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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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April 3, 2022 - 7:19am

#211

Dennis

Joined:
November 1, 2012

Musical History

I don’t remember not listening to music. Mom was the music person I guess in our family. She owned records, she sang in the house and every morning the local AM station would be playing the top 40. Top 40 back then 60-62 ish would be a real mix of music. You would go from Johnny Horton to The Platters to Frank Sinatra to Peter, Paul and Mary. Radio didn’t/wasn’t so pigeon-holed then. Though when I moved to Texas a few years back I was surprised at the number of top 40 (regional?) songs I never heard and never made the playlist in the NYC market.
We were young when Mom got us record players for Christmas, I was maybe 7. For the youth, record players were wood boxes that you took the lid off and there be a turntable, the front had a 4 inch speakers, driven by maybe 1.6 watts that when turned to 11 you could hear in your bedroom!
My first records were “kids” records, they were the size of a 45, but had only a small hole in the middle and you played them at 78. The only one I remember was Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee from Pinocchio. All of these bit the dust when me and my brother threw them like Frisbees. Mom started getting up kid lps. Great songs, like on Top of Spaghetti and The Cat Came Back.
Mom had old 78’s that I listened the shit of out until I was maybe 11. Had a good Al Jolson collection and a slew of pop hits from her day. Songs like The Coffee Song by Sinatra. Silver Threads Among the Gold (Crosby), Red Silk Stocking and Green Perfume (can’t remember), The Woody Woodpecker Song. It was a golden age!!! Records spinning away at 78 RPM with the constant hiss,,,,,, ahhh.
When I turned 13 I got a REAL stereo for Christmas. TWO SEPARATE SPEAKERS!!! First two albums Mom gave were both live! Johnny Cash San Quintin and Ray Stevens Guitarzan – LIVE! First I bought Andy Williams greatest hits. I continued to buy, I like “greatest hits” albums because I generally knew most of the songs. Like Dylans greatest hits 1, the Peter, Paul and Mary one. I know I was a boring boy!
First show, maybe the first live show was in 8th grade, the school took us to the local amphitheater and we saw the New Seekers (I like to teach the world to sing). First show I paid for was Andy Williams at the same venue.
I was big into disco in the late 70’s, listened to the local “black” station out of NYC. WBLS (stereo in black),,,, night show hosted by Frankie Crocker. Opened his show with King Pleasure’s, Moody’s Mood for Love,,,, great cut!!!
In 78 met my wife and we moved in together. She was a deadhead and more of a rock person. Learned a ton of new music from her.
Now all these years later I have a collection that boost over 7,000 artist covering over 750,000 songs. All stuff I listen to, no. I really, really, really don’t like metal or punk. We won’t even talk about German metal! (my kid listened to that shit) ( I’m sorry was that judgemental?). I’m more like a Libarian,, I read all the books, but I keep them in order and make sure they’re complete and labled correctly. (I think that’s enough .) I have all my records (except for the yellow 78’s), I have all of Mom’s 78 (about 600 of them), I have about 20 feet of lps, about 16 banker boxes of cd’s. And yet my wife doesn’t believe the limited edition vinyl is a GREAT investment for our retirement! Oh what fools these mortals be.

Sorry about the length, sorry if I’ve I covered this before, thanks Oro for the first show shout out, don’t know how you could remember what show I”VE been too  I have no real memories of first show,,,, it was all way to new to me.

Extra sidebar,,, caught a tube vid of Billy and the Kids in Hawaii at Bill’s house. WOW, what a house, huh!!! Hard to believe any of the other guys have digs that nice!!!!
April 3, 2022 - 6:46am

#212

KeithFan2112

Joined:
August 6, 2014

Vinyl LP Pricing

I have about 150, maybe more, that I picked up as a kid from age 5 - 15. Bought a few recently and they all seem to produced on the 180 Gram vinyl, which is much heavier and sturdier than the flimsy stuff we used to get. That's a plus. The pricing seems comparable when inflation is considered. The inflation calculator I looked at places 1 dollar in 1980 at $3.44 today. The last LP I bought back then was Rush - Hold Your Fire. It has a $7.99 sticker on it. So the 5 LP Dave's Picks Vol. 1 that I pre-ordered would have cost $27.52 for each LP, for a total of $137.60. Dead.net only sold it for $99, so I suppose we're doing alright if the inflation calculator is correct.
April 3, 2022 - 5:01am

#213

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Genesis 1973 - Days of the Underground

The show I saw was the one that was recorded and released on a live album the following year. It had a dramatic start- Watcher of the Skies intro, and all you could see on the stage were Peter Gabriel's eyes, illuminated by florescent paint. Everything else was black. I remember thinking the gig had an Alice in Wonderland quality to it. It was a bit like the David Bowie show in a way- everyone sat rivetted watching the stage. It was my friends who really liked them - I tended more towards heavy rock, where everybody went nuts. Black Sabbath and Hawkwind were the ones for me. It was good - but not quite to my taste as much as the other bands I saw. I never saw Genesis again - although I carried on seeing Hawkwind up to 2019. God help me.

Simonrob - I got a very strong sense in the early - mid 70's that I had arrived just as the party was ending. Which proved to be the case, unfortunately. Most of the bands I liked had released their best records by 1973. In fact, I think they all had.
Although I really liked the punk records and gigs from summer 1976-1977, I really didn't like the emerging punk culture - everybody walking around with cropped hair, spitting at bands, looking for a fight with anyone who didn't conform to the new dictat. Bands that copied The Ramones - all a bit rubbish by the end of 1977.
What I really liked - although I didn't recognise it at the time - was rock n' roll. It was there, hidden in plain site in the music of both the heavy rock bands of the early 70s and the punk ones from 1976-77.
April 3, 2022 - 4:59am

#214

Nick1234

Joined:
September 10, 2008

Quiet music

Anyone got any suggestions for quiet early morning music? Gorecki's 3rd, Labradford- Fixed Content, Mark Hollis -ST, Larmousse, that sort of thing. Stuff that won't wake anyone else up 🙂. I'm one of those appalling larks, up at 4.30, I love the early day.

Thanks.
April 3, 2022 - 4:48am

#215

Nick1234

Joined:
September 10, 2008

The first band I ever saw…

The first band I ever saw were Genesis at our local venue for 2nd string artists in autumn/fall ( take your pick 😀) 1972. I remember that I didn't much care for the music, still don't, and that the singer dressd up. I was 13 and these were warm up gigs for the next night at the Lyceum I believe, about 40 miles west of here. Alice Cooper, Bowie, Roxy Music, Stones, Zeppelin etc were much more my thing then. I met a friend in 1974 (he sold me my first acid on my 15th birthday) who turned me on to the Dead and I reciprocated by getting him into my stuff. Europe 72 was my first Dead album.
April 3, 2022 - 4:38am

#216

simonrob

Joined:
June 7, 2007

So long ago.

The first song that made a big impression on me was "Apache" by The Shadows in 1960 when I was 7. After that it was the Beatles in 1962. I guess things really got serious around 1969 when the San Francisco sound became readily accessible in record shops and on the radio thanks to Radio Luxemburg (208m medium wave). BBC radio got in on the act with the John Peel show. Unfortunately by the mid 70s it was as good as finished with few new bands of any note coming to the fore. Disco, punk, new romantics etc. were never interesting to me and my circle of friends and British progressive music became so self-indulgent as to be virtually unlistenable. Of course there were still points of light in the darkness but the golden age of music had sadly passed into history.

PS: First time I saw Genesis was at the Reading Festival in 1972.
April 3, 2022 - 4:34am

#217

KeithFan2112

Joined:
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Davestrang

You saw Genesis in '73? I was 9 when Abacab came out, and then came the Phil Collins tidal wave. I only ever heard two songs on FM radio from Gabriel Genesis in those days: Watcher of the Skies and Lamb Lies Down. In my early 20s I began buying up the Genesis back catalogue, as an extention of my taste for prog rock. I thought Supper's Ready was magnificent, and still play it regularly.

I've seen a lot of youtube footage from '71 - '73. There's a great show from the Rainbow. That must have been a transcending show. And to see Gabriel's on-stage persona in his prime. Wow wow wow wow wow.

Would love to hear about that experience. I may go see Steve Hackett - he's going on tour to play Seconds Out. I may see if that fits into my schedule.
April 3, 2022 - 4:22am

#218

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Alright Manchester - lets go!

My first gigs were when I was 15, in 1972. They were T.Rex in the summer - at which there was a riot of teenage girls who temporarily stopped the show. Then David Bowie in the December. This was at a venue called "The Hardrock", and it featured what they referred to as "festival seating". This meant everyone sat on the concrete floor in as close a proximity to the lotus position as they could manage. Everyone stayed down, too. Older people at this one than T.Rex.

1973 things gathered pace - I saw Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Genesis, Uriah Heep and The Rolling Stones.

Records were really important too, of course- and going to record shops. Which could account for why I still like vinyl today over other formats.
And television-I never saw Alice Cooper live - but I saw a film of them on the Old Grey Whistle Test, and in summer 1972 he had the big hit - "School's Out"
And the music press-the N.M.E being the fount of all knowledge. Iggy and the Stooges didn't have a record out in 1972, and they only played one gig in England - in London, which I didn't go to. But it was well written up and photographed, so that it assumed mythic proportions. I snapped up their first album from the bargain bins - and "Raw Power" the day it came out in 1973. When Iggy Pop finally came to the these shores, in 1977, it was like a visit from the Messiah. Unfortunately, The Stooges were no more- David Bowie played keyboards, and people in the audience flocked to his side of the stage to watch him rather than the Ig.
But those years 1972 - 1973, when I was 15-16, were magical times.
April 2, 2022 - 6:04pm

#219

Vguy72

Joined:
June 29, 2007

The new Red Hot Chili Peppers record is fun....

....as you were.
I discovered music when I was 12.
The year was 1980. Ergo, my influences. Started with The Beatles.
Then new wave and heavy metal.
Used to make fun of Duran Duran back then. High school cliq shit.
Now, I realize they kick ass.
Headbangers Ball anyone? MTv Gen here.
Music is indeed the best Mr. Ones.
Edit. The Scorpions are doing a residency here. They also put out a record recently. It's pretty good.
April 2, 2022 - 5:20pm

#220

LedDed

Joined:
February 16, 2017

First, it's the drummers...

All Spinal Tap kidding aside, the drummers are always the first to go. Keith Moon. John Bonham. Ginger did outlast Jack, but not by much. Of late, Taylor Hawkins... Charlie was preceded by Brian Jones but that was lifetimes ago. Joey Kramer has bowed out of the upcoming Aerosmith Vegas residency, and Peter Criss could never play 90 minutes with KISS again. Let us not forget Neil Peart, Nick Menza... the list is endless. Lars won't be able to play like he does now in 20 years - maybe ten. Metallica will reinvent themselves.

I am excited to catch the D&C shows again as Summer tour arrives. Without Billy. Will he ever return? Does it matter? Not to discount him - I love the man, and to me the best and tightest the band ever was was when he singularly owned the drum chair. But the show must go on.

I love Dead & Co. Yes the tempos are leaden, but my god Wolf Bros. makes D&C sound like Ministry on methamphetamine. Someone tell Bob to stop dumping a bottle of Log Cabin over his fretboard before taking the stage. John Mayer, Oteil and Chimenti are so goddamn good. Bobby hangs his hat on them and it all meshes beautifully. Last summer at Red Rocks, Jay Lane ably took up for Kreutzmann and you could hardly tell, except there wasn't any coke on the side cymbal (heh-heh).

The vibe at D&C shows is so goddamn good... all across the country. I have had some of the best times in the parking lots, Shakedown Street and in the venues with like minded brothers and sisters who carry the spirit of the Dead onward.

I had to stick up for them. Be well everyone.

\m/

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.

VGUY

I've seen Pearl Jam about a half-dozen times(give or take) going back to 1995(most recently in 2017), and I consider them a top shelf live act. I base this on a couple of factors: They ROCK HARD and mean it for a good 135 minutes easily. They change set lists every night. You always get some good stage banter from Eddie. Their audience is totally INTO IT!! They go nuts. I'd be shocked if you didn't come away with a feeling that you just saw a fantastic show.

Edit: Their first 4 albums are all top shelf, and #5 is pretty damn good. They lost the plot briefly, but they're back
in the saddle now, with the last 2 releases.

Last 5(I can't resist):

Patty Griffin-Silver Bell
Alan Parsons Project-The Instrumental Works
GOGD-5/17/77(Thanks Dennis!!)
Beaver & Krause-In A Wild Sanctuary
Julie Driscoll-1969

Music is the Best!!

Grumpy Grumpkins saw Pearl Jam

in Seattle 9/20/92

I wasn't impressed

Never much of a Pearl Jam fan...Eddie Vedder a bit full of himself
and I heard him diss the GD one time
thpt.

#FUCountVlad indeed

wattapriq

Grumpy Grumpkins wasn't impressed....

....yet remembers the EXACT date. Hmmm. Lol.
Btw. The senate voted unanimously to keep daylight savings time permanent. I can't recall the last time that happened and I'm all for it.
That's my political post for the week.

(GG looked up the date)

Whatevs

Still no GD
Its been weeks

Last 5

1. Buffalo Springfield- mr.soul
2. Aerosmith- one way street
3. A- lord of the thighs
4. Sabbath- a national acrobat
5. Deep purple- burn

Happy Belated

Happy belated to BOTH the Phil of Bombs as well as KeithFan!

Cool to share a BDay with someone so awesome.
Now go put on 3/15/90 and when they start singing happy birthday before Chinacat, you can pretend it's totally in your honor.

Be Well People!
Sixtus

Last 5

Merl Saunders and Melvin Seals - Live on tour
The Cobras - Caught live at the Continental Club
Don Leady - Cumbia wipeout: Blues explosion
Jorma Kaukonen and Tom Constanten - Embryonic journey
Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs - External combustion.

Pearl Jam

I've seen PJ three or four times, and I agree, If you like big rock, you won't be disappointed. Not showey rock but good old fashioned loud rock. I don't know many of their songs, but I have loved every show I saw.

Road trip bonus CDs to trade

Hey Now, Haven’t posted since last April. Thank you all for the constant entertainment and good vibes as I view often. I have been bitten big time by the GD on vinyl the last couple of years and really want to find the Venetia Sunshine Daydream release on vinyl. It’s outrageously priced on eBay and other places. I don’t have the much sought after 73 bonus disk or the 68 one, but I have the other ten bonus CDs. Anyone want to work out a fair trade? Does anyone have any recommendations for another site or thread for potential trades. Pm if interested,thanks. Since this is aDaves thread, I have to say that I really like the last two picks. 39 not so much. 38 and bonus cd from last year are sweet!

Annalee

Try dead dot net slash forum slash search-stuff

If it's too loud....

....you're too old.

Re:

What?

for something completely different

Have an opportunity to see Bobby and the Wolf Bros. next week, any one seem them on this tour, last tour? Price is ok and it's only a 15 min drive. Planning a trip to the box office today or tomorrow so any thoughts would be appreciated. Been watching the set lists and guests showing up on Bob's facebook page, looks like a fun time had by all. Could very well be my last opportunity to see Bob and be with the tribe one last time. captcha says traffic lights and they are all green, interesting.

The Cobras sound alright !

Simonrob - I had never heard of them before, apart from the fact that I think you may have referred to them in the past. Their name suggests vintage rocking music to me, though, so I checked them out online. They sound great...love that guitar sound, but they seem to tick all the boxes for up tempo blues and soul. If I ever work out how to verify my identity with itunes I might get me some.

The Cobras...

The guitar player was Denny Freeman. He also played on Bob Dylan's "Modern times" and "Bootleg series, vol. 8" as well as loads of Texas sessions. Top player. Up tempo blues and soul describes The Cobras perfectly. The album I referred to, "Caught live at the Continental Club" was recorded in 1981 in Austin, TX.

@BigBrownie...How was Taj?

Going downhill to the land of the midnight burrito...gonna see Taj Mahal tonight at the Musical Instrument Museum (Fabulous place by the way) and hit the music shops and a couple of Book stores I like in Phoenix where it will be 80 degrees instead of 48 degrees here at the edge of the world...It's the small things that matter after all...

@SIMONROB...

yes yes yes on Denny Freeman...one of my favorite recordings that he's on is a live one, "I'm Gonna Move" by Hook Herrera...great playing on a killer blues set....while we're talkin' unsung guitarists, don't forget Danny Gatton...another cat who could play ANY style of tunes and rock them...Danny's wiki page starts with "Daniel Wood Gatton Jr. was an American guitarist who combined blues, rockabilly, jazz, and country to create a musical style he called "redneck jazz"... Sadly neither of these fine musicians are with us today....

Keeping it (kinda) loud

Last 1:

Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols

a CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nappy, Taj Mahal

As a sextet, the band is superb. Taj is backed by his old time rhythm section plus dobro, acoustic guitar, and Strat/ steel guitar. The man himself is unencumbered by guitar so he is free to let loose on vocals and harmonica. They did a nice Sittin' on Top of the World>C.C. Rider. When I saw him last fall, he was solo and seemed to be struggling a little bit.

He's still got game, and you will love it!

Bill Graham/Sex Pistols story

The Sex Pistols played Winterland in Jan of 1978, when they got off their bus to do a sound check on the afternoon of the show, Bill Graham was there to meet them. Sid Viscous was wearing a Swastika on his pants and when Bill Graham saw it he got really pissed off at Sid Viscous and got in his face and said " Is that supposed some kind of political statement. Take it off!" ! I heard the great photographer Michael Zagaris tell that story.

trades and bonus discs

I would be happy to burn any bonus discs or any discs needed to complete a set or show. I have a decent collection of officially released material.

No Future

I think Danny Gatton is incredible too - well, it's beyond dispute. That record he plays on credited to Robert Gordon, entitled "The Humbler" features the most mindboggling rock n' roll playing I have ever heard.

I don't think Sid Vicious knew whether he was coming or going. And sadly he was going. I saw them live, before he joined, among many punk bands from 1976 to 1977 - but I never did hear "Never Mind The Bollocks". Those first 4 singles were blistering though. I can remember long haired types being offended by them at the time - which I never understood. I was a long haired type myself - and I thought they were great.

fk Sid Vicious

looooooser

NMTB was recorded with Glen Matlock, as I understand

anyway, it is one rocking record. lightning in a bottle.

What to you call a bulletproof Irishman?....

....Rick O'Shea. 🍀

No Fun

He shouldn't even have been there. He wasn't a musician in any way. His only claim to fame was being friends with John Lydon and for beating up NME journalist Nick Kent and Old Grey Whistle Test presenter Bob Harris. An absurd and extreme example of how behaving badly somehow means you are "rock n' roll".
It's hard not to feel sorry for him though - poor bugger. He was a terrible influence, all things considered - other people starting acting like him, which made punk gigs a bit of a no go zone for sincere and peaceful hairies like me.

Danny Gatton

Isn't he the amazing guitarist who died young? Wait, that could be anybody. But what I do remember is some guy shredding on guitar while playing it with an open bottle of beer as a slide? Even some sloshing as I recall. Couldn't that get one electrocuted? Gone too soon, that one.
Cheers

Reno / Davis 82

What fun that run was! We stayed in Tahoe Friday night, skied Saturday, then went to Reno for the show. Rested in Tahoe Saturday night, and then it is a short two hour drive down the mountain to Davis. I taped both nights and I'm digitizing my masters to upload to the Archive!

Reno 82

Reno 82 was a blast! I also stayed in South Lake Tahoe at a friend's house and we had big party on Friday night with a bunch of friends. Fun city.

My jealous ass is drooling...

....pilgrimage to Lake Tahoe.

Trivia

on this day in 1968
Jerry and Mickey jam with Traffic outside KMPX studios on Green Street in San Francisco after stations staff goes on strike. According to reports Jerry sat in on Dear Mr. Fantasy before the cops broke it up. We could use a primal Dead box for sure.

re: Drool

VGuy if your ass is drooling, might wanna get that checked out.
Just sayin.

[initiates childlike incessant giggling]

Carry On with your Friday and Dreams of a Primal Ooze Dead Box,
Sixtus

Oh my

Last night's show at MIM was awesome...Taj and his band killed it...and I spent yesterday afternoon watching one of my fave movies "The Quiet Man" at a TCM special event...had a great time drooling over Maureen O'Hara (I'm old) on a big screen!...leaving my hotel in a bit for some fine fine superfine Mexican food at Carolinas...and then it's a day of record shops and bookstores before I head back up north to the edge of the world....

Ron Miles

Sad to hear of the passing of underrated trumpeter Ron Miles at 58. Miles (you couldn’t have a better jazz name!) was a frequent collaborator with Bill Frisell, and his “I Am A Man” LP is a tour de force IMHO. No one except Putin should die at 58, but real sorry to hear this one.
There has got to be one great band “up there”.
A great weekend to all!

Happy Holi

peace and love will win the day.

3/18/67 Winterland, official release please

A great show from start to finish, and it has a Golden Road, not many of those out there. If it takes more then 1 cd, they can fill it up with some extra from 1967.

THAT MIKE/Ron Miles

I an SO sorry to hear that news. I only got to see Ron in person twice. in 2007, he was with Bill Frisell at the Village Vanguard. And just before COVID, he played a show at the Kennedy Center in D.C.(The show was titled "I Am A Man" and Bill Frisell was in the band as well).
I only have 3 of his albums, but I like all 3. Perhaps I shall seek out the others(although I know some of them are rare and expensive).

New Zappa box being delivered today!! Sorry everyone, I'll be pretty busy this weekend.

Music is the Best!!

Mr Ones

That is great you got to see (hear?) Ron Miles play, and with Frisell, too! I always had him on my “to see” list. I thought he was a really passed over player, not flashy, but really had a tone that hit the spot. I think I have maybe 5 of his CDs, but he is on numerous Frisell ones (funny how some musicians can attract great side players on their albums, and Frisell is one of them - Ron Miles and Greg Liesz being two examples - likely due to his producer Lee Townsend). A tremendous talent lost, and if you happen on his discs, they are worth the listen.

Your words are so true Mr Ones: Music is the best!

NW Box Relisten

With all the exciting releases recently, I felt I had not given the NW Box a good listen in a couple years. So I've been working my way through the box, 73, then 74. What a great box! Really scratches my 73-74 itch!

Last 5:

Vancouver 73
Portland 73
Seattle 73
Vancouver 74
Rockin the Rhine 4/24/72 (thanks kiethfan!)
Greek Theater 5/13,14,15/83

I need to revisit those '73…

I need to revisit those '73 shows too Nitecat. Glad to hear a couple of people going to the Rhine show too.
I've been into those two "Doc" shows lately, where Jerry breaks out the Les Paul 8/14 & 8/15, 1971. The Other One from 8/14 is really one of my favorite post-primal versions, largely in part from the tone of the Les Paul; but it's also a no-nonsense wallowing of a rocker.

Hey Nitecat!!!

Seattle 5/21/74 was one of the things I took with me for my ride down to Phoenix yesterday...that 45 minute PITB just kills me...I also played St Louis 12/10/71 (just disc 3)...Had a great shopping trip today, loaded up on some new books, music and of course I brought home the to die for BBQ!!! My Honey just loves burnt ends! And aside from the previously mentioned tunes I played my last five would be

Sonny Sharrock - Seize The Rainbow
Keith Richards & The Expensive Winos - Live In London '93
Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Blues In The Dark
Los Lobos Live In Arden DE 3/11/22 (great sounding Aud from the Live Music Archive)
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band - Shoutin' In Key (Live)

One of the things I got today but ran out of time to hear is John Hammond - Wicked Grin Live In Bremen 2002, that'll be first thing tomorrow...and BTK I just DL'ed that 3/18/67 show you mentioned...that will be second thing tomorrow!!!

Nappy/ Rod Piazza

Nappy, I've seen Rod Piazza play a number of times, he's a great blues harmonica player. I actually taped one of his shows. Saw him play with George Harmonica Smith at the S.F. Blues festival in Golden Gate Park, it was very cool.

Blues for your briefcase

Great "new" Son House cd delivered to my house this morning - a previously unreleased show from 11/23/64. Top sound quality, and full of the raw incantatory power of latter day Son at his best. Like many musicians/artists I like, he seemed to exist in a dimension of his own. He won't come out to meet you - you have to go in to meet him.

Just like this little lot, that kept me amused yesterday
Tago Mago by Can
So Far by Faust
Carnival in Babylon by Amon Duul 2
Live at the Roundhouse 2/13/72 by Man
Live at the Roundhouse 2/13/72 by Hawkwind

Words of poetry often pop into my head at unexpected moments, and watching Putin address his fans yesterday on the box, I was reminded of these wise words, by the bard of Salford, John Cooper Clarke -
"What kind of creature bore you,
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't find a good word for you,
But I can.....
Twat."
With apologies to any bats that might be reading. And all those people waving flags. I wouldn't trust any society that didn't encourage and enjoy a culture of dissent within it's ranks.

Last 5

Nitecat, I listened to one of the PNW '73 shows last night. So last 5 then:

PNW Box Set - 6/24/73
Dick's Picks 35 - 8/7/71
Dave's Picks 38 - 9/8/73
Dick's Picks 30 - 3/28/72
Aoxomoxoa (Live Bonus Disc) - 1/24 - 1/26, 1969

Yes! Primal Dead box

3-18-67 is an excellent start. Why not another '66 show, 3-18-67, a '68 show and, boom! That's 3 CDs, so it could be a DP or a standalone. Talk about documenting the band's evolution! From advanced garage band to psychedelic hydra, a 66-68 compendium would create a killer document. And probably cause me to knock back a stem or two....

Talk about serendipity...

The OSF just posted in the past 24 hours, check it out. They are mowing through the unlabeled tapes now and just disccovered a June 1968 performance and it sounds like a scorcher. (Doh!)

Dave, could you ensure that this tape is swiftly released as a special project? Ala the 4-18-70 tape that came from Mtn Grrrl's closet?

This particular find may just well break the logjam on primal Dead releases. At least, the news itself is making my day. A new '68 tape found in the unlabeled reels Owsley left. Bad ass!

Primal Dead Box

Yes.

Yes

I knew they were going to find GD tapes in his stash. As for 1968, wow. Honestly, I lump fall 67 with 68. It's all good to me.

Hendrixfreak

Thank you for making my day. Owsley? 1968? As George Costanza said once, "It moved".
Now back to your regularly scheduled March Madness.

Already drooling over those 68 reels

A 55-minute Alligator>Feedback with notes of “First There Is A Mountain”!

Hopefully they Plangentized the reels, or will for release.

Then it's settled: '68 NOW!!

Wow, okay, I'm resorting to all caps and making wholly unrealistic demands. That's concerning, except, on the other hand, what do you expect from a foaming-at-the-mouth '68 fan? (Hand me a bib...)

The GD's portion of this newly discovered tape (no word on whether Musselwhite was recorded) runs ~110 minutes or two discs. (Yes, mentally, I'm already in the production phase for DP 43... ) Tack on another '68 show of <80 minutes and I won't need DP 44.

Okay, then, wrestling with my own thoughts after the OSF folks typed "newly discovered" and "68" in the same sentence. Busting out the officially released '68 shows later...

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