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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

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February 19, 2022 - 7:52am

#781

PT Barnum

Joined:
December 2, 2009

moving fast

so much, DMCVT enjoy those meds, had stones 20 years ago, passed most of them, quite painful but after being able to relieve oneself again without pain or dribbles is great. Hated it when they said no more meds, love those Percocet.
Billy 82' was a great year, saw a show in Nov. of that year, First Passenger for me.
All this box talk has really got me thinking about an early box Primal Dead, awesome choices, but I would love some 1970 Dead too, those Spring shows at the universities, the summer Festival Express shows have been touched on but there were some great shows with that train trip that need furthur exploration. The fall of 70 also great shows there too, lots to choose from and we have really only gotten Jan. 70 with Dave's if I remember right (which is highly suspect nowadays)
Also those European tours from 81 and 90, both have some fine music and we haven't seen anything from those tours and the 90 tour has Bruce so could scratch a couple itches at once. There are a lot of eras that we haven't heard and I think variety is the spice of life, although just about any Dead is good dead to me.
Learned to type in 72 and back then, 2 spaces after a period to start a new sentence, now, only one so it is hard for an old dog to learn new tricks but will try. lol
Keep those last 5's coming. Here's mine:
Box of Frogs - 1st
Bloodrock - Bloodrock
Trapeze - Medusa
Pat Travers - Radioactive
Greg Lake - 1st
Todd Rundgren - Todd
that's six, but it's been a while I know it's early, but I've got spring fever...
February 19, 2022 - 7:47am

#782

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Re: HF/PNW68 Tapes

This was discussed during the Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 announcement. I might check the liner notes, but I don't think that's where it popped up because most of this in on the Bonus Disc.

Someone out there help me clear up my failing memory, but what I recall is Dave saying someone found a box of tapes at either one of the theatres or perhaps (more likely) a studio somewhere. Like they were left behind after mixing Anthem of the Sun. I believe they recorded the whole tour on multi-track, 8 Track to be precise. I'm flying on memory which should scare us all.. I also think this wasn't too far removed from the Houseboat Tapes which was released late in 2005, so returned reels were still a thing.

So I hold out hope that somewhere, more of these gems exist or perhaps instead of pulling one or two songs they could piece together a complete show or three.

My four cents.. please someone out there either confirm or deny my memory of this.

Peace. Stay warm, stay safe. Speaking of peace, FU Count Vlad!
February 19, 2022 - 6:58am

#783

Nick1234

Joined:
September 10, 2008

I've lost the faith a bit

I'm struggling with the Dead at the moment. Post '74 has never really been my thing, the 1977 Winterland box is OK and I really liked those actual Winterland boxes, they're a nice size, but I really can't settle and listen to any GD at the moment. I first heard Europe'72 in 1974 and have been a big fan since then but now I don't know. Maybe It'll come back. My St Louis box is not far from the Missouri river in Columbia MO at the moment, at my sister's house, that's how I get round the import taxes here in England. Haven't gone to pick it up yet, maybe she'll bring it over next time she visits. Fox Theatre 1972 was always a big favourite of mine.

Last 5

Molasses-A Slow Messe
Dylan-disc 2 More Blood More Tracks deluxe box
The Who-Tommy
John Eliot Gardiner-Bach Cantata Pilgrimage Vol 10
Mogwai-Come On Die Young

The 5 records I reckon I've played the most times over the last 50 years

Love-Forever Changes (the winner by a mile)
Talk Talk-Spirit of Eden
Dylan-Blood on the tracks
Spirit-Spirit of '76
Traffic-John Barleycorn Must Die
February 19, 2022 - 6:51am

#784

hendrixfreak

Joined:
February 26, 2014

Somebody said we "shouldn't threaten Dave..."

Why the hell not?? He's out there, rolling around on logs and mossy rocks and looking for eagles. Why not cuff him a bit around the ears and order him back to the Vault to dig out the '68 tapes? He's Canadian, he won't fight back (oh, wait...).

Okay, 6 brief communiques and I swear I'll stop (!):

Mr. Ones: "ultimate souvenir," awesome phrase, could be lascivious or a band name.

JimInMD: how long ago did Dave mention PNW '68 tapes?? Are "one-offs" simply one reel of several for a show? (The OSF just revealed the number of reels used in their various outputs and it surprised me. The average is 11 reels per release, but vary from 2 reels to 32 reels or something like that. I'd guess the faster the tape (71/2, 15 ips) the better the sound...)

DMCVT: glad you're healing! Good John Hammond story. I've got a pretty good one for another time. I interviewed him for a Jimi-dedicated magazine.

Icecreamed: Yes, the solution is TWO boxes per year, one small, one large-ish. Rule: small box MUST contain Pigpen material...

Proudfoot: I sure hope "Public Castration is a Good Idea" is the title of a CD, not your new mantra.

DaveRock: I needed something meditative and new to play around with. When the pandemic started, I taught myself to fingerpick on the back porch. Lately, getting better acquainted with the fretboard and slide in standard tuning is a challenge. I put the Gretsch through a Tube Screamer for tone and a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and use a short, fat glass slide (Ernie Ball). I'm just doing 12-bar blues in open position, then doing some Elmore-type licks higher up, staying within the rhythm using a metronome. Takes some work, but the payoff is there. What I love about learning guitar (I picked it up ~17 years ago in my late 40s) is that whatever you put in, you get like 5x back. Great ROI! Plus it feeds the soul. Have a crappy day? Pick up the guitar and feel better.)

Maybe Vguy could try crushing the stovepipe can into his head. Or at least do a doctored video of such an act.....
February 19, 2022 - 4:29am

#785

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Good combination

HF - that's a great combination...to have seen the band so many times and in 1973, one of their peak years. Also, maybe, being young at the time. Bands I saw when I was, say 15-18 had a massive impact on me - that's from 1972-1975. Although I got into The Dead in 1976, it was through records only, and I didn't know anyone else who liked them. Bit of private interest in a way.

Mr Ones - I too would get anything from 1967-1970...make that 1974. I would get any of the 5 shows I actually saw from 1981-1990...and maybe other shows from those European tours, too. Apart from that....I might get some more 1976 onwards shows...but not before checking out what it was, and what people said about it in Deadheads Compendium etc.

Incidentally-HF- that's a good idea, playing slide in standard on your Gretsch. I knackered my left hand overplaying mine last week - its has a slightly higher action than normal for me - ouch! - so rather than let it gather dust I should try what you do.
February 18, 2022 - 9:28pm

#786

proudfoot

Joined:
August 2, 2020

5

Swans feel good now
Swans public castration is a good idea
Motorhead inferno
Husker Du zen arcade
Husker Du new day rising

Raw sounds for raw times
February 18, 2022 - 8:45pm

#787

carlo13

Joined:
April 26, 2017

Stone ipa stovepipes

I love these 19.2oz stovepipe cans of west coast ipa from stone brewing. I'd like to see Belushi crush one of these bad boys on his skull.
February 18, 2022 - 5:48pm

#788

icecrmcnkd

Joined:
October 20, 2015

My 3¢

Started as 2¢ but inflation……

I listen to all years, and think that the 1-Box-per-year model isn’t enough. A 2-3 show Box and a 5-10 show Box every year, along with the Dave’s subscription would be just exactly perfect. And some video too, please.

All years sell out eventually, Dave/Rhino seem to be doing pretty good on the production numbers for a given era.
I think that Giants Stadium sold out faster than PNW. 76 was a hit and St. Louis will sell out eventually.
We are due some 67–69 at this point.

A Bruce Box is absolutely needed in the near future, and the 2-Box-per-year model will make it possible to keep everyone happy.

And more video Dave/Rhino!
February 18, 2022 - 5:44pm

#789

dmcvt

Joined:
April 4, 2013

near normal now

Thanks for kind words and my apologies if sharing TMI last night. Pushing 70, am not conversant with hospital grade pain meds, never was (they took very good care of me) and I did have a driver. My vision of a 60s box is much like HF wrote below, six or nine discs of 60s material, we already know there are partial sets, or short sets that could be a stitched together. Would love to see some photos of those early venues as well. Playing a little catch up here, there's a great look at some Gram Parsons back story on a website easily found mrporterdotcom, which includes his bromance with Keith Richards, Stones music, great photos.

Love to know more about the refinement of the processing Jeffrey Norman uses to bring us such great recordings, just barely aware that it started out as a way to correct inherent distortions of analog recording. Surely it has progressed far past that, there's a story there.

recent music:
Charlie Haden's Montreal Tapes with Geri Allen led me to:
Three Pianos for Jimi: Geri Allen and the Batson Brothers (not your typical Hendrix tribute)
Allman Brothers Band, Live from A&R Studios
Bruce Katz Band Live at The Firefly
Bruce is a truly gifted musician and teacher, there's a bunch of his great music out there.
so, boring story: went to the 2016 North Atlantic Blues festival in Rockland Maine to meet an old friend who knows Bruce. Bruce was there to play with John Hammond Jr. We hung out with Bruce and his wife first night, got to know this great keyboard guy, born in Baltimore within a few weeks of my own birthday in D.C. Quickly discovered our first Dead show was the same, March 1973, Baltimore Civic Center. During that evening, before ever hearing Bruce play, he asks, where are you guys staying? Oh yeah, that's where John and his wife are staying... next morning we head to the little breakfast area and there is John Hammond Jr. and his wife. We do not bother them of course, but later, my friend drops the news that we were hanging with Bruce, looking forward to their performance that afternoon. John invites us over to chat and tells us a few stories over the end of breakfast. John met Jimi in NYC in 1966, before almost anyone knew about the immense potential about to supernova. John is a very fine bluesman, began to listen to him around 1970.
We meet up with Bruce after the music is over and continue to hang. Bruce learns I live in Vermont, says I will be there in September with Les Brers in Rutland would you want to come? I am at the afternoon sound check, we meet for dinner before the show. Bruce tells me he is very concerned about drummer Butch Trucks, lots of stuff going on, way too much stress. One of the last Les Brers shows, Butch left the world a few months later. Derek's uncle. Guess all I am saying, this community right here, these connections, means a lot to many of us, life is precious, taking care of and with each other, it matters, no matter how small, pay kindness ahead. This is the spirit I felt at every Dead show, it was there in the seventies. And when i went to Dear Jerry a few years back at MPP I saw and felt it again. I still get shivers when I hear Jorma start that version of Sugaree, he was singing to his ole buddy.
February 18, 2022 - 4:57pm

#790

JimInMD

Joined:
June 27, 2011

Primal Box

My Primal Box pipe dream is that there were more of those 8 tracks from the PNW Winter of 68 Tour. When Road Trips Vol. 2 No. 2 - 2/14/68 Carousel Ballroom was released, Lemieux indicated they found a box of 8 Tracks that were lost or mislabeled or something from the PNW tour, but most of what was included are one-offs.

I think it's a long shot, but wouldn't it be grand if they were somehow able to piece together a few full shows from this tour recorded on early 8 track tapes?

Primal Dave.. or we will be forced to taunt you a second time.

John Perry Barlow

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You can listen to Grateful Dead records over and over again and never understand the attraction they have for certain people until you attend one of their concerts. Sometime during the Dead's usual five-hour set, it will all click: Jerry Garcia's Indian bead string of notes on the guitar, the ozone ooze of the vocal harmonies, the shifting, shuffling rhythm of bassist Phil Lesh and drummer Bill Kreutzmann, and the distant echo of the oldest of American folk music. - Columbia Flier

"Certain people" will know that we're coming in hot with one that's got all these things and more, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77. Yes, there's still plenty of spectacular May '77 to go around. Nearly chosen for Dave's Picks Vol. 1, 5/26/77 delivers three-fold. There's one count for the energy - all the precision of the Spring tour conjuring up the raw power of the Fall tour that was to come. There's another for the setlist which featured beloved songs from WORKINGMAN'S DEAD and soon-to-be favorites from the freshly recorded TERRAPIN STATION. And a third for its element of surprise (or shall we say surprises) from an astonishingly peak 15-minute "Sugaree" to new delights ("Sunrise," "Passenger," "Jack-A-Roe') to a rare first-set finale of "Bertha" to the second set's "Terrapin>Estimated>Eyes," traveling leaps and bounds towards the improvisational journey that is a nearly 17-minute "Not Fade Away."

Limited to 25,000 numbered copies, DAVE’S PICKS VOLUME 41: BALTIMORE CIVIC CENTER, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, 5/26/77 was recorded by Betty Cantor-Jackson and has been mastered to HDCD specs by Jeffrey Norman at Mockingbird Mastering. Grab a copy while you can.

My Squid Idea was a miss

More tomorrow..

How did my head shot come through?

Nappy Rags / Colin Gould

Nappy Rags - Gary Brooker? No, no, no, no...and you saw Procol Harum for the 1st time on the 'Shine On Brightly' tour?

Colin Gould - Mark Lanegan? No, no, no, no...it would appear February 2022 is another cruel month to the music world.

Dark Mark's last ride...

I will miss you Mr. Lanegan, there will never be another.

\m/

Dave's 41

My 3rd show and a mighty good one. Six kids travelled to Baltimore in what else? A white VW mini-van! Not so much as a joint between us and we had great time.

Last 5:
1. GD - DaP41 Baltimore, Md.

2. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music - 1952. Bear Family Records chronicle of the C & W Hit Parade from
1945-1970; 1 CD for each year, 26 CDs total. Throughout the series are some of the original versions of songs later covered by GD.

3. Dillard & Clark - The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark

4. Etta James - Tell Mama

5. Sugar Pie DeSanto - Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles 1959-1966... Miss DeSanto was Etta Jame's cousin.

To be honest Hendrixfreak....

....you look younger than I expected. Take that for what you will.

11/24/78

"I just wish they would get these Elephants off the stage." Agree, very fine show, PETEH...

Happy Belated Birthday Mr. Welnick....

....thanks for the jams.
Jim. Sherman has more hair though.

RIP Mark Lanegan

Sad to hear his passing. Will play some Screaming Trees tonight.

Cousins Of The....

....you look like Anthony Bourdain btw. Has anyone ever told you that?
Screaming Trees it is.
I've never listened to them. So much music, so little time.
Precursor to my next five I guess.
Starting with Clairvoyance.
I'll check em out.
I'm pretty open minded regarding music. Co-worker turned me onto Jay-Z's Otis. It was on repeat for half an hour btw.

Area 15

Woooooooooooow

Psychedelic

Las Vegas is a trip

My first-ever trip to LV was in 1990

It has changed since then

international relations

ThatMike - good to see your pic, too. It reminded me, I never did get round to getting that book you recommended about the October shows. It looks good. So many books, so little time. It's beginning to look as though I never will get round to reading "War and Peace". Probably my last thought, as I lie on my death bed.
Incidentally, I only have about 4 photos on my laptop - two with me in a group of people, and two of me playing the guitar. This guitar is better than the other one - so there you go. You aren't missing much, not seeing my face. My appearance was improved considerably when I got the mask, put it that way.
Since lockdown I have got into the bad habit of watching the news on the box, instead of reading about it in the paper. Which makes it all the more shocking. Amazing that in the 21st century a potential serial killer can become a world leader.

photos

I just wanted to say it makes me happy to see the photos of my fellow freaks. Heart warming actually.

No point in uploading mine as Hendrix Freak is essentially my doppelganger. I think I'll stick and stay with my Mouse art for now.

Have a Grateful Day all!

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.......

So for all who care---all three of you----here I am.............

Last 5:
4/16/72
6/14/69
6/5/69
6/21/69
Frank-Waka Jawaka

Yes, I've been overindulging on 1969 Grateful Dead...............

Rock on!!

Doc
Too many autopsies today.............

ok...my turn

Hamms the beer refrehsing!

Ate we really doing this ?

Me after Guns 'N Roses last summer.

Keithfan

I saw your picture and I think I know you from somewhere?

After viewing all the pics (which I love), I think I can safely say we all haves faces made for radio.

New Bob album in,,,, very, very nice recording. Nice Hard Rain, but I'm a sucker for that.

Got the Gram Parsons in,,, sounded good last night at the store,,, will require a better listen.

My secret....

Step One: use a head glove, sunglasses and a fleece that covers my neck to reveal as little of my face as possible.

Step Two, 50 years of fairly regular psychedelic use!

Step Two worked for me, but JUST LOOK at what it did to JimInMD...

Gary Brooker

RIP Gonna miss that voice. Was just listening to some Procol Harum yesterday, now this. Saw him with Clapton on the Another Ticket tour, what a showman.

pic

here's a shot of me and some snow. I think this was Christmas, first white Xmas for me in 40 plus years.

#41 finally arrived.

Dave's 41 #5583 finally arrived in the Netherlands today. Looks good. I'm looking forward to firing up the hi-fi and listening to it tomorrow.

Came today,,, hopefully gets a smile from someone

You kids today with your legal weed….

Back in my day,
we had to walk a mile uphill in the snow,
to meet a sketchy guy in an alley.

We paid what he asked,
we smoked what he had,
and WE LIKED IT!

Another Face

OK, since many who post regularly around here are showing your faces, I figured, as one who posts seldom, but visits almost daily, I might as well update my avatar too (TxR in 2017). Onward.

The Great Reveal

I’m getting a real kick at seeing all the wonderful folks here at Dead Net, and JiminMD, you are exactly as I pictured you! I’m with Dennis, we are a rogues gallery just made for radio!
Dennis - HF and I are glad you received the Burritos recording, I look forward to your scouting report!

I don’t ever talk politics here, so I’ll keep it simple: I wish Brian Brase and the “People’s Convoy”, hitting the road in Cali today, safe travels. I am 100% behind science, I am fully vaxxed myself, but I do not feel those that don’t vaxx should be given second class status, nor should government overreach be as bad as we have seen here in Canada, under this spineless phucer Trudeau.
I applaud all who stood up for their rights, and those of the silent majority. And while I’m at it, Phuc Putin for being such an odious prick.

I’ll step off the soapbox now.

VGUY

Used to watch Bourdain regularly, but his "departure" kinda' hit hard...have not been able to watch the documentary yet, too depressing. Sometimes, I just don't get it(yeah, and Vince's birthday was 2 days ago)
Today is 2/23, a fine 48th anniversary

Face for radio?

With a forehead like mine? LOL

DENNIS: same as Deaverock, I only have a few pics on my device of me. It was taken with an actual camera, then I zoomed out and took a screen shot, twice to eliminate the others in the photo and make it more visible.
Not only am I glad you liked it, I’m heavily relieved It didn’t singe any eyeballs or damage anyones screens!
Oh, and the walked a mile uphill, both ways rap, priceless!

I still like Dennis pic the best. Ya can tell he’s “a ladies man by the way he walks”, I give el Segundo to Nappy! Sweet hat!

Hendrix freak looks way younger than his age, same with Doc! Sweet crotch rocket btw.

JIM: I’m a little worried about your pasty complexion? With all that outdoor stuff ya do you should be brown or orange.

MR SMITH: always a pleasure! This time I can literally say “good to see ya”

It’s too bad we can’t do video, we could all do a Dave seaside impersonations lol.

Big fun, come on, don’t be shy, keep ‘em coming!

Can You See the Real Me

Better pic. for this sight, I think.

RIP Gary Brooker, P.J O'Rourke, and Ivan Reitman

11-24-78: My dad taped this show for me off the radio {WNEW fm 102.7 in New York) while I was at some other show.
Still love Jerry's solo on Stagger Lee.

Last 5 non GD:

Neil Young: Carnegie Hall 1970

King Crimson: Music is Our Friend

Etta James: The Montreux Years

Johnny Cash: Live at the Carousel Ballroom

Marshall Tucker Band: Live in the UK 1976

OMG, yet another idea....

So I distinctly recall Dave saying that a fall '72 box will happen, at some point. Classic, qualified, half-promise.

But in thinking it's 2022 and that I can hardly imagine anything topping Listen to the River -- because it hits my personal sweet spot -- I started thinking again. (It only occurs periodically, so I go with it...)

Dave has released a sheet ton of spring '77, though, admittedly, not in a row. (Partly, I think perhaps there's an agreement to release X number of ABCD returned Bettys, though I have no actual knowledge.)

SO, what if this year's box IS fall '72?? Six shows from Sept-Oct-Nov '72... I can't see anything else actually topping Listen to the River unless it's '72 or earlier. Why not repeat the success of the Trunk by releasing more '72? Then again (thought balloon pops) Dave did mutter something about "variety." So is that variety in format (vinyl E72 shows?), in year selection ('79 or '81 box?) or some sort of video/audio pkg?

It's 4 degrees this morning here along the Banana Belt (Front Range of Colorado), thus having thoughts.

Dim Lights

Davestrang - that series of cds on Bear Family does look like a great introduction to country music. I have often perused the contents of the various discs, but haven't bought one as yet. After getting a couple of the "Truckers Kickers and Cowboy Angels" sets, also on Bear Family, I reaIised tha I much prefer country music in the 1960s compared to the 1970s. Just going off the tracks on these albums. Mainly due the guitar playing.. Clarence White, James Burton.. but it seemed to be a style and sound that went out a bit when the 70's kicked in.

Big Brownie - I like King Crimson, but I ain't never heard of that one-Music Is Our Friend.

Oro - I thought your picture was one of Jerry, circa Egypt 1978 when I first saw it !
HF - I don't know why, but I always pictured you looking like Phil Lesh circa 1972 ! Highly illogical, giving the different decades and relative ages.
No insult to either party intended-you both look in fine fettle.

Yes..

True. I am a pasty white dude.. and pretty much look like a geek / part time narc. But I get by and am generally good natured and like more than anything to have fun.. I am just now realizing, considering my age and my pasty white complexion.. and with seemingly everyone in my race/age group have become so damned sour and bitter, I think I might try out this angry old white dude angle. Perhaps I am missing something, everyone else seems to be content in constantly complaining and blaming.

So here goes..

HEY.. get of my lawn hippies. get a job. get a haircut! ra ra.. Snazza frazza rashin' fashin'

(how am I doing?)

Doin fine amigo

and hey, one of the good things about getting older: your often given a pass for being a curmudgeon!
“Ah leave em be, he don’t mean nothing, he’s just old” LOL
I just wish I knew at what age your allowed to use that one? I’ve been practicing up for years, just wanna make legal!

Ha, DR: more like bald fat guy, circa Belly Ache Ridge, Wolcott CO, 2019!
and Dude, look at all that hair! Ya lucky bastid! ; )

Hendrixfreak: lol, you should be a politician, no wait, maybe a lobbyist!
Cudos on your strong beliefs/persistence!
Daves gonna have to cave on that fall 72 just to shut ya up ; ) (teasing of course, I always look forward to yer dispatches)

DaveRock, me and Phil Lesh

Your impression that I might look like Phil Lesh may come from a story I told a while back.

I'm at the Denver Fillmore for a Phil & Friends show and I have on clear glasses akin to Phil's and I used to look a bit like Phil. And my actual first name is Phil.

Some freakin' hippie (how am I doing??) comes up to me and says "You look like Phil!"

I said, "I AM Phil!" Said hippie looked bemused, as if I was psychologically deranged (imagine!), and backed away, slowly...

It's been years in the making...

Glad to see so many folks are FINALLY following my lead by posting actual photographs of themselves rather than some goofy looking avatar.

Kudos!

Keithfan, Check your PMs

Over and out.

Rob Ot

Sorry to our friends on the other side of the pond if you don't know what I'm talking about. Just wondered if I was the only one who thought of this site every time the new Geico commercial is on with the robot getting pissed off over not being able to answer the CAPTCHA questions correctly.

VGuy thanks for the recommendation of the John Paul Jones video. Everyone killed it. Especially liked Derek and Susan. If their kids don't grow up to be musical geniuses then the whole gene pool thing doesn't really exist. I don't agree with your taste in hockey teams but admire your taste in music!

Love all of your pictures. I am going to post a real picture some day soon. Still trying to find one that I'm fully clothed in.

I do believe...

Mr. Jinks has it in for me...

Geico Robot

Ha.. yes, I definitely conflate the Geico Robot with the Dead Net Crapatcha.

..and Nappy, you are correct, your cat is going to kill you. In a month or two, certainly within the year. As soon as he figures out your passwords and pin # you're done.

What a mug

Peer pressure made me change my avatar for a while. This was me tripping at a campground in New Jersey during a string of dead shows at BBA 30 years ago. I'll find a recent one soon, if you can stomach it.

Marye was the pioneer of facial recognition....

....gardening hat and dogs and a smile.
Top shelf moderator.
Knee deep into The Clone Wars animated series currently. No addition to my top five list today.
Unless you count John Williams score.
Then, yes.

Time takes a cigarrette

HF - thanks for clearing that up. I'd obviously remembered only half the story.

I'm not sure I share your optimism about a Fall 1972 box this year, though. It would be great if you were right, but I suspect the focus will be on Europe 72. Someone else on here mentioned a revamped re-issue of the original 3 album Europe 72 coming out, and given the trend to re-release 50th anniversary albums, and the fact that there wasn't studio album in the Dead's name in 72, I think that might be nearer the mark. With maybe another vinyl release from another show-5/26/72 would be my choice, but any would be good. I would think the box might be either 1968-1970 or 1979-1995. Going off recent trends, it will probably be 1977!

Off the point, but 1972 was the year I discovered rock music. At 14-15, I was still buying singles, and the summer of that year saw great releases, from David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Mott the Hoople, Hawkwind, Roxy Music - albums by Deep Purple and Black Sabbath - live gigs by T.Rex and Bowie. I hadn't been kissed, or dropped acid yet, but I was willing to give it a go once I worked out you went about it. Exciting times !

Obligatory fuck you to Putin....

....that is all.

Re:

I second that emotion. Fargin Ash Hull.

FU Count Vlad!

What to do

I don't know. But you can't reason people out of an opinion or way of behaving that they didn't arrive at through reason in the first place.

I third that emotion

Fuck you to hell, VP.

on second thoughts..

...perhaps best not said.

Agree

It's up to Lemieux to lift our spirits..

The only way to counter the incendiary things going on across the pond is to offer a surprise three-disc special edition 1968 Incendiary CD Mini Box. Sort of like a Primal "To Terrapin." A special one-off just because.

Dave, once again it's up to you and the Grateful Dead to save the world. Or don't, and let the psyche of the free world sink a step or two lower than it already is. It's up to you, your choice. (don't screw this one up Dave, we're counting on you)

Besides.. you know Count (he who's name we do not mention) is a big 80's fan and this will surely set him off balance.

Caution (DNSOT)

Does anyone know how many times 'caution' was played up until 95'? I am currently playing RTR, and did not want to look it up.

Re: Caution (DNSOUkraine)

61 times.

Five times w/out Pigpen (Jam Only), the last in on 5/6/81
09/18/74- Parc des Expositions - Dijon, France
10/19/74- Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA
10/22/78- Winterland Arena - San Francisco, CA
10/27/79- Cape Cod Coliseum - South Yarmouth, MA
05/06/81- Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, NY

I'll take a Caution Jam any day of the week.. Supplication Jams are extra credit. Man.. that song, at least for me, was often the highlight of the show.

Love the pic, Carlo. You carried your acid well. Classic.

Jim

Thanks for that info. I always loved that jam too. As for the picture, I was always a lightweight when it came to psychedelics or anything else, but this day I was dialed in. I think that was the same day I went into the woods to chill, and got lost for a while, until I heard someone yelling "CARLO!!" I knew as soon as I heard my name , they had to mean me since no one else named carlo responded.

lightweight

Maybe the reason we are still here is because we were all lightweights. That and good old fashioned luck. A little bit of what you fancy does you good - not the whole box. Unless it's a Dead box, of course

Off Subject

Don't know if they've been mentioned here, but,

do a goog search for VULFPECK /// Live at Madison Square Garden,,,, full show.

A chunk of these guys formed a group called Fearless Flyers (this is where I started my searching)

Some good shit going down. Archive has a chunk of vulfpeck,, no fearless flyers.

Amazon has digital downloads of their 2 or 3 albums,,,, I'll be buying later. (and downloading the Vulfpeck)

Sorry about the interruption,,,,, carry on.

OH, and who you calling a lightweight Willis?

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