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marye

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

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September 18, 2023 - 12:12pm

#871

1stshow70878

Joined:
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5-3-72 Paris

Huge and another damn near perfect show with 3 Other Ones! The crowd seems more engaged and yelling a bit more than some of the more polite audiences. And interestingly they didn't understand that the show wasn't over at set break. Read attendee Bob Welle's review in DeadbaseX and his cool viewpoint of having been cruising around EU and just luckily caught this one, wondering who are these new people on stage.
After all these good ones in a row it's hard to see the almost Barton Hall fervor over this one though. I'm having a tough time doing a top 5 of the first 11 shows they are all so good but this one is certainly in there. Onward indeedy! Didn't expect anyone to join in my insanity to do them all so good on ya' Oro. Had to do it once in a lifetime, lol.
Cheers
September 18, 2023 - 12:02pm

#872

JimInMD

Joined:
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Ha

I was talking about a mini box of Feb '74 before they released 2/24 (and now 2/23), but I like the way you think.

I always assumed, probably incorrectly, that there were problems with the recordings of much of the October 74 run. I know Owsley was very vocal that they had excessive bleeding from mic to mic, etc.

As for something to listen to today.. not that I am strictly a Today in GD History person but 9/18/70, 9/18/74 and 9/18/87 were all excellent shows. 9/16/87 was surprisingly good for the period also.

That's all I have for now.
September 18, 2023 - 11:37am

#873

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Ok, back to Europe

Hit 5/7, 5/10, and 5/11 this WE. Of course I’ve forgotten the finer points and things I wanted to say, but I’ve not wanted to be overly analytical, or get distracted with notes, and instead, just get right, relax, and try to enjoy them. (Which has not been hard ; )
5/7 is just too much! It’s not always the most precise or perfect of the tour, but that’s because it’s a freight train on steroids!
I’ve always preferred full steam ahead Dead even when that leads to more worts, not that this one has many, perhaps just a few more noticeable than some of the more reserved, precise (hey, they were trying to make an album) shows.
Actually, I think the album factor is one reason this tour is so good. They’re in a place where they’re ontop of their game and can let it rip, but keeping it just enough under raps to keep the consistency high for recording purposes.
Win win, but 5/7 seems more about the live gig, the large miserable crowd that seems to really appreciate the effort etc, more than playing it straight for the tape machine?
Choo Choo, all aboard! what a beast! Garcia starts out in 5th gear and doesn’t let up for almost 4 hours!
Dark Star AND an Other One! Full on grease fest with six beauties, including a nice LL that fits the format better than going on too long, and a nice unusual Segway into GDTRFB. Clearly they were enjoying themselves in spite of the conditions? They joke about blowing the big ones, but not this time bubba!
I’ve had this one so have heard it several times, but it was a real treat to sit outside in a warm but not super hot day and just groove on this one!
Yesterday I hit 5/10 for the first time and unfortunately didn’t get quite the best listen, at least to the later parts.
But I did enjoy it, even if it was perhaps a little more laid back than 5/7 etc. Hey they all can’t be rocket ships lol.
The word that kept coming to me was Smooth…this show seemed smooth. They’re gelling as a unit so well by now, and the consistency is so good. Sure there’s a miscue or clam every once in awhile, (I dare you to find a show that there isn’t ; ) but the overall tightness, energy, musicianship is truly better or on par with any tour they ever did!
Of course there’s the sweet He’s Gone they finally got right, and why it’s the one! Another Sing me as they’ve worked that one in the repertoire nicely. And if I remember correctly, this had another of those unusual Other Ones, kinda jazzy perhaps and similar to 4/16? Unfortunately this one’s a blur for various reasons including hitting 5/11 afterwards. I’ll definitely want to rehit this, 5/3, and the Wembleys after the tour…but for now I want to go in order…
Ok, 5/11, this one for whatever reason has always been perhaps my favorite?
Not saying it’s the best show of the tour, just for whatever reasons perhaps my favorite?
Certainly the set list is part of it: Nice Playing if not huge opener, plenty o grease, including a cool and final Caution, with final WHO Do You Love tease, Nice Truckin ender to mix it up, and a very cool, perhaps unusual Dark Star!
Maybe it’s just because I think this might have been the first ala cart show I bought when I hand to the head realized what I was missing not having these Dark Stars? (Now realizing same about the cool spacey TOO’s)
Other One can get real repetitive but these ones are often very diverse and different! The weirder the better I say!
Whatever the reasons, this show, even after taking the tour plunge, still resonates very strong for me? Hey, I even think the cover art might be my fav? Ok, maybe I’ll hit it again streaming while working, before moving onto 5/13 and 5/16, both I’ve never heard yet, so hoping I’ll get to spend some extra time with em during the week…
ONWARD! Ok, who stole my Heineken Dark?
September 18, 2023 - 10:34am

#874

Oroborous

Joined:
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More shows

That’s all I ment.
Everyone’s made good points, and there’s no easy answer.
I was going for a conversation starter more than just to editorialize.
Like most things, no easy answers.
It’s just now that I’m all addicted to this collecting nonsense, I need as many RJ shows as they’ll give us, and I’m afraid things are going to start slowing down, and eventually it won’t be worth it to them, and so many great shows will never get fixed up and released. And don’t you worry 1stshow ole buddy, there’s still plenty of RJ shows in the vault.
As a rabid nut trying to tag as many of em as I can before I croak, I’m here to tell ya there’s plenty of gold left in them there hills! Yes many are cassette, but the gang has been getting better and better every year at fixing em up!
And, there’s still lots of DATs and still a decent amount of killer multitracks, all just rotting in the vault!

I totally get what yer saying, but think of it this way: suppose the summer 78 box was never released and only a couple others from that year. If they came out and said “this is your one chance to get the 20 best of 78”, including those shows in the July box, would you not find some way to get it? For sure, not everyone is going to want all of em, but I think you’d be able to scrape up at least 10k folks who would want at least one or 2?
Really they should be digitizing them all, or at least the top 20 or 30 from each year that haven’t been released, and have a system where they announce a certain number, or block at a time, and do pre orders, to have inventory control.
Some shows might sell big, some not so much. Perhaps have a rule that shows that don’t meet a certain threshold won’t get released?
I guess the solution would involve somehow having a cost effective way to prep them, but pre order so you don’t always have to have such big sales numbers for every show? Perhaps DL like you say, but that hasn’t worked so well, so far anyway…
Again, no easy answers, and I totally understand other pov. I just would hate to see so much good music not get the treatment it deserves. And yeah, the archive is awesome, but there’s nothing like getting a great show that’s been fully fixed/Normaned!

Hey DV, where ya been hiding? Good to see ya, and sorry, I won’t mention you know who. It has got to be really tough being a fan. It’d be one thing if they just stunk, but they have potential, if only they could stop beating themselves.
A well, it’s early still…
September 18, 2023 - 9:17am

#875

DeadVikes

Joined:
October 26, 2016

Releases

Would love to see more shows released. My preference is still CDs.
It would be interesting to know what the terms of the contract are with Rhino? Are they able to release as much as they want or are there limits?
Do they even have the ability to release more per year then they currently are? Is Jeffrey Norman able to mix and master much more than he is now. He might need help. Maybe you could assist OB?

There are some shows they already mixed and mastered that could be released on CD. For example, the two shows from the first Road Trips that they released as digital downloads, 11/5 and 11/6 1979. Also, the shows from the download series.
Would also be interested in more video. Why not release the shows from the MUATM. They did this with the 91 show in the Giants stadium box, but would love to see the others released at some point. The 91 Chicago show was really good.

Okay, seems others are talking about 1988 for #48. We will see next month.
September 18, 2023 - 8:46am

#876

1stshow70878

Joined:
September 11, 2014

Box discussion

I'm a dinosaur as Oro describes it and know zero about streaming and how younger folks get their music, movies, and TV but I'm guessing the Dinos are the ones buying hard copy CDs. My question is, if the '80s and '90s scene was populated by more younger concertgoers in huge stadiums in numbers way beyond the earlier shows shouldn't there be a demand for those shows in a format they like? I'd bet lots of folks will buy a show they attended. Mickey's model may fit that some day. That said, I'm ignoring the fact that some earlier shows had attendance in the 100,000+ range (Englishtown?) but there were just a few of those. I know Dave said that the last increase to 25,000 copies per release would be the last increase and maybe that's the limit for profitability for hard copy. I'm guessing the download option would be more profitable regardless of sales numbers (if they could ever get the damn things to work!) as all you need is a bank of servers and a few tech savvy people to run it. Large box offerings could be done as a pick and choose your favorite with quantity discounts for more shows. I know I won't be buying twenty shows from individual years I don't like as much and there is likely some truth in the theory that a good portion of "the good stuff" has already been released. Seems like, as with many things, tech is going to have to save us in this dilemma. Affordability is key either way. I can't afford $500 boxes even if I like the offering. It's as simple as that. So Mickey, let's get digitizing! Us Dinos will just have to figure out how to download and stream.
Cheers
Oh, and the price of the downloads needs to come down. Currently makes no sense if the price is almost the same just without the shipping. No incentive to be green.
September 18, 2023 - 7:44am

#877

Oroborous

Joined:
June 19, 2007

Y’all are missing the point…

I’m not talking about preferences, if I was, I’d be down with Conekids idea.
I’m talking about the reality of only a somewhat limited number of boxes getting released.
Their not going to do this forever!!!
For example, say they only releases 8 or 10 more years at one box a year.
With 3 show mini boxes that’s only 30 more shows. Plus say 40 more Dave’s. (4x10).
There’s still way more than 70 great shows in that vault…
My plan,
25 for primal 67-70
15 for 71
20 for 72
20 for 73 (at least!
? 74 might just be mostly scraps
20? for 76? Maybe
77 is already over represented so he can spit the last few out on DaP
20 for 78
20 for 79 and 80
20 for 81 & 82
20 for 83 & 84
20 for 85 & 86
20 for 87 & 88
20 for 89 including fall tour (alpine should be a stand alone
90 not sure you’d need to do 20 as it’s already fairly represented?
20 for 91 & 92
20 for 93-95
These plus DaP and special separates and one might say we’ve received most of the best!
Take pre orders plus run an extra 10% so your not stuck with inventory but have a few for Johnny come latelies…
You could still make them “limited”…
Release 2 a year, everybody wins cept maybe the finicky heads who probably won’t buy much more anyway…

Voila, all hardcore heads gets represented,

And remember when Mickey made his bold pronouncement about making all shows available (about the same time he said Phil must have got the liver of a jerk) .
But I’m sure things won’t change, sales eventually will make cost prohibitive and the vault will go to waste, but hey at least we will have most of 77…and four versions of October 74…
Think about the cruel reality of only 3 to 5 shows a year for only 8 more years….the horror!
Tic toc…
September 18, 2023 - 2:44am

#878

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Winterland 74 box

Yes, next year hopefully - vinyl too. Bit of leisure wear to listen to it in. Nice.

Mini boxes score where you might not want 17 shows or whatever. I wouldn't mind a few shows from Europe 1990, having attended the London ones - but I'm not sure I would want the whole lot !
September 17, 2023 - 2:21pm

#879

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Winterland Oct 74 Box, and we need more releases Dave/Rhino

Hopefully it’s moving into production soon so that we get it for the 50th anniversary next year.
With all the video included.

I’ll take mini-Boxes.
3-show mini-Boxes, released once every other month, and not during a month where a DaP is released. Thus, the DaP’s and mini-Boxes would give us a release 10 months out of the year. The other 2 months would be RSD and Black Friday RSD.
Sounds like a grate plan to me.
September 17, 2023 - 12:42pm

#880

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Winterland

Agree..

Can anyone tell me why we did not get a Winterland '74 Box Set? The box design would, of course, been a mini Wall of Sound.

Wars have been fought for less.

Oh, the horror.

John Perry Barlow

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Bolo24 says: An Idea, Perhaps? Since we're all going to have a fair amount of spare time on our hands for the foreseeable future, what about starting another thread where we all listen to the same show/release on a given day and then share impressions afterward? Folks can submit suggestions and one person (not me) picks what we'll all listen to - call it Deadnet Picks or something. Anyway, if this idea is deemed to have merit, I'd suggest one of the loyal regular posters take the lead and do the picking - y'all can decide who. Might be fun. If it does go forward, I nominate Dick's Picks 18 for the first listen. Been talked about here lately, and, had it been a single show rather than a compilation, we'd probably be talking about it in the same conversation as Cornell, Veneta, etc. Or perhaps even Gainesville?? Stay safe and healthy, friends - this planet needs as many Deadheads as possible.

On this day in history

Another good date is 4/27. Going for a hike today, since my bikes are in the shop.

Have a Grateful Day everybody! :-)

A Day Late

I am going to check this show out Bob t, 4/11/88. Thanks!

4/11/88 & 4/11/69

BobT Nice TLMD on there and enjoyed that Touch of Grey this AM. I'll try and grok the whole thing.

The cats at Dead Air played a new source of 4/11/69 last night.
EPIC Dark Star > Main Ten > Dark Star.
Crazy good, hadn't heard that in awhile.
Well worth dustin' off.

And Doc is pushing 4/12/71 as an underrated gem, so there's that too.

Meanwhile I've found myself in a big huge NRPS jag.
Finally getting around to giving the Dawn Of The NRPS a proper listen.
So cool that this shiz keeps creeping out from under the rocks, shoeboxes and behind the curtains.
This is an amazing release for GD & NRPS nerds, like me.

In my fever I noticed that there's a NRPS SBD from 9/20/70.
I haven't been able to track it down on the digital highway, not sure it's circulating. But it's out there!
Anybody on here got it?
Trying to lay my ears on both 9/18/70 & 9/20/70 NRPS.

The hunt is on.
Fun stuff!

EDIT: Found 'em. Happy kid here!

This truly happened today

I drove to Golden Gardens at Puget Sound
Entered a parking space
I see a bill of money on the ground in front of me
And a guy working out the back of his car to my right
His lil table had batik GD dancing bears tapestry
I pick up bill it is a 20
"You drop this 20?" I ask guy
"No"
I think for a second
"Everyone wins. Lets split it"
I give him two 5's

Cool event, bro

Fluff time

DiP35
8 6 71
5 24 70

Proudfoot

Good on ya' - a great example of why we need more deadheads wandering around.

As a "thank you," check your PM for details of an upcoming release that will knock your...

**********

Pardon the interruption. This is DL. Please ignore any hints, clues, or claims of insider knowledge from this poster. We are aware of his activity, as we have had him under surveillance ever since he breeched the tape vault under the guise of an arachnid exterminator after an unfortunate infestation (which we are pretty sure he instigated).

He is a certified prankster whose sole mission is to mess with people. Pretty detestable, if you ask me. Thank God he's not Canadian!!

Carry on.

just came in to me

This is nice, funny. Bluegrass based about dead tickets

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=t8xVXL7sB0o&list=RDAMVMt8xVXL7sB0o

If anyone has good collection of these guys let me know. I'm about to go searching.

Proudfoot - funny about the money, I do the same thing a lot at the store I work. All night long (ok several times a night) I go out and check the lot, check lights on front of store, pickup garbage) Ok, really to burn one. But because it night, the lights of the store reflect across the lot as I pace back and forth I find change every night,,, mostly pennies, but silver too. Every now and then I turn up decent money, 20's, 10's, crumbled 1's (the meth heads). Found 70 bucks once, a fifty or two, chunk of 20's. Always come in and split with co-conspirator,,, I mean co-worker. Found money shared is still found money:-)

Oh, and even further back off subject,, Jim,,,, did you really climb the Devil's Tower?

Today in Grateful Dead History

I'm going with 04/12/78 because it's kind of like an anniversary, as I have shared before.

Joe Louis 4/11/88

Bluecrow was there. At the time he felt it had its moments, for sure, but it wasn't Hampton. Earlier today was first time he's listened to whole show since that night. Going back in for a second go round. Nice sounding board. Thanks for this DD BobT. Really nice Stella Blue. And oh yeah - its got a "Drummers Birthday!!"

5 24 70

Sehr gut!!!

Re:

I'm just a tad behind here.. trying to ride Doc's '71 coattails which has been much more enjoyable than I would have guessed. Right vibe, right time, and getting both a historical perspective and some personal stories, memories and notes. Oh.. and some killer GD. I always liked the crunchy sound of hard driving April 1971 GD.

Yes to Devils Tower, but back when I was young, thin and in much better shape than now. It took two attempts.. the first day we only made it halfway up and had to leave a bunch of gear on the cliff and rappel off in a moment of defeat. As the day went on, we struggled and the tower makes one hell of a sun dial signaling to us that it was just not in the cards that day. Our vacation was over, out of time as my brother had to get back to work. We conceded to the closest food and beer joint (a BBQ place), it was a little slow and our hot waitress came over with an acoustic guitar and played for us while we licked our wounds. By the end of the night she convinced us all to give it another go, so the plan was to get my brother to call in 'sick' for work that following Monday and we took an extra day for a redemption attempt. Up early and more than a little groggy, sounded better when the beer was flowing. Of we went and by early afternoon we were at the top playing hacky sac until these horrible biting flies began to go to town on our flesh. So we rappelled off and began our cross country drive home.

I would guess it to be August 24th or 25th 1990. The car battery died somewhere in the Tetons that trip, so every time we turned off the engine we had to push start the car (it was a stick shift, remember those??). We coasted into a gas station not far away from East Troy WI on the night of the 27th and there were all these freaks at the gas station.. we struck up conversation and they were all mourning discovering the news that Stevie Ray Vaughan's helicopter had crashed killing all as he was leaving Alpine Valley. In looking into this again, it must have been very late or very early the next morning, we were 5 or 10 miles away from the venue and people at the gas station had left the show and clued us into what happened. Weird and sort of GD related as the ending centers around of the Dead's more beloved late era venues. Alpine kicked ass.

I visited the place in the summer of 2018 and got winded taking the trail around the monolith. Time and age can be cruel.. but at least we have memories of youth.

Proudfood.. glad you got the $20 I left.. sorry about the scratch on the Prius, hope the $10 covers the touch up paint. :D Just getting back to live after a few busy days.. I will check out the 75 show later this week in your honor.

Bolo, not many live to tell tales after getting on Lemieux's naughty list. The rat bastard has thwarted each and every attempt to storm, tunnel under and move the vault to our new undisclosed location in the control room under an abandoned cold war missile silo in rural Kansas. Ooooops, I think I said too much. Do you ever wonder what happened to all those people that don't post here anymore? Prisoners in the medieval dungeon below the vault.

Stick Shift

Jim the adventurer!

That sounds fun and I'm glad you clarified that that wouldn't be as easy now a days ;)
I still drive a stick shift... but the old gal would've been on the assembly line during your stories timeline.
1992 subaru, I love you.
Yeah, I know... I need a new car.
But can't say I've done much driving this year.

Alright, so what's the pick?

I heard about some 1971 from Doc that sounded worthy.
Checking out the NRPS from 9/20/70 and this is a killer SBD.

Hmmm, which way to go.
I sure don't know, what I'm goin' for....

Rose Palace Pasadena 69

3 22 69
5 10 69

Great shows

anybody heard 4-13-83

not on my radar but it has a Cumberland and a Dew out of space at a tiny college in Vermont.

Maybe

you know...

I don't remember much about that there show from April 13, 1983.
Pretty familiar with some of it's brothers & sisters.
But nothing is standing out, when I look at it.
Other than I gave BIODTL Four stars, so apparently I liked that.

Think it might be time to give it another spin!

Thanks UNK.

10 30 80

Outstanding

Have You Seen The Light?

As spoken from on high.. 4/14/71 got some glowing accolades from the good doctor on the Dave's 37 thread. I am taking that trip today. I have not listened to many of these April '71 shows and am enjoying them immensely.

How are things going out there folks, hopefully everyone is making the best of things and enjoying themselves. I read this morning in my amateur malingerer's handbook that April 14th is national leave two hours early from work for a fictitious dental emergency day. Be sure to do something fun with it.

4/14/71

Seems like a good show to check out today Jim. On it.

Stay well folks

Who'll Stop The Rain

I wonder, yes I wonder.

But Jim asks Have You Seen The Light and to that I say Yes!

I have and it's bright.
A bright bright light.

I'm goin' 4/14/71 too cuz I, like Jim, read Doc's write up and thought, I need to hear that... again.

But unlike Jim, I will not be participating in fake a dental appointment day due to the absence of a boss.
I'll just take a personal day and tell my self, self... take a personal day and listen to the Grateful Dead play.

Got it?
Good Morning People.

Never Too Old To Learn

Love it GOGD.

You are taking the whole day off.. As an amateur malingerer, I only aspired two hours off. I clearly have a lot to learn.

As a side note, I am hoping in 10 or 15 years 2/3 of the country will be skipping out early on April 14th each year to "go to the dentist." Everybody needs at least one get out of work free card each spring.

Never too?

Never heard of this one,,,, is this like national hookie day? Where everyone skipped school (it was legal, being NHD).

Well I can't cut or skip being in a essential service industry. But I CAN make it a green night! Not sure if that counts for 2 hours early or day off?

I WILL be playing 4/14/71 tonight. I poked that a little this morning and I seem to have a damn good copy.

GOGD, are you a Cyrano de Bergerac fan?

Praised the Lord, I saw the light!

71 Pepsi challenge

Has been burning up most of my listening. Have hit all since 3/24 Winterland so far.
Need to hit that 4/13/83, since I went to the show before and after. Always wondered about that one? Did anybody listen, is it good? Wish I’d been a little older cause I bet Vermont would of been cool.
Bingo town 4/12 was awesome, first time tripping at a show....hey, I was a late bloomer ; )
4/15 Crotchfester was good too, though I haven’t heard that one in awhile. GA front row for both, voooooooo!
Those were the days!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y3KEhWTnWvE

4/14/72, need to listen to at least the meat and potatoes. Funny, almost wrote 4/14/72 on the info sheet they have you fill out getting vaxed lol. Guess it was a sign!

AND, ...just received RT 2.3 so I’ll have to spend some time with that too. Just worried I’m gonna get a headache and not want to listen to anything : (

Oroborous

Hey Oroborous, RT2. 3! I wouldn't ruin it for you. You know where to find me if you ever want to listen to the bonus disc.
4/14/72, another great E72 show and we hit this one up here not too long ago.
And all this 71. You are definitely busy.

Will the Real

Cyrano de Bergerac please stand up?

It is I the brilliant poet and swordsman in my clever disguise as TGOGD ;)

Dennis I kid, because I care.
But in all seriousness I can't really say I know too much about him, but perhaps that will change now.

Now that you've mentioned him, I may spend some time looking into his illustrious life and adventures on Google.
Or I may... go outside!

I think I better do #2 (not that kind) cause I'm getting a little wacky.
Wacky Tobaccy

2.3 Bonus

Thanks DV for your kind offer.
Fortunately, perhaps unbelievably I was given that bonus disc by a awesome person here!
Still blows my mind!

Malinger

verb
gerund or present participle: malingering
exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work.

I did that over a pay phone from a rest area near Kankakee, IL on 7-23-90 when I realized that I was going to be several hours late for work.
But the biggest mistake is that I only bought tickets for the first 2 nights.....

Ice cream....

no tickets for 7 23 90 - ouch

"how was I to know"

Skankakee...giggle

Hey pickers

I say 7 27 74

Listen to the PITB, if nothing else

I'll Go Down the '74 Rabbit Hole

We might have done this one early on.. if not, I have listened to within the last year so I am doing the highlights portions. This one is shaded by neighboring giants but has some nice highlights. Plus, I have a soft spot for Roanoke and that portion of Appalachia. Close to Virginia Tech (home of the Hokies), the New River - one of the oldest rivers in the world and lots of fun stuff in between. A sleepy little mountain city. I have fond memories of times I spent nearby a few decades ago by now. We're getting old...

Devils Tower

Jim, wild story. I have a little history with Devils Tower myself. I worked in northeast Wyoming in August 1974 for three weeks as a roustabout on the oil field. I was 20 and it was one helluva an education. I was hitchhiking cross country back to Eugene, Oregon and needed money. The dudes from Illinois who gave me a ride in South Dakota were going to Wyoming for work so I bit the baagwahn and went for it. After working for most of August I had a couple days to kill before collecting severance pay so hitched from Gillette to Devils Tower to illegally camp outside of the National Monument (private land?) with a spectacular view of the tower and a full moon.
I wasn’t disappointed.

7-27-74

Playin in the Band, ”if nothing else”. 25 minutes and 56 seconds, about how long the DMT lasts. (dmt NOT recommended)
“We got some talented pickers here tonight”. Ace Wheeler , Luke’s Bar, Missoula, Montana 1977

7 27 74

US Blues -> Jam -> Promised Land

unique

Oil field worker

Strider, oil field worker was my first job out of high school, I went from making $2.00 dollars an hour
washing dishes at Woolworths , to making $4.00 an hour working in the oil fields.

Make..

Make good money $5 a day....

I remember Woolworths and I remember their cafeteria. Man.. that was a long, long time ago.

Like the old bumper sticker said

Please don’t tell my Mother I work in the oil field,
She still thinks I’m a piano player in a whorehouse.

Never Seen that Bumper Sticker

Too funny..

Remember Your Hippie Training Folks!

It's officially been a year hanging with you all, what a long strange trip it's been huh?!?

After lurking around for a few picks, I decided to step out and participate, super glad I did.
I've learned a lot, made some pals, swapped stories, shared quite a few laughs, made some killer trades, and have heard some great music and gone furthur into the GD catalog than I had before.
And one of the best parts is being a part of this GD community.
Community is key, and the GD community, is above all a very special one.
In a crazy world, when all was spiraling, twirling and careening off the edge.
I went back to my roots and enjoyed the ride with some friends and The Good Ole Grateful Dead.
I'm super glad I did.
It too was a Friday.

To all of you here and Dead Heads everywhere, I salute you. We're on the right track.

I guess the obvious pick would be 4/16/72 or possibly 9/20/88 (I heard Charlie Miller refer to this show as his favorite that he attended).
Besides they've got Cumberlands.

Together, more or less in line... we just keep Truckin' on.
Happy Friday!

Something new is waiting to be born

Grandbaby #2 showing up sometime today in Vguy land. #1 born in SF 3 months ago.

Old and in the way? Nah...blessed and happy!

Today's Picks

Right on GOGD!

I am going to go for the 9/20/88 show. Never heard this one. Thanks for the picks.

Been thinking when they will give us that fantastic last run in Alpine in July of 1989.
Downhill from Here, released in 1997, still sounds unreal. I think these three shows are the best of the July run. The crowd was just unreal for those three days and so were the boys. And I was just a clueless eighteen year old. Wish I could go back in time to these three shows. First thing I would do is find myself and hand me a list of all the mistakes to avoid in the next 30 years. Anyway, I know almost all of the July shows have been released, but these still are a notch above. I also need to check out the Deer Creek Show before they hit Alpine. Anybody heard this show?

So, box up Alpine with three full night's of Video and watch the site go down.

Stay well out there folks.

Congrats Bolo!

Congrats Bolo

Ugly Rumors... word was you have spent the last couple weeks in a Russian prison. Good to hear your feet are firmly planted and your family is doing well.

9/20/88

This matrix is sounding sweet so far. Good call GOGD.

9.20.88....

SET 1
Jack Straw
Althea
Mama Tried >
Big River
Peggy-O
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Louie Louie
The Music Never Stopped
SET 2
Bertha >
Cumberland Blues
Looks Like Rain >
Terrapin Station >
Drums >
Space >
Truckin' >
Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad >
Morning Dew
ENCORE
Johnny B. Good
....setlist looks awesome. Firing this up now!
Congrats Bolo. Vegas grandbaby incoming!!

congrats bolo

do you remember grandchildren's birthdates by box set release dates? I still used dead show dates and years to remember what I was doing back in the day, where I was at, where I was working, etc...

All credit goes to

Charlie Miller!

He's the man. Posting stuff as fast as he can.
Where oh where would we be.. without good ole' Charlie,
Listen to his fave show attended at the MSG

Tip of the cap.
Trips Captain!

Bolo congratulations grandpa!!!

Misc

STRIDER 👍
Best bumper sticker I ever saw was on a big old pickup truck said “wine me dine me 69 me” which was funny enough but when I pulled up to the red light beside it, it was being driven by a very elderly looking little old lady who could barely see over the steering wheel!

GOGD: sounds like your leaving us or something? This is Hotel California bubba, you can check out but....

BOLO: the world has enough Bozos already and not enough Bolos! Congrats. One thing (so far) I miss about not having kids...no grandkids : (
Think I would of liked being a Boompa, if only we could of skipped a step lol.

9/20/88: looks interesting and with THAT recommendation I’ll have to put it on my list...did do 4/15/71 today which I really liked.
On to my new RT 2.3 plus bonus. Been mostly sleeping and not up for loud after getting stuck. So missed a couple days but we’re slipping back into the mix here slowly.

Bertha -> Cumberland Blues....

....might just be my new favorite thing ever!!

7/27/74

Was a fun listen. Also listened to the 2nd set of 4/15/71 three times. Congratulations Bolo, the beat goes on. Oro , I love that bumper sticker. I also adopted a Newcastle, English Geordie expression many years ago; “Fuck me blue damn it!.” Used in the right setting at the right time has great social and political import.

9/20/88

Holy crap, this is a great show. Louie Louie! Nice Althea, Peggy O. TMNS to end the first set. Then we get a nice Bertha, Cumberland to start the second set. Need to finish this one up tomorrow and will definitely polk around the other MSG shows from this run.

Thanks GOGD.

These guys are pretty damn good.

Anybody else getting excited for Dave's 38?