoes sounds waaaay better than the youtube.com version. I have to double-check before I swear this but I'm pretty sure even the 5.1 works in 5.1 through my phone's 8th / inch headphone jack into stereo RCA inputs in my receiver. At first I thought it was just give me 2 track stereo in the front and the back like usual, then I was pretty sure I heard different stuff coming out of the back speakers. And of course someone wanted to watch TV after a minute and I listened to the rest on headphones.

With all of this Pink Floyd talk I thought that I would add that David Gilmour live at Pompeii is well worth watching and listening to. Damn! Comfortably Numb just soars into the atmosphere. I Wish I Was There.

@Simon Rob. I hope your Dave's follows that educated-guess timeline to you very soon. One Way or Another: This Lockdown has got to end (Reminds me of a lyric in New Speedway Boogie). Imagine that the lockdown ends and as you report back to work your new Dave's arrives as you head out the door?!?! Call out sick Rob! Stay home and safe and open a Bass Ale at 8AM while listening to your new cd. Invite Boris J over. His hair looks strangely familiar?

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March 31 was my last day at work before retirement. That means that so far the first two months of my retirement have been spent in lockdown. To make matters worse the weather has been great, but at least I have a garden. Currently listening to Dave's Picks 1 which is behaving itself. No sign of rot and it sounds great. Haven't played it in a while. Next up GarciaLive 13 which is what arrived earlier today.

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Great suggestion DP 19. Found a used one on ebay. First chance to listen this morning and it's everything you said it would be. Strange that Mind Left Body is separated on this but remains part of Dark Star on other shows.

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Someone posted here a couple of weeks ago that these last 3 Dave’s might be the 3 best consecutive in the entire series. Of course, I had to go to my shelf to check.
If I was only allowed to keep 3, and they had to be consecutive, I would go with 9,10,11.
Missoula MT 5/14/74
LA, CA 12/11-12/69-Bonus disc!!
Wichita, KS 11/17/72
Anyone else have an opinion?? I sure hope so.
Stay healthy, stay safe.

Oops! I think that I read about your retirement a while back. Enjoy the garden and let's hope your cds arrive soon.

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Dave's # 5 , 6, & 7. 5 & 6 are 10 out of 10 powerhouse, must have relaeses. Since I have to pick 3 in a row # 7 gets to come along for the ride, my #4 has rotted away and gets excluded from this fun little game. I guess I should write down the dates, 11/17/73, 12/20/69, 2/2/70, and 4/28/78. Great idea Mr. Ones!

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For me, it would surely be 11, 12, & 13 (unless Dave unleashes a truly phenomenal show this summer!)

#11 Wichita, 11/17/72
#12 Colgate, 11/7/77
#13 Winterland, 2/24/74

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Check your PM

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....That makes it interesting!
Based solely on personal preference;
8- 11/30/80
9- 5/14/74
10 12/12/69
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16-3/28/73
17- 7/19/74
18- 7/17/76

I probably like 16 the best of all, but like 5/14/74 over 7/19/74 and probably would take 12/12/69 over 7/17/76....maybe?

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Butch (or anyone) - Awhile back I combined Dark Star and Mind Left Body into one track on DP 19 so they'd stick together on shuffle play. PM me if you'd like a copy.

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I was putting shows attended on my home page and noticed that I was at some of the same shows as Nappyrags, VGuy, and Good Old Grateful Dead. Do you guys remember seeing me? I had long hair, a beard, and was wearing jeans.

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Experience Regina! Ha!

Now that's hilarious! I haven't watched that terrible video for years!

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Think I ultimately agree with Mr Ones on 9 5/14/74, 10 12/11-12/69, 11 11/17/72. The silver goes to 13 2/24/74, 14 3/26/72, 15 4/22/78. My second runner up would probably be 24 8/25/72, 25 11/6/77, 26 11/17/71 & 12/14/71. In each and every scenario, there just aren't three in a row that are all killers; somehow one of them just isn't there. But these are the overall strongest three in a row to me.

Most of my listening lately has been taken with the Owsley Foundation's most excellent Never the Same Way Once box of Doc and Merle Watson. Lots of repeats, but killer playing and singing from the hills of North Carolina. Wish they had done a Shady Grove, but it's all good. And talk about a great live recording! If this had been put out as a live album in 1974, it would've sold at least as much as Old and in the Way the next year.

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The first two responses are the only logical answers.

5, 6, 7 with 7 getting a free ride or 11, 12, 13.

So tonight marks the end of the E72 journey. No surprise, but over the past two months I had the pleasure of listening to 22 concerts that far exceed anything I ever saw them play live. Taking into account some of the venues, it had to be the experience of a lifetime.

4/8, 5/3, and 5/26 remain my favorites. The biggest surprises on my second full go-around were 4/14 and 5/7. Those two nudge 5/11 and 4/26 out of my top five.

In aggregate, I feel The Other Ones outshine the Dark Stars ever so slightly. Each arguably have their pinnacle performances on this tour, but as a whole I will take the former.

Honorable mention goes to 5/13 in Lille. If nothing more than they set up in a park(ing lot) if I understand correctly.

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Some things can only be explained by drugs. Like the decision to make a sequel to the Flintstones movie. I suspect the decision by Grateful Dead Merchandising to market a Workingman's Dead hat, a Workingman's Dead apron, a Workingman's Dead leatherman, a Workingman's Dead jacket, a Workingman's Dead hatchet, a Workingman's Dead tool roll, a Workingman's Dead key chain, and a Workingman's (notice they omitted Dead for this item to avoid confusion) dog jacket may have been the result of a chemically induced enthusiasm.

I think you meant to say, "The Things I blame on Other People Doing Drugs"

The Second Flintstones movie. So funny.

Things I Blame On Drugs? Waking up that day, large, strange hematomas on strange parts of my body.. brand new frisbee, less than 24 hours old, lost. Looking forward to that first cup of coffee only for my old, dear friend from high school waking me up with the seemingly rude reminder.. "oh, so you don't remember what happened last night at all, do you?"

Yea.. that. coincidentally, the last time Me & Mr. Lemmon 714 ever hung out and not so coincidentally, the last time I ever saw my favorite frisbee. That was a very long time ago ..but I digress.

that... and that Flintstone's movie for sure.

Back to your regularly scheduled drums and space.

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Status: ''Your item departed a transfer airport in FRANKFURT, GERMANY on May 26, 2020 at 8:01 am.''
Hopefully not to another Airport, like Shenzen, Brussels or elsewhere.
If not so, It might be out for delivery soon. Oh, I forgot the customs.

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USPS keeping me informed!
Having finally(?) left LA on 20th and then Salt Lake City on 21st I’m now told it left Detroit on 26th. Still moving east and it might get out of the US in the next month or two. Does the Pony Express still deliver?

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Interesting question about a favorite 3 DaP in a row sequence, kind of tough because some of my favorite individual releases aren't part of a favorite 3 sequence. Here's a couple runs that seem like contenders to me:
28, 29, 30 - 6/17/76, 2/29/77, 1/2/70
16, 17, 18 - 3/28/73, 7/19/74, 7/17/76

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Baltimore Civic Center, Baltimore, MD – 9/17/72’ Dick's Picks #23. As the first set of this September 1972 show in Baltimore closes, notes peal from Jerry Garcia’s guitar while Bill Kreutzmann kicks the band into a gallop, both actions emblematic of the surety permeating the playing of the Grateful Dead captured on Dick’s Picks Vol. 23, To say the band sounds inspired is to understate the precision and passion with which they play on this recording of Owsley “Bear” Stanley.

Little wonder the group next launches into a near twenty-minute exploration of “Playing in the Band.” and makes it sound succinct. With a collective confidence rooted in their innate sense of improvisation, the Dead performed like they could do no wrong at this point in their career and rightly so: having returned earlier in this same year from a conquest of Europe, their first visit to the continent, the group had every reason to feel sure of themselves. For one thing they possessed a wealth of new material to choose from, some of which Garcia/Hunter pieces, like “Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodleloo,” wouldn’t be recorded till the next year. That tune is, nevertheless, as much of a piece with originals like “Jack Straw” as covers such as “Big River” and “Me & My Uncle.”

As with their grasp of composition, The Grateful Dead had elevated the sophistication in their musicianship too by teaching themselves to carefully navigate that ever so fine line between structure and spontaneity. That balanced approach lent itself to memorable jamming, as in the segue from “China Cat Sunflower” into “I Know You Rider,” but numbers such as “Tennesee Jed,” which didn’t accommodate much stretching, still helped maintained the necessary overall discipline

But that’s not to say the inclination to take chances had disappeared. During the segues near show’s end that envelope “The Other One” and “He’s Gone,” the Dead performed with a purpose and this focused approach manifest itself on “Casey Jones,” as well as the colorful highlights Keith Godchaux supplied, equally on electric and acoustic piano. Slightly over twelve minutes, this robust version of “Truckin'” might well serve as a microcosm of the elevated level of the group’s chops this autumn in the early 1970’s.
Dicks Picks #23 ( 3-CD package)reaffirm the impact of its music, rendering the Grateful Dead’s progression through their thirty-year career sound all the more wondrous.
🙏❤️💀🌹
Have a grateful Day Everyone! ✌️, More Grateful Dead Please...

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Sorry I woke up grumpy, I'm a teacher and can sniff out (Google search) copied work like a bloodhound. Unless your name is Doug Collete and you write for Glide, copying and pasting someone else's article into a post without proper citation is not cool. Please dont do this, it is wrong to plagiarize someone else's intellectual property. If you agree with another's sentiments, use it, but put their due credit, especially when its multiple paragraphs. If you are Doug then I'll shut my assumptive mouth, cheers and nice writing.

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That's me just had a card through my door demanding £13.52 to arrange delivery of my Dave's Picks, for the second time (out of two) this year. I can see a pattern developing here. It looks like it's no longer going to be affordable for me to subscribe from the U.K. in future. :-(

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Just received the limited edition t shirts for this pick, wow, are they nice, perfect fit and awesome design, hope any and all who wanted one got one cause they are sold out now.
Gave a good listen to this pick yesterday also, nice 74 sound, great recording and love the set list. Love the let it rock on this release, too bad the boys did not play this one again, what a great tune and done very well. This was the first seastones, I bet those people in attendance were like, wtf is that, short but sweet and very experimental. The second set is just great, that jam>ship of fools is to die for and I can't remember another time when they went out of Around and Around into Dark Star, very different. Love the Casey Jones encore. Lots of love for the big river and the other cowboy songs on this release. I have not listened to the bonus yet, but I know it will be hot.

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I think the Zap-Man covered this in a song.

And the cocaine decisions that you make today
Will not be discovered till it's over 'n' done
By the customers you hold at bay

BTW Mham-man and shows you've been to.

You asked about remembering see you there. Long Hair...Beard....Jeans.

I saw you there. Would it have hurt to have gotten a hair cut? A beard trim? Did your mother know you went out with holes in those jeans? I bet she would've been proud, huh?

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Watching an old movie last night "Till the End of Time", (Dorothy McGuire, Guy Madison & Robert Mitchum), but in this movie they used the term deadhead. It meant a water logged log that floats with just a little head sticking up. Never noticed that in that movie before.

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my 18 year old self remembers a little joke

A man at a bar noticed a guy at the end of the bar with a head the size of a tennis ball.

"Wha'appen?"

"Well, I was stranded on an island. Weeks went by. One morning a stunningly beautiful mermaid appeared just offshore."

"Hi there, handsome. I can grant you three wishes", she said.

"Really? OK! Number one, I want to be back on the mainland."
"Granted..."
Number two, I want to be in a bar so I can get hammered."
"Granted..."
"Number three...you're so hot...how about a little head?"

BAM, all three wishes were granted.

When I first saw some of the merchandise being offered. . .. I thought "have they lost their minds-body-jam!!!" Next I thought maybe they did their market research and in fact are marketing geniuses. Dead.net are the Next MadMen (TV show, series). I think they would make great "Gag" gifts from one Dead Head to another. The axe really should be limited edition and numbered.

Can you imagine the customs charges on the axe to Europe? Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

I am waiting for a news story from Europe that says a postman/customs official got chopped up after an exorbitant demand for a customs tax for The Working Man's Dead Axe! Well, afterall, it was the two years into the Lockdown when it finally arrived. Quarantine-Crazy-Syndrome. "He was a quiet man" said the newspaper. Neighbors say that if you listen closely. . .. that in the wee, small, hours, of the morning you can hear the man screaming "Lizzie Borden."

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Yesterday I was trying to get my dog walked before the rain came, but per usual, as soon as I got about 15 minutes out on the walk it started to rain, not too heavy, but a nice spring shower. I was wearing a Cats Under the Stars shirt. I'm at Sheffield and Diversey and a guy in a jeep with his window rolled down stopped in the left hand turn lane says something to me.

I can't hear him because my earbuds are in and Bobby's trying to transition to Dancin in the Streets on 6-10-76. So I pull out my earbuds and look at the guy again and he's wearing a tie dye. He says something about me being on a mission. I didn't quite hear him so i just smiled and nodded and he waved. Then 5 seconds later I realize he said "Walking along in the mission in the rain". Whoa. What are the odds that this dude knows Mission in the Rain and quotes it to me while its raining while I'm listening to one of the 4 shows out of 2,500 where they played it?

Cosmic.

Carlo, thanks for the pic tip. Hopefully its working....

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My son just had his online English final for his English class at his Catholic high school. Analyze a poem was the assignment. “Box of Rain” by Hunter/Lesh was the assigned poem.

Very nice! Carry on all and be well! We are everywhere!

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DEADEGAD: 😃

Slow Dog; radio I Ching!
We are everywhere.....avatar looks good!

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Unfortunately, this is the price you have to pay to have the disc delivered. I think that the Royal Mail have become more insistent since we left the EU, they don’t seem to let stuff through like they used to.
Personally, I’d welcome the payment demand since it would mean that the cd was in the UK. Mine is still a long way from my home.

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Ha..

Careful with that axe, Eugene..

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DaP 8 - 11/30/80 - Fox Theatre - Atlanta, GA - Only Matrix - Return of the electric Birdsong - Superb Scarlet-Fire -
DaP 9 - 5/14/74 - Adams Fields House - Missoula, MT - Great WRS & Dark Star>China Doll - Hauntingly beautiful
DaP 10 - 12/12/69 - Thelma - Los Angeles, CA - Long 69 show with an Alligator & Caution...Lots of Pigpen

3 very different versions of the band. If you played these for someone who has never heard the band, they might be surprised to find it is the same band. Me and My Uncle is the only song played on all 3 and only a handful of songs overlap from 8 & 9.

This was almost as easy as picking my 3 favorite (in a row) from the Dicks Picks series, which would be 15, 16, & 17 for the same reasons. 3 very different eras. DP15 (9/3/77) is one of my favorite Dead shows ever. The energy at this show is ridiculous. I'd pick this show over Cornell anyday , or any other Spring 77 show for that matter. YMMV. DP16 (11/8/69) might be the most jammy show they ever played. DP17 (9/25/91) is just a great Bruce/Vince era show. Love that Terrapin>Boston Clam Jam.

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My sense of humor can get even worse and I had to censor an additional thought regarding the Working Man's Axe. I almost posted it. Quarantine is getting to me, almost.

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#13-2/24/74 Winterland.
#14-3/26/72 Academy Of Music.
#15-4/22/78 Nashville.

I had to have #13 so I structured my picks around it. "Whatever's happening in the rest of the world whether it be wars or kidnappings...this is a peaceful Sunday afternoon with the Grateful Dead." One of my favorite releases period. And I get a 72 with a bonus disc to boot.

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… at least you didn't waste it.

Old saw about - "spent most of my money on wine, women & song. The rest I wasted"

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