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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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  • #1421
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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.

  • #1422
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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?

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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... :-)

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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....

  • #1425
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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!

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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/

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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.

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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.

  • #1429
    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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Submitted by Forensicdoceleven on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 05:27

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Morning rockers!!!!

Ah yes, 9/20/70, one of the all-time classic Dead shows. Ever since I've been here there's been calls for its release.

The acoustic set, one of THE best ever, would have made a most excellent companion to the WD 50th re-issue. Alas, it was not to be.

The electric set! Delightfully off kilter, scorching, intense, and sonically deeply flawed. As somebody who has listened to a boatload of versions of this, I think I can say that maybe, just maybe with current technology Mr Norman and others can get this straightened out, but it will be a challenge................

Commander Cody 1970, sir you are so fine!!

Rock on rockers!!!

Doc

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Submitted by Angry Jack Straw on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 05:51

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I was just busting your ass in response to the renewed nonsense on the board. You are one of our most esteemed contributors and I hold you in the highest regard.

The later year versions of Jack Straw have energy and appeal to me more. I would say the same for LLR and Bird Song. I realize that a lot of folks don’t enjoy LLR, but the band banged out a higher energy version at my first show, so it has always stuck with me. Plus Fay has been pounding the Northeast, so it seems timely.

I would be in favor of a 9/19/70 release. Very cool Darkness>China Cat jam in the middle of Not Fade Away.

Also, nice to see Doc reemerging. Another elite poster.

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Submitted by Timster on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 09:29

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I'll admit that the Jack Straw from 7-2-1988 is what hooked me for life. Before that I was a Grateful Dead fan, but the Oxford Plains Speedway Jack Straw blew me away. 32 years later and I can still feel the Phil Bombs shaking the ground. Good times.

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 10:08

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One of the few GD88 shows I hold in high esteem

The one that should have been on ttats, not 7 3

Not that theres anything wrong with that...

I imagine the JS in person was reeeeeally memorable

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Submitted by Timster on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 11:04

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The Iko-Iko opener was fun but that Jack Straw was incredible. A lot of details of that day are fuzzy for some reason, but the JS was unforgettable for me. I do hope this show gets released some day.

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Submitted by SPACEBROTHER on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 16:02

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8/13/87. It's a doozy.

Favorite version I caught in person...7/18/89. Someday it'll get released. Same with 7/2/88. Wasn't there but thats a monster.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Sun, 07/12/2020 - 20:38

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Caught that one. Whoo Hoo.

The ill-behaved freak in front of me would not sit down during Jack Straw so I barely got to see the band for the first few songs. Pretty sure it was HedrixFreak.. pretty sure he absconded with my woman that night too.. but 33 years later, all is forgiven.

I've posted about this before. J Straw from The Go To Nassau release is fantastic. Jerry shreds it like a speed metal player! The band hits all the marks at just the right moments and never misses a cue. It is just exactly perfect.

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Submitted by Dennis on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 11:30

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Just reading the relix email that comes in everyday and it had an announcement about DaP 35, says something to the effect, includes a rare first time release 'day job', only play 57 times between such and such.

The way my buddy whined you'd have thought they played it 57 times in one show! :-)

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Submitted by Deadheadbrewer on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 12:19

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April Fool's show, 1984, they opened with Never Trust a Woman, then played it seven times more in a row. The second set had nothing but nine Day Jobs. The encore was a super-slow, twenty-minute Same Thing. There's a good audience copy on Relisten.

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 16:33

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Hey Jim, that WAS me in front of you. And your woman was going commando, what else could I do?

Okay, two short, related true stories. A bunch of us were at a GD show at the Rocks and a good friend of mine and his brother were getting emotional together, so my good friend's girlfriend sidles up to me and we're dancing together. Gradually, with one eye down the row on my friend, I slipped my hand into her shorts (she's going commando) and twiddled her to a "happy ending," stopping in time for the set break and avoiding getting caught, etc. You should have seen the grateful look on her face. Oh man. A true story that I'll treasure to the end of my days. Second story is not salacious: Lyle Lovett show at the Rocks. He's got his Big Band with him. They hit the stage and start to swing, so I jump up and start shakin' it. A woman behind me goes: "Sit down!" I look around, and it's freakin' date night everywhere and I'M THE ONLY PERSON SWINGING TO THIS BIG BAND... Sick. So I acquiesce and sit down. Our favorite beer lady comes by and whispers to us, "Who ARE these people?" Later, it begins to rain, and every single one of those deadbeats is up on their feet, now needing to shake it. P.S. I never went to another Lyle show again, despite how great he is, because his audience TOTALLY SUCKS!!

Next post, I'll tell ya how I REALLY feel!

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Submitted by carlo13 on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 16:49

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Way to much information. I hate country but I do like David allen coe.

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Submitted by LedDed on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 19:04

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Hendrix, I love that story. Nothing out of line there. I know you sniffed your fingers after. For those not in the know, Red Rocks isn't just special, it's magical. Too many decades of great stories to share all, but here's my favorite.

Page & Plant, mid '90s. I went down stage left into the bathroom from my seat to crush up a monster line of blow. Fully numb, as I'm hiking back up toward the bowl of the amphitheater, they go into No Quarter. It's all blue light and smoke, and Jimmy Page is dressed in black jeans and a black long sleeve T-shirt. He's got a cigarette dangling, head down and playing that mesmerizing riff.

I'm standing there with a double Stoli and 7, high as fuck, and I kind of amble on over to the front of the stage to catch a closer look at my hero. Any second, security is going to shoo me away.

Didn't happen. No Quarter is a long song... peaking from the line, crushing my drink, 25 feet from Jimmy fucking Page and Robert wailing his ass off. After that performance, I could have been struck by a bolt of lightning and died happy.

Let's hope we can all get back together at Red Rocks sooner than later. Be well friends.

\m/

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Submitted by Jason Wilder on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 21:37

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Day Job has been released twice (prior to this Dave's), on Dick's Picks #6 (10/14/83), and Dick's Picks #21 (11/1/85).

Though perhaps Relix meant for Dave's Picks only.

The Lyric and Song Finder site (by Alex Allan) has the full release date of Dave's 35. I will spill if you guys want. There is a Day Job and it is also the latest date for a Dave's Picks release.

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Submitted by Jason Wilder on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 21:50

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I was hoping he'd go all out on that release. There were some legendary shows, for certain (the '67, '69, '79, '87, '91, etc), but I'd have gone bigger. Nothing wrong with the ones on there, for sure. But agree wholeheartedly on '88.

Also, Alpine '89 was fantastic. Those 3 have to be released in their entirety. Video, audio. Whatever. I know Downhill is close, but not quite for 7/17/89.

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Submitted by carlo13 on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 22:05

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How does a concert work at red rocks? Is there a building with toilets and a food court or porta-sans? Obviously the stage is outside but does each band play on a permanent stage or does each band create their own stage and sound system on the desert floor? The pictures look cool in the july 78' box but I've never been there so it seems difficult to imagine how it works in the desert. Thanks.

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Submitted by mhammond12 on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 23:16

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Dave's Picks #34 06/23/74 Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami has, after repeated listening, become one of my favorite releases. It is the counter argument to Daverock's preference to the fast songs (which I totally understand and agree with). Like Karajan conducting Bruckner this concert has a constant pulse that hypnotizes. It starts with Ramble On Rose. First set ends with China Doll. Second set starts with Ship Of Fools. You get the (slow) picture. Mellow but a constant pulse. Damn good concert.

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Submitted by LedDed on Mon, 07/13/2020 - 23:29

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Remember the U2 video, with the torches burning? How it works is God created this bowl. Like a steep and deep natural amphiteater, you know, outside. Under the stars. It's our dusty old cowtown's answer to the Hollywood Bowl.

Red Rocks has the edge on the bowl for natural beauty, but L.A. is L.A.

Red Rocks is a national park in Morrison, CO. Like Jim. The Morrison Inn, incidentally,
on the corner features awesome Mexican food drinks and a great hang.

Or rather, it did.

Red Rocks is a state park, that is open when concerts aren't setting up. Any of you Dave Matthews
Band douches could actually go there and stand right center stage and have her snap your photo
with your Yamaha.

The catwalks to the dressing rooms are also, open, though not the rooms themselves except to bands on band days.

I've always had a hotel room near the Hollywood Bowl we walked back from and carried on.

Red Rocks is different. You are in nature. Morrison has no hotel rooms outside of a couple under the radar B&Bs. You got to have a responsible adult at the wheel after concert man to collect you all and make it home safe.

\m/

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Submitted by mhammond12 on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 00:32

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This Black Peter. Oh my. So good. And so slow.

Unrelated postscript...I would have thought from previous posts he'd be dead by now.

Mhammond...I would agree that this is one of the best releases. It never occurred to me that it featured a fair few ballads - it all fits together so seamlessly. It isn't a ballad, but Dark Star only really gained gravitas when it slowed down a bit ( a lot) in 1969. I generally prefer slow music to slow songs..but it just goes to show that for any statement expressed, the opposite is most likely true as well.

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Submitted by simonrob on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 04:14

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Mhammond... Bots don't die, unfortunately. They just copy and paste until the end of the world as we know it.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 06:31

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Agree. Add in the Bonus Disc and it's special.. sort of like the WOS Road Trips, the release plus bonus disc makes for a great little CD.

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Submitted by daverock on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 08:04

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Strangely, I kept coming across Jimmy Page in my wanderings up to about 10 years ago. He was at the WOMAD festival about 1999, then again at a Jeff Beck concert a few years later, and then, most surprisingly, at the miniscule Borderline club in London when I went to see The Pirates( featuring the great Mick Green on guitar, incidentally).
The last time I rubbed shoulders with him was in FOPP record shop about two years ago, flipping through L.P. sleeves also in London. I have never spoken to him, but he seems a really humble man, and nice to see he is still obviously enthusiastic about all sorts of music. But it felt funny standing next to him in The Borderline and at FOPP. There's him, who can captivate thousands on stage playing guitar solos for the ages-and there's me, who gets tongue tied in front of more than about 4 people!

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Submitted by hendrixfreak on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 08:43

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No apologies here. Stories is stories. If they're true, that's the way it goes.

Ledded, you captured a moment in true style. How many times did we "crush a monster pile of blow" at that joint?

And you DAMN WELL know I sniffed my fingers.......................

Has definitely been a top Dave’s for me. Have to give it a couple more good spins before 35 arrives, which after listening to some 84 lately I’m really stoked.
Stating to wonder what the “other” thing will be that Dave hinted at earlier this year? Will it be tied to AB 50th, or something completely different? Like the old ketchup commercials “anticipa—aa-tion, it’s making me wait” lol

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Submitted by 80sfan on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 12:00

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I can't believe how much I STILL listen to this release. Not really in full anymore, but in the car I'm always putting on a few songs. And the bonus disc is amazing - I get a lot of mileage out of that one. In fact, on July 4th, we had a little family BBQ (literally just the small family of mine) and we played the China>Rider and Eyes on my deck while grilling and everyone really enjoyed the moment....

As for 35, I'm looking forward to it. I really like it when they throw a curveball our way and a show from 84 certainly was not expected. I still go back to the H>S>F from the 1983 show they released a while back. What a wild and (somewhat) messy show - and I loved it!

Hope everyone is well -

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Submitted by billy the kid on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 12:03

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I've seen some great shows on July 13th and I forgot to post them yesterday. 7/13/76 from the Orpheum theatre , is one of my top 3 shows attended. 7/13/84 a Friday the 13th at the Greek, with a shooting star and a Dark Star encore. 7/13/85 down in Ventura, with a Cryptical and a far out swinging party all weekend! Dave , it's time to release that West Coast box set, best of Frost, Greek , and Ventura.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 17:16

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I have DeadheadBrewer to thank, but apparently there is an IPA called Jai Alai, which is decent, so I had to give it a try, having my second now, hence the post.

But thanks to MHammond, 80sfan and numerous others, I was reminded to give this whole release listen #4, starting today.. I timed my morning bike ride to be about the same length as the first set. I also brought my 12 year old with me, him on my ebike, me on the leg powered one.. about 3/4 through our ride, he was circling back to make sure I didn't have a stroke or something.. passed me and about three minutes comes back up the hill I had just climbed and says.. two words, daddy, bears. Just as Weather Report Suite transitions to Let It Grow, I turn around and see a pretty jumbo Mother Bear and two cubs playing around under a shade tree. Dancing Bears. There are bears here, but they seem more active at dawn, dusk and in the night then the middle of the day. Very cool.

Ok. Back to your regularly scheduled Dark Star>Spanish Jam

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Submitted by LedDed on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 18:20

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I'm going on vacation for two weeks, to Wisconsin and Maine and all parts in between, driving from Colorado. I want nothing to do with the airlines and their recycled puke covid air, and the fact that they've stopped serving cocktails, except in first. Not my kind of party, esp. what with the fam in tow.

The current listen is Deep Purple: In Rock. Saw Purple late last year and they remain in fine form. Ian Gillan has become thin, but not sickly and is in fine voice. For any guitarheads who've been paying attention, Martin just released this gem:

https://www.martinguitar.com/new-sc-13e-acoustic-electric-guitar/

I just got mine Thursday and took it up to the mountains for the weekend. It has unbelievably great access to the entire register, low action and tone to spare. It responds amazingly well to picking dynamics from feather-like Steve Howe touch to James Hetfield chunk. Go get yours now.

In closing, where is the 1984 thread? This is getting stale. Oh and Gilligan, I ain't dead yet and won't be dropping any time soon.

\m/

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Submitted by wilfredtjones on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 19:12

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Don't tell me you're going to the Dells! :-O

P.S. Congrats on your fine new axe... :-)

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Submitted by stoltzfus on Tue, 07/14/2020 - 23:20

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You'll love it

I got an email last week to say that this Octobers show has been postponed to October 2021, so fingers crossed everything will be okay by then.
They were amazing in 2017 - the drum roll introducing "Fireball" blew the roof off.

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Submitted by direwulf on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 04:05

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Your buddie's cousin's friend heard of a guy that makes $96 an hour on the internet...that's neat, going without artwork for 5 months is horrible, I've recently met a prince in Nigeria who has similar issues with his inheritance.

Why have I seen the new Dave's 35 show given on Jambase 2 days ago but no where on this site yet? Am I blind?! 4/20/84 show will be interesting for sure, wonder what the sound quality and source will be. Not sure I got it on the announcement.

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Submitted by Colin Gould on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 06:27

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The announcement said that orders for 35 would open on 16 July at 10:00am PT, whatever that is where you are. I expect information and a video will appear around about then.

Somebody I don’t know’s best friend’s acquaintance can make $1000’s a minute, but that does involve bank robbery.

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Submitted by JimInMD on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 06:33

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Wasn't it the movie Point Break where the bank robbers wore dead president masks?

I foresee a string of successful bank robberies where the only clue is they thieves wore masks of Jerry, Pigpen, Phil, Bill, Mickey, Brent, Vince and Donna. If they were to ever get caught (doubtful) it would be either the person wearing the Bruce or TC mask.

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Submitted by Slow Dog Noodle on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 10:35

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Thanks for the heads up on SC-13e! I always love hearing about new guitar releases. Almost as much as dead releases. The dead releases are a little easier on the wallet. I lol'ed when i first started reading on the site and they say: "It's time to rethink the acoustic guitar" or something to that effect. They've been making the best acoustics for a long time now imo. My HD-28 is one of my prized possessions. But getting rid of the heel really is an innovation.

A little odd becasue one doesn't usually associate playing acoustics with playing way up the neck like that, and Martin is known specifically for their crisp low end and mid-range sound. But im sure they put in the time and effort to make sure it works and it sounds great. Enjoy it!

Me and a few friends were joking (at the requisite six feet of course) that there has never been a better time to rob a bank. You leave home with your mask on - do the job and you're back for tea all without ever losing the mask. No suspicions raised!

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Submitted by Deadheadbrewer on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 11:10

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Jim, glad you tried the Jai-Alai. Even though I'm no hophead, I do enjoy that IPA. Ms. Brewer adores it! In fact, all I asked of her when I brought home twelve cans of it was that she save me two or three to enjoy while listening to DaP34. The cans kept disappearing to the point that I ended up HIDING the last two. I teased her about it at some point, and she said, "I thought you listened to that show long ago, so I figured the rest of the Jai-Alai IPA was MINE!"

She thought the Jai-Alai was part of the E72 beer stash, and once I finished my run-through of The Box, she started drinking whatever lay about.

Ledded, if you're coming through Saint Paul, let's have a socially-distant beer on a brewery patio, eh? There is a day of socially-distanced, live Dylan/Dead/hippie music at Utepils this Saturday. DeadVikes, you going?

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Submitted by mhammond12 on Wed, 07/15/2020 - 21:49

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Was this a shocking event or a not unexpected sighting? I am asking because I am curious as to how lockdowns etc are affecting wildlife. My neighborhood is increasingly populated by raccoons and coyotes. I was shocked when I ran into a raccoon on my second floor balcony and he seemed more shocked than me. My Nextdoor app has photos every day of coyotes in brazen proximity to people. I really like it.

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Submitted by gratefulgerd on Thu, 07/16/2020 - 02:32

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now it's July, and my girlfriend cries: Where's DaP 34???
Anybody else missing it in Europe?
Gerd

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