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"Welcome to the 10th year of the Dave's Picks series! We're amazed and humbled that this community of Dave's Picks fans keeps growing, and we just wanted to let you know how much we sincerely appreciate your support of and interest in the series. We started in 2012 with 12,000 of each release, and now we've more doubled that, with 25,000 in 2021. Wow! We keep working as hard as we possibly can to bring you the best, most exciting Grateful Dead shows in the vault. Our 2020 releases included music from 1977, 1974, 1984, and the latest, biggest release yet in the series, the two complete Hartford shows from 1987. Looking ahead, we've selected two exceptional, A+ Dead shows for Vol. 37 (more on that in the video below) and 38, as well as the Bonus Disc that will come with Vol. 38. Big year ahead! As we head into the 10th year of the series, there's no end in sight. We love what we do, and have loads of plans and ideas for the next few years. Onward to more great music!"

David Lemieux
October 2020

Times may be trying but the music has never and will never stop! Keep the momentum going by doing the Dead all year long with a Dave's Picks 2021 subscription. We're taking the production run up one final time - to 25,000 - for each of the four Dave's Picks 2021 releases. We'll also be doing things a wee bit differently this year - subscribers will be the first to receive their Dave's Picks. A la carte sales will go up on street date (no more pre-orders) and if you don't subscribe - we highly encourage you to - you'll want to be ready and waiting because these releases sell out within hours. Hours - no hyperbole.

In addition to the four releases in 2021, totaling 12 CDs, you’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which has proven to be one of the most highly sought-after collectables we release, and free domestic shipping. Subscriber bonus discs will not be released outside of this offer. Early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $115.92).

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November 29, 2020 - 9:26am

#721

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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Need-a-new-release syndrome...

If I recall correctly, the apogee of this syndrome occurred perhaps 5 years ago when the discussion veered toward whether to let the mashed potatoes touch the pork chops as one chowed down on dinner.

Blew my mind. Yet, I'm still undecided on that point....

Next up: the DaP 38 reveal, sometime in December, which starts Tuesday. I'm all ears. And looking forward to that flamethrower discussion... if we have weeks to go to word on DaP 38, I'm all flamethrower all the time.

Whatever that means.
November 29, 2020 - 8:17am

#722

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Guitars Hand Grenades and Grateful Dead

It's all about the aim, Oroborous.. When used properly and with good aim, hand grenades will cause no harm to the vermin that annoy you and will usually convince them to relocate to a different part of the county. The same can be said about deft usage of a high quality, accurate flamethrower (which gets considerably harder when the mice make it indoors..) perhaps a topic for another day perhaps.

I knew you techies would have more to say on tone and style over the years. Interesting discussion, many thanks.

A little more on the modifications made on the Nash Strat over the years.. the first guitar Jerry began to heavily modify.

https://www.guitarworld.com/news/jerry-garcias-alligator-fender-strat-i….

When vermin control takes center stage.. yes, we need a new release.. (or at least word of what the new release is going to be)
November 29, 2020 - 7:29am

#723

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

I think I inadvertently dropped a grenade...

Okay, a couple comments. Yes, Oroborous, the flip side of getting different sounds with different guitars is the way a player can sound like him or herself on different axes. True and good point.

Um, Keef has 500 effin' guitars?! Okay, that's just ONE TOO MANY.... 499? Okay. But 500?? That's just over the top! (Confession: I have three useful acoustics; my fav is a Martin D-35. I have five electrics and have been playing the '64 Gretsch 6120 hollowbody a lot lately, and the aforementioned SG in open D.)

Lastly, LedDed, I too -- if forced -- would pick Jer's Nash Strat on the Euro tour as my favorite sound, but you're right, one can't separate the Strat from the peak music and improvisation.

I do own an American SG and an American Strat and love playing both (if crudely). I'd say, the Fender needs more power to achieve its signature tone, while the SG kinda needs to be restrained. The SG was more expensive and I feel the components are of higher quality. To me, the SG stays in tune better. I can tune from standard to, say, open D, on the SG for some fingerpicking and the SG holds the tuning more accurately than the Strat.

Of course, Jer's choice of instrument -- as someone pointed out -- also must be evaluated/enjoyed in relation to the instrument choices of the rest of the band, particularly Bobby. And yes, I liked Bob's ES335 tone best in the Euro setting. Gawd, what a tour! Maybe time for another full show from that insane run. I still marvel that me and two pals took 2 1/2 years to work through that 22-show box. Some of those four-disc shows required sleep-overs, though I do recall a few moderately perilous drives home after a 3 1/2 hour Euro show.

Good stuff. What's next? Oh yeah, DaP 38 (big '73 show) and that 2021 fall '72 box! (I need to get out and socialize, obviously....).
November 29, 2020 - 4:43am

#724

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Guitars

I wonder if Jerry changed guitars at all during individual sets? He doesn't seem to have done, although as I write this, I do have a distant memory of him changing to a strat for Space in one of the late period dvds - maybe in the View From the Vaults series.

I agree that Bob's guitar playing sounded much stronger when he was playing the Gibsons. Watching that Egypt show, one of the factors I am not so keen on is his sound. It looks as though he is playing an Ibanez. The sound is quite cheap and tinny. And if that wasnt bad enough, he also plays lot of slide on it.

Imagine what Jerry could have done with a guitar like the one pictured to the left of this message. Big River etc could have really shone.
November 28, 2020 - 5:05pm

#725

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

UJB playing to the times

LD, I agree with much of your post Sir, but feel I must respectfully disagree and provide rebuttal about the slanderous over generalization about JGs diminishing skills, sloppiness, and laziness in the eighties.
I will fully agree that his personal issues and overindulgences could negatively impact his proficiency at times.
But I believe he, like most that play that much for that long, continued to grow in versatility, ability, and knowledge.
Yes the overall arrangements and cohesiveness of songs was affected due to lack of band rehearsal, they’ve all admitted to that, and yes this could be attributed to him, and yes he unarguably had occasions of terribleness, but even during his worst times he always had a guitar with him...name a era and his M.O. was always a tv, a guitar, a pack of smokes, and yes sometimes other more destructive things. But he always kept playing! His supposed only complaint about E72 was they didn’t play enough. He always played as much as possible, and when you did get the real deal I argue he was continually evolving.
As far as gizmos and distortions;
1) he always loved that sort of thing, there just was way less reliable stuff back then, and
2) they always played to the times!
Whether consciously or not, from sixties psychedelic, to early 70s “country” rock, disco, to yes, harder rock, they always tastefully reflected the times without selling out or over doing what was en Vogue. So I think his use of such was for these reasons rather than being “lazy and sloppy“.
Personally, I argue they OVERALL became a more professional, including lights and sound, band. There were times in the seventies when they'd tune before almost every song, for longer then the song, and still be outta tune. That didn't happen much later on. They’d tune less often and in less time.
Certainly everyone has preferences and is entitled to their opinions, I’ve just never liked generalizations, either pro or negative. No offense, for the sake of conversation just contesting that point.
Peace!
November 28, 2020 - 3:05pm

#726

LedDed

Joined:
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Close Encounters

Remember, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Chiming in on Jer's ever changing stable of axes, the best playing I ever hear out of him is on Europe 72. The whole tour, with Bickershaw Festival being to me the all-time high water mark for both he and the band. That cream colored Strat originally gifted him by Graham Nash is my all time favourite Jerry sound. But it goes hand in hand with his playing; he was then at the very height of his powers.

Gibsons, to me, sound fuller and thicker than Fenders due to their humbucking pickups (sometimes P90's) which tend to be less trebly. The stock single coil bridge pickup on a Stratocaster will slice your head clean off. It's a nearly useless sound... got to at least get into one of the clucky positions between bridge and mid, or neck for a little more warmth. Unless of course you're playing surf guitar or country twang.

Gibsons also generally prefer heavier strings, .010's at least due to their shorter scale length, whereas your typical Strat-style is usually set up for .009's. This is the gauge of the thinnest, high E-string for the uninitiated. The heavier strings also stay in tune better, along with the hardtail or stop-tailpiece/bridge on a Gibson. Fenders tend to be harder to keep in tune particularly if one uses the original tremolo bar mechanism (just listen to Hendrix live). Unless your name is Jeff Beck or David Gilmour, and you are a tone magician of the highest order.

There are exceptions... Stevie Ray Vaughan played with very heavy strings on his Strats, got a fat tone and generally stayed in tune. Stretching your strings is also one of the most important things in keeping an axe in tune throughout the rigors of a live set.

Jerry began putting a lot more gizmos into his signal path as time went on and his skills diminished, as well. He began to hide his sloppiness and lazy playing behind a wall of distortion and effects throughout the later 1980s and especially into the 1990s. Hell, Brent even began taking solos that used to be the exclusive territory of one Jerome John Garcia.

I still love all the music, and I enjoy Jerry in his later years, but nothing tops the man on fire around E72 era for both tone and technique. I also like Bob backing him on on the ES335 before he went all trebly and transparent, a sound that he maintains to this day.

\m/
November 28, 2020 - 2:14pm

#727

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Guitars and Cadillacs and hippie music...

Sorry Dwight lol.
HF your both correct and not...
What you said is true, but I’d argue that an instrument pared with the right player can plug into any rig and do there thing! Conversely, much of the sound/tone that we dissect is due to the technology. Like can you imagine what JG would of sounded like on Live Dead plugging that SG into his 1990 rig? And to those that hate the midi etc, do you really think they wouldn’t have used the technology in 1969 if it was available? So it’s a complicated interesting thing.
I do like the biting sound of the SG in JGs hands, but it’s often too thin sounding to me via others use. That was another of his great qualities; getting awesome tone and finding ways to make what ever axe he was using sound better than the same one used by others.
My only problem with the Gibson’s etc, was they were out of tune too much. Just like some folks can’t take his vocals after “x” (critics can fill in their date) It’s hard for me to listen to out of tune guitars and vocals. Now I’m not talking the occasional instance, but when I notice enough instances during a particular show that it colors my recollections it. Unfortunately, this is why I dont dig 70-71 as much as most. Great set lists, ultimate creative period, amazing versatility (acoustic, pedal steel, and electric all in one night...foe git about it!) but sorry to be a bummer but a lot of that era is outta a tune! The vocals are more noticeable on 2 trac only, as multitrack allows later manipulation and blending; just listen to the awesome new Capital theater releases! I wonder if they’ve used a touch of auto tune to clean em up too?

Eventually, the advent of the electric tuner would help, but if instruments don’t stay in tune while your playing.....
This was one of the big reasons Bob and Phil started using Modulus Graphite instruments; The carbon fiber wasn’t as susceptible to extreme temperature shifts etc so they stayed in better tune.
So it’s a the ole yin yang again; you love the era but have trouble with the tuning etc, or you love the more professionalism, sound, and effects, (and yes I think they got way more professional as years went by) but you don’t dig the R&R Cocaine train energy etc....that’s our boys, never perfect, but always great! Lol
Speaking of the Bean, I believe it’s more the equipment that your referring too as the purpose of the Bean with its metal neck was to facilitate huge sustain (density of wood does so too, but not as much as metal!) Reverb wouldn’t be a characteristic of an instrument but a product of a reverb unit or setting on the Fender Twin Reverb and ultimately the room. Both kinds would be affected somewhat by recording techniques.
My understanding of the main reason he used the Beans was to supposedly have more reliability on the road. Not being fully customized you’d be able to carry replacement parts could be easily swapped out on the road, where as the Irwin would have to go to the shop. I don’t dig the Bean as much as I used to, but again, if you plugged it into later years it probably would not have the same issues...
All that being said, I like the Tiger best! I loved the Wolf, but the Strat has really grown on me over the years, again more because of the hands it was in than it being a Fender. Totally dig the Gibson’s for the more hard rock 60s psychedelic sound, and with the extra distortion you don’t notice when outta tune as much, but as I say it’s hit or miss for me later on, but that’s just me...
Didn’t dig his later years sound as much but that’s more a product of the tech involved than the instruments.
I thought contrary to the company line that when they stopped using actual speakers on stage and ran direct even with the speaker simulators it didn’t sound right. I understand totally why they did it, and it did help to address those concerns, but I think it lost some of the naturalism and that perfect R&R blend of clean and dirty etc, but agin, that’s just me....I thought they started getting too convoluted near the end and sounded too plastic? or clean and not enough like a R&R band. I know this is why Doc and others love 71 so much. That hard slightly dirty, not so techie R&R sound that became too clean for some. The sound of a bar band pushing the timeless simple set up of a good tube amp slightly overdriven! Like the sound that sucked me in: Johnny B Goode from Skullfuck! Tasty !
But my favorite everything GD wise will always be 89-90 because of the versatility to be able to get the whole sonic spectrum, but again, that’s just me...(Interestingly, JGs core infrastructure, unlike Phil and more so Bob, didn’t change that much after he started using the Twin/MC 2300/ JBL E120 set up, just the effects etc changed)
Ultimately, the truest form of greatness is the ability to plug into anything, and immediately be recognizable because of the signature uniqueness, tone and style!
JG of course, Hendrix, Page (usually), Clapton (usaully), Santana, Miles, hell even the edge and Slash. You can tell the great ones instantly!
Lol, ok, sorry, too much coffee and nothing to do here too!
November 28, 2020 - 1:22pm

#728

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Advice and Vermin

Uncle Sammy is both humorous and right on about vacuuming being best, but I’m curious if you have a special device? I’ve only tried my household vac with the smallest attachment, which helps, but doesn't really do the job. That’s where I find using the air to blow out the hard to get stuff in conjunction with vacuuming is best, but I need to investigate some sort of small precision vacuum?

CONEKID: wonder what kind of range it has? I need something like that for prairie dogs, moles and field mice, not to be mistaken with Mayor Field!
I was looking into water guns but was disappointed by the inherent idiosyncrasies of most, and that the one that would of worked is no longer available except on the black market for too much...
I don’t want to kill em for various reasons, but I’ve read that if you make them not welcome they will retreat a bit which is all I’m looking for: “damn kids, get off my lawn!”
I need something quick; as the enemy is lightning fast!, versatile, most importantly accurate with enough range and power to get the job done but not so much I’m killing them? Currently I try and hose em but their so damn quick and smart that I don’t often get a good shot...“Remember, to kill the gofer you have to be the gofer!”
November 28, 2020 - 11:27am

#729

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Gibson SG

That is my favourite Jerry Garcia tone-the one recorded on Live Dead. It seemed quite a popular choice on the West Coast in the late 60s-incredible tones on the same instrument by Barry Melton, and especially John Cippolina..
The other ingredient in defining sound is the player, of course.
One of the interesting things about watching a post 1989 Stones show is how often Keith Richards changes guitar within one set. He typically plays various telecasters-some in open G with only 5 strings, to Gibson 335s, to Les Paul Juniors to strats. I think he's got about 500 at home.
November 28, 2020 - 9:47am

#730

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Ok

The SG is in, I had to sleep on this one.

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"Welcome to the 10th year of the Dave's Picks series! We're amazed and humbled that this community of Dave's Picks fans keeps growing, and we just wanted to let you know how much we sincerely appreciate your support of and interest in the series. We started in 2012 with 12,000 of each release, and now we've more doubled that, with 25,000 in 2021. Wow! We keep working as hard as we possibly can to bring you the best, most exciting Grateful Dead shows in the vault. Our 2020 releases included music from 1977, 1974, 1984, and the latest, biggest release yet in the series, the two complete Hartford shows from 1987. Looking ahead, we've selected two exceptional, A+ Dead shows for Vol. 37 (more on that in the video below) and 38, as well as the Bonus Disc that will come with Vol. 38. Big year ahead! As we head into the 10th year of the series, there's no end in sight. We love what we do, and have loads of plans and ideas for the next few years. Onward to more great music!"

David Lemieux
October 2020

Times may be trying but the music has never and will never stop! Keep the momentum going by doing the Dead all year long with a Dave's Picks 2021 subscription. We're taking the production run up one final time - to 25,000 - for each of the four Dave's Picks 2021 releases. We'll also be doing things a wee bit differently this year - subscribers will be the first to receive their Dave's Picks. A la carte sales will go up on street date (no more pre-orders) and if you don't subscribe - we highly encourage you to - you'll want to be ready and waiting because these releases sell out within hours. Hours - no hyperbole.

In addition to the four releases in 2021, totaling 12 CDs, you’ll also get the subscription exclusive bonus disc, which has proven to be one of the most highly sought-after collectables we release, and free domestic shipping. Subscriber bonus discs will not be released outside of this offer. Early bird subscribers can nab a sub at $99.98 (regular pricing will be $115.92).

Dogon

My god, your situation is even worse than my. Guess the "obscured sticker" issue can explain why my Daves Picks 34, 35 and 36 also have been stucked somewhere in some unknown location. I got some indications that my copy of DaP 35 arrived Sweden after just a few weeks, but then it went under the radar and never arrived (until custum service sent a replacement). As for DaP 36 the poor tracking that is offered indicates that it has still not yet arrived to Sweden six weeks after it was sent.

Totally agreeing. Life is to short for this kind of frustrating hassle with getting delivered what you paid for.

Actually I was more succesful with the 76 box. I did not order that beutiful thing until mid August, and had it delivered after 5 weeks or so. Longer delivery time than what it used to be, but without me having to contact custumer service.

Björn, tracking, (nobody else need to waste their time!)

For this last Daves of the year, tracking stopped more than a month ago when it left USA using the tracking given by Deadnet. Postnord do not recognise either of the given tracking numbers. HOWEVER, if you do a search for Universal tracking, and then track, sometimes you get surprising results, thats how I know my copy arrived at Arlanda over a month ago.
Similarly, none of my missing packages this year have ever shown a hit when using Postnord tracking, But I have been able to locate their arrival in Europe, often Brussels, before they completely dropped off the radar by using Universal tracking. When phoning Postnord their normal reponse is it hasnt arrived in Sweden, because they only check their own tracking, press them a bit and they do other searches, which is where I can find out the parcel is in limbo, neither tracked nor presented to customs, because the paperwork is incomplete. Or they sheepishly tell me that it has been returned to sender. Sorry about the long explanation but it might be helpful.

Pains me to hear that...

Overseas fans have had hassles getting their GD product from dead.net while other organizations deliver without a hitch -- I'd have to say, that's pretty damning right there. This has to be a Rhino issue with its fulfillment arm and doesn't reflect on our den mother, marye, or the Vault-fuhrer, Dave, or the band, etc.

I did get DaP 36, but it mistakenly contained two shows from 1987......... [rimshot!]. Actually, I have to say, these two shows do some heavy rocking and I'm glad to be introduced to two monstrous shows from later years. I caught the Red Rocks/Telluride run that year and don't remember the band smokin' like this!

Here's hoping our brethren in Europe receive their orders in time to enjoy them.

Personally, looking ahead to better daze, I plan to get a tad wild on the Winter Solstice, which is my main holiday of the year. A little of this, a little of that, washed down with a few of those with perhaps a Euro '72 show on the stereo. Typically I have a small party and play music here (home team advantage on the inebriants), but will settle for a harmonica pal joining me on the back porch tomorrow at 2pm when the temps might reach 64 degrees. We'll have an hour and a half before the sun plummets to the horizon behind bare trees and the temperature drops like a rock. And then......... daylight increases about a minute and a half a day til my next big holiday -- Summer Solstice.

I'm more than a bit like an ancient Pagan, playing my bongos in the dirt....

Also looking forward to ...

the announcement on #38. Which '73 show will it be?? (One for #38, another paired with Wake of the Flood 50th?)

Gawd, I used to excoriate people for too much speculation and here I am, after 9 months in isolation, speculatin' on the speculation.

Just lost my beloved uncle to covid. Told that to a guy I'm working with on a history project and he said, "Oh, did I mention that my wife died of lung cancer in July?" Shut me right up.

Be safe and count your blessings.

Dogon

Thanks! Contacting PostNord (as well as DHL) is most of the time a Kafka experience. Usually I start with contacting custumer service before entering that labyrinth. Unfortunately, by now I think it is clear there is small hope that our DaP 36 will arrive without screaming, enquiring and pushing. Until then I go for some other nice music.

From now on I will go à la carte.

Dave's 36 - printing new replacements

Hey Josh - I'm by the Bay too, in fact looking at it right now out my window. I have also not received my DP 36.

Customer service at dead.net has responded to me and advised that the second shipment they said was sent, appears to have not been sent, as they are waiting to receive another manufactured batch. Generally speaking, for me, their batting average is pretty good. I order it and it shows up. I had some bum discs in the PNW box and they eventually replaced them without too much hassle. We need Bob and his Uncle to start up a new Pony Express delivery service.....though I guess we know how that turns out.

I'm sorry for your loss, HF

Covid or lung cancer, a loss of a family member is a loss of a family member.

Covid. A year ago, things were humming right along. "2020's coming right up! A new year!"

then..........

Loss

HF-I'm also sorry to read of your loss. It always seems inappropriate to me, when you tell someone about a loss you have suffered and they respond by telling about one of their own losses.

Thanks gents...

Daverock and Proudfoot, much appreciate your thoughts and your insights. My colleague and I did talk briefly about shared loss and grief, you are wise, Daverock. It is healthy to talk about deaths in the family, even if briefly. Yet I can tell that I'm "sharing" too much these days -- I go to the grocery store and, if someone speaks to me, I go on and on.

Kinda embarrassing/humbling to realize.

Agree

Tough times, sorry for your loss HF.

Rock on HF

Death Don't Have No Mercy outta be in the top ten on the charts this retched year!
Sorry for your loss, May the four winds blow him safely home!

Hendrixfreak

Hendrixfreak, I'm sorry for your loss, hopefully the passage of time will make it easier for you.

Talking to strangers

I've started talking to their dogs now too.

Re: Strangers Stopping Strangers

Cutting out the middleman, good move Dave.

Dave's 36 - MIA

Glad to read on here that @marinsmith got a coherent story from customer service about Dave's 36.

I'm just up the road from the Bay in Sonoma Co and still no sign of Dave's 36 either. I got some responses from folks here on dead.net, but not really a full response from customer service. Have to say I've been left concerned by the current customer service.

I've been a subscriber since Dave's 1 and this is the worst snafu for me. One other time a pick came up missing, but that was back with you could call and speak to someone at dead.net customer service and they fixed it right away.

Hopefully they are printing our replacements and will communicate about getting them out to us. Funny there's a bunch of us out here in Dead country still waiting.

Cheers everybody!

Me & My Uncle....

....sorry for your loss Hendrixfreak. I had two aunts get it about a month ago. Both recovered, but one still hasn't gotten her sense of smell back and says food still tastes wierd.
Oh. And I changed my avatar so you can finally see my ugly mug and my wonderful granddaughters. It evens out.

four granddaughters?

wowzer.

No grandchillun for me yet

my avatar is of my beefy frame and my "Covid-19" shirt...you can't see _my_ ugly mug, and that's a good thing :)))

Bought the shirt at Pike Place Market a day before the original lockdown in March 2020

Re: Four Grandkids, all mini-deadheads

Sounds idealistic, but the devil is in the details.

One is a pig girl, one adores Keith, one loves the energy of Brent and last a Hornsby girl. They can never agree on a concert or era, family vacations are nightmare. The arguments never end....

If only the GD would have stuck with just one keyboard player. The planet would most certainly be at peace.

Edit. Granddaughters I married into....

....no blood relation, but thats over rated to begin with. Its all about family. Three granddaughters pictured here. I have more that are scattered across the country. Girls are plentiful on my wife's side of the family. Lol. The middle one is the rebel. Gotta have at least one. One is her boyfriend who is transgender. He's cool.
RIP John Lennon. He is gone as long as he was here.
12.8.80.

Thanks gentlemen

I'm doing all right. Focused on taking care of my 91-yr-old father to ensure he doesn't face the same fate. And nursing a broken leg that I gave myself three weeks ago en route to the recording studio with a heavy Fender amp. Oy! Did my final slide solo of the project in one take and went home; got medical attention the next day and had a hairline fracture in the distal fibula. My first broken bone ever! But no sympathy needed there, obviously, we have bigger concerns for our countrymen and people all over the world, right? Though I am getting a bit antsy limping around in the "boot." I had a harp-playing buddy over on the back porch yesterday to jam some blues in the sunshine and man, that felt good. It'd been two months since we played last. But we're not moving indoors and my local bars are all closed.

I'm way more concerned for my aunt and cousins; theirs is the more acute loss. My Uncle Bill was a classic -- Harvard Ph.D., led several universities, erudite, accomplished and with a wicked sense of humor. One fond memory is teaching him to use a potato cannon and inadvertently guiding him in aiming it, which unfortunately was over a major, nearby highway. Which we realized just after he had squeezed the trigger. Bam! a several pound Russet potato flying over an upstate New York freeway. What could possibly go wrong?

Five, ten seconds we all held our breath, waiting for the crunch of metal, and the screams. Nothing. Success! Or at least no jail time for criminally negligent homicide. Uncle Bill's ruddy complexion briefly paled just a bit as he grasped the potentialities. He shouldn't have left life like this, but he's at peace now. Please everyone take great care to stay safe. We gotta save lives and get through this to enable us to hang in person again. Gawd, I miss that.

Thanks for your thoughts. I'll try to return to posting fun nonsense, my specialty.

Onward HendrixFreak!

Keep your big-picture attitude stoked and best of luck HF. Shine on brother. RIP Uncle Bill of the Potato Cannon Episode ;-) Your dad is a lucky man to have you keeping an eye on him. And may your hairline fracture mend ahead of schedule – step gingerly. If only more of us could realize we're faced with an equal-opportunity global pandemic, and maybe tamp down some of the "trampled-rights" hand-wringing, we might get through this a little faster.

5/14/74

a nice Daves

Daves number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9, number 9....

Uncle Bill

Sounds like he was excellent company !

I 💘 this site....

....mixes favorite music, with favorite beer, favorite authors and favorite films. With family and with friends.
Onward as they say.

sorry for your loss HF

I never know what to say when someone tells me that they lost someone. Sorry never seems to help much and most of the time I just stand there looking stupid kicking the dirt around and looking at my shoes. I had a favorite unkle too, he was so cool. This fucking covid sucks, can't wait till this is behind us. Keep on Keeping on HF, I hope that helps some.

Vguy72

I just clicked on your icon to have a better look at your family....and noticed all those shows you saw. Crikey-I'm impressed !

HendrixFreak, we got you!

We bathe you in kindness, the only thing (besides music) that all of us can share.

What he said....

Daverock said "crikey," one of the coolest words in ... whatever language that is.

And unkle sam said "Keep on keepin' on," which is the soundest advice.

The sun is about to rise over a cold Colorado plain that hosts Denver and I'm alive. Thanks to all.

Crikey

Loved it..

and apparently the double post from my evil twin loved it too.

Crikey

Loved it..

...and speaks to my alter ego, JimminmdCrikety

Crikey

Steve Irwin said it all the time.

Late as a bass player

Sorry I started the conversation on Jerry's Port Chester guitar a few days ago and then showed up late on the follow up. Have some family stuff going on.

I'm not sure how this peanut guitar eluded my Google search, but it did. It has seemed obvious to me for a while that he was playing something in between the SG and the Stratocaster, but the Garcia guitar sites I found always seem to ignore early '71.

These new freshly mixed shows renewed my curiosity, so I finally emailed DL to see if he had any info. He replied with a picture that looks similar to the one that I posted (except the camera focus was on Garcia's face, and the guitar was blurry - similar to the picture in the booklet of the CD). Written in the white photo margin it says: Capital Theater, Portchester, NY. There is a first initial/last name, I presume of the photographer, but I can't make out the cursive penmanship).

I still have not caught up on the posts about this guitar - that's my next move. Jim, I saw your post right after mine when I paged back through the message board. I look forward to reading others' comments. Will catch up soon. Thanks again.

Re: Warning

Cone Kid - Funny.. you're right.. Crickey, did you see how fast that crocodile bit off Jerry's Middle Finger.

RIP Steve Irwin.

Edit: Daverock, just to be safe, stay away from any dangerous or poisonous creatures, especially stingrays, crocodiles and short ugly squatty yellow dogs.

yo...some ugly dogs...and one of them is yellow

https://www.ibtimes.com/dogs-can-see-color-scientists-determine-canines…

Crikey!!!....

....thanks for the shout out. Wish id seen more though. Is that selfish?

Crikey

Did you see how fast that bowl of electric Kool aid disappeared?

It’s gonna be a hot one tonight.

Weird pets

Jim - I haven't seen any animals like the ones you describe, but there is someone round here who takes his pet stoat out for a walk on a lead. Least I think its a stoat - I'm not sure what the heck it is. I don't feel inclined to tickle it under the chin, that's for sure.

Pets....

....I used to have a pet iguana. Had him when I met my now wife. She hates reptiles, but liked me more I guess. He had a collar for walks and rode on my shoulder. He was about 4 feet long. Died from a virus years ago.
"NO MORE REPTILES!" she says.
I bet I could sneak a gecko tank in the spare room and she wouldn't even notice.
No wonder Alligator is a top 10 Dead song for me.

weird pets...

I grew up in NC but moved out to Wyoming in '97. Me, Jeremy and his buddy Spike the hedgehog did the road-trip together. Hedgehogs are mostly nocturnal, so while we powered across the country, we would let him out to cruise around the big dashboard while we were driving at night. He loved it.
It was Jeremy C's VW van and his hedgehog, and one of the best journeys of my life. Aside from the DEAD, it was the most important and impactful journey of my life.
Went for a summer....stayed for 22 years.

Her chair and her whip and her pets

...

Thelma December 69

Verrrrrry nice

And

Dick's Picks 30
Academy of Music

If you got it, listen to it

Check your emails #38

Hey All
I just got an email update about DaP #38. Looks like we are going back to the year of my birth- 1973 for #38. Specifically 9/8/73. The bonus disc is from 9/7 and Dave has also given us more 9/7 filler on the 3 discs. It looks like we are getting the bulk of 9/7 show along the complete 9/8 show. That is shaping up to be, like many other picks with bonus discs as mini box set. Dave and Co they always take care of us and they treat us right. I am pumped up!

Cool choice...

So, I happened to have attended 9-8-73 with a friend who drove. We got busted that night after returning home from a truly killer, off-the-hook show (I still clearly remember the place surging during Trucking, as well as Bill Graham's excoriation of the cops, who were using the show for entrapment).

The show was packed, super rockin', and reports are that the first night was quite hot, so the bonus material will make this four-disc set a freakin' bomb!

Very happy with this choice and SO looking forward to hearing the music for the first time in a mere 47 years.

That is all, hendrixfreak is happy with the first two choices of 2021. As if anyone but me cares!!!

I'll just add one more comment...

This '73 choice confirms for me (magically, logically, if not in reality -- who cares about whatever that is) that the box set for 2021 is going to be a fall '72 box.

There is some logic to that and, if it happens, some magic.

Whether it's real, we should know in maybe 4-5 months. Hope we all make that far.

Now THAT is all. As Bobby would annoyingly say at break time, "Feel free to converse amongst yourselves."

re; Hendrixfreak....

....I care! If anyone cares.

yowzah!!!

not one but TWO shows I am not familiar with.

9/8/73 and bonus disc material from 9/7/73.

9/11/73 is phenomenal, of course. I have heard (YEARS AGO) 9/21/73, and 9/26/73. Other than that, I know next to nothing about September 73.

Yahoo!!!

I hereby request some 69 Grateful Dead, please Dave. such as...6/5/69 :)))

#38

Cool. Look forward to another subscription year.

HF

I think you are on to something... I'm all in.

38

Looks great to me, my copy is very good, so the "official" should be GREAT.

Really looking forward to this one.

..... now where did I put that download link for AB-AS,,,,, oh that's right, IT DOESN"T WORK!!!!

38 lookin great!

DaP 38 and Dick's thoughts

From 7/5/97: 8) That takes us up to the September run. (we really do not need
to get into the soundcheck dealy right!!) Well right away 9/8/73
sticks out begging for attention. Even the night before (9/7/73)
had fairly thrilling versions of TLEO, Jack Straw, PITB, WRS-
>Let it Grow.There is not a weak moment from "Truckin' "
through the ending tune "Sugar Magnolia". Even as good as this
night must sound, the following night things really explode. I
really can't put my finger on it because from the songlist, there is
nothing apparently compelling. Well, you guys will soon find out
what I mean, since I intend to release this one whenever the time
is right.

I can see what he means regarding the paper of the setlist. No Playing, Dark Star, Other One, but I've learned through many shows with uninspiring setlists with absolutely inspiring playing that it's more than what's on the page. Of course, the Dead didn't use a paper setlist, but they still would consciously choose not to rely on one of those big workhorses occasionally. Of course, having a world class version of Eyes helps the case for release. Looking forward to this one. Still looking forward to DaP 36 as well. I've been told by Dr Rhino that I should be receiving replacements for the ones that still went to my old address, but no one knows when as he can't get a hold of the warehouse staff who did fulfill another order I made under the 15% off promo... I may just get one on ebay and sell it later. I had to get the Buffalo 5/9/77 vinyl on ebay after somebody finally had a reasonable price (yet still inflated above what dead.net would likely sell it for). But that one record store had already sold 38 copies. Now that pisses me off, because a record store in Iowa doesn't need 40 copies of the Dead RSD release to sell on ebay underneath a market that has already pushed them to $165 on average. This somewhat takes the edge off of DaP 35-37 being totally underwhelming Picks. I can't honestly critique 36 since I haven't heard it, but that's through no fault of my own, and certainly not for a lack of trying.

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