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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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March 1, 2022 - 7:38am

#631

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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Just to clarify...

Jim, you may not have heard the phrase "cosmic yawn" before because I made it up on the spot as I typed that comment. Good one, though, huh? Now that everyone is growing mushrooms in their closet, the supply is bounteous. Denver recently decriminalized them, a wholesome development. Though that won't help me in the rural counties, so I try to behave.....

Daverock, a pronghorn is essentially an antelope, but not technically speaking, I believe. These freakin' things typically rove in bands on the Colorado Plateau and you have to watch out for them. They can run 60 miles per hour for fairly extended distances. In Wyoming, highway signs warn you -- a band could be streaking across the prairie and cross a paved highway at any angle at high speed.

I once was returning from a sojourn and spotted a band off the road. I watched them for a half a minute, at 100 yards, wondering what they might look like close up. Oh boy. As I returned my gaze to the road ahead I saw to my momentary horror a pronghorn just clearing my bumper as it streaked right to left across the highway. I'm doing 75 probably. I probably missed it by two seconds. I got a real good, close-up look. And promised myself I'd never again take my eyes off the road for more than a milisecond.

Yeah, sitting around, staring at a candle, listening to some self-appointed "guide" sounds like serious BS! I get the visceral attraction of tripping with the original Pranksters, but personally, I seek on my own.

Now that #41 is tucked away on the '77 shelf, I've been looking at the shelf with the 1965-1975 shows and man oh man do I have some listening to do while it's still winter and I'm spending the evenings inside. If a big storm crops up, I'll microdose, take a long walk in the snow, come home, make a fire, and plug in a guitar. Last time I did that, I played for about five hours straight and my fingers hurt like hell. When that's over, I have a couple hundred GD shows and a stack of Miles and Coltrane for the stereo. Life can be good!
March 1, 2022 - 6:03am

#632

billy the kiddd

Joined:
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3/1/69

What a show, especially that 1st set! I wish the Dead would have played China Cat Sunflower at these shows .
March 1, 2022 - 4:48am

#633

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

micro dosing

I have been interested in the recent scientific and public interest in psychedelics, and the increasing evidence of their positive effects. It certainly seems true to my experiences with mushrooms. I would never have said that I was depressed prior to my experiences, but looking back, my life changed in all sorts of positive and unexpected ways during and after my time of taking them. It seems a bit contradictory, but they seemed to straighten me out. I also wonder now if L.S.D use in the 60's and 70's may actually have set psychedelic culture back decades.

With acid ,I never knew how strong the stuff was before taking it. The differences between the strengths of the few trips I had on it were massive. Like with most drugs, the biggest danger in it, to me, lay and still lie, in it's illegality. As far as I could make out, no-one - certainly as far down the chain as me - had the faintest idea what they were taking. I can remember when I was on the social work course in 1991, the police gave us a list of all the drugs they had picked up one recent weekend that had been sold in clubs as "ecstasy". Everything from caffeine to STP. I remember one guy who told me he sold dogs worming tablets as ecstasy.

At the end of the day, I feel it is important to take care of ourselves, and of other people, in the best way that we individually can. I wouldn't want to be a part of any group that disregards the welfare and happiness of it's most vulnerable members.
And driving - I am sorry PT, you are a prince among men - but I have known several people-I am sure we all have - who have killed themselves or others in motor accidents. Horrendous experiences all round - for the victim, the family and friends left behind, and the perpetrator. Any activity that increases the possibility of creating such a tragedy should surely be ruled out.

Incidentally, what the heck's a pronghorn ? I think if I had seen one of them in Oldham in the 70's I would have thought it was the devil.
February 28, 2022 - 7:17pm

#634

JimInMD

Joined:
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Re: Cosmic Yawns

I've never heard that term used before, but it happens to me every time.

There was a period mid-career where I did not indulge, plus it seemed hard to get for a while. ..but I still seem to dip my big toe into the cosmos at least once a year.

In terms of place and setting, early on I found myself either wanting to be in a small group and away from phones and random people or in such a large group as to be ambiguous. So it became nature, camping, backcountry or frankly dead shows. That seems to work.

The last decade I find myself liking to be alone, mostly kayaking/hiking/biking where I won't run into some unexpected situation where somebody needs me. Concerts too when I don't have to drive or the show is long enough to fit it in. I want no responsibilities whatsoever. Oh, and headphones, music is good - almost a must. So I still explore when I can find the time and tranquility to pull it off. I can't speak for everyone, but I find it helpful for me. It gives me a chance to reformat my internal hard drive and reorganize thoughts, priorities and who I am.

Those are my tricks.. but I have to admit the HF approach is quite appealing to me. If you notice some unexpected rando behind you on the trail, I'm the one with earphones and a tie dye (and the bad orange hair and pasty white complexion). :D

Cosmic yawns.. so true. That cracks me up.

There's a lot of great research on micro dosing that's come out lately. Encouraging to me.

As to tripping with the pranksters or at an acid test, be it a good idea or not, I would do it in a heartbeat. But alas, I was born too late. That ship sailed while I was playing in the sand box out back. Babs.. I am here, once you come out of your heart injury, if you want to have one last foray into the unknown, give me a call. I'm all in.
February 28, 2022 - 3:01pm

#635

PT Barnum

Joined:
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driving with your eyes closed

driving under the influence can be fun, and frightening. I knew a guy who wanted to drive, he said he could see so well that anything that could have collided with the vehicle he could see long before it would happen. He was a great driver and drove us all to and back many a show. We in the back seat could only jiggle as he navigated the roadways so gracefully, with a huge grin on his face (aka Neil like). The road always seemed to get away from me whenever I tried, like a ribbon that would unravel. On deserted roads, it was fun, on the freeway, not so much.
Back in the day when I first started (69) it was the thing to try and freak each other out, aka pranksters, with double talk and echo talk and endlessly trying to get each other to lose it laughing, especially in a crowd of er...non dosed. After hearing about Leary and his way of spiritualizing psychedelics it just wasn't as much fun sitting around trying to concentrate on any one thing for very long. Pranking and laughing was way more fun.
Not being a musician, never really wanted to hang out with bands, but I always wanted what they were smoking, drinking or taking in any other form. Would have loved to hang with Kesey and Babbs, what a trip that would have been.
February 28, 2022 - 2:09pm

#636

hendrixfreak

Joined:
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My own approach these days...

may be (probably is) just one man's approach, possibly idiosyncratic. First off, know your materials well (potency) and decide if you want a micro-dose, a medium but significant journey or a little over the top approach. Because I'm in the backcountry alone, I need to be confident that I can get somewhere and back in a day, handle the terrain, maintain my orienteering skills, and calmly apply my behavioral knowledge if I run into a bear or cougar. (Don't surprise 'em, talk, wave arms, don't look 'em in the eye, give 'em room to avoid you, take the guard off the pepper spray, be sure you're upwind, etc.) I get moving early in the day and have an objective before dropping so as the agent (psilycibin for me) comes on, I'm in my element in terms of orienteering, body and mind synch and thus avoiding the initial, potentially debilitating awkwardness of the limbs and thoughts that comes with the cosmic yawns at "onset." And make sure I'm actively striding and finding my way as the peak comes and goes. I usually don't stop for any length of time. Occasionally I miscalculate the powder at the bottom of the bag and get a little walloped. But an 8-hour hike through spectacular terrain where I won't see humans -- this is trackless country, no trails -- typically does the trick. And there's nothing like a shot and a beer and a toke back at camp or, if camp is the truck, then a chair and guitar. Last fall I did just that across a wild plateau called East Cactus Flats, returning to my truck in a forsaken place called Disappointment Draw. I cracked a beer and started fingerpicking when I heard a strange noise. A good-sized pronghorn, traveling alone, approached to within maybe 50 feet and kept querying me -- no mistaking that querying sound. Essentially, who or what are you? What the hell is that sound you're making? And, have you seen my peeps? I've noticed that wild animals, as well as domesticated dogs, totally key in to a person who is psychedelic. The other major part of this approach is what I'd call "digestion." Take the time to fully absorb the lessons of the day and seek ways to incorporate those insights into your ordinary reality and dealings with others. Be patient and kind. (I do not always succeed; this is a work in progress after 50 years.) Too much repetition of the experience without "digestion" and, to me, it's just repeating the high without drawing the lessons. Note that I did none of this the first ten years. We'd find out the LSD's potency the hard way. Lessons might be impressed upon us without our consent(!) The chaos and human interactions could be frightening -- usually to others, but sometimes to me. (Don't try driving!!) But over the decades I kinda honed an approach that essentially comprises medicine for the soul, for me. I think the currrent surge in interest by scientists and the general public is good up to a point, as psychedelics, used constructively, can help bolster our humanity and -- perhaps -- ease difficulties. But I could not recommend them. Either they work for you or they don't. And finding out can be tricky. Sure makes me a better-adjusted person -- and now I'm echoing Paul McCartney, I believe!

That's all the blathering for today. As you were........
February 28, 2022 - 11:05am

#637

daverock

Joined:
September 1, 2014

Leary or Pranksters?

If I had to choose.... I would choose neither of them. While the pranksters now seem a bit ghastly, Leary seemed a bit over ambitious. I still have some of his books -that one which is a psychedelic version of The Tibetan Book of The Dead comes to mind. I think the idea was that you read it to someone who was tripping, as a means of helping them locate the light. I wonder if anyone ever did that. That idea of set and setting does ring true though - and I would say that advice has stayed appropriate down through the years

Mr Ones - I still haven't got round to listening to Planet Waves. I always assumed it was a weaker one, but I read recently that it was very much a part of a trilogy, with "Blood on the Tracks" and "Desire", so I am hoping to check it out soon.
February 28, 2022 - 10:03am

#638

Crow Told Me

Joined:
October 15, 2020

The Very First Word is How Do Ya Do?

My sister lives in Mill Valley, and she used to see Weir around town all the time. (Not so much lately.) She’s not a fan, so it’s no biggie for her, but I’ve sometimes thought about what I would do if I saw Bob getting coffee or something while I was visiting her. I wouldn’t want to bother him, but I think I’d have to at least say hello, right? Say ‘thanks for the music’ at least? My other sister lives in Kauai, where Kreutzman lives now, and I’m going to be visiting her in a couple weeks. Wonder what I should say if I see BK grabbing a shave ice?

I can definitely relate to what hendrixfreak sed: shows just got too big for my liking in the ‘80s. As a rule, I’d usually much rather see a decent band in a small club than go see some superstars in a sports arena: better sound, fewer assholes, fewer cops, room to breath. Throw psychedelics into the mix and the gap gets even wider. It’s one thing to be shrooming at the Warfield with 2,000 of deadicated Heads, quite another to try to deal with 50,000 people who seem like they just got bussed in from MTV’s spring break special. Not to mention all the security.

In principle, I always thought it was cool that the Pranksters had such a wide open, “let’s get high and freak freely” approach to tripping, as opposed to the Millbrook thing of sitting silently in a room with a candle and saying Om or whatever. That said, I’m not sure I could’ve passed the Acid Test. My best experiences, aside from Dead shows, were always out in nature: a deserted stretch of shoreline on the Lost Coast, backpacking the Sierras, etc. I think if I would've had to try to simultaneously process Babbs' babbling, Cassidy's hammer juggling, the Dead, and 500 mics worth of Koolaid my brains probably woulda dribbled out my ears.

Last thought: how lucky are we? The StL box continues to delight. Seven shows from three different tours, all in good-to-great sound. And the last two DaPs have also been great. I mean, millions of people love Zeppelin, the Stones, the Eagles, and other bands from back in the day, but nobody (well, except the ABB I guess) has anything like the Dead's archival release thing. Blessed be us.
February 28, 2022 - 7:43am

#639

Mr. Ones

Joined:
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Last 5

Comus-First Utterance-Tip ‘o the hat to DAVEROCK!!
Beatles-Get Back Rooftop Performance
Elvis Costello-The Boy Named If
Shuggie Otis-Inspiration Information
Bob Dylan-Planet Waves

It’s a crazy, mixed-up world, but Music is a consistent balm(for me at least!!).

Dave’s 42 anyone?? It’s only about 62 days away!!
February 28, 2022 - 7:08am

#640

daverock

Joined:
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Phil Zone

Billy - thanks for jogging my memory - Viola Lee Blues from 4/26/69 is included on The Phil Zone too . I didn't know they interpreted What's Become of the Baby at this show either. Bit of a missed opportunity there - if that had been included, then this show, as released, would have been unique. In a way then, Dicks Picks 26 short changes 4/26/69 a bit.

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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.

June '68??....

....I was still pooping my diapers.
"Make it so number one!"

68

saw it on facebook, so cool, a 55 min. Alligator>feedback indeed.

From The Warlocks to The Dead

It always feels a bit barren to me, this time of year, due to them announcing two Dave's Picks at the same time at the end of each year to whip up a bit of interest. I can't remember when the last box came out - but I am guessing October, so if we follow the same pattern, there will be a bit of a wait before that is announced too.

A 66-68 box tickles my fancy. I seem to remember Jerry Garcia saying somewhere that they became the Grateful Dead at the acid tests. But it doesn't sound like it to me. To me they only really became The Dead in Fall 1967. What's in a name - I agree it would be great to hear their evolution during these years in one box.

1968 box

A 1968 box would be very cool. I wonder what the dates are. I have a nice poster with the Dead & Charlie Musslewhite from 5/30, 31 & 6/1. 68 from the Carousel Ballroom, I wonder if it could be those shows. You can see the poster online, just type in Grateful Dead memorial 1968 poster. Hopefully they will include 10/12 /68 and any shows from the tour of the Great Northwest if its a 1968 box set. I also hope that the Charlie Musslewhite stuff gets released by O.S.F. If that was recorded. This is great news!

A St. Dilbert's Day Miracle!

Actually, I think St. Dilbert's Day is April 1. Today is St. Joseph's Day, now that I check.

(It's good that saints get days, isn't it. And it's nice, as I think Jim Gaffigan said, that saints get to be in charge of things. Like St. Patrick is in charge of Ireland. St. Joseph is in charge of aspirin. St. Vincent in charge of indie rock. Etc.)

But seriously, a previously unheard full set from June '68? Recorded by Owsley? Brethren and sistren, let us fall upon knees, burn ye the sacred herbs, and let us rejoice and sing and dance and ring in the new. This does not happen every day. I am beyond stoked.

Last five:

James Brandon Lewis: Jesup Wagon
Tom Harrel: Light On
GOGD: Anthem of the Sun
Wagner Overtures: Szell/Cleveland
King Crimson: THRAK

68 GD

GD played Eagles Auditorium in early 68

Went to a play in Eagles Auditorium last evening

I'm sure there have been renovations in there since 68

St. Stephen’s Day

Bring on the ‘68 reels.

In the interim

F Z has just released 2 vinyl 3 lps. An expanded Fillmore East and same wiTh Rainbow Theatre and 8 cd all 4 Fillmore shows. The vinyl is perfect. So far Joe Travers et al have done a fantastic job

St. Steve’s day!

No, other one, big dude, took care of Jer, now believe it or not recognized as a modern philosopher on premium TV!
Check out the last episode of Billions on Show Time from 3/14. None other than the U.S. AG for the southern district of NY, played by none other than Pig Vomit himself (sorry Paul, that’s an honor that’s not going away) quotes Steve, while calling him a modern day philosopher!
At the thirty minute mark he quotes our beloved Mr Parrish and not just a one liner, it goes on for a bit!
Must viewing for any long time DH!
Congrats Big Steve, Showtime baby!

BTK re Piazza and George...

Billy I have s a show I recorded off of my radio from the Long Beach Blues Festival. early 80's...Rod & the band kill it for a bit and then they welcome George to the stage to play...great stuff...I sent my cassettes to a buddy who has the equipment and the joy to get the best possible sounds out of things like this...he also did a Hollywood Fats Band show from the Monterey Jazz Festival for me...so good to hear this 40 (^#":##!!!) year old stuff sound this good....

Re: VGuy/Pooping Diapers

If I was front, center and (ahum, "centered") on one of the 68 brain roasters, I bet I would have pooped my diapers too.

The setlists were not always inventive but the playing was a explosive. ...And they played it loud to make sure the point got across. Can't wait for more 68. How does the song go, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun? Bring it.

So I'm wondering....

Whether we'll see the day that the OSF puts out a GD show, as opposed to them turning the '68 tape over to the GD vault. In either case, even were the organization to move "quickly," it's gonna take time. OSF has an April announcement for an upcoming June release. (I'm guessing its Dxxx Sxxx, but I actually have no idea.) So even if they bumped their own schedule to get this out, it'd be fall at best. As for Dave L. and M. Pinkus, I tremble to consider how they view a double-CD special release of a '68 show... In my dreams, I'd be checking my mailbox every day from now on. But when I woke up this morning I realized that moving that tape into production, with the two parties' plans already in place, might take an excruciatingly long time. ("Excruciating" being more than, say, 72 hours...) My only hope is the historical fact that, nine years ago, Lemiuex realized the uniqueness of that 4-18-70 acoustic tape that Mtn Grrrl returned and valued the surprise factor that could gin up excitement for a somewhat predictable (timing-wise) release schedule. According to Dave's liner notes for 4-18-70, Mtn Grrrl called in mid-2013 to say she had some reels of GD. Lemieux characterized that batch as "performances we'd never heard or even knew had been recorded." (Note the plural, "performances." More '70-'71 to come?) So , literally within months, Dave & Co. previewed the tapes and moved a single disc to market in November 2013 with the most unique thing he heard. Maybe our best bet is to have OSF cook up this little best-seller-in-waiting. If OSF tackles the job, the GD would be the "biggest" band they've done a release on besides the ABB. Perhaps the OSF's willingness to divulge their find (they typically do not discuss their vault holdings) bodes well for them or dead.net to release this show. No doubt they've discussed this find with Lemiuex & Co. prior to a public announcement. (I'll say this: I sponsored preservation of a single reel of a multi-reel NRPS show.) Does anyone know if the Rhino Records deal with the GD vault is for only what's produced from the GD vault or whether it covers any and all GD releases, period?

Hmm. It's not like I want to experience an Owsley tape of the band in June '68 or anything... And clearly, as I approach 65 this year, I have no concern that "maturity" is suddenly going to rear its ugly head.

Edit: Oh, and Vguy, thanks for the visual!

68 GD

Yes, please.

NOW, DAVE.

Thank you,

Proudfoot

Last 6

David Bowie the man who sold the world
DB Space Oddity
DB young americans
Melvins Nude with Boots
Sex Pistols NMTBHTSP
DB ziggy stardust

Because you asked

David Bowie"s best albums according to me

The Man who sold the world
Ziggy Stardust
Hunky Dory
"Heroes"
Scary Monsters
Low
Station to Station

Great single tracks
Diamond Dogs
Rebel Rebel
Watch that man
Jean Genie
John Im only dancing

Jerry Stardust

:)))

Last 5

In celebration of the OSF reels announcement.

2-24-68
2-23-68
2-14-68
10-20-68
3-17-68

Last Five....

Pearl Jam - No Code
GOGD - 1.22.78 Eugene Dave's 23
Medeski Martin & Wood - Friday Afternoon In The Universe
Duran Duran - Notorious
Phish - 9.29.99 Pyramid, Memphis
Avatar changed to my classic acoustic. Calluses formed.

You go VGUY!

Practice, practice, practice!

Sex Pistols live 76

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First GD in weeks

12 19 73

Dixpix 1

For Vguy & company

So Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail, and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.
This, according to Ms, Mary Poppins of Sussex England, made him…a super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis!
; )

The first step....

....is practicing past the pain.
Pretty much unanimous.
Also learned when not playing, use your thumbnail to press against the fingertips throughout the day.
Goal is to learn to play Brokedown Palace. 👌
Oro with the sublime joke.. I love it!! Good one dude.
But don't get me started with Mary Poppins. Early crush 😍
And the chimney sweeper dance scene is one of my earliest memories of media. Classic. My mom told me that Mary Poppins absolutely enthralled me as a six year old.

Re: Ghandi

Ha..

Re: ConeKid..
Wowwy.

The very first step

Is learning how to tune the darn thing. Back in the 70's I can remember trying to do this with what was called tuning pipes - a model of little plastic tubes that sounded a bit like a bee farting when you blew into them-and nothing at all like the Spanish acoustic I also had at the time.

No Code

Vguy this is probably their most underrated album. Solid and diverse. Bought this one and its kick-ass follow-up the day they were released. Was lucky enough to score tickets for the No Code Tour at Randall's Island. This was the first tour since they became outrageously huge that they came anywhere near me. The whole Ticketmaster debacle was going on, so it wasn't easy. Resellers were asking $500 minimum. I don't know what kind of craziness they were expecting (probably the Woodstock '94 type), but there was a massive police presence there - at least 50 on horseback in a row and as many on foot. That was the show where you bought beer tickets at one booth, and then got in another line to redeem them. My cousin and I found a strip of maybe 20 laying on the ground. Ah the good 'ol days.

Last 5

‘The Voltarol Years’ - Half Man Half Biscuit
‘Warfield Theatre Feb 2 1972 - ‘ JG and David Grisham
‘Live at The Other End Dec 1975’ - John Prine
‘In My Own Time’ - Karen Dalton
‘… but I’d rather be with you’ - Molly Tuttle
This is album of covers including a beautiful version of ‘Standing on the moon’. I could have filled the last 5 with Molly Tuttle since I’ve been watching as many YouTube clips as I can find. She is a stunningly good guitarist. Highly recommended.

oroborus for mayor of St. Dilbertville

:)))

Aw shucks

But I can’t be mayor and senator ; )

Yep, the first days are the hardest fo sure. Can be truly painful.
Besides the calluses, I remember trying to learn bar chords being really uncomfortable.
The carrot to get me to do so was the promise of learning Hotel California.
My guitar teacher knew every kid back then wanted to learn that and a couple others, so used them to force us to torture ourselves making our hands do things they didn’t want to lol.
But it worked!

A fire broke out at a local marijuana farm....

....and the smoke began to drift to a nearby cattle ranch.
The steaks were high.

bonus discs

i have those bonus discs I would be happy to burn WAV files on data discs for you. If Road Trips discs weren't so rare/pricey I would trade them.

Check out...

Mikaela Davis and Southern Star doing "Birdsong" on utube...very sweet

Davis....

....easy on the ears and eyes.

Too Good To Listen

Does anyone else have shows you listen to sparingly, so that it doesn't lose the magic? I have a few:

Winterland 1973 Box Set
DaP 13
DP 12
DP 8
3/23/75 Blues For Allah performance from the Beyond Description bonus disc.
Crimson White & Indigo

KF: 6/10/73

I keep hoping it will be released, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards.

I have had it in my on-deck circle for months. It really needs full attention.

one of these days....

Call me crazy...

but every release gets only one listen, then it goes on the shelf. Especially shows I attended, where some memory nodule gets nudged and I recall a detail from the show experience.

That way, every single show is pretty darn fresh by the time, months or years later, I select it for re-listening.

I also like following someone's suggestion not to keep checking the setlist as I listen; let the sequencing be a surprise. Just pssst on the vaporizer, sip that beverage and melt into the couch, unless I absolutely must get the flaming high-heeled boots out of the secret closet and dance around to the cat's utter dismay. Rinse and repeat.

Looking over my top shelf just now -- 1965-1976 is upstairs, 1977 to 1995 is downstairs -- it looks like I'll have to quit work and go on a permanent road trip to get caught up. Dang, though, it's hard to drive the pickup with those flaming boots on.....

To good to listen

I have shows that I listen to constantly, because they are so good. 2/27/69, 3/1/69, 5/2/70 , 5/15/70, 2/14/68 , 8/13/75, just to name a few. That Blues for Allah performance is fantastic, I saw the Dead do Blues for Allah at Winterland, on 6/17/75, hopefully that show will be released soon.

Hale, hale

A musician AND a comedian!
New kinda smoked meat!

6/17/75: you’d think that would be the Blues For Allah 50th Bonus show, but with Dave, who knows?

re: Too Good

...interesting topic, KF.
I am more of a 'gimme what I want when I want it' kind of guy, what with the archive and all; it's all literally right there, very little effort required other than an inspiration. And since I have the archive available on the house-wide Sonos, it's literally scrolling through to find a gem with the flick of a finger and in a moment's time it's booming out everywhere. I just got a Sonos Sub (half-off $$ from a relative who works there) and man OH man does that thing pump Phil out like nobody's business (I digress).
All of this to say that in fact, I have the opposite hankerings - as others have mentioned - more of the 'go-to-shows' to fit that inspiration or other mood that may strike me. One example of a show that just makes me happy big-time is 4/27/85 (The Frost) or of course 6/11/76. I also find myself gravitating often toward Spring 90, as well as peAk Bruce, '91 to early '92.

The one show I suppose I won't listen to.... is the one that is not in the vault.

Sixtus

4/27/85

I was there, great show, Frost Box : 10/9, 10/82 & 4/27, 28/85. Garcia's voice is a Little rough on the 85 shows but all 4 of those shows are a knockout and would make a great box set combined, the 4 best shows at the Frost.

Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin agreed....

....to take care of each others gardens.
This means Roger Waters Robert's Plants and Robert Plant Waters Roger Water's Plants.

Dang, Billy...

You were AT 6-17-75, a true gem! I've told this story before, but that fall an old friend showed up from California with a large reel of tape, said we had to hear it. So we found a reel-to-reel player that would do the trick and I hooked up my cassette deck and we heard Blues for Allah for the first time from a glorious audience tape of 6-17-75. So that became a huge tape for us when we'd been starving for new GD since they "retired." (I.e., shed the Wall, Heard, and other staff and costs.) I'm too old to get the jealousy gene going, but like Oro I'd sure like 6-17-75 with the BfA 50th and I don't wanna wait til 2025 for the freakin' thing.

Still wondering what's up Dave's sleeve for 2022. I guess we can count on WotF + for next year. I do hope Dave drops the Watkins Glen soundcheck on us. That's a two-disc 130 minutes. Don't cut it up!! I still easily recall laying on my sleeping bag right in front of Jerry maybe 20-30 yds away, a cool gallon jug of water for a pillow, snorting mescaline and smoking Numero Uno as the GD blasted away. A pretty unique situation for a Dead show. The next day got a little crowded.....

And Vguy -- are you going for Comedy Gold or are you learning the guitar?? Uh oh, maybe you'll do both, as Oro suggests.

Listening sparingly

I'm more likely to just listen to the parts I like out of specific shows now rather than the whole lot. I've been, listening to the shows from Europe 1972 again recently, and I am picking and choosing. I am not going to listen to every note from every show. Sometimes - Rocking the Rhein I am.

Shows I play most tend to be the ones I have on vinyl 11/10/67, 2/27/69, 2/28/69, 3/1/69, 5/2/70. With those shows the highlights are...all of it. Though I may miss the acoustic set from time to time on 5/2/70. Paris 5/3/72 and Spectrum 9/21/72 will get played several times a year for some time to come too I suspect.

H.F. 6/17/75

Like you, the Crazy Fingers is my favorite version.

last five

The Police - Message in a box, the complete recordings
Sting - The Soul Cages
Gov. Mule - Live in Ft. Lauderdale
Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager
GOGD - October 9th and 10th 1980 Acoustic Sets

Red Rocks June 29, 2022

Jerry's 80th birthday is being celebrated with songs from Garcia done with the 65 piece Colorado Symphony and guests Melvin Seals, Jacklyn Labranch, Dave Schools, Tom Hamilton, and Duane Trucks. Limited pre-sale tickets available March 24th only from 10AM-10PM MT from redrocksonlinedotcom. My notice came from the Jerry Garcia Newsletter which I'm getting because I ordered some Jerry CDs from The Family I guess. That would be fun but I'm committed elsewhere that week. Maybe we'll get reports on it from Oro or HF, our Denver gurus. Have fun y'all!
Cheers

Happy 40th anniversary....

....to Iron Maiden's Number Of The Beast. I was twelve when that bad ass record came out and it literally changed my life.
Last One. That One.
Still holds the fuck up 🤟
Mom & Dad were skeptical, but let me purchase it at Tower Records with my allowance.
See, I turned out pretty much ok.

An Odd Pairing in Hindsight

Vguy, your Number of the Beast comment got me thinking. I was more into classic rock in the 80s than hard rock and heavy metal. As it were, I was at the mall with friends and walked into the CD store with the aim finding something I had not heard before. I was a big Yes fan and had been telling myself for years that I should try a Peter Gabriel Genesis album. The only songs I knew were The Lamb and Watcher of the Skies. Well, Foxtrot had Watcher, as well as this 22 minute diddy called Supper's Ready. An album side track was certainly progressive-rock enough to earn its spot at the cash register. My buddy came up with some choices, and one was Iron Maiden, who I'd never heard a lick of. They were already legends (it was Spring 1993 at the time), and my buddy said it was one of their best.

So those were the two I took home that day on a warm breezy day in MD. It was odd pair because I had unwittingly ended up with two completely different visions of the Apocalypse, both referencing 666 and the Beast. I have over 400 albums and CDs (not including the Dead) and as far as I am aware these are the only two songs with 666 in them. It's too bad that classic Genesis lineup never reunited.

666

Aphrodite's Child had an album called 666-released 1972 - but it didn't have a track with that name on it.

Well, missed it by that much...

I meant to post this yesterday but I was a little under the weather due to GI issues...anyway it was 53 years ago yesterday that I went to The Rose Palace in Pasadena to see headliners The Butterfield Blues Band (The "Keep On Moving" line up)...2nd billed, Grateful Dead and opening was a new group from England called Jethro Tull...it was $4...had a chance to buy a poster for the show 30 years ago or so for a $120 but I passed...now the durn thing goes for about $1,200 if you can find it....

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