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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:
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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:
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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:
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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.

John Perry Barlow

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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).

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart

Mr Ones, check your pm...…………….

Rock on,

Doc

Acoustic box...

The theory makes a lot of sense, but I hope it's not the truth. Between Reckoning and the 2019 RSD release, there's hardly any need for more of that material. Even those two releases feel slightly redundant in my collection.

DiP 36 Real Gone

Thank you Daverock! I am lacking an email from Real Gone about this one, so your post had me rush right over there, and my heart sank when I saw SOLD OUT, but then clicked anyway and saw it should go onsale around 2/1, so just gotta be quick with the order next Monday. They did up the number to 2000 copies from 1500 for DiP 26, but that ain't a lot. Look forward to getting that one in my collection. I have Portland 5/19/74 on its way across the ocean now.

Speaking of ABB/Dead, with the ABB having a new record company that is releasing archival material, wonder if now the time is ripe for Kirk West (ABB archivist) and Dave Lemieux to become buddies like Dick and Kirk, and maybe work out a box with Fillmore 1970 material, RFK '73, and maybe Watkins Glen or ABB NYE 1973 with Jerry and Bill the Drummer. Dillon Stadium 1972 also featured an ABB sit in. If they both produced a box, that wouldn't necessarily have to count against a box set for this year, right?

Confirmation from Dave...

Dave's copy of DaP 37 is on the way as can be seen thru his twitter feed, here's hoping the rest of us get a tracking notification within the next few days.

5/19/74 vinyl

Alvarhanso - that one is exceptional. I always balk at the price, but I haven't regretted buying any of these reissues yet.
Two and Three from the Vaults are on the way, as vinyl reissues, too. They keep pushing back the release dates. I have just plumped for Two. So far.

You have a point, Viewtiful

I'm too lazy to look at the setlists, but yeah, after four packed CDs of acoustic '80, another four might get mighty redundant. But if DL hints at an '80 acoustic box, we "do the math."

A similar but different question arises for '68. Similar setlists -- but the charm lies in the massive variations in execution. Complicating the picture: the shows tended to be one long, 75-90 minute set, as the GD often appeared with other bands at shows that year, plus the presumed, relative scarcity of '68 tapes suitable for release still in the Vault. We know they have 8-21-68, cuz they're giving it out on vinyl with that creepy "Origins" "book." (How 'bout an RSD with 8-21-68 on CD??)

The likeliest candidates for a box this year, to my mind, remain 1969-1972. A trio of double-disc spring '69 would do quite nicely....... I don't "need" anything over $200, after [code word] 2020.

Hendrixfreak/Box Set

Hey Hendrixfreak,

Check your PM.

box me

personally (again in my opinion), I hope it's not an acoustic set. They have their own charm, but if you are going to do a box of GD, do a box of the Fire-Breathing Love Beast.

1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
Summer 85

etc.

mawr, mawr, mawr!!!

2021 BOX SET

My guess.....is that it is a full Warfield/RCMH FALL 1980 Box Set. There is no way they would do just an acoustic box set from these runs. Hell, they already put out of course Reckoning, then the 2004 Reckoning release with bonus disc, then last year both 10/9-10/80 full acoustic set shows. The 2004 bonus disc included lots of extras from these acoustic sets, and basically another full acoustic set from 10/23/80.
There is no need to do a Fall 1980 ACOUSTIC box set, the best of these sets is out there. And frankly, as mentioned the acoustic sets were great, but very repetitive from night to night.
My guess(hope) is we are looking at a full FALL 1980 box set from both Warfield & RCMH multi-nights. Even if these aren't done in the original multi-track formats, there have got to be good soundboards of these shows for them to work with I would think???? I hope that they have 10/14/80 included in the box as a full show. This to me is one of the best setlist of any time period. BRING ON THE NEWS DL & RHINO!!!!!!!!

Seaside chat ?

Will we see a seaside chat video for Dave's 37 ?

I enjoy hearing Dave's thoughts on the shows being released, as well as the seaside wildlife observations ?

Hoping that shipping goes more smoothly for this release than for 36.

The 2021 subscriptions page is marked "sold out". Is it possible that all of the Dave's picks were sold via subscription this year, so there won't be single show sales and accompanying pages ?

Good humor there on the Seinfeld and Mail Innovations. Agree completely.

Cheers Ya'll

1980 Box

I think no way on 1980 acoustic box. Dave has talked about the lack of tapes and just released two shows on the RSD release. I don't think that's what we'll see this year.

Sold Out

It’s the subscription that is ‘sold out’,:a better description is that the subscription is no longer available. The single volume sales are, supposedly, starting on the day of issue, so 29th Jan for #37. Since the seaside chats are to encourage the sale of the individual shows I’d expect it to appear on 29th. Let’s hope so. I particularly enjoyed the one where he kept looking around in case a bear was sneaking up to photobomb the recording.

Dec '80 Shine on!

China Cat Sunflower-> I Know You Rider-> Estimated Prophet-> He's Gone-> Eyes Of The World

https://archive.org/details/gd80-12-12.sbd.miller.31509.sbeok.flacf

Way better than Oct. '80

Having reviewed the evidence, I believe that my cannonball

into the pool was not justified. Just to review what I told DeadVikes, DL had been on Twitter last weekend and said anyone interested in relaxing GD (imagine!) should put on Reckoning. Someone responded: "I feel like you're telling us something good (in terms of a box set, that is)." DL responded "that's exactly what is happening." So you could get the impression that DL leaked box set news.

I think in retrospect that all DL saw was the beginning of the response to him, not the bit on the box set. Then our former forum-mate, Kate, posted the info on the '80 acoustic returned reels. I "did the math."

a) DL isn't going to casually leak the biggest news of each year like that, b) only PNW 73-74 leaked prior to announcement, c) an '80 acoustic box doesn't make sense, as posters here have pointed out.

HEY, I'M BACK TO FALL '72!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

‘Origins’ 1968 BoxSet

8/21/68 playing on my record player tonight!
Now “This is PRIMO!” ...
The ‘Bear’ s tricks again! Loving the Audio Quality is top notch my brothers& sisters! Oh man I’m a grateful DeadHead today! The mastering is out this world! I’m dig’n this ‘Dark Star’ a whole lot, even for being a live take less than 15 minutes but WoW I feel like I’m floating in Space into St. Stephen then a Primo 11 minutes of ‘The Eleven’! recordings are jaw dropping amazingly beautiful as usual!!! 1968
This is a grateful way to start off the new year! Well worth the wait! My limited edition number is #525/6,800. I give this book five dark stars,lol, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for primo art production &quality from A thru Z & back again. This special Edtion Boxset & Art Prints are already have found a place in my library & record collection in My music room! Primal dead all the way folks ! Rock on !!! 1968

Incoming!

Got my shipping notice this morning, Dave's 37 is inbound.

Take cover!

\m/

Origins Vinyl

I got my Origins box today. Great art, fun book. The vinyl is a nice glimpse into '68. I'm not a big fan of the extreme panning of inputs side-to-side, but I suppose I could collapse it to mono if I wanted to. Oddly, it says this was "produced" by Healy, not Owsley. Usually Healy had more sense than that.

Box set

I think it will be one facility, different years. Maybe Greek, Frost, or Winterland, take your pick.

Ledded

Me too.

on the way

morning folks,
my dave's is on the way too, to germany, will take about four to eight weeks. always happy when it arrives.
new box: different years, same place - sounds good. 69 and 72 as well. come on dave, give us some chat.

Seaside Chat

Time for Dave to Let the Good Times Roll. Drop the Seaside Chat, cabin fever has already set in.
Curious about the filler show on this release.

Son House/ Death Letter Blues

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDCNbacVt5w. Son House, WOW! Garcia sang this song on 10/30/68 With Mickey Hart & The Heartbeats at the Matrix in S.F.

8/31/80

This was a night that the band was ON. Listen and you'll see.

1 Grateful Dead fan can't be wrong (Can he)??

Let's Resolve Missing 2020 Dave's Picks First

Still no Dave's 36 here even thought tracking shows it was handed from UPS to USPS on October 28. Numerous calls and emails have gone completely unacknowledged. I'm beginning to wonder if I should have subscribed again in 2021 after all. Would be the first year since the beginning...

thank you Mr Ones

I have had that show in my on-deck case for a few days.

This is the day to hear it. Thank you for the prompt.

GD origins

Some one origins page posted this link for an origins download
https://z2comics.bandcamp.com/album/grateful-dead-origins
My apologies if this was already posted
Drp out

DaP 37

So, yea... I passed the I am not a robot test... so let me see if I can pass this one :-) Dave, I have been on board for all 10 years... you've never let me down... I cant wait for 37 to hit this week. Thank you... I really appreciate all of the efforts you and crew have given this DaP project over the years... seriously, epic sh!t you have put out for us all to enjoy forever! Peace, and hope you and all of our Dead.Net family & friends remain safe until we can all shake them bones together one more time! (at least!) Thank you, iGrateful

Well put iGrateful, we're…

Well put iGrateful, we're some of the luckiest fans in the world. These archival releases are such a reliable source of joy in a world where most things are anything but. Hoping to get my shipping notice for 37 soon!

Well put iGrateful, we're…

iGrateful

You are so right. We are a lucky bunch.

So, you guys think that by sucking up to Dave L, he'll

release 6-10-73? Is that the strategy here?

Dave's Picks Special Edition Shop...

Check out the special edition shop, assuming Dave will cover these brand new merchandise releases including the glass in the seaside chat coming today. Very cool!

thanks for the link

Drpryan

Dave's 37 glass....

....thanks for the "heads" up. On it.
Also, I found this. Makes perfect sense!
https://variety.com/2021/politics/news/san-francisco-school-name-jerry-…

Hey Dave, all right? when…

Hey Dave, all right? when are you going to relaunch the collection for those fans who have lost some numbers? Thank you. Claus of Brazil.

Josh by the sea,,,, by the beautiful sea...

Agree, thanks for the heads up about the glasses.

With them only producing 1,000, it maybe real hard to get the last couple of the 4 glass set! Maybe it should have been an add on for the DaP series this year!

FYI - the coffee mug their selling with Dave fishing on it is a GREAT mug if you like your coffee LARGE. I have 3 of these TYPE mugs. Use them everyday for my bean. For their size, they are light and don't conduct heat.

I know, I know,,, you didn't come here for a dissertation on coffee mugs!

Time to go refill mine and bang the bong,,,,, sorry, bang the gong.

down by the seaside

see the boats go sailin'
can David hear
what the little fish are sayin'

or what the squirrel is sayin'
or the seagulls
or the hawks...

aha! an otter this time!

Did someone say mugs?

I have a 10 mug Grateful Dead collection I've assembled over the years. The crown jewel is The Closing of Winterland. Double-sided, painted perfectly with very fine detail, professionally crafted - not some cheap knock-off that fades over time. It's Jeff Smith quality. Goes for $225 on eBay, just one available, but I was lucky enough to find a second one for 25 bucks a couple of years ago.

Ah, Down By the Seaside- probably my favorite Zeppelin album side:

In the Light
Bron Yr-aur
Down By the Seaside
Ten Years Gone

Still not sure how the song Houses of the Holy missed the cut and ended up in the can for use on Physical Graffiti, but it made that two-headed monster all the better.

Morning Brew

My 15 year old, insulated stainless steel Morning Brew mug still delivers the caffeine.. It's dented and scratched by now.. but still wakes me up each morning with a smile and some tasty java.

Morning brew

Just finished a cup of super black and oily Columbian Supremo super duper dark roast.
Jim knows what I mean, he’s the one who convinced me to buy a bean roaster.

Evening brew

I have a can of Espresso Stout in the fridge.
Think I’ll kick off the evening with that.

Free Tumblers

Checkered Demon says they’re out back of the filling station.
I’m permanently scarred.
I blame it on S.Clay Wilson, R.Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin and Zap Comics.
I better throw in Batman and Superman. Both the television shows and D.C. Comics.
There was also Mad Magazine.

Grateful Dead, now that’s been good clean fun.

Houston we have tracking details

Espresso stout, now that sounds good! If I had to choose 1 non hard liquor for the rest of my life it would be Guinness Stout with the nitrous cartridge. Mmmm....balloons....Okay well that fit has passed. Talk about your flashbacks. Just the word makes me salivate like a Pavlov dog. Ain't it a bitch.

My Dave's Picks 37 should be here by sundown Wednesday. I've been avoiding the post Hiatus era like the plague, just to make Dave's Picks 37 all the fresher. I've had some great April 1978 soundboards for a long time now that I received from the Man in the Castle, but I've never really listened to them because I figured there would be a time when they would be officially released, and if possible I like the first listen to be of a Full Norman. There are plenty of exceptions of course, just not April '78.

Yeah I like the dark roast as well. Starbucks French roast really does it for me. I have the hook up that gets me a 72 K cup box for $30. That's crazy inexpensive. Keurig makers really do make the perfect cup of coffee every time.

I had been doing a lot of mixes lately, but then someone commented on only listening to complete shows, so I've switched back and listened to "The Dead in Denmark" (4/16/72). Interestingly, this show was on the Rolling Stone top 20 Grateful Dead show lists. And so it became my first Europe 72 show, having missed the steamer trunk box set when they came out, and having been too soon to realize I needed all 22 shows via Music Only Edition. This is the no Donna show. There is also no Dark Star and a very abbreviated 2 part Other One totalling a mere 6 minutes. There IS a 16 min Jam after Truckin' so that counts for something. Still a little bit of an oddball show to put in a top 20 list of their career. I may run that Truckin' medley back later.

Right now I have Ramble on Rose on the headphones from "Treckin' Through Copenhagen" 4/14/72. Pure genius to multitrack every show on that tour. We are indeed a lucky bunch. Jerry throws a little bitta China Cat in at the end of Not Fade Away, Part I. I hear him do that once in awhile during Jams. I also noticed he throws a little St. Steven into a Jam once in a while too.

Starting to feel like early '73... or maybe that PNW box. Yes that's it.

Mug Shot

The Dave's 37 glass looks cool. Trying to decide if I'm up for an extra scramble every time a new Dave's drops this year. . . [Edit: Never mind – they're already sold out.]

When the talk here shifted to mugs, it made me think of the one I designed six years ago for the Sunshine Daydreamers as we started gearing up for Fare Thee Well shows in Chicago. I checked, and they're still available on Zazzle if anybody's interested:
https://www.zazzle.com/pd/spp/pt-zazzle_teapot?tdid=4ab00e97-a879-4ba7-…

You can also order other items (like pint glasses) with this design. Even a tea pot???

Afternoon brew

Decided the crack out the Espresso Stout early.

16oz of 8.3%, so I’ll sip on it.
Grist House brewery
Batteries Included

Almost Happy Hour

Hey IceCream – how're those Espresso Stouts coming along? Yum! We even have breweries out here in the Trans Pecos. About time to crack open a Desert Fog (Hazy IPA) from Marble Brewery in Albuquerque. They're solar powered, but at only 6.8%, sipping is optional. Onward.

Evening brews

I dragged out that Espresso Stout for almost 2 hours.
Then moved on to multiple Bell’s Bright Whites, and still going....

Modelo especial

Good chugging beer. Had a bunch tonight. P.S.- I know , who cares.

"Busted Down on Bourbon Street". 51 years ago today

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=utNwlr1Bxc8. Garcia talks about the bust.

Morning Brew ( Morning Dew)

Started with Mexican hot chocolate. (Ibarra) from the round cake variety, added powdered carob. Then I drank Folgers coffee. I remember the smell of roasting coffee entering San Francisco on the East Bay Bridge originating from the Hills Brothers Factory.
As Phil Lesh said on the night of October 20, 1974 at Winterland , ”God bless San Francisco”.

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