Grateful Dead

I never saw The Dead there, but I played it myself when passing through in 1990. We stopped in some sort of bar, and this guy was playing an acoustic guitar. When he finished, my girlfriend told him I played too, so he handed it me and asked me to play something. Gulp. I strummed through "Ripple" (click , buzz) and after I had finished, he told me that it was American music, and didn't I know anything British. In a word..no.

That reminds me....another, time, about 10 years ago, I visited a social worker friend of mine who worked in a hospital with people who had been confined due to having severe mental health problems. Again, messing around I played "Ripple", which he thought was a beautiful melody. Next time I saw him, he told me he had played the song himself at a singing group in the hospital, and that he had them all singing and playing along as best they could.

Well, I hope we get a release this week of some kind, preferably a whole show if it is a 50th anniversary release, but if they released a whole acoustic set from 1970, that would be cool. For all the hockey fans, today is the day that Lord Stanley died, 6/14/1908. I've seen the Sharks play live several times, and seeing hockey live is fantastic, very exciting.

but if there is any claim to fame, it's that she was on the last episode of AT's final full year as host

and I got to be in the audience

it was a truly awesome day

All are cool, but #5 is way cool. Hope she won.

I'll Take Psychedelic Misfits for $500 Alex.

Well, this ones a daily double dose.

First show 7 18 82

One of the best experiences of my life

In the top five

1. birth of three kids (tied for first)
2. 7 18 82
3. 7 13 84
4. 6 9 90 Cassidy
5. Wife being on Jeopardy

I'm partial to the 84 run, but admittedly, I have not listened to all the shows from some of the earlier years..

The recordings are pretty clean.. Jerry's voice is still holding out, but not for long. I sort of think of this run as a prelude to all the new songs that they broke out in 85 simply because it has early reintroductions of the old arrangement of Dancin' in the Streets and a rare modern Midnight Hour.

To me, the 84 Ventura shows are special. ..but Billy, you have peeked my interest in the 82 and 83 run. A good series shows to toss out on the what's playing today thread.

....the boys from Vermont put one out.
It's not that hard.
Their website is tight. As is Jerry's site.
This site is like circa 2012. And that fact is legit.
Get your shit together dead.net. Was hoping for stellar 3D projections and holograms by now.

82,83,84,& 85. wild times, I'm sure they can find a box set in there somewhere.

My first California shows. Had a great time.. windy and chilly after the sun set as I recall. I have no memory of where we slept that run.. my guess is we camped there if they allowed it. I completely forget where we stayed for the Greeks.. but it wasn't in Berkeley. We had already left for Ventura before our Greek tickets arrived.. so we had to get them fedexed to a distant relative in Gilroy. Life before cell phones and GPS.. how did we do it?

So three Ventura into three Greeks into three Alpines. Then someone got married or something so I had to make a brief visit home. Great times.. my only wish is that it wasn't 10 or 20 years earlier.

I wish some of the soundboards sounded better. 87 is kinda all over the place. Just try and find a good recording of any of the Alpine shows that year. There are often audience tapes that sound better than the soundboards from this summer. He did clean things up in 88 a bit though.. for example, the 88 Greek shows sound really good.

Ooops, didn't mean to ramble. Loved Ventura. as you were.

....saw Phish there in '98 though. Caught a good Bathtub Gin and Emotional Rescue there.
It's a great venue.