Dave's Picks Vol. 40: Deer Creek Music Center, Noblesville, IN 7/18/90 & 7/19/90

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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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November 2, 2021 - 5:06pm

#761

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

10,337 reasons why I love the Grateful Dead

Because #10,337/25,000 is playing now. It arrived yesterday but - GASP! - I waited until tonight to rip and listen because we had people over who aren't really musos. I know, letting riff raff like that into the house... blame my wife.

After indulging in that last box set from St. Louis, then seeing Dead & Co. on the Rocks last month, and now this two-show set arriving, I realize how much I like to mix up all the eras to keep the ears fresh. Dave does a masterful job of era surfing. I know he can't please everyone, but I have zero complaints about this series from day one.

30 days of Dead is a nice little pre-holiday gift every year as the days get shorter and the nights get longer.

I lined a basement wall with bookshelves, each of them different sizes and styles. I picked them all up used off Craigslist or whatever when we moved in here, I said, that wall in the basement will be my wall of sound. There's dozens of rock and roll books and cds and music dvds, blu ray etc. Box sets are stacked along the top along with Germanic beer steins, old absinthe bottles, decorative skulls, signed baseballs, and other random tchotchkes. My guitar cases and amps fill a hallway next to them, with two full stage racks of electrics lining another wall.

The cd's only get played on a boombox when I work out on Sunday mornings or in the garage when performing some manly task... the rest of the time all that shit just sits there, except for the guitars. My kids are getting older and moving their scene down into the basement gradually, trying to bust in on my space. I worry about their idiot friends getting their hands all over my shit but haven't been into boxing it up or anything. I guess we'll see how that plays itself out.

Never had enough vinyl to fill up more than a couple of old fruit crates (thank God) or I'd need a storage locker.

Out in the garage there still remains an old hard-sided suitcase that looks like something out of Kerouac, filled up with unboxed cassettes and 45 rpm singles. My last friend with a cassette player in his car has finally moved on to a smoother ride, so it looks like those cassettes are headed to the grave at long last.

Last 5:

Rolling Stones - Tattoo You Deluxe cd (none of the 'new' songs are worth a shit, but the original lp remains a classic)
Grateful Dead - Dave's Picks 40 (show one, as bad as Brent looked he still sounds great)
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold (more people need to make that choice)
Various Artists - The Metallica Blacklist (eclectic as fuck and not half bad)
Elle King - Love Stuff (Sassy!)

\m/
November 2, 2021 - 4:56pm

#762

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

Storage

My CD rack was getting full when the DaP series started. That rack now holds DVDs, Blurays, and non-GD CDs.
GD CDs are all stored in plastic storage boxes where they are protected from sun, dust, dog drool, etc.

Music files on HDs are in chronological order and in AIFF, ALAC, FLAC, and AAC formats; backed up extensively.
ALAC files are played in the living room from an iBasso DX120 connected to the stereo.
AAC files at 320 kbs are played in the car from a USB drive.

Vinyl is stored in tie-dyed Victrola record storage cases.
Interesting fact: when I was buying the Victrola storage cases (I have 7 currently) there where a lot of different colors and patterns, and tie-dye was the lowest price. Score!
I think that most people don’t want tie-dye. All the more for me.
November 2, 2021 - 4:33pm

#763

carlo13

Joined:
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#3021 - dr.demento

I just opened the mailbox and what do you know, dap 40. The first disk is sounding good. Thismikebenz, yes it dr.demento. He is now 80 yo and still kicking. I just bought his book on great blues players of all time. He was a big blues fan. He writes about leadbelly, srv, blind lemon, and others. The book came out in 2000 and he signed it twice with his real name Barry hansen and dr.D.. The book was also a rhino release. For twenty clams you can get one on his site. Good quality paperback too.
November 2, 2021 - 4:11pm

#764

Crow Told Me

Joined:
October 15, 2020

The Dream of the '90s is Alive ...

... in Deer Creek!

Just received #40, listened to the first two discs. A really good show! Enough so that I feel I've probably been missing out by not listening to more 1990.

I think I'm always going to prefer the early '70s, when they were still playing theaters rather than arenas: I always get the feeling, with these really big shows, that the Dead feel obligated to keep things moving and deliver a rockin' good time, whether they feel like it or not, and I kind of prefer the more intimate feel of smaller places where they seem like they felt they could just relax and play whatever.

You can hear a little bit of what I mean at the end of disc one of this set, when they do the final a cappella chorus of 'Rider.' In a lot of the best (IMO) versions, they take the dynamic way down at that point, sometimes slowing the tempo, and sing it quietly and kind of wistfully before they bring the volume back up for the final chords. In this case, it sounds like they were thinking of doing that, but then the crowd was hooting and stomping so loud they can't slow down or ease up. But it still winds up being a pretty good China-Rider.

Seems like a very welcome addition to the collection, and I haven't even listened to discs 3 & 4 yet, which are supposed to be the better show! Clearly, I need to rethink my bias against the '90s.
November 2, 2021 - 3:10pm

#765

nitecat

Joined:
November 1, 2010

Shelving or lack thereof...

10213 arrived right on time today! Looking forward to listening.

I'm really impressed with different approaches to shelving. I proudly display on my office shelf Dead by order of release for DP, DaP, Road Trips and Garcia releases. Box sets are displayed on the office shelves wherever they fit. I moved recently, and don't yet have a shelf unit for my non dead cd's, except for a few in a shelf in the dining room.

A few years ago I purchased two used library card catalog units, which cassettes fit perfectly if you take out the center rod. When I moved, I got rid of one of the units, and most of my cassettes. I held on to the cassettes I recorded myself at a show, and they live in my office card catalog. I am slowly digitizing my recordings and plan to upload them to Archive.org. My LP's have had a hard life, they were ignored for 20+ years, living in the garage. They are in bad shape, in plastic boxes in the current garage, and I hope to clean them and store them better some day.
November 2, 2021 - 2:29pm

#766

JoshByTheBay

Joined:
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A request if I may...

Just got my copy of #40 today and to my disappointment Disc 3 was scratched up along the edges. I've already written emails requesting for help but now I turn to y'all and ask if anyone can send a FLAC file of Foolish Heart. It's the only song I'm unable to burn due to the scratches and it's a favorite. A massive thanks and a small gift will be given in return. Thank you and hope everyone is having a great day!
November 2, 2021 - 11:23am

#767

estimated-eyes

Joined:
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#40

Good comments Spacebrother. My era for shows was this as well, 1988-95. I have gotten through most of the first night and it sounds just like a solid GD show from the era. I like this as a change of pace from the St. Louis box. Nice show, so far (halfway through Dew). Can't wait to hear the rest.

My first 4 shows were Alpine Valley (when is Dave going to release Alpine 89 in video and audio) and then went to Tinley Park in 1990-- first and third shows for us. The venue sucked from the parking lot to the acoustics. It all had a bad vibe. The first night at Tinley was a good show, the third night was fine but not stellar. We were in the pavilion that night and even 31 years later I remember we all noted how Brent looked that night (bugged out eyes a few times on the big screen). Come to find out he was not well in mind, body and spirit.

I was also at the blues summit show at Alpine (Clapton, SRV, Cray and Buddy)-- first night of two. That was my first time seeing SRV and he blew my mind. I walked out saying he sold me all his cds. Just a stellar show. Then I heard of his passing on the radio. I really don't listen to SRV too often, it makes me damn sad. It was very foggy the night of our show, too. I remember my buddy driving and ending up on the wrong side of the highway at a spot where a divider appeared. The fog got SRV the next night.
November 2, 2021 - 10:16am

#768

Sixtus_

Joined:
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re: The Shelf is Actually A Time Machine

....I actually house the vast majority of my Dicks/Dave's/Official GD Releases in numerical then release order within my 1/3 scale British Telephone Call Box....the red version of the Dr. Who TARDIS; it's about 4 feet tall. It serves as my GD time-machine, capable of exploring the greatest depths of the known musical universe.

The other myriad artistical boxes are displayed all around the house in various, notable locations.
Sixtus
November 2, 2021 - 9:41am

#769

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

DaP 1 Vinyl

I'm a little surprised this is still available.

I would have thought these be gone in a heartbeat since the cd's of 1 go for so much>
November 2, 2021 - 8:05am

#770

Deadheadbrewer

Joined:
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Dennis--LOL!

I'm glad I had JUST swallowed that mouthful of coffee before I hit your closing remark! :)

And I should have mentioned--the shows in the box sets stay in the boxes, next to the GD CD rack; they aren't on the chronologically-sequenced rack. That sometimes bothers me . . .

John Perry Barlow

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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.

Root Boy, tele trio Danny, Roy and Bill

Hard to believe that Root Boy was a frat brother of to be President GWB at Yale and was thrown out by him at a house homecoming party... very strange character there, and the songs, Mood Ring, Used to be a Radical, Christmas at K-mart. Why not when Tricia Nixon invited Grace Slick to the White House and Grace tried to bring Abbie Hoffman in with her. Too political? Danny Gatton was low key way back then, a known D.C. talent, though overshadowed by Roy Buchanan and Nancy. They played around town in several bar/club locations, DuPont Circle, Bethesda, Georgetown. I did not grow to appreciate Danny as such a gifted master of the telecaster until later on, then he seemed all about rockabilly. Now Bill Kirchen, another telecaster master... caught him with Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen, outdoor concert American University in D.C., 1972. Lost in the Ozone Again...

"oh lawn chair!" or is it "oh lord yeah!"

today is Ozzy Osbourne's birthday

(mine too; not looking for applause or anything, just find it interesting that OO and I have that in common.)

58. Fifty freakin' Eight! Wowie Zowie!

Note: another thing we have in common is that we are NOT robots.

My final words on Get Back

Awesome. The rooftop performance is priceless.

An documentary for the ages.

PJ and pals, there's gotta be some GD sound and footage you can polish

left for Dead

was the title of Root Boy's last lp, and I have a signed copy of it. We were fortunate enough to catch his last performance in the good old USA at a place called the Junkyard in Altamonte Springs, Fla. He was fat, sweating like he was in a sauna and wasted to the gills but he could still sing in that gravely voice and he could still move about on the stage. We went backstage and I saw his latest lp laying there on a table, I picked it up, ripped off the plastic wrapper and stuck it in his face for his signature. He looked at it and said" where did you get this?" I told him "right over there" he gave me a wink and signed the lp and stuck it in my hand and said "you've got balls man" He had a chunk of hash that night that was as big as a baseball. He was looking forward to his trip back to England, little did we know it would be his last trip.
The first time we met was in 1986 or so at a performance at the Great Southern Music Hall in downtown Orlando, the romantics opened and they were literally booed off the stage after my then good friend (since deceased) took off his boot and threw it at the lead singer, hitting him in the chest, which ended their performance. Boy, was he pissed, we laughed and laughed. Back stage, Root shook my friends hand and said, "That guy is such an asshole, good shot" Good times indeed, loved his band and those Rootets were hot. Mood ring was a good tune, along with "He's not too old for you", "My wig fell off", "In Jail in Jacksonville" and the classic "Boogie till you puke"

Dick’s notes

Go to gdsets-dot-com and there is a page with some of Dick’s hand-written notes from his tape trading days.

Dennis

Bust out your credit card (if you haven’t already), Johnny Cash Bears’s Sonic Journal is coming out on colored vinyl.

Saw it on elusivedisc-dot-com

House and Johnny Cash

Thanks Ice Cream Man. I already had ordered that when it was first announced,,,, I see the date has been pushed back to January now.

All the house comments reminds me of Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House. When Cary Grant and Myrna Loy are working with the architect, drawing all over him plans. They end up with an upstairs twice the size of the downstairs. The architect finally says " Perhaps what you need is not so much a house as a series of little bungalows."

DaP 40 Glass coming today, yeah!

Unsure about the whereabouts of the last 2 45's !!!

Oh yeah, and that Johnny LP should include a comic book!

Danny Gatton-man or God?

DCMVT - it's actually his rockabilly playing that turns me on, although the recordings I have could be from a few years after you saw him.There's some great clips of him on youtube - one I really recommend is titled Elvis Medley from 4/10/89. You might think that sounds a bit dull if you don't like Elvis, - but man alive, Danny Gattons picking on this is incendiary!

There seems to something about a telecaster that brings out a certain type of virtuosity you don't tend to find on other electric guitars. Doesn't work for me, mind.

I've never heard of Root Boy, but he sounds like the ticket too.

Danny & Dave

I seen the name go by on these boards I believe, but still didn't know him.

I have 3 of his albums in stock though,,, Cruisin' Deuces, Live with Robert Gordon - The Humbler and Redneck Jazz.

On redneck jazz , very nice cover of Ode to Billie Joe and the Andy Williams classic, Canadian Sunset.

Thanks for the pointing out, will have to take to work to play.

Happy Birthday, Proudfoot!

And Happy Build-Day to the Proudfoot robot.

I'm listening to Listen to the River in order, and finally made it to D3 of 12/10/71 for the first time; whoa. THAT'S what it's all about!

Humbler

Dennis -I've never heard Redneck Jazz - I think that was his first album. Crusiin' Deuces has a "Sun Medley" on it which pops the cork...but "The Humbler" is the one for me. One of the best live albums I have ever heard. Robert Gordon is only so so, and it's his show - but Danny Gatton plays out of his skin.

Evan Johns

The late, great Evan Johns played guitar and sang on "Redneck Jazz". Danny Gatton returned the favour by joining Evan Johns and the H-Bombs on "Showdown at the Hoedown".

Danny G

Thanks a bunch Daverock for pointing that clip out, had seen something from the same era, Gatton interviewed on Nightwatch by Charlie Rose, that clip also up on utube... Danny shows Rose different stuff and makes it all look so damn easy... it was me that did not appreciate rockabilly back in the day, now we have seen rockabilly with Albert Lee, Jeff Beck and even a little more with Billy Strings. Check out Johnny Hiland, he takes Danny G as a mentor. Now for something almost completely different, every time slide guitar comes up, noting that Derek T is such a great player, there's a clip up of Sonny Landreth playing with John Hiatt on "Riding with the King" live from Basel... Sonny is amazing.

Blazing Telecasters

"Blazing Telecasters" by Danny Gatton and Tom Principato is another album worth checking out if you like, er... blazing Telecasters.

2 12 69

Magnificent

YO DAVE

Pleeeeeeeeeeease

Pick something from 1969

Pleeeeeeeeeeease

Pick something from 1968

90 87 is nice and all

But

1969 1969 1969

1968 1968 1968

so....

does anyone have any shows in their immediate future? Next month I'll be headed to Tucson & Scottsdale for a pair of Los Lobos shows...I might do a swing through Northern New Mexico and Colorado for them too in March...being in Las Vegas last month for the Stones & Santana got me pumped up for more after the last 20 months of mainly stayin put...I also just checked the Tedeschi Trucks Band website and still no info on tickets for their pair of Red Rocks in late July...damn I need to go to those...

oh and speaking of Santana...

Hoping for a speedy recovery to Brother Carlos after having a heart procedure done last week...Get Well Loco, we need you here still.

Blazing telecasters, but no shows

Blazing Telecasters looks worth checking out. I notice that you can get it on dvd, too. The title and description put me in mind of another sparring tele cd-"The Return of The Hellecasters"-the Hellecasters being John Jorgenson, Will Ray and Jerry Donohue. Fiery.

I still don't feel inclinded to go out to gigs yet though. I'm still waiting to see what happens next before I venture out. One of my friends went to see Mary Poppins in London last month, though - and she's not dead yet, so maybe I'm being over cautious.

12-05-81 40th Anniversary Show!!!

I came across this show while digging into one of my external HD's...gave a listen to this Charlie Miller Remastered SBD and really enjoyed it...The Big Railroad Blues in the middle of the pre-drums 2nd Set knocked me out...if you have it give a listen today

Grateful Dead
Market Square Arena
Indianapolis, IN
December 5, 1981

--Set 1--
Alabama Getaway ->
Promised Land
Friend of the Devil ->
C C Rider
Cumberland Blues ->
El Paso
Ramble on Rose
Passenger
Bird Song ->
Let It Grow

--Set 2--
Shakedown Street ->
Lost Sailor ->
Saint Of Circumstance
Big Railroad Blues
Playing in the Band ->
Drums ->
Space ->
The Wheel ->
Playing in the Band ->
Stella Blue ->
Sugar Magnolia
--Encore--
One More Saturday Night

UPS really does suck!

Okay, I'm sure most of us have watched as UPS takes days and weeks to move an item one state. (Big Brown does have logistics) So after waiting a week for the final Dave's Glass to come from gnarlywood, email says delivered!!!

Run to front door, no glass,,,, look all around the porch, nope not here.

Check online, says delivered to door and signed for by "Spencer". Problem is no Spencer here.

After many a frustrating attempt at contact, finally someone call me. Tells me it's been handed off to the USPS. I'm like so you're telling me delivered to door is the post office and someone named Spencer signed for it? I asked about a tracking number, she tells me it's their number (1Z..........)

I check PO and no it's not their number (duh)

Call UPS back, a lot of bullshit, but they will call me back. Acted like they were going to find the driver and make him go back to where it was dropped off, pick it back up bring here. HA HA HA HA HA HA

Needless to say, no further word from the folks at UPS (short for up yours?)

Sent in a form to dead.net, hoping for the best. Hoping that where ever it was dropped, that person will see my address and bring here. (further ha?)

Jim, as I said, at least with the axe there was only one and you either got it or didn't. Four random things, you're hoping for the best.

Dennis

That delivery system is called “mail innovations”.
Not very innovative.

I have the UPS and USPS apps and when used together you can actually keep pretty good track of packages from Gnarlywood. But, you can’t speed them up.
It’s the alter ego of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.

Dennis

My reCRAPTCHA on another page said ‘buses’, and it was one big picture of a UPS truck.

I think it’s a sign……

UPS

Too big to care.

12/5/81

Love that show!

Belated greetings to Proudfoot,
Happy, happy, joy, joy amigo!

Thank you for the good bday vibes

Yall be cool

I heard 12 3 81 in spring methinks

12 5 81

Gotta go to archive

Once I get through my current 1969 ride

12/3/81

Dane!
Another beaut, that whole run up to 12/9, DaP 20 is hot!
That pick still really puzzles me?
IMHO, Once again he picked a good city and street/neighborhood, but went to the wrong house.

Still say Dane box would be fun.

OK, time for the mea culpa

Short answer, glass came today via USPS,,,, yeah.

Longer answer - though I had a tracking number for the item, it was only a UPS number.

UPS said they dropped at the Post Office, so shocked they said "inside delivery", and that Spencer signed for it in the delivery status online. I would have thought when I talk to UPS and they told me that, that they would have had a tracking code for the Post Office. Odd too because the package itself had a USPS tracking number on it!?!

So I was wrong, there I said it. Still say UPS sucks. Post Office brought the damn thing today (SUNDAY).

Why I love my Post Office! Now I have the complete set!!

All raise a glass to Spencer!

Spen cer!
Spen cer!
Spen cer!

31 days of December

Anyone else keeping up?

I like the artwork he's using for the "cover".

He appears to be (at least after 5 days) to only be using "official release" stuff.

I always view these as just a nice playlist someone else put together.

Spencer's not here

2 4 69

Hot times in Omaha

Dennis - 31 days

Dennis I've been trying to find this. Any clues?

29 years ago today the Dead busted out Here Comes Sunshine....

....12.6.92 Compton Terrace, Chandler, AZ. I was unfortunately not present and accounted for. Rumor has it, that it was Vince's idea to dust it off.

thank you Vince

I will forever love the HCS from Eugene in 93

:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Nitecat 31 days

linernotesmusicblog.wordpress .com 2021 12 01 31-days-of-dead-2021-introduction-day-1-help-on-the-way-slipknot-franklins-tower-san-francisco-ca-8-13-75

I hope this works,,,, that is the info without the back slashes. He is not posting the songs since they all have been official releases, but once I see what song he picks I add to a folder.

BTW - once december is over I will post all the songs in order on my g drive, there they will numbered and labeled correctly.

Hope that helps

re: HCS

This was a good one to bring back; I do feel like it could have been offered some more breathing room to begin to resemble the jammy gem it once was during it's original '73 - '74 stint. In fact I was just listening to a top two version from today's date in 1973 - you know, the show with the monster 45 minute Dark Star. That HCS ranks up there with Dick's Pick's 1 Tampa IMHO. Fight me!

The Eugene show from '93 of which Proudfoot speaks is also fantastic.... and a rebooted HCS kicked it off; also included is a really long & jazzy Bird Song and tight peppy China > Rider in the 2nd. In fact that two show little run would make a fine release one day, it's all hot.

Be Well and Merry, People.
Sixtus

HCSS

Sigh, alas, one of the biggins (and one of my favs) that I didn’t get to see : (

Re: HCS

You can have the one I got to see... but I'm not complaining, they tossed in a the last Comes a Time which made up for it a bit. The early ones were definitely better..

Edit: I would have liked to have seen an Unbroken Chain and how about another Visions of Johana (although I did catch the lesser version performed in '86). That's my late era song I wish I'd have seen. I guess I should be more grateful about my Here Comes Sunshine as I only saw a couple shows post 91.. if only Kermit the Frog didn't sing it. It's such a beautiful tune and the harmonies are a big part of that. In hindsight.. perhaps I am a bit too critical of the later era shows, when they were on, they could still bring it and they brought happiness to so many people right up until the end, I am grateful for that. It was a great community service they performed.. the gift that keeps on giving.

We're Over Here KF & Doc

KF and Doc were over on Listen to the River comments and wondering where we all are. Da40 of course, we're always on the most current release. This is a little harder to get to without going through Community, then Dead Store Product. But this AM it wouldn't let me sign in to comment on The River tab even though I was already signed in to the home page. More weirdness. Fitting for us misfits I guess. I do need my daily dose of Doc's pearls of wisdom and esoteric thoughts so glad he posts far and wide. (and DR, I know they are quotes but I love how perfectly poignant they are) Cheers

Edit: Still having issues signing in to comment today. Took three tries for this round. The site trying to tell me something?

Lesser version?

I saw the first and last ones. Just listened to them both again.
I kinda like the first one?
Don’t recall the second one though I know I’ve heard it?
The last one was actually decent considering the time.
Don’t think I’ve heard the others?

Saw the 7/9/95 Chain. Also decent, actually listened/watched that show the other night.
Weird, there’s only video on utoooob of part of the show?
Certainly not mind blowing but not that bad a show really.
Its certainly better sounding then I remember it, though some of that was situational etc.
You can tell Phil and Bob are trying hard to compensate and playing hard.

It’s funny that none of the shows I thought were bad at the time, now don’t seem too bad?
Certainly not great, but worth a listen. Not terrible…

Dead dreams

How does this happen?

I dreamed last night that 1971 Bob Weir was sitting at a piano and made a comment something to the effect "Keith doesn't play with much soul."

?????????????????????????????????????????????

Re: Oro & Dead Dreams

I think you're right.. When I pop on the soundboards of some of the shows I thought were a tad stinky and give them a listen, they usually sound much better than how they went down in my mind.. especially the ones that were recorded well. I have not listened to Visions side by side before, but I really like the one from the rectum on 3/18/95. I am happy I caught the Hampton '86 one though.. and the last Comes a Time at the Crap Centre in 94. Stand-out memories from some less than stand-out periods in GD History. I do have some regrets on some of the shows I let slip by.. Augusta 84 being one of them. I had a ticket offer for that one. D'OH!

Speaking of dead dreams.. I had a weird one last night and it definitely referred to my show seeing period. I ran into this guy I didn't recognize but who remembered me from back in the day. He got into this side bar about old times and the woman he had married that apparently dated me back then. So this guy goes on discussing fond memories and things that went down that we both shared (I guess). He called to his wife who walked over and gave me a hug, she hadn't aged a bit and still had it going on (why didn't I marry her?, the one that got away).. anyway, as me and her husband had a jovial conversation walking down memory lane he casually said I've got some doses, want some? At which point I immediately woke up thinking but not able to say yes and poof, he was gone and I'm staring at the ceiling. I had this vivid visual of this woman and I never dated her but she looked like a composite of all the women I knew back in my early college years. Weird I know, but sort of GD related.

HCS

I was at Compton 12.6.92 for the big HCS comeback. Christ that venue sucked. Anyway, it's probably my best live Dead memory, along with the 2 RFK Dark Stars (91 and 92 I believe) and the Casey Jones comeback on 6.20.92. Dead & Co does a mean version if you haven't checked it out yet you should.....

Earlier I posted that this longer doc couldn't possibly hide unpleasant moments. How silly of me, I realized when I understood that they had over 64 hours of footage.

The Golden Knights / Stars game is on TNT....

....just throwing it out there to see if it sticks.

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