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    18,000 happy Dead Heads could not be wrong. Deer Creek, my how you deliver.

    We're closing the books on DAVE'S PICKS 2021 with not one but two - nearly - complete shows from Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90. Yes, we've packed it all on four CDs, save for that second night encore which we promise you'll get to hear in the very near future. Sometimes there really is just too much good stuff.

    For now, we'll invite you to cozy up with two exceptional back-to-back shows, shows with precision and clarity, shows with more than a lion's share of exploratory jams, and most importantly, shows that were simply a damn good time for all. Highlights from night one include the bookends of a spectacular "Help>Slip!>Franklin's" and an epically intricate "Morning Dew" followed by a classic cover of "The Weight." Night two, is the sleeper hit, with flawless playing from start to finish, the set list inviting you to find new favorites in top-notch renditions of "Foolish Heart" or "Victim Or The Crime," and if that's not one of the finest versions of "Desolation Row" Bobby ever did do! We would be remiss if we didn't mention that these shows were among Brent's last and they are some of his finest of the era at that.

    Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL. 40: DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, NOBLESVILLE, IN 7/18 & 19/90 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

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  • Atron
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    DaP 40 (7185) makes it to the maritimes.

    Pretty much a week ahead of schedule as per the other releases this year, on a day off no less. Had a full spin and a half through. This is my first subscription and I have to say I am very impressed, a few in and out of the box picks, filling in some holes in my collection. Different flavours, a great selections of tunes. Maybe too early to make an informed call but #40 might be my favourite. Glad they kept the DrumsSpaces intact, I love all the MIDI madness.

    How would you folks rank the 2021 picks?

    Looking forward to 2022.

    Take care.

  • unkle sam
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    pheew loud

    Seen a lot of them
    Loudest, can't say, Black Sabbath loud and heavy, like a barbell on your ears
    Foghat, believe it or not, these guys could rock and rock, down front, nothing but sweat and sweet loudness
    Thin Lizzy, started the show with Jailbreak, 4th note blew out the fuses 20 mins later back but not as loud
    The Who, very loud, even in a stadium but not ear shattering
    Saw a band recently who opened for Captain Beyond, can't recall their name but everyone, everyone, even me and I'm almost deaf, left the venue, just ear bleeding loud that almost made you barf, Captain Beyond was great, Bobby Caldwell is still out there playing those great songs.
    Ted Nugent, he sucked but it was sooo loud, nasty loud Brownsville Station opened that day, then Mahogany Rush, then Cheap Trick, then Ted, everybody was better than nugent. Talk about the neighborhood complaining, not only was it loud, it was nugent
    Saw a band named Nektar back in the 70's, loud but clear as a bell, great light show all though the sound may have been compromised by the venue, basically a tuna can.
    Agree about the good old Dead, they were loud but really good loud, and clear as a bell, love that Mac sound even today. Zero distortion
    Spirit in 1974 at the Peabody Auditorium in Daytona Beach, Loud Spirit of 76 and then Kaptain Kopter music, raunchy in your pants loud.
    Uriah Heep in 1970 very loud competing with Deep Purple that wah-wah on Gypsy was incredibly loud, still remember the front rows being literally pushed back by the sound
    Im sure there are more, just the ones I can remember right now loud seemed to be "in" back in the 70's

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    '79 - Saw Twisted Sister in the Gemini, a bar on the west side of the Hudson River. Stood right in front of the right hand side speaker stack. Could not hear much for the better part of a week
    Rock on

  • daverock
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    Poor sound

    I couldn't objectively verify it, but I would think the quality of the sound was quite poor for all those loud British hard rock bands I saw in the mid 70s. Maybe I just got used to it, but I saw quite a few punk bands around 1976-1977, and I can't remember ever thinking they were particularly loud. Similarly with the next wave of bands - Echo and The Bunnymen for example - I never came out deaf like I did in 1973.

    The Dead weren't noticeably loud in 1981 - loud enough and a very clear sound. I saw both Black Sabbath and Deep Purple in 2017 after a 40 odd year gap, and again, I didnt think about ther sound at all - it was probabaly much better than it was in the 70's.

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    Late as always, lost internet!!!!

    I'm always amazed at peoples memory. I couldn't think of a 'loudest" show. Dead show were always "loud", but as HF points out there's a difference between loud noise and loud clarity. Dead were always top shelf for my years (80's) in the sound system department. Saw Peter Gaberial for his tour in 83? Outdoor amphitheater, we were maybe in the 20th row about middle,,,,, GREAT sound, full and clear, sounded just like the live album turned up.

    Anyway, last night I remember a show, and the damn thing wasn't that long ago, but that memory.......

    Lockn a few years back finished one night with My Morning Jacket. They came out ear blistering loud, that level of loud you'd swear had blood coming out your ears. The crowd thin fast. I just stood there and faced the music as it were. Now I'm pretty green at this point, but I get a focus on the sound and to me it was this HUGE cloud of distortion, LOUD, but then I finally hear at the heart of this cloud of white, this guy playing a clean guitar line, that is crystal clear and a bright light at the center of white and this cloud is huge, in my mind it's a 60' high sphere.

    And while he's climaxes in the jam, the sound sucked down to a human size piano and him playing (crystal clear, no distortion field), I like to teach the world to sing......

    THAT was a moment, that was loud.

    Maybe it was the green!!

    I learned the song was "steam -> Teach the world to sing"

    A couple of years later on some college station, I heard he was touring again with the "distortion" tour, but without the distortion,,,, called it clarity or some such. I thought maybe it wasn't all green :-)

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    Ol' Man Jenkins is currently listening to...

    Metallica's "Justice" on my phone.

    I feel the energy without PAIN.

    My lawn is mighty green...

  • hendrixfreak
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    My conclusion

    Okay, so high volume goes with rock and electric blues, yet there's a crucial difference. As John Hammond Jr. once told me about seeing Hendrix after the latter's career had taken off, "too loud is too loud." The bands long ago indulged in it and, not knowing any better as a young person, I went along for the ride. But over the years (yes, I'm old now -- but only if you're young) it's become clear that loudness alone can really spoil the music. If you can't hear what's going on, or the volume is so high that it becomes an issue in itself, then the musical artistry is lost and pointless. I see this in local venues that are known for being "loud." The volume is simply too high to relax and enjoy the music; the volume becomes an issue in itself. And, to be sure, I like loud music. So I was always, er, grateful, that my favorite bands -- the GD, ABB and The Band -- back in the day were into quality sound systems, though that didn't necessarily account for the venues and their acoustics. Among them, as far as I know, the GD were the only ones who plowed significant resources, constantly, into the science of their amplification medium to achieve the cleanest live sound they could get. That to me says alot about this band.

    And the thing is, "too loud is too loud" was true when I was young. I was just too young and too stupid to move when it was an issue.

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    again from ol' man Jenkins

    I like rock n roll
    I like the energy
    I like the grooves
    I like the riffs

    But if I want to attend a show by a band, I do not want my eardrums ASSAULTED. (I just flashed on the sequence in 2001 where Bowman is shaking in his helmet).

    I never experienced PAIN and "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" during or after a GD show.

    I'll just listen to my stuff on my front lawn...stay off, you punks!

    JENKINS NATION!

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    Loudest Band

    Couple ways if looking at it in my mind, and I am biased due to my stake in this discussion: 1) the bands are loud because they love it loud and they hit a dB mark that happens to distinguish them; and 2) same as #1, except they're aware of the "bad-assery" of being the loudest band, so they kick it up a few dBs to take the crown.

    I've been a major Who fan since I was 10 yrs old, hence my stake in this discussion. I heard along the way that The Who were renowned for being in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest band in the world. That was some bad-assery I passed on to many a Who nonbeliever.

    Maybe this is commented on already - I haven't read far enough back in the posts to see where the discussion began. The history of it is, Deep Purple, who I believe falls into category #1, set the record originally, I guess in the early 70s.

    The Who had been a notoriously loud band throughout the 60s and 70s, and were commonly regarded as the loudest band in the world, if only because Pete Townsend said so (and had the hearing loss to prove it). Eventually Guinness sought them out and caught them at the end of their 1976 tour at Charlton. They broke Deep Purple's record and held it for the rest of their pre-Farewell Tour career.

    Sometime after that I believe things get sketchy, because bands were falling into category number two, where they kicked it up a few notches to gain the notoriety of being the loudest band in the world. I could be wrong, but I don't think anyone held the record as long as The Who, and because there was a shot at making Guinness, I think there were bands who didn't really come by it honestly. So I'm going with The Who :D

  • simonrob
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    The loudest band in the world... Allegedly.

    Grand Funk Railroad headlined a free concert in Hyde Park in July 1971. They were advertised as being the loudest band in the world. It would have made no sense to try and promote them on the basis of their musical prowess. Almost nobody in England had any idea who they were. Heads, Hands and Feet were the opening act who I remember nothing about, unfortunately. Maybe I arrived too late and missed them. Second up was Humble Pie with one Peter Frampton on guitar. A great performance, they ensured that GFR would never be able to top that and indeed they didn't. An endless selection of standard riffs seemed to be all they were capable of. The world's loudest? Hard to say because it was outdoors in a park.

    I think I only saw Deep Purple once and mercifully that was also outdoors so my ears were spared. I remember little about it due to being chemically compromised at the time. It was either 1970 or 1971.

    The loudest band I ever heard (indoors, naturally) was Black Sabbath in May 1970. People living miles away complained about the noise which gives an idea of the volume levels involved.

    There were other gigs that resulted in hearing problems the following day but I can't remember them all.

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18,000 happy Dead Heads could not be wrong. Deer Creek, my how you deliver.

We're closing the books on DAVE'S PICKS 2021 with not one but two - nearly - complete shows from Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90. Yes, we've packed it all on four CDs, save for that second night encore which we promise you'll get to hear in the very near future. Sometimes there really is just too much good stuff.

For now, we'll invite you to cozy up with two exceptional back-to-back shows, shows with precision and clarity, shows with more than a lion's share of exploratory jams, and most importantly, shows that were simply a damn good time for all. Highlights from night one include the bookends of a spectacular "Help>Slip!>Franklin's" and an epically intricate "Morning Dew" followed by a classic cover of "The Weight." Night two, is the sleeper hit, with flawless playing from start to finish, the set list inviting you to find new favorites in top-notch renditions of "Foolish Heart" or "Victim Or The Crime," and if that's not one of the finest versions of "Desolation Row" Bobby ever did do! We would be remiss if we didn't mention that these shows were among Brent's last and they are some of his finest of the era at that.

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOL. 40: DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER, NOBLESVILLE, IN 7/18 & 19/90 was recorded by Dan Healy and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman.

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Blows Against the Empire
Plunkt.Vert.Plastik - Somet
The Record Company - Play Loud
Otis Redding - Live at the Fillmore
William Parker - Painters Winter and In Order to Survive

Bonus - Terry Reid - Superlungs
Latest Dead - 12/10/71-BK is the man - excellent drumming

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Fav of your 5's - Estimating profs Gary Burton Eberhard Weber Passengers. So good. Saw Gary and Chick in '76 era in Boulder. Fun with Fungi.
Everyone's jazz references have me starting a long put off project dividing all the vinyl into categories. I need to be able to go to what I'm in the mood for, not what I may be lucky to find alphabetically. A heretical thought but it must be done. I just can't remember all that's there anymore.
Starting my next 5 in the ECM label area.
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Hudson, Dejonette, Grenadier, Medeski, Scofield
Coltrane - A Love Supreme, Live in Seattle (!!!)
Humble Pie- Live at the Fillmore
DP 34 Rochester, NY 11/5/77
Light into Ashes Lp 10/18/72. :-)

Music filling the days

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50 years ago today…..

October 26, 1971
The Palestra, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York

Set 1: Bertha-Playing In The Band-Sugaree-Me And My Uncle-Tennessee Jed-Big Railroad Blues-Me And Bobby McGee-Cumberland Blues-Cold Rain And Snow-Mexicali Blues-Loser-Beat It On Down The Line-El Paso-Comes A Time-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Ramble On Rose-Sugar Magnolia-Truckin'>drums>The Other One-Johnny B. Goode

Deadicated to Nugent7453, Lovemygirl, 1stshow70878, CaseyJanes, Born Cross Eyed in 1956, 80sfan, Vguy72, jminner, and woodstock950, because Tuesday’s gone……..

For some reason, there was a weird dip in western New York…………

Solid, if unspectacular, first set, followed by a weirdly short second set. Go figure,,,,,,

For some strange reason, in 2005 it was officially released as part of the Digital Download Series. Go figure…,.,..

Still, the Truckin’ and Other One are nice. Here, Garcia’s tone and approach are different than the usual creamy smooth late 71----ragged, jagged, angry, chaotic. Not first tier, or even second, but still worth an occasional listen…….

Rock on!!

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I'm not so sure I would welcome more 1977, my self. I think I've got all that has been officially released so far. Having said that, I dimly remember both 10/1/77 and 10/2/77 as being shows I liked back in the day. Very long Casey Jones to open the first set at 10/2/77 as I recall.

I wonder if 1972 will be celebrated next year in any way, it being 50 years since it passed. Given the recent box, maybe not. But that is one year I never feel I have too much of. A trip back to the 60s is long overdue, too, of course.

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Notification. Either this is on its way to me and I’m just not going to get an email, or I’m getting royally screwed.

Either way, I’m done with dead.net.
It drives fu%^*++ing crazy

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GD - 6/10/76
Misfits - Static Age
Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
Harvey Mandel - Games Guitars Play
Harvey Mandel - Cristo Redentor

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Otherwise known as our supermodel ex girlfriend. Yea.. she was great but after a while...

I do love and respect 1977 GD and do look forward to 5/26/77 Baltimore getting released, which would make a great season opener.. other that.. Dave, some 1968 please, immediately followed by some 1969. How does that song go, we haven't seen that spirit here since...........

1968 in 2022 or we storm the vault and free the reels.. last warning, we are gathering pitchforks and torches as I write this. 1968 or bust.

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Isn't it cool they still call it "shipping"? You know, like it was going on a ship? Across the water? Anyway...

No shipping for me. Yet. And that's FINE (as mom used to say).

Lately, I seem to get stuff from dead.net about a week after the official release date. I get a shipping (shipping!) notice about two days before the release date, and then it sits in the warehouse for a 3-4 days, and then when it finally starts moving, it gets here in 3-4 days. Could be worse. It kinda surprises me that, being in California, it still takes that long. But, it do.

Ah well. Still working through the StL box anyway. Not to mention Road Trips 4/4, which I ordered when it was on sale at Real Gone, came yesterday. Just kind of filling in a gap in my collection with that one. Listened to disc one yesterday, which was solid.

One man gone and another to go, my old buddy you're movin much toooo slooooooooooow.

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Says mines arriving Friday. I'm really looking forward to this one. I have a couple of decent versions on tape but look forward to an extra crispy copy directly from the masters. It's so sad that these are among the last of Brents performances, but he went down at the top of his musical game. He pushed the band at this time in their history into some truly transcendental jamming. There are other great shows from this tour that should also be released.

The term "shipping" is one modern use of terminology born of of seafaring. Downriggers and those who work the rails in theater still use nautical terminology.

50th of 72 next year should be interesting. The big enchilada being E72 should have some good company from some of those monster Summer shows.

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Hey ADedhed68, haven't gotten my notice either and just like the last 3 releases it seems the show will only be sent out the day of (or a day before) the official release. Super disappointing, I know, but my best success has been to either directly message Marye or write to the Daves Picks Priority Service email. By no means will it hurry it up but at least you can get confirmation that your Dave's Picks is still on the way. Hope this helps quell any worries but I totally feel the frustration :/

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Thanks for your comments man! I appreciate it

Thanks to all of you. I sent Marye a PM

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For some reason, shows from summer of this year tend to be a bit off my radar-apart from you know what. I divide 1972 up into Europe and the New York shows leading up to it, and then Fall. So....definitley a yes for me for a summer 1972 box next year.
Currently listening to 9/24/72, from 30 Trips. I never particularly rated this show - which is a bit perplexing to me now. I don't knpw what I was looking for and didn't find. Maybe it was because the 1967, 68, 69, 70 and 71 shows in the big box ar so transcendent that this one seemed a bit disappointing. Anyway - it hits the spot now. Better late than never.
Friend of the Devil is much more pleasant to me at this faster clip.

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Love the Harvey Mandel in your last 5!! That dude is soooo overlooked. I have about 6-7 of his albums, and they are all fantastic.
Don't need Dave's 40 just yet, I still have 1 '72 show, and 2 '73 shows to plug into my brain.

Music is the Best!!!!!!

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cant believe it's been 30 years since that day. Last 5 have been San Francisco bands in his honor, he did kinda start the whole thing rolling:
Quicksilver Messenger Service Happy Trails
Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary of Skull F@*k
Santana Abraxas
Jefferson Airplane After Bathing At Baxters'
Jefferson Starship Blows Against the Empire
Thank you Bill Graham for that San Francisco sound.

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#41. 12/12 & 13/68 Avalon Ballroom, #42 2/5,6,7/70 Fillmore West, #43. 4/27,28/85 Frost Ampitheatre, #44. 2/9/73 Maples Pavillion.

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I haven't received a notice either.

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to tunnel into the Vault. He's got the right ideas, or at least 3 out of 4 ain't bad. BTW, I have an outstanding bootleg of 10-12-68 that is advertised as from the broadcast, but it sounds more like a soundboard.

Did anyone on this forum ever buy (and receive) the cartoon book ("graphic novel") that included an LP of an October '68 show? (Unsure of the date.)

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here go to The Bill Graham Memorial gig at Golden Gate park???

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....I was busy courting marriage to a psycho. Long story.

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50 years ago today…..

October 27, 1971
Onondaga War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse, New York

Set 1: Casey Jones-Me And My Uncle-Deal-Jack Straw-Tennessee Jed-Beat It On Down The Line-Sugaree-Playing In The Band-Comes A Time-Mexicali Blues-Big Railroad Blues-Cumberland Blues-One More Saturday Night

Set 2: Bertha-Me And Bobby McGee-Ramble On Rose-Sugar Magnolia-Brown Eyed Women-Truckin'-Not Fade Away>drums>jam>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away

Deadicated to stopbath, sherdeep, Butch, Syracuse78, unkle sam, snoone, seabird17, iGrateful, baltimoretool, and Erikandjenn , because hump day…….

Even an “average1971 show” has its high points…………

Speaking of which, here the Dead start off high. Decent doses of country-western-Weir-Bakersfield. Fine, hard rockin’ conclusions to both sets. Maybe not classic, but certainly worth a listen!

Rock on!!

Doc
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37 years ago today, I was at the B.C.T. for the start of a cool run of shows with the Grateful Dead. Rick Griffin put out a great poster for this set of shows. Going to see the Dead in Berkeley was always nice, because we would go to Everett & Jones B.B.Q. after the show.

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Check Dead Net just opened to preorders but releasing in April of '22 looking very cool! Would love to see those shows also released on streaming platforms but I'll wait. Also Dave revealed Dave's Picks #41 and I should say it is a mighty fine show. Looks like it's gonna be a great year!

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Inquiring minds want to know.

Saw Phish last night. The crowd was high energy (Molly), and they did a nice Sneakin' Through the Alley with Sally, and an Oye Como Va jam. Not too familiar with their tunes, otherwise.
By my count, there were more Dead shirts than Phish shirts.
Vegas is next with a four show run. Recommended. Two thumbs up.

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Boooo!
Oh well, can’t win em all.
Hey,I know Jim’s been waiting on this one so there’s that at least ; )

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I'll never say no to some clean-sounding Spring '77.

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I think I'm going to go ala carte this year. If I find out that Dave's #42 is two shows from 1968, 1969, or 1970, I may jump on board and subscribe.

No, I take no credit.. it was wissinomingdeadhead that pulled this one seemingly out of thin air. I just seconded that emotion.

Good pick. If we get a '74 in the second slot.. well, that would be humorous and formulaic.

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I received my shipping notice...we shall see...

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J/K:

Saw 14 shows of Phish from 95-03.

Been meaning to catch another just haven't done it. They hit Nashville and places around me almost every tour.

The city closest to me is building a $45 million new amphitheater. It is a classic Greek amphitheater like Berkley.

Ben Lovett of Mumford and Sons is the artist representative on the board. A year ago he discussed that this will be one of the greatest musical venues worldwide. He said he has played everywhere around the world from the toilet, i.e. diver bars, to the greatest theaters arenas and stadiums. Paraphrasing at best from memory. The audience is going to be blown away, but the backstage amenities will draw even the biggest of acts. Rumor is Phish will be grand opening act. That would be nice. Who knows this old fart may go psychedelic if that were true (maybe).

If anyone wants to read more, do a search on Mumford and Sons' Bob Levitt discusses new amphitheater.

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Got a shipping notice for DaP 40. Of course, when it will show up is another matter.
I think Listen To The River is splendid!!! I could criticize the flaws and inconsistences. But considering the tapes were made fifty years ago without the intention of producing them commercially, I'll gladly take we have.
Got permission to order Dave's Picks subscription for next year. You folks in relationships know what I'm talking about when I say "permission." ;D
Great time to be a Dead Head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Monday. I am not married I am single. I do have a girl friend with benefits. I don't need permission, but I am very reasonable with myself.

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50 years ago today…..

October 29, 1971
Allen Theater, Cleveland, Ohio

Set 1: Truckin'-Sugaree-El Paso-Loser-Playing In The Band-Brown Eyed Women-Beat It On Down The Line-Brokedown Palace-Jack Straw-Tennessee Jed-Mexicali Blues-Big Railroad Blues-Casey Jones

Set 2: Cryptical Envelopment>drums>The Other One>Me And My Uncle>The Other One> Cryptical Envelopment>Deal-Sugar Magnolia-Ramble On Rose-Not Fade Away>Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad>Not Fade Away-One More Saturday Night

Deadicated to rivrain, direwulf, helena buckett, hockey_john, 101874winterland,
rdevil, samthardman, wjonjd, and wharfratwhitey, because the past……

No rough road here, this is a wonderful combination of smooth, rockin’, country/western, and Bakersfield. Fellow rockers, I have to admit I love this show!! It’s one of my great guilty pleasures from late 71, although nobody should feel guilty about liking a show as fine as this!!

Really fine Truckin’ to open the very Bakersfieldish first set. The Dead come charging right out in the second set with a great big jam, and wrap things up nicely with a solid NFA suite followed by Bobby’s new-at-the time rocker One More Saturday Night.

Possibly the best of the October shows, and worthy of official release!!!

Rock on!!

Doc
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40 landed here yesterday, I've taken-in the first show in an inaugural listen.
The mix is a bit rocky out of the gate, which is unfortunate cause I love me some Help- Slip -Franklin's opener; things get pretty dialed-in by the time Slipknot rolls around. Bobby jumps into Franklin's a fraction of a moment too soon, but it doesn't ruin anything at the end of the day. Things move along at a decent clip and the first set is enjoyable; a notable Peggy'O with just the right amount of reverb on Jerry's hauntingly beautiful solo and a nicely jammed Cassidy paired with a rocking Deal close out set 1. I really dig the Chinacat and the transition swells and builds multiple times until Bobby nudges Jerry into the climax before it settles into Rider. The Looks Like Rain is actually really good, with some great sound techniques being utilized. The Terrapin is sprawling and the little jam coming out the other end is definitely interesting - was that Mickey who prompted that entire little run at the end there? One of the drummers coaxes this jam out of the band and it's cool. The Other One doesn't let up at all once it gets going with a couple of raunchy Phil Bombs in there for good Measure; followed by a typically epic Dew. I always loved The Weight, so it's fulfilling to see it pop on a Dave's as an encore.

Looking forward to the 7/19 show, it shall be spun today.
Happy Friday Deadfreaks.

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